2018 Astana season

Astana
Astana
2018 season
	Alexey Lutsenko winning Stage 6 in 2018 Tour of Austria
UCI code	AST
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	6th
Chairman	Alexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)	Samruk-Kazyna
Based	Kazakhstan
Bicycles	Argon 18
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	19
National Championships	4
Best ranked rider	Miguel Ángel López
	Jersey
	← 2017 2019 →

Last updated January 03, 2025

The 2018 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 7 March 2018.^[3]

	Rider	Date of birth
Pello Bilbao (ESP)		(1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 28)
Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ)		(1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 26)
Dario Cataldo (ITA)		(1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 32)
Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS)		(1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 27)
Magnus Cort (DEN)		(1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 25)
Laurens De Vreese (BEL)		(1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 29)
Daniil Fominykh (KAZ)		(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 26)
Omar Fraile (ESP)		(1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 27)
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)		(1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 32)
Oscar Gatto (ITA)		(1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 33)
Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)		(1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 21)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)		(1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 31)
Jesper Hansen (DEN)		(1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 27)
Jan Hirt (CZE)		(1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 27)
Hugo Houle (CAN)		(1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 27)

	Rider	Date of birth
Andriy Hrivko (UKR)		(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 34)
Tanel Kangert (EST)		(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 30)
Truls Korsæth (NOR)		(1993-09-16)16 September 1993 (aged 24)
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (KAZ)		(1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 25)
Miguel Ángel López (COL)		(1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 24)
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)		(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 25)
Riccardo Minali (ITA)		(1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 22)
Moreno Moser (ITA)		(1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 27)
Luis León Sánchez (ESP)		(1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 34)
Nikita Stalnov (KAZ)		(1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 26)
Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ)		(1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 31)
Michael Valgren (DEN)		(1992-02-07)7 February 1992 (aged 26)
Davide Villella (ITA)		(1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 26)
Artyom Zakharov (KAZ)		(1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 26)
Andrey Zeits (KAZ)		(1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 31)

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season

Rider	2017 team
Magnus Cort Nielsen ^[4]	Orica–Scott
Omar Fraile ^[5]	Team Dimension Data
Yevgeniy Gidich	neo-pro(Vino 4ever SKO)
Jan Hirt ^[6]	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
Hugo Houle ^[7]	AG2R La Mondiale
Davide Villella ^[8]	Cannondale–Drapac

Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season

Rider	2018 team
Fabio Aru ^[9]	UAE Team Emirates
Matti Breschel ^[10]	EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
Arman Kamyshev ^[11]	Vino–Astana Motors
Paolo Tiralongo	Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
4 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 1]}	Spain
10 February	Vuelta a Murcia	UCI Europe Tour	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Spain	Murcia
16 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Magnus Cort (DEN)	Oman	Ministry of Tourism
17 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 5	UCI Asia Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Oman	Jebel Akhdar
18 February	Tour of Oman, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Oman
18 February	Tour of Oman, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Oman
18 February	Tour of Oman, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	^{[N 2]}	Oman
24 February	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	UCI World Tour	Michael Valgren (DEN)	Belgium
25 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	United Arab Emirates
13 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 3]}	Italy
19 March	Tour de Langkawi, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Riccardo Minali (ITA)	Malaysia	Kota Bharu
21 March	Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Riccardo Minali (ITA)	Malaysia	Pekan
6 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Spain	Eibar
15 April	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	Michael Valgren (DEN)	Netherlands	Berg en Terblijt
16 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Italy	Folgaria
16 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Italy	Fiemme Mountains
19 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Austria	Lienz
20 April	Tour of the Alps, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 4]}	Italy
22 April	Tour of Croatia, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)	Croatia
25 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Switzerland	Delémont
28 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Switzerland	Sion
4 May	Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Magnus Cort (DEN)	United Kingdom	Ilkley
27 May	Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Italy
9 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	France	La Rosière
10 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Dario Cataldo (ITA)	France
17 June	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 5]}	Switzerland
12 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 6	UCI Europe Tour	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Austria	Wenigzell
21 July	Tour de France, Stage 14	UCI World Tour	Omar Fraile (ESP)	France	Mende
22 July	Tour de France, Stage 15	UCI World Tour	Magnus Cort (DEN)	France	Carcassonne
9 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Spain	Espinosa de los Monteros
10 August	Tour de Pologne, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 6]}	Poland
11 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Spain
17 August	BinckBank Tour, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Magnus Cort (DEN)	Belgium	Lanaken
19 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS)	Norway
24 August	Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 7]}	France
29 September	Tour of Almaty, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Davide Villella (ESP)	Kazakhstan	Almaty
30 September	Tour of Almaty, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Kazakhstan	Almaty
30 September	Tour of Almaty, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Davide Villella (ESP)	Kazakhstan	Almaty
30 September	Tour of Almaty, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Davide Villella (ESP)	Kazakhstan
12 October	Tour of Turkey, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Turkey	Marmaris
21 October	Tour of Guangxi, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 8]}	China

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
20 June	Ukrainian National Time Trial Championships	Andriy Hrivko (UKR)	Ukraine	Bohuslav
27 June	Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships	Daniil Fominykh (KAZ)	Kazakhstan	Almaty
28 June	Estonian National Time Trial Championships	Tanel Kangert (EST)	Estonia	Otepää
1 July	Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Kazakhstan	Almaty
23 August	Asian Games, Men's road race	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Indonesia	Subang
24 August	Asian Games, ITT	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Indonesia	Subang

Footnotes

↑ The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Luis León Sánchez, Pello Bilbao, Sergey Chernetskiy, Yevgeniy Gidich, Moreno Moser and Andriy Hrivko
↑ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Omar Fraile, Jan Hirt, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Magnus Cort and Nikita Stalnov
↑ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Dario Cataldo, Oscar Gatto, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Andriy Hrivko and Davide Villella
↑ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Pello Bilbao, Jan Hirt, Luis León Sánchez, Nikita Stalnov, Davide Villella and Andrey Zeits
↑ The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Omar Fraile, Oscar Gatto, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jesper Hansen, Magnus Cort and Tanel Kangert
↑ The riders on the squad were Zhandos Bizhigitov, Yevgeniy Gidich, Sergey Chernetskiy, Alexey Lutsenko, Andrey Zeits and Davide Villella
↑ The riders on the squad were Hugo Houle, Laurens De Vreese, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Sergey Chernetskiy, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev and Ruslan Tleubayev
↑ The riders on the squad were Sergey Chernetskiy, Laurens De Vreese, Andriy Hrivko, Hugo Houle, Riccardo Minali, Luis León Sánchez and Ruslan Tleubayev

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References

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↑ "PCS Ranking Individual". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
↑ "Astana confirm 30-rider roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
↑ "Cort signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com . 7 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
↑ "Fraile signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com . 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
↑ "Jan Hirt signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com . 14 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
↑ "Hugo Houle to Join Astana Team". pedalmag.com . 8 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
↑ "Davide Villella signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com . 10 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
↑ "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com . 17 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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[12] The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Luis León Sánchez, Pello Bilbao, Sergey Chernetskiy, Yevgeniy Gidich, Moreno Moser and Andriy Hrivko

[13] The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Omar Fraile, Jan Hirt, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Magnus Cort and Nikita Stalnov

[14] The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Dario Cataldo, Oscar Gatto, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Andriy Hrivko and Davide Villella

[15] The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Pello Bilbao, Jan Hirt, Luis León Sánchez, Nikita Stalnov, Davide Villella and Andrey Zeits

[16] The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Omar Fraile, Oscar Gatto, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jesper Hansen, Magnus Cort and Tanel Kangert

[17] The riders on the squad were Zhandos Bizhigitov, Yevgeniy Gidich, Sergey Chernetskiy, Alexey Lutsenko, Andrey Zeits and Davide Villella

[18] The riders on the squad were Hugo Houle, Laurens De Vreese, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Sergey Chernetskiy, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev and Ruslan Tleubayev

[19] The riders on the squad were Sergey Chernetskiy, Laurens De Vreese, Andriy Hrivko, Hugo Houle, Riccardo Minali, Luis León Sánchez and Ruslan Tleubayev

[1] "UCI Rankings". uci.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[2] "PCS Ranking Individual". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

[3] "Astana confirm 30-rider roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

[4] "Cort signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com . 7 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[5] "Fraile signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com . 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[6] "Jan Hirt signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com . 14 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[7] "Hugo Houle to Join Astana Team". pedalmag.com . 8 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[8] "Davide Villella signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com . 10 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[9] "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com . 17 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[10] "Breschel returns to Slipstream Sports for 2018". cyclingnews.com . 25 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[11] "The Cyclingnews guide to 2017-2018 rider transfers". cyclingnews.com . 19 December 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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