Astana Qazaqstan Team is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Samruk-Kazyna, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007. Following a major doping scandal involving Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov, team management was terminated and new management brought in for the 2008 season. The team was then managed by Johan Bruyneel, former team manager of U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel team. Under Bruyneel the ethical nature of the team did not improve, although Astana in this period was very successful.
Roman Kreuziger is a Czech former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2021 for six different teams. His father, Roman Kreuziger Sr., was also a bicycle racer who won the Tour of Austria in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983.
Koen de Kort is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the Rabobank GS3, Astana–Würth, Astana, Team Giant–Alpecin and Trek–Segafredo teams. Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional team Lidl–Trek.
Jesús Hernández Blázquez is a Spanish former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017, for the Liberty Seguros–Würth, Relax–GAM, Astana, Tinkoff and Trek–Segafredo teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Team Polti Kometa.
Lidl–Trek is a professional road bicycle racing team at UCI WorldTeam level licensed in the United States. Formerly RadioShack–Nissan, in 2014, Trek took over the ownership of the team and its ProTeam License.
William Clarke is an Australian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo. He is not related to fellow Australian cyclist and past teammate Simon Clarke. William Clarke is a descendant of Australian politician and businessman William John Turner Clarke.
André Fernando Cardoso Santos Martins is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team NSJBI Victoria Sports Pro Cycling Team. In 2018, he was suspended for four years – backdated to June 2017 – after failing a drugs test for erythropoietin (EPO).
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez is a Colombian racing cyclist, who rides for Colombian amateur team Nu Colombia. Pantano previously rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Colombia, IAM Cycling and Trek–Segafredo teams, before he was suspended for four years after a positive drugs test for erythropoietin (EPO).
Anna Plichta is a Polish former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021 for five different teams. She rode at the UCI Road World Championships every year between 2014 and 2020, and also represented Poland at the 2015 European Games in the women's road race and women's time trial.
Edward Theuns is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. He rode for his national team at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.
Ryan William Mullen is an Irish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.
The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. The race started in Nîmes, France, and finished in Madrid. It was the first time the race has started in France and only the third time it has started outside Spain, after 1997 (Portugal) and 2009 (Netherlands).
The 2017 season for the Trek–Segafredo cycling team began in January at 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.
Niklas Eg is a Danish former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2016 to 2023.
Team Polti Kometa is an Italian-registered, Spanish-based UCI ProTeam cycling team, that was founded in 2018. The team was promoted from the UCI Continental level in 2021.
Matteo Moschetti is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.
The 2018 Bahrain–Merida Pro Cycling season was the second season of the Bahrain–Merida team, which was founded in 2016. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour, and their season began in January with the Tour Down Under.
The 2018 season for the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
The 2019 cycling season began in Australia at the Tour Down Under for Trek–Segafredo in January.
Charles Baxter Quarterman is a British former cyclist, who competed as professional from 2017 to 2023.
