2019 Astana season

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Astana
2019 season
Miguel Angel Lopez (team Astana) Giro d'Italia 2019, Stage 19, wearing White jesrey.jpg
Miguel Angel Lopez in Stage 19, Giro d'Italia wearing White jersey as the best Young rider
UCI codeAST
Status UCI WorldTeam
Chairman Alexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s) Samruk-Kazyna
Based Kazakhstan
Bicycles Argon 18
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 3
Stage race overall10
Stage race stages20
National Championships 2
Most Wins Alexey Lutsenko
Best ranked rider Jakob Fuglsang (3rd)
Astana jersey 2019.jpg
Jersey
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The 2019 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.

Contents

Team roster

As of 24 December 2018. [1]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Ballerini  (ITA) (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 24)
Flag of Spain.svg  Pello Bilbao  (ESP) (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 28)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhandos Bizhigitov  (KAZ) (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of Italy.svg  Manuele Boaro  (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 31)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Hernando Bohórquez  (COL) (1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 26)
Flag of Italy.svg  Dario Cataldo  (ITA) (1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 33)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Rodrigo Contreras  (COL) (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 24)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Magnus Cort  (DEN) (1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 25)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Laurens De Vreese  (BEL) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 30)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daniil Fominykh  (KAZ) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of Spain.svg  Omar Fraile  (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 28)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 33)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Gidich  (KAZ) (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 22)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Jonas Gregaard Wilsly  (DEN) (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 22)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Gruzdev  (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 32)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Jan Hirt  (CZE) (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Hugo Houle  (CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 28)
Flag of Spain.svg  Ion Izagirre  (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 29)
Flag of Spain.svg  Gorka Izagirre  (ESP) (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 31)
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Merhawi Kudus  (ERI) (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 24)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 24)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 26)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yuriy Natarov  (KAZ) (1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 21)
Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 35)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Nikita Stalnov  (KAZ) (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Villella  (ITA) (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Artyom Zakharov  (KAZ) (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 27)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Zeits  (KAZ) (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 32)

    Season victories

    DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
    10 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Ion Izagirre  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    10 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    15 February Vuelta a Murcia, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Pello Bilbao  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain San Javier
    16 February Vuelta a Murcia, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Murcia
    16 February Vuelta a Murcia, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    16 February Vuelta a Murcia, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    16 February Vuelta a Murcia, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    16 February Vuelta a Murcia, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    17 February Tour de la Provence, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Gorka Izagirre  (ESP)Flag of France.svg  France
    17 February Tour of Colombia, Overall UCI America Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
    17 February Tour of Colombia, Young rider classification UCI America Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
    17 February Tour of Oman, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Al Bustan
    18 February Tour of Oman, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Qurayyat
    20 February Tour of Oman, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Jabal al Akhdhar
    21 February Tour of Oman, Overall UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
    21 February Tour of Oman, Points classification UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
    24 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    25 February Tour of Rwanda, Stage 2 UCI Africa Tour Flag of Eritrea.svg  Merhawi Kudus  (ERI)Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Mount Huye
    26 February Tour of Rwanda, Stage 3 UCI Africa Tour Flag of Eritrea.svg  Merhawi Kudus  (ERI)Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Rubavu
    3 March Tour of Rwanda, Stage 8 UCI Africa Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Rodrigo Contreras  (COL)Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Kigali
    3 March Tour of Rwanda, Overall UCI Africa Tour Flag of Eritrea.svg  Merhawi Kudus  (ERI)Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
    13 March Paris–Nice, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Magnus Cort Nielsen  (DEN)Flag of France.svg  France Pélussin
    16 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fossombrone
    17 March Paris–Nice, Stage 8 UCI World Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Ion Izagirre  (ESP)Flag of France.svg  France Nice
    17 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 5 UCI World Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Recanati
    19 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
    28 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4 UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain La Molina
    31 March Volta a Catalunya, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    31 March Volta a Catalunya, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    13 April Tour of the Basque Country, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Ion Izagirre  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
    28 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège UCI World Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Liège
    17 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Pello Bilbao  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy L'Aquila
    18 May Tour of California, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Davide Ballerini  (ITA)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
    26 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 15 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Dario Cataldo  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Como
    1 June Giro d'Italia, Stage 20 UCI World Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Pello Bilbao  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Croce d'Aune
    2 June Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of Colombia.svg  Miguel Ángel López  (COL)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
    16 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall UCI World Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of France.svg  France
    16 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 3] Flag of France.svg  France
    16 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 2 UCI World Tour Flag of Spain.svg  Luis León Sánchez  (ESP)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Langnau im Emmental
    18 August Arctic Race of Norway, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
    18 August Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
    18 August Arctic Race of Norway, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
    24 August Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 (TTT) UCI World Tour [N 5] Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Torrevieja
    9 September Vuelta a Espana, Stage 16 UCI World Tour Flag of Denmark.svg  Jakob Fuglsang  (DEN)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain La Cubilla
    19 September Coppa Sabatini UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Peccioli
    21 September Memorial Marco Pantani UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Cesenatico
    3 October CRO Race, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Gidich  (KAZ)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Makarska
    6 October CRO Race, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 6] Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia

    National, Continental and World champions 2019

    DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation
    25 April Asian Cycling Championships, ITTFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Daniil Fominykh  (KAZ)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Gazalkent
    27 April Asian Cycling Championships, TTT [N 7] Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Gazalkent
    28 April Asian Cycling Championships, Road raceFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Gidich  (KAZ)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Gazalkent
    26 June Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships
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    Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Shchuchinsk
    30 June Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships
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    Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexey Lutsenko  (KAZ)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Shchuchinsk

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