Team roster
- As of 21 January 2023. [3]
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | AAM |
| Registered | Kazakhstan |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Dossan Mussayev |
| Team manager(s) | |
| Team name history | |
2018–2021 2021–2022 2023– | |
Almaty Astana Motors ( UCI team code:AAM) is a professional road bicycle racing team from Kazakhstan. [2]
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Astana, formerly known as Nur-Sultan, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola, is the capital and second-largest city of Kazakhstan with a population of 1,350,228 within the city limits after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, though administered as a city with special status separately from the rest of the region. Initially founded as Akmoly in 1830, the city was later renamed Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola before adopting the name Astana in 1998, which means "capital city" in Kazakh. In 2019, the city briefly adopted the name Nur-Sultan in honor of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev, but it returned to the name Astana in 2022.
Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in southern Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Almaty stands as a pivotal center of culture, commerce, finance and innovation. The city is nestled at an elevation of 700–900 metres, with the Big Almaty and Small Almaty rivers running through it, originating from the surrounding mountains and flowing into the plains. Almaty is the second-largest city in Central Asia and the third-largest in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
Andrey Sergeyevich Zeits is a Kazakh former professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, Zeits rode the Giro d'Italia, the first grand tour of his career, which he finished in 31st place.
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Gruzdev is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer, who last rode UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. With ten professional wins, Gruzdev is a four-time winner of the Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships, and he also won the Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships in 2024. He has also won six gold medals, across three different road events, at the Asian Cycling Championships.
Alexey Alexandrovich Lutsenko is a Kazakh professional cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.
Davide Villella is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2014 to 2022.
Daniil Fominykh is a Kazakh former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2021. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Almaty Cycling Team.
Ilya Davidenok is a Kazakhstani cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport until April 2028.
Stepan Yuryevich Astafyev is a Kazakhstani professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Almaty Cycling Team. He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Zhandos Ermuratovich Bizhigitov is a Kazakhstani former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2020, for the Continental Team Astana, Vino 4ever SKO and Astana teams. He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.
Yevgeniy Gidich is a Kazakhstani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team. He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Nikita Serikovich Stalnov is a Kazakhstani former cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Astana–Premier Tech. He was named in the startlist for the 2017 and 2018 Vuelta a España. Stalnov retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.
Vadim Denisovich Pronskiy is a Kazakh cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.
Yuriy Natarov is a Kazakh cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.
Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Fedorov, or Fyodorov, is a Kazakh professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Igor Chzhan is a Kazakh cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Lorenzo Fortunato is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Anton Kuzmin is a Kazakh cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Gleb Brussenskiy is a Kazakh professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
