Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. He is of Russian origin. As a competitor, his achievements include two bronze medals at the World Championships, four stage wins in the Tour de France, four in the Vuelta a España plus the overall title in 2006, two Liège–Bastogne–Liège monuments, one Amstel Gold Race, and the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics Men's Road Race. Vinokourov is a past national champion of Kazakhstan, and a dual-medalist at the Summer Olympics. In 2007, he received a two-year ban from cycling for blood doping. In 2019, he was accused of race fixing by prosecutors in Liège but was later cleared of the charges.
Paolo Savoldelli is a former Italian road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.
Levi Leipheimer is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born and raised in Butte, Montana and resides in Santa Rosa, California. He is the patron of the widely attended King Ridge GranFondo, a mass participation ride in Sonoma County.
Allan Howard Davis is an Australian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE. Born in Ipswich, Queensland, Davis resides in Bundaberg, Queensland and in Spain. Known for his sprinting ability, he started competitive cycling at the age of 10, and turned professional in 2002. He is also the brother of fellow cyclist, Scott Davis, and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Andrey Grigorievich Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who last rode for the UCI ProTour team Astana.
Acqua & Sapone was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. They were managed by Palmiro Masciarelli, assisted by directeur sportifs Lorenzo Di Lorenzo, Bruno Cenghialta and Franco Gini. The team won team championship on the 2005–06 UCI Europe Tour.
Lars Anthonius Johannes Boom is a professional cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing cyclist from the Netherlands. He has also competed professionally in road racing, between 2004 and 2019.
Maxim Gennadyevich Iglinsky is a Kazakh former road racing cyclist who rode professionally from 2004 to 2014 with the Capec, Domina Vacanze, Team Milram and Astana teams.
Davide Malacarne is an Italian former multi-discipline cyclist. He competed professionally in road racing between 2009 and 2016 for the Quick-Step, Team Europcar and Astana teams, won the junior race at the 2005 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, and rode in mountain biking for the DMT Racing team.
Valentin Iglinsky is a Kazakh road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTour team Astana. He is the younger brother of Maxim Iglinsky, who rode for the Astana Qazaqstan Team team.
Lieuwe Westra was a Dutch professional racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for the KrolStonE Continental Team, Vacansoleil–DCM and Astana teams.
Gorka Izagirre Insausti is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Ion Izagirre.
Egor Viktorovich Silin is a Russian road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Rádio Popular–Boavista.
The 2012 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
Moreno Moser is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Cannondale, Cannondale–Drapac, Astana and the Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè teams.
Hugo Houle is a Canadian professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel–Premier Tech.
Evan Lukas Huffman is an American former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2019 for the Astana, Team SmartStop and Rally UHC Cycling teams. His notable wins include the mountains classification at the 2016 Tour of California, and overall wins at the 2017 editions of the Tour of Alberta and the Tour of the Gila.
Jan Hirt is a Czech professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.
Yevgeniy Gidich is a Kazakhstani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. He rode in the men's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
