Team roster
- As of 27 July 2023. [7]
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| UCI code | AQD | ||||
| Registered | Kazakhstan | ||||
| Founded | 2022 | ||||
| Discipline(s) | Road | ||||
| Status | UCI Continental | ||||
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The XDS Astana Development Team is a Kazakhstani UCI Continental cycling team established in 2022. The team acts as the development program for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team. [1]
For the 2022 season the team focused on two goals; To provide a gateway for Kazakh cyclists to reach a higher level and to have a team that will be competitive as a UCI Continental team. [2] With the same goals going into the 2023 season the team focused more on Kazakhstan growth with six riders from Kazakhstan and the rest from around the world. [3]
The first win that was not a national championship came in 2023 at the Tour of Sakarya where Astana Qazaqstan Team rider won while riding for the development team. [4] A rule introduced in 2020 allows riders from the development team to race with the Main team in select races and it allows Main team riders to race with the development team. [5]
In September 2024 Ilkhan Dostiyev was suspended and had his contract terminated after admitting to using a banned substance following an anti-doping rule violation in July 2024. [6]
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Kazakhstan National Under-23 Road Race championships Nicolas Vinokurov Kazakhstan National Under-23 Time Trial championships, Daniil Pronskiy
Overall Tour of Sakarya, Martin Laas Kazakhstan National Under-23 Road Race championships, Nicolas Vinokurov Kazakhstan National Under-23 Time Trial championships, Maxim Taraski
Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Nicolas Vinokurov Overall Tour of Romania, Ilkhan Dostiyev 
Mountains classification, Ilkhan Dostiyev Young rider classification, Ilkhan Dostiyev 
Kazakhstan Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov Kazakhstan Under-23 Time Trial, Daniil Pronskiy Kazakhstan Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov Kazakhstan Under-23 Time Trial, Maxim Taraskin
XDS Astana 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.
Astana City was 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 City acted as a junior feeder team to XDS Astana Team, alongside Vino 4ever SKO. The team disbanded at the end of the 2019 season.
Martin Laas is an Estonian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Ferei Quick-Panda Podium Mongolia Team.
Max Kanter is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Vadim Denisovich Pronskiy is a Kazakh cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Ide Schelling is a Dutch 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.
Henok Mulubrhan is an Eritrean cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Christian Scaroni 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.
Anthon Charmig is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Michele Gazzoli is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Gianmarco Garofoli is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
Nicolas Vinokurov is a Kazakh cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team. His father Alexandre and twin brother also named Alexandre also have competed as professional cyclists.
Daniil Marukhin is a Kazakh cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.
The 2024 season for the Astana Qazaqstan Team team is the team's 19th season in existence, all of which have been as a UCI WorldTeam.
Max Walker is a Manx cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team XDS Astana Development Team. He was runner-up at the British National Time Trial Championships in 2024.
Alexandre Vinokurov is a Kazakh cyclist who rides for UCI Continental team XDS Astana Development Team. His twin brother Nicolas and his father have competed as professional cyclists.
Ilkhan Dostiyev is a Kazakh cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team XDS Astana Development Team.
Alessandro Romele is an Italian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team XDS Astana Development Team. In 2025, he will join UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team on a two-year contract.
