2013 Astana season

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Astana
2013 season
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The team at the 2013 Tour of Austria
UCI codeAST
StatusUCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank5th (1045 points)[1]
ManagerAlexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)Samruk-Kazyna
BasedKazakhstan
BicyclesSpecialized
GroupsetCampagnolo
Season victories
One-day races0
Stage race overall3
Stage race stages9
Grand Tours1
National Championships2
Most WinsVincenzo Nibali (6 wins)
Best ranked riderVincenzo Nibali (5th)
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The 2013 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.

Team roster[]

As of 1 January 2013.[2]
Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 37)
 Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03) 3 July 1990 (age 31)
 Assan Bazayev (KAZ) (1981-02-22) 22 February 1981 (age 40)
 Borut Božič (SLO) (1980-08-08) 8 August 1980 (age 41)
 Janez Brajkovič (SLO) (1983-12-18) 18 December 1983 (age 38)
 Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ) (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983 (age 38)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22) 22 March 1985 (age 36)
 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) (1982-03-22) 22 March 1982 (age 39)
 Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 37)
 Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 35)
 Andrea Guardini (ITA) (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 32)
 Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 34)
 Andriy Hryvko (UKR) (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983 (age 38)
 Evan Huffman (USA) (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 32)
 Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) (1981-04-18) 18 April 1981 (age 40)
Rider Date of birth
 Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 30)
 Tanel Kangert (EST) (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 34)
 Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 41)
 Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) (1980-05-17) 17 May 1980 (age 41)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 29)
 Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ) (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979 (age 42)
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14) 14 November 1984 (age 37)
 Simone Ponzi (ITA) (1987-01-17) 17 January 1987 (age 35)
 Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986 (age 35)
 Egor Silin (RUS) (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 33)
 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) (1977-07-08) 8 July 1977 (age 44)
 Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) (1987-03-07) 7 March 1987 (age 34)
 Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) (1980-09-16) 16 September 1980 (age 41)
 Andrey Zeits (KAZ) (1986-12-14) 14 December 1986 (age 35)

Season victories[]

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
27 February Tour de Langkawi, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Andrea Guardini (ITA)  Malaysia Dungun
12 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
19 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy Ala
19 April Giro del Trentino, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
19 April Giro del Trentino, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
19 April Giro del Trentino, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour  Fabio Aru (ITA)  Italy
19 April Giro del Trentino, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Italy
23 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 18 UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy Pölsa
25 May Tour of Belgium, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)  Belgium Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure
25 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 20 UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy Tre Cime di Lavaredo
26 May Giro d'Italia, Overall UCI World Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Italy
16 June Tour de Suisse, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 2]   Switzerland
30 June Tour of Austria, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)  Austria Kühtai
1 July Tour of Austria, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)  Austria Kitzbüheler Horn
7 July Tour of Austria, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)  Austria
7 July Tour of Austria, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)  Austria
7 July Tour of Austria, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 3]  Austria
7 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Simone Ponzi (ITA)  Spain Burgos
24 August Vuelta a España, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Team time trial[N 4]  Spain Sanxenxo

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Paolo Tiralongo, Fabio Aru, Alessandro Vanotti, Valerio Agnoli, Tanel Kangert, Alexsandr Dyachenko and Fredrik Kessiakoff
  2. ^ The riders on the squad were Janez Brajkovič, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Enrico Gasparotto, Jacopo Guarnieri, Arman Kamyshev, Tanel Kangert, Andrey Kashechkin and Simone Ponzi
  3. ^ The riders on the squad were Fabio Aru, Borut Božič, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrea Guardini, Maxim Iglinsky, Andriy Hryvko, Simone Ponzi and Kevin Seeldraeyers
  4. ^ The riders on the squad were Janez Brajkovič, Vincenzo Nibali, Andrey Zeits, Jakob Fuglsang, Andriy Hryvko, Maxim Iglinsky, Tanel Kangert, Paolo Tiralongo and Alessandro Vanotti

References[]

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  2. ^ "Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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  5. ^ "Huffman linked to Astana". Cycling News. 30 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Дмитрий Фофонов объявил о завершении карьеры". astanafans.com/. astanafans.com/. 14 September 2012.
  7. ^ Stokes, Shane (20 October 2012). "Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale's WorldTour prospects". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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  9. ^ "Kreuziger joins Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Masciarelli quits Astana over health problems". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  11. ^ "Duggan and Petrov join Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  12. ^ "Vinokourov may start future races, would like to become sport director". VeloNews. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Olympic road race champion Alexander Vinokourov rode what he had planned to be his final race as a professional on Wednesday in the Olympic time trial and said afterward that he may continue in select events in 2012 and would like to work as a sports director.
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