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Cycling team season
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 .
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
[4]
Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Date
Race
Competition
Rider
Country
Location
21 March
Volta a Catalunya , Stage 3
UCI World Tour
Janez Brajkovič (
SLO )
Spain
Canturri
15 April
Amstel Gold Race
UCI World Tour
Enrico Gasparotto (
ITA )
Netherlands
Valkenburg
22 April
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
UCI World Tour
Maxim Iglinsky (
KAZ )
Belgium
Liège
24 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Stage 3
[N 1]
UCI Europe Tour
Alexsandr Dyachenko (
KAZ )
Turkey
Elmalı
29 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Overall
[N 1]
UCI Europe Tour
Alexsandr Dyachenko (
KAZ )
Turkey
29 April
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[N 4]
Turkey
12 May
Giro d'Italia , Stage 7
UCI World Tour
Paolo Tiralongo (
ITA )
Italy
Rocca di Cambio
25 May
Giro d'Italia , Stage 19
UCI World Tour
Roman Kreuziger (
CZE )
Italy
Alpe di Pampeago
14 June
Tour of Slovenia , Stage 1
UCI Europe Tour
Simone Ponzi (
ITA )
Slovenia
Novo Mesto
15 June
Tour de Suisse , Stage 7
UCI World Tour
Fredrik Kessiakoff (
SWE )
Switzerland
Gossau
17 June
Tour de Suisse , Stage 9
UCI World Tour
Tanel Kangert (
EST )
Switzerland
Sörenberg
17 June
Tour de Suisse , Teams classification
UCI World Tour
[N 5]
Switzerland
17 June
Tour of Slovenia , Overall
UCI Europe Tour
Janez Brajkovič (
SLO )
Slovenia
29 August
Vuelta a España , Stage 11
UCI World Tour
Fredrik Kessiakoff (
SWE )
Spain
Pontevedra
11 October
Tour of Beijing , Stage 3
UCI World Tour
Francesco Gavazzi (
ITA )
China
Badaling Great Wall
26 October
Tour of Hainan , Stage 7
UCI Asia Tour
Dmitriy Gruzdev (
KAZ )
China
Wuzhishan
28 October
Tour of Hainan , Overall
UCI Asia Tour
Dmitriy Gruzdev (
KAZ )
China
28 October
Tour of Hainan , Teams classification
UCI Asia Tour
[N 6]
China
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a
b
c
d
Alexsandr Dyachenko gained a stage win as well as the overall victory in the
Tour of Turkey , after initial winner
Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for
erythropoietin (EPO) during the event.
[2]
[3]
^ Aru joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Palazzago-Elledent-RAD Logistica.
[5]
^ Masciarelli left the team on 6 June.
[6]
^ The riders on the squad were
Alexander Vinokourov ,
Assan Bazayev ,
Alexsandr Dyachenko ,
Dmitriy Gruzdev ,
Jacopo Guarnieri ,
Valentin Iglinsky ,
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy and
Andrey Zeits
^ The riders on the squad were
Jacopo Guarnieri ,
Assan Bazayev ,
Tanel Kangert ,
Francesco Gavazzi ,
Dimitry Muravyev ,
Fredrik Kessiakoff ,
Robert Kišerlovski and
Roman Kreuziger
^ The riders on the squad were
Valentin Iglinsky ,
Dmitriy Gruzdev ,
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy ,
Sergey Renev ,
Andrey Zeits and
Alexsandr Dyachenko
^
"UCI Rankings" . uci.org . Retrieved 13 March 2019 .
^
"Ivailo Gabrovski provisionally suspended" . UCI.ch .
Union Cycliste Internationale . 18 July 2012. Archived from
the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012 .
^ Stokes, Shane (14 September 2012).
"Tour of Turkey winner Gabrovski faces disqualification with B sample also positive for EPO" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 9 October 2012 .
^
"Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ" .
UCI World Tour .
Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 16 January 2012 . [
permanent dead link ]
^ Breban, Renaud (25 July 2012).
"Fabio Aru stagiaire chez Astana" [Fabio Aru an intern at Astana]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar-Agency. Retrieved 1 August 2012 .
^
"Masciarelli quits Astana over health problems" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012 .
^
"Kashechkin rejects suggestions he'll be with RusVelo rather than Astana in 2012" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
" "Pro Team Astana" signed Dmitriy Muravyev" . astana.lu .
Astana . 8 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
a
b
c
"Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons" . astana.lu .
Astana . 22 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012 . [
permanent dead link ]
^
a
b
"Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
"Brajkovic joins Astana" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc.
Agence France-Presse . 30 September 2011. Archived from
the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^ Stokes, Shane (20 December 2011).
"Vinokourov to lead strong Astana team at the Tour de Langkawi" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
a
b
"Transferts 2011-2012" [Transfers 2011-2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
"Di Gregorio joins Cofidis; Quick Step hires Polish riders" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc. 5 August 2011. Archived from
the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^ Aubrey, Jane (23 August 2011).
"Clarke bound for GreenEdge" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^ Aubrey, Jane (29 August 2011).
"Versatile Vaitkus leaves Astana for GreenEdge" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
"Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc.
Agence France-Presse . 20 September 2011. Archived from
the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^
"Lorenzetto calls time on career" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^ Wilcockson, John (7 November 2011).
"Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: This year's retirees just faded away" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from
the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^ Ryan, Barry (24 August 2011).
"Astana reduces roster thanks to Kireyev retirement" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .
^ Moore, Kyle (16 January 2012).
"Josep Jufré calls it a career at age 36" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 January 2012 .