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.
^"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.
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.
^"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.