Astana
2013 season
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)

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

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
27 FebruaryTour de Langkawi, Stage 7UCI Asia Tour Andrea Guardini (ITA) MalaysiaDungun
12 MarchTirreno–Adriatico, OverallUCI World Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Italy
19 AprilGiro del Trentino, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) ItalyAla
19 AprilGiro del Trentino, OverallUCI Europe Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Italy
19 AprilGiro del Trentino, Mountains classificationUCI Europe Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Italy
19 AprilGiro del Trentino, Young rider classificationUCI Europe Tour Fabio Aru (ITA) Italy
19 AprilGiro del Trentino, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 1] Italy
23 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 18UCI World Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) ItalyPölsa
25 MayTour of Belgium, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) BelgiumLacs de l'Eau d'Heure
25 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 20UCI World Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) ItalyTre Cime di Lavaredo
26 MayGiro d'Italia, OverallUCI World Tour Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Italy
16 JuneTour de Suisse, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 2]  Switzerland
30 JuneTour of Austria, Stage 1UCI Europe Tour Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) AustriaKühtai
1 JulyTour of Austria, Stage 2UCI Europe Tour Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) AustriaKitzbüheler Horn
7 JulyTour of Austria, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) Austria
7 JulyTour of Austria, Mountains classificationUCI Europe Tour Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) Austria
7 JulyTour of Austria, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 3] Austria
7 AugustVuelta a Burgos, Stage 1UCI Europe Tour Simone Ponzi (ITA) SpainBurgos
24 AugustVuelta a España, Stage 1UCI World TourTeam time trial[N 4] SpainSanxenxo

Footnotes

References

  1. "UCI Rankings". uci.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Nibali signs two-year contract with Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Guardini joins Fuglsang in move to Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  5. "Huffman linked to Astana". Cycling News. 30 October 2012.
  6. "Дмитрий Фофонов объявил о завершении карьеры". astanafans.com/. astanafans.com/. 14 September 2012.
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  8. "Kiserlovski signs for RadioShack-Nissan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  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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