2012 Astana season explained

Team:Astana
Season:2012
Men:yes
Ucicode:AST
Status:UCI ProTeam
Wtrank:10th (645 points)[1]
Manager:Giuseppe Martinelli
Sponsor:Samruk-Kazyna
Base:Kazakhstan
Bikes:Specialized
Groupset:SRAM?
Onedaywins:2
Stageraceoverall:3
Stageracestages:10
Natcwins:6
Bestrider:Roman Kreuziger (20th)
Previous:2011
Next:2013

The 2012 season for the 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.

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[2]

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Rider2011 team
Andrey Kashechkin[3]
Dimitry Muravyev[4]
Jacopo Guarnieri[5]
Egor Silin
Francesco Gavazzi
Kevin Seeldraeyers[6]
Borut Božič
Janez Brajkovič[7]
Dmitriy Gruzdevstagiaire [8]
Simone Ponzi[9]
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
Rider2012 team
Rémy Di Gregorio[10]
Simon Clarke[11]
Tomas Vaitkus[12]
Allan Davis[13]
Mirco LorenzettoRetired[14]
Gorazd ŠtangeljRetired[15]
Roman KireyevRetired[16]
Maxim GourovNone
Josep JufréRetired[17]
Andrey MizurovTabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3 Canturri
Valkenburg
Liège
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3 Elmalı
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classification [18]
Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 Rocca di Cambio
Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 Alpe di Pampeago
Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1 Novo Mesto
Tour de Suisse, Stage 7 Gossau
Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 Sörenberg
Tour de Suisse, Teams classification [19]
Tour of Slovenia, Overall
Vuelta a España, Stage 11 Pontevedra
Tour of Beijing, Stage 3 Badaling Great Wall
Tour of Hainan, Stage 7 Wuzhishan
Tour of Hainan, Overall
Tour of Hainan, Teams classification [20]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCI Rankings . uci.org . 13 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ. 16 January 2012. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
  3. News: Kashechkin rejects suggestions he’ll be with RusVelo rather than Astana in 2012. 3 December 2011. 16 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
  4. News: "Pro Team Astana" signed Dmitriy Muravyev. 8 August 2011. 16 January 2012. astana.lu. .
  5. News: Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons. 22 August 2011. 16 January 2012. astana.lu. .
  6. News: Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers. 19 September 2011. 16 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
  7. News: Brajkovic joins Astana. 30 September 2011. 16 January 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. Agence France-Presse. 2 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120102204205/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/09/news/brajkovic-joins-astana_194058. dead.
  8. News: Vinokourov to lead strong Astana team at the Tour de Langkawi. Shane. Stokes. 20 December 2011. 16 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
  9. News: Transferts 2011-2012. French. Transfers 2011-2012. 16 January 2012. Velochrono.fr. Velochrono.
  10. News: Di Gregorio joins Cofidis; Quick Step hires Polish riders. 5 August 2011. 16 January 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210451/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/transfer-season-di-gregorio-joins-cofidis-quick-step-hires-polish-riders_187011. dead.
  11. News: Clarke bound for GreenEdge. Jane. Aubrey. 23 August 2011. 16 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  12. News: Versatile Vaitkus leaves Astana for GreenEdge. Jane. Aubrey. 29 August 2011. 16 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  13. News: Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights. 20 September 2011. 16 January 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. Agence France-Presse. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127014017/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/09/news/davis-joins-greenedge-with-london-games-in-sights_192988. dead.
  14. News: Lorenzetto calls time on career. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 December 2011. 16 January 2012.
  15. News: Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: This year’s retirees just faded away. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc.. 7 November 2011. 16 January 2012. John. Wilcockson. 15 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120115080936/http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/11/news/inside-cycling-with-john-wilcockson-this-year%E2%80%99s-retirees-just-faded-away_197318. dead.
  16. News: Astana reduces roster thanks to Kireyev retirement. Barry. Ryan. 24 August 2011. 16 January 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
  17. News: Josep Jufré calls it a career at age 36. Kyle. Moore. 16 January 2012. 16 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
  18. The riders on the squad were Alexander Vinokourov, Assan Bazayev, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jacopo Guarnieri, Valentin Iglinsky, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy and Andrey Zeits
  19. The riders on the squad were Jacopo Guarnieri, Assan Bazayev, Tanel Kangert, Francesco Gavazzi, Dimitry Muravyev, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Robert Kišerlovski and Roman Kreuziger
  20. The riders on the squad were Valentin Iglinsky, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy, Sergey Renev, Andrey Zeits and Alexsandr Dyachenko

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