2018 Astana season explained

Team:Astana
Season:2018
Men:yes
Ucicode:AST
Status:UCI WorldTeam
Wtrank:6th[1]
Chairman:Alexander Vinokourov
Sponsor:Samruk-Kazyna
Base:Kazakhstan
Bikes:Argon 18
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:3
Stageraceoverall:3
Stageracestages:19
Natcwins:4
Bestrider:Miguel Ángel López[2]
Kitimage:Astana team jersey (2018).jpg
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 season for the cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season
Rider2017 team
Magnus Cort Nielsen[3]
Omar Fraile[4]
Yevgeniy Gidichneo-pro
Jan Hirt[5]
Hugo Houle[6]
Davide Villella[7]
Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season
Rider2018 team
Fabio Aru[8]
Matti Breschel[9]
Arman Kamyshev[10]
Paolo TiralongoRetired

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams classification [11]
Vuelta a MurciaMurcia
Tour of Oman, Stage 4 Ministry of Tourism
Tour of Oman, Stage 5 Jebel Akhdar
Tour of Oman, Overall
Tour of Oman, Young rider classification
Tour of Oman, Teams classification [12]
Abu Dhabi Tour, Young rider classification
Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification [13]
Tour de Langkawi, Stage 2 Kota Bharu
Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4 Pekan
Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 Eibar
Berg en Terblijt
Tour of the Alps, Stage 1 Folgaria
Tour of the Alps, Stage 2 Fiemme Mountains
Tour of the Alps, Stage 4 Lienz
Tour of the Alps, Teams classification [14]
Tour of Croatia, Young rider classification
Tour de Romandie, Stage 1 Delémont
Tour de Romandie, Stage 4 Sion
Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 2 Ilkley
Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification
Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 6 La Rosière
Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification
Tour de Suisse, Teams classification [15]
Tour of Austria, Stage 6 Wenigzell
Tour de France, Stage 14 Mende
Tour de France, Stage 15 Carcassonne
Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 Espinosa de los Monteros
Tour de Pologne, Teams classification [16]
Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification
BinckBank Tour, Stage 5 Lanaken
Arctic Race of Norway, Overall
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Teams classification [17]
Tour of Almaty, Stage 1 Almaty
Tour of Almaty, Stage 2 Almaty
Tour of Almaty, Overall Almaty
Tour of Almaty, Points classification
Tour of Turkey, Stage 4 Marmaris
Tour of Guangxi, Teams classification [18]

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
Bohuslav
Almaty
Otepää
Almaty
Asian Games, Men's road race Subang
Asian Games, ITT Subang

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UCI Rankings . uci.org . 13 March 2019.
  2. Web site: PCS Ranking Individual. procyclingstats.com . 11 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Cort signs two-year deal with Astana. 7 August 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 27 April 2018.
  4. Web site: Fraile signs two-year deal with Astana. 3 August 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 27 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Jan Hirt signs for Astana. 14 August 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 27 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Hugo Houle to Join Astana Team. 8 September 2017 . pedalmag.com. 27 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Davide Villella signs for Astana. 10 August 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 27 April 2018.
  8. Web site: Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates. 17 October 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 3 March 2018.
  9. Web site: Breschel returns to Slipstream Sports for 2018. 25 October 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 3 March 2018.
  10. Web site: The Cyclingnews guide to 2017-2018 rider transfers. 19 December 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 3 March 2018.
  11. The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Luis León Sánchez, Pello Bilbao, Sergey Chernetskiy, Yevgeniy Gidich, Moreno Moser and Andriy Hrivko
  12. The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Omar Fraile, Jan Hirt, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Magnus Cort and Nikita Stalnov
  13. The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Dario Cataldo, Oscar Gatto, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Andriy Hrivko and Davide Villella
  14. The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Pello Bilbao, Jan Hirt, Luis León Sánchez, Nikita Stalnov, Davide Villella and Andrey Zeits
  15. The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Omar Fraile, Oscar Gatto, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jesper Hansen, Magnus Cort and Tanel Kangert
  16. The riders on the squad were Zhandos Bizhigitov, Yevgeniy Gidich, Sergey Chernetskiy, Alexey Lutsenko, Andrey Zeits and Davide Villella
  17. The riders on the squad were Hugo Houle, Laurens De Vreese, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Sergey Chernetskiy, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev and Ruslan Tleubayev
  18. The riders on the squad were Sergey Chernetskiy, Laurens De Vreese, Andriy Hrivko, Hugo Houle, Riccardo Minali, Luis León Sánchez and Ruslan Tleubayev

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