2013 Astana season

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.

Astana
2013 season
The team at the 2013 Tour of Austria
UCI code	AST
Status	UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank	5th (1045 points)[1]
Manager	Alexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)	Samruk-Kazyna
Based	Kazakhstan
Bicycles	Specialized
Groupset	Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races	0
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	9
Grand Tours	1
National Championships	2
Most wins	Vincenzo Nibali (6 wins)
Best ranked rider	Vincenzo Nibali (5th)
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Team roster

As of 1 January 2013.^[2]

Rider Date of birth  Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 39)  Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03) 3 July 1990 (age 34)  Assan Bazayev (KAZ) (1981-02-22) 22 February 1981 (age 43)  Borut Božič (SLO) (1980-08-08) 8 August 1980 (age 44)  Janez Brajkovič (SLO) (1983-12-18) 18 December 1983 (age 40)  Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ) (1983-10-17) 17 October 1983 (age 41)  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22) 22 March 1985 (age 39)  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) (1982-03-22) 22 March 1982 (age 42)  Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40)  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38)  Andrea Guardini (ITA) (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 35)  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 37)  Andriy Hryvko (UKR) (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983 (age 41)  Evan Huffman (USA) (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)  Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) (1981-04-18) 18 April 1981 (age 43)

Rider Date of birth  Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)  Tanel Kangert (EST) (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37)  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) (1980-05-17) 17 May 1980 (age 44)  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32)  Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ) (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979 (age 45)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14) 14 November 1984 (age 40)  Simone Ponzi (ITA) (1987-01-17) 17 January 1987 (age 37)  Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986 (age 38)  Egor Silin (RUS) (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 36)  Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) (1977-07-08) 8 July 1977 (age 47)  Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) (1987-03-07) 7 March 1987 (age 37)  Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) (1980-09-16) 16 September 1980 (age 44)  Andrey Zeits (KAZ) (1986-12-14) 14 December 1986 (age 37)

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Valerio Agnoli[3] Liquigas–Cannondale Jakob Fuglsang[4] RadioShack–Nissan Andrea Guardini[4] Farnese Vini–Selle Italia Evan Huffman[5] neo-pro (Californian Giant) Arman Kamyshev Astana Continental Team Alexey Lutsenko Astana Continental Team Vincenzo Nibali[3] Liquigas–Cannondale Ruslan Tleubayev Astana Continental Team Alessandro Vanotti[3] Liquigas–Cannondale

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2012 team Dmitry Fofonov[6] Retired Valentin Iglinsky[7] Ag2r–La Mondiale Robert Kišerlovski[8] RadioShack–Leopard Roman Kreuziger[9] Saxo–Tinkoff Francesco Masciarelli[10] Retired Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy Astana Continental Team Evgeni Petrov[11] Saxo–Tinkoff Sergey Renev Astana Continental Team Alexander Vinokourov[12] Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
27 February	Tour de Langkawi, Stage 7	UCI Asia Tour	Andrea Guardini (ITA)	Malaysia	Dungun
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Overall	UCI World Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy
19 April	Giro del Trentino, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy	Ala
19 April	Giro del Trentino, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy
19 April	Giro del Trentino, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy
19 April	Giro del Trentino, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Fabio Aru (ITA)	Italy
19 April	Giro del Trentino, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Italy
23 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 18	UCI World Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy	Pölsa
25 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)	Belgium	Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure
25 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 20	UCI World Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy	Tre Cime di Lavaredo
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Overall	UCI World Tour	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Italy
16 June	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 2]	Switzerland
30 June	Tour of Austria, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)	Austria	Kühtai
1 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)	Austria	Kitzbüheler Horn
7 July	Tour of Austria, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)	Austria
7 July	Tour of Austria, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)	Austria
7 July	Tour of Austria, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 3]	Austria
7 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Simone Ponzi (ITA)	Spain	Burgos
24 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Team time trial[N 4]	Spain	Sanxenxo

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Paolo Tiralongo, Fabio Aru, Alessandro Vanotti, Valerio Agnoli, Tanel Kangert, Alexsandr Dyachenko and Fredrik Kessiakoff
2. The riders on the squad were Janez Brajkovič, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Enrico Gasparotto, Jacopo Guarnieri, Arman Kamyshev, Tanel Kangert, Andrey Kashechkin and Simone Ponzi
3. The riders on the squad were Fabio Aru, Borut Božič, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrea Guardini, Maxim Iglinsky, Andriy Hryvko, Simone Ponzi and Kevin Seeldraeyers
4. The riders on the squad were Janez Brajkovič, Vincenzo Nibali, Andrey Zeits, Jakob Fuglsang, Andriy Hryvko, Maxim Iglinsky, Tanel Kangert, Paolo Tiralongo and Alessandro Vanotti

References

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5. "Huffman linked to Astana". Cycling News. 30 October 2012.
6. "Дмитрий Фофонов объявил о завершении карьеры". astanafans.com/. astanafans.com/. 14 September 2012.
7. Stokes, Shane (20 October 2012). "Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale's WorldTour prospects". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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.