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2020 Astana season

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Astana Pro Team
2020 season
UCI codeAST
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ChairmanAlexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)Samruk-Kazyna
BasedKazakhstan
BicyclesWilier Triestina
GroupsetShimano[1]
Season victories
One-day races5
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages7
National Championships1
Most winsJakob Fuglsang
Aleksandr Vlasov
(5 each)
Jersey
← 2019
2021 →

The 2020 season for the Astana cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under.

Team roster

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As of 1 January 2020.
Rider Date of birth
 Alex Aranburu (ESP) (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 24)
 Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ) (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 28)
 Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 32)
 Hernando Bohórquez (COL) (1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 27)
 Rodrigo Contreras (COL) (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 25)
 Laurens De Vreese (BEL) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 31)
 Fabio Felline (ITA) (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 29)
 Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 28)
 Omar Fraile (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 29)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 34)
 Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 23)
 Jonas Gregaard (DEN) (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 23)
 Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 33)
 Hugo Houle (CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 30)
 Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 32)
 Merhawi Kudus (ERI) (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 25)
 Miguel Ángel López (COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 25)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 27)
 Davide Martinelli (ITA) (1993-05-31)31 May 1993 (aged 26)
 Yuriy Natarov (KAZ) (1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 23)
 Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 21)
 Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) (1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 24)
 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 36)
 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 28)
 Harold Tejada (COL) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 22)
 Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (1996-04-23)23 April 1996 (aged 23)
 Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 28)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
14 February Tour de la Provence, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  France La Ciotat
15 February Vuelta a Murcia, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Spain Murcia
15 February Vuelta a Murcia, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Omar Fraile (ESP)  Spain
15 February Vuelta a Murcia, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Spain
16 February Tour de la Provence, Points classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  France
16 February Tour de la Provence, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  France
16 February Tour de la Provence, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
[N 2]  France
19 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Spain Grazalema
21 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Spain Úbeda
22 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Portugal Alto do Malhão
23 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Spain
23 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Points classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Spain
3 August Gran Trittico Lombardo UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Gorka Izagirre (ESP)  Italy Varese
6 August Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge UCI Europe Tour  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  France Mont Ventoux
15 August Il Lombardia UCI World Tour  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Italy Como
18 August Giro dell'Emilia UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  Italy Bologna
30 August Memorial Marco Pantani UCI Europe Tour  Fabio Felline (ITA)  Italy Cesenatico
3 September Tour de France, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  France Mont Aigoual
4 September Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 3]  Italy
14 September Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)  Italy
25 October Vuelta a España, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Ion Izagirre (ESP)  Spain Aramón Formigal

National, Continental and World champions 2020

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
23 August Spanish National Road Race Champion
 Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Spain Baeza

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ^ "WorldTour team bike guide 2020". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Astana signs Alexander Aranburu after impressive Vuelta a España". Cyclingnews.com. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Martinelli makes move to Astana – Transfer shorts". Cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Astana poach Alexander Vlasov from Gazprom-RusVelo". Cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Óscar Rodríguez signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Cataldo and Villella join Movistar from Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Cort Nielsen signs with EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Bahrain-Merida announce six new signings, including Pello Bilbao, Eros Capecchi and Marco Haller". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Zeits signs for Mitchelton-Scott after twelve years with Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Jan Hirt joins CCC Team after two years at Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Davide Ballerini signs for Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.