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Astana
2012 season
The team car at the 2012 Tour de France
UCI codeAST
Status UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank10th (645 points) [1]
Manager Giuseppe Martinelli
Main sponsor(s) Samruk-Kazyna
Based Kazakhstan
Bicycles Specialized
Groupset SRAM?
Season victories
One-day races2
Stage race overall3 [N 1]
Stage race stages10 [N 1]
National Championships6
Best ranked rider Roman Kreuziger ( 20th)
←  2011
2013 →

The 2012 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.

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012. [4]

Rider Date of birth
  Fabio Aru [N 2] ( ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 21)
  Assan Bazayev ( KAZ) (1981-02-22)22 February 1981 (aged 30)
  Borut Božič ( SLO) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 31)
  Janez Brajkovič ( SLO) (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 28)
  Alexsandr Dyachenko ( KAZ) (1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 28)
  Dmitry Fofonov ( KAZ) (1976-08-15)15 August 1976 (aged 35)
  Enrico Gasparotto ( ITA) (1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 29)
  Francesco Gavazzi ( ITA) (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 27)
  Dmitriy Gruzdev ( KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 25)
  Jacopo Guarnieri ( ITA) (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 24)
  Andriy Hryvko ( UKR) (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 28)
  Maxim Iglinskiy ( KAZ) (1981-04-18)18 April 1981 (aged 30)
  Valentin Iglinskiy ( KAZ) (1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 27)
  Tanel Kangert ( EST) (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 24)
Rider Date of birth
  Andrey Kashechkin ( KAZ) (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 31)
  Fredrik Kessiakoff ( SWE) (1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 31)
  Robert Kišerlovski ( CRO) (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 25)
  Roman Kreuziger ( CZE) (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 25)
  Francesco Masciarelli [N 3] ( ITA) (1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 25)
  Dimitry Muravyev ( KAZ) (1979-11-02)2 November 1979 (aged 32)
  Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy ( KAZ) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 24)
  Evgeni Petrov ( RUS) (1978-05-25)25 May 1978 (aged 33)
  Simone Ponzi ( ITA) (1987-01-17)17 January 1987 (aged 24)
  Sergey Renev ( KAZ) (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 26)
  Kevin Seeldraeyers ( BEL) (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)
  Egor Silin ( RUS) (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 23)
  Paolo Tiralongo ( ITA) (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 34)
  Alexander Vinokourov ( KAZ) (1973-09-16)16 September 1973 (aged 38)
  Andrey Zeits ( KAZ) (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 25)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
21 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3 UCI World Tour   Janez Brajkovič ( SLO)   Spain Canturri
15 April Amstel Gold Race UCI World Tour   Enrico Gasparotto ( ITA)   Netherlands Valkenburg
22 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège UCI World Tour   Maxim Iglinsky ( KAZ)   Belgium Liège
24 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3 [N 1] UCI Europe Tour   Alexsandr Dyachenko ( KAZ)   Turkey Elmalı
29 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall [N 1] UCI Europe Tour   Alexsandr Dyachenko ( KAZ)   Turkey
29 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4]   Turkey
12 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Paolo Tiralongo ( ITA)   Italy Rocca di Cambio
25 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 UCI World Tour   Roman Kreuziger ( CZE)   Italy Alpe di Pampeago
14 June Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Simone Ponzi ( ITA)   Slovenia Novo Mesto
15 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Fredrik Kessiakoff ( SWE)   Switzerland Gossau
17 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 UCI World Tour   Tanel Kangert ( EST)   Switzerland Sörenberg
17 June Tour de Suisse, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 5]   Switzerland
17 June Tour of Slovenia, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Janez Brajkovič ( SLO)   Slovenia
29 August Vuelta a España, Stage 11 UCI World Tour   Fredrik Kessiakoff ( SWE)   Spain Pontevedra
11 October Tour of Beijing, Stage 3 UCI World Tour   Francesco Gavazzi ( ITA)   China Badaling Great Wall
26 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour   Dmitriy Gruzdev ( KAZ)   China Wuzhishan
28 October Tour of Hainan, Overall UCI Asia Tour   Dmitriy Gruzdev ( KAZ)   China
28 October Tour of Hainan, Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 6]   China

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d Alexsandr Dyachenko gained a stage win as well as the overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, after initial winner Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) during the event. [2] [3]
  2. ^ Aru joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Palazzago-Elledent-RAD Logistica. [5]
  3. ^ Masciarelli left the team on 6 June. [6]
  4. ^ The riders on the squad were Alexander Vinokourov, Assan Bazayev, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jacopo Guarnieri, Valentin Iglinsky, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy and Andrey Zeits
  5. ^ The riders on the squad were Jacopo Guarnieri, Assan Bazayev, Tanel Kangert, Francesco Gavazzi, Dimitry Muravyev, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Robert Kišerlovski and Roman Kreuziger
  6. ^ The riders on the squad were Valentin Iglinsky, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy, Sergey Renev, Andrey Zeits and Alexsandr Dyachenko

References

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