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Astana
2015 season
Michele Scarponi in first stage of Tour de France
UCI codeAST
Status UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank5th [1]
Chairman Alexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s) Samruk-Kazyna
Based Kazakhstan
Bicycles Specialized
Groupset Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races6
Stage race overall3
Stage race stages22
Grand Tours1
National Championships2
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The 2015 season for the Astana 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

As of 1 January 2015 [2]
Rider Date of birth
  Valerio Agnoli ( ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 30)
  Fabio Aru ( ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 24)
  Maxat Ayazbayev ( KAZ) (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 22)
  Lars Boom ( NED) (1985-12-30)30 December 1985 (aged 29)
  Borut Božič ( SLO) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 34)
  Dario Cataldo ( ITA) (1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 29)
  Laurens De Vreese ( BEL) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 26)
  Alexsandr Dyachenko ( KAZ) (1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 31)
  Daniil Fominykh ( KAZ) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 23)
  Jakob Fuglsang ( DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 29)
  Dmitriy Gruzdev ( KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 29)
  Andrea Guardini ( ITA) (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 25)
  Andriy Hrivko ( UKR) (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 31)
  Arman Kamyshev ( KAZ) (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 24)
  Tanel Kangert ( EST) (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 27)
Rider Date of birth
  Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev ( KAZ) (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 22)
  Mikel Landa ( ESP) (1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 25)
  Miguel Ángel López ( COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 20)
  Alexey Lutsenko ( KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 22)
  Davide Malacarne ( ITA) (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 27)
  Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA) (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 30)
  Diego Rosa ( ITA) (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 25)
  Luis León Sánchez ( ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 31)
  Michele Scarponi ( ITA) (1979-09-25)25 September 1979 (aged 35)
  Rein Taaramäe ( EST) (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 27)
  Paolo Tiralongo ( ITA) (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 37)
  Ruslan Tleubayev ( KAZ) (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 27)
  Alessandro Vanotti ( ITA) (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 34)
  Lieuwe Westra ( NED) (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 32)
  Andrey Zeits ( KAZ) (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 28)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
14 February Vuelta a Murcia UCI Europe Tour   Rein Taaramäe ( EST)   Spain Castle of Lorca
17 February Tour of Oman, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Oman Al Wutayyah
22 February Tour of Oman, Points classification UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Oman
8 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Malaysia Langkawi
9 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Malaysia Sungai Petani
11 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Malaysia Kuala Berang
15 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 8 UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
10 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 UCI World Tour   Mikel Landa ( ESP)   Spain Aia
24 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour   Paolo Tiralongo ( ITA)   Italy Cles
24 April Giro del Trentino, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]   Italy
16 May Tour de Picardie, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   France Fleurines
17 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 9 UCI World Tour   Paolo Tiralongo ( ITA)   Italy San Giorgio del Sannio
17 May Tour de Picardie, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2]   France
23 May World Ports Classic, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   Belgium Antwerp
24 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 15 UCI World Tour   Mikel Landa ( ESP)   Italy Madonna di Campiglio
26 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 16 UCI World Tour   Mikel Landa ( ESP)   Italy Aprica
29 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 UCI World Tour   Fabio Aru ( ITA)   Italy Cervinia
30 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 20 UCI World Tour   Fabio Aru ( ITA)   Italy Sestriere
31 May Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification UCI World Tour   Fabio Aru ( ITA)   Italy
31 May Giro d'Italia, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 3]   Italy
31 May Giro d'Italia, Team points classification UCI World Tour [N 3]   Italy
31 May Giro d'Italia, Azzurri d'Italia classification UCI World Tour   Mikel Landa ( ESP)   Italy
31 May Giro d'Italia, Premio Energy classification UCI World Tour   Fabio Aru ( ITA)   Italy
20 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 8 UCI World Tour   Alexey Lutsenko ( KAZ)   Switzerland Bern
24 July Tour de France, Stage 19 UCI World Tour   Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA)   France La Toussuire – Les Sybelles
4 August Danmark Rundt, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Lars Boom ( NED)   Denmark Holstebro
5 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Team time trial [N 4]   Spain Burgos
7 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour   Miguel Ángel López ( COL)   Spain Pineda de la Sierra
8 August Vuelta a Burgos, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Rein Taaramäe ( EST)   Spain
8 August Vuelta a Burgos, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Miguel Ángel López ( COL)   Spain
8 August Vuelta a Burgos, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4]   Spain
16 August Arctic Race of Norway, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Rein Taaramäe ( EST)   Norway
2 September Vuelta a España, Stage 11 UCI World Tour   Mikel Landa ( ESP)   Spain Cortals d'Encamp
13 September Vuelta a España, Overall UCI World Tour   Fabio Aru ( ITA)   Spain
17 September Coppa Bernocchi UCI Europe Tour   Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA)   Italy Legnano
30 September Tre Valli Varesine UCI Europe Tour   Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA)   Italy Varese
1 October Milano–Torino UCI Europe Tour   Diego Rosa ( ITA)   Italy Turin
4 October Tour of Almaty UCI Asia Tour   Alexey Lutsenko ( KAZ)   Kazakhstan Almaty
4 October Il Lombardia UCI World Tour   Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA)   Italy Como
8 October Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour   Andrea Guardini ( ITA)   United Arab Emirates Madinat Zayed
27 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 8 UCI Asia Tour   Andrey Zeits ( KAZ)   China Wuzhishan
28 October Tour of Hainan, Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 5]   China

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
21 June European Games Road Race Champion   Luis León Sánchez ( ESP)   Azerbaijan Baku
25 June Kazakhstan National Time Trial Champion
  Alexey Lutsenko ( KAZ)   Kazakhstan Petropavl
27 June Italian National Road Race Champion
  Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA)   Italy Superga

Footnotes

References

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