2012 Astana season

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.

Astana
2012 season
The team car at the 2012 Tour de France
UCI codeAST
StatusUCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank10th (645 points)[1]
ManagerGiuseppe Martinelli
Main sponsor(s)Samruk-Kazyna
BasedKazakhstan
BicyclesSpecialized
GroupsetSRAM?
Season victories
One-day races2
Stage race overall3[N 1]
Stage race stages10[N 1]
National Championships6
Best ranked riderRoman Kreuziger (20th)

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
DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
21 MarchVolta a Catalunya, Stage 3UCI World Tour Janez Brajkovič (SLO) SpainCanturri
15 AprilAmstel Gold RaceUCI World Tour Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) NetherlandsValkenburg
22 AprilLiège–Bastogne–LiègeUCI World Tour Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ) BelgiumLiège
24 AprilPresidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3[N 1]UCI Europe Tour Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ) TurkeyElmalı
29 AprilPresidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall[N 1]UCI Europe Tour Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ) Turkey
29 AprilPresidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 4] Turkey
12 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 7UCI World Tour Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) ItalyRocca di Cambio
25 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 19UCI World Tour Roman Kreuziger (CZE) ItalyAlpe di Pampeago
14 JuneTour of Slovenia, Stage 1UCI Europe Tour Simone Ponzi (ITA) SloveniaNovo Mesto
15 JuneTour de Suisse, Stage 7UCI World Tour Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)  SwitzerlandGossau
17 JuneTour de Suisse, Stage 9UCI World Tour Tanel Kangert (EST)  SwitzerlandSörenberg
17 JuneTour de Suisse, Teams classificationUCI World Tour[N 5]  Switzerland
17 JuneTour of Slovenia, OverallUCI Europe Tour Janez Brajkovič (SLO) Slovenia
29 AugustVuelta a España, Stage 11UCI World Tour Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) SpainPontevedra
11 OctoberTour of Beijing, Stage 3UCI World Tour Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) ChinaBadaling Great Wall
26 OctoberTour of Hainan, Stage 7UCI Asia Tour Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) ChinaWuzhishan
28 OctoberTour of Hainan, OverallUCI Asia Tour Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) China
28 OctoberTour of Hainan, Teams classificationUCI Asia Tour[N 6] China

Footnotes
  1. 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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