2013 Astana season

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)

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.

Team roster

As of 1 January 2013.[2]

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

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

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

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

"UCI Rankings". uci.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
"Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
"Nibali signs two-year contract with Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
"Guardini joins Fuglsang in move to Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
"Huffman linked to Astana". Cycling News. 30 October 2012.
"Дмитрий Фофонов объявил о завершении карьеры". astanafans.com/. astanafans.com/. 14 September 2012.
Stokes, Shane (20 October 2012). "Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale's WorldTour prospects". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
"Kiserlovski signs for RadioShack-Nissan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
"Kreuziger joins Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
"Masciarelli quits Astana over health problems". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
"Duggan and Petrov join Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
"Vinokourov may start future races, would like to become sport director". VeloNews. 1 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.

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[13] The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Paolo Tiralongo, Fabio Aru, Alessandro Vanotti, Valerio Agnoli, Tanel Kangert, Alexsandr Dyachenko and Fredrik Kessiakoff

[14] The riders on the squad were Janez Brajkovič, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Enrico Gasparotto, Jacopo Guarnieri, Arman Kamyshev, Tanel Kangert, Andrey Kashechkin and Simone Ponzi

[15] The riders on the squad were Fabio Aru, Borut Božič, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrea Guardini, Maxim Iglinsky, Andriy Hryvko, Simone Ponzi and Kevin Seeldraeyers

[16] 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

[1] "UCI Rankings". uci.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[2] "Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[nibbles-3] "Nibali signs two-year contract with Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[Fugldini-4] "Guardini joins Fuglsang in move to Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

[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. 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.