2021 Astana–Premier Tech season

The 2021 season for the Astana–Premier Tech cycling team will be its fifteenth season, all of which have been as a UCI WorldTeam. For the first season in its existence, however, the team will have two title sponsors, as Canadian tech company Premier Tech joins longtime Kazakh sponsor Samruk-Kazyna.[1][2][3]

Astana–Premier Tech
2021 season
UCI codeAST
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ChairmanAlexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)Samruk-Kazyna, Premier Tech
BasedKazakhstan
BicyclesWilier Triestina
GroupsetShimano

Team roster
As of 16 December 2020.[4][5][6]
Rider Date of birth
 Alex Aranburu (ESP) (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 25)
 Samuele Battistella (ITA) (1998-11-14)14 November 1998 (aged 22)
 Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 33)
 Gleb Brussenskiy (KAZ) (2000-04-18)18 April 2000 (aged 20)
 Rodrigo Contreras (COL) (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 26)
 Stefan de Bod (RSA) (1996-11-17)17 November 1996 (aged 24)
 Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ) (2000-02-16)16 February 2000 (aged 20)
 Fabio Felline (ITA) (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 30)
 Omar Fraile (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 30)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 35)
 Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 24)
 Jonas Gregaard (DEN) (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 24)
 Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 34)
 Hugo Houle (CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 30)
 Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 31)
 Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 33)
Rider Date of birth
 Merhawi Kudus (ERI) (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 26)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 28)
 Davide Martinelli (ITA) (1993-05-31)31 May 1993 (aged 27)
 Yuriy Natarov (KAZ) (1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 24)
 Ben Perry (CAN) (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 26)
 Andrea Piccolo (ITA) (2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 19)
 Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 22)
 Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) (1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 25)
 Javier Romo (ESP) (1999-01-06)6 January 1999 (aged 21)
 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 37)
 Matteo Sobrero (ITA) (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 23)
 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 29)
 Harold Tejada (COL) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 23)
 Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (1996-04-23)23 April 1996 (aged 24)
 Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 29)

    Season victories
    DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation

    National, Continental and World champions
    DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation

    Footnotes

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