Astana Lastest news

02/09/2019

Astana Pro Team prolongs with Merhawi Kudus

The Eritrean rider Merhawi Kudus will remain in Astana Pro Team for two more seasons. The agreement with the rider has been signed recently for 2020 and 2021.

Vuelta a Espana

01/09/2019

Vuelta a España. Stage 9. Miguel Angel Lopez attacks, but crashes on gravel

Astana Pro Team finished the 9th stage of the Vuelta a España with a bitter-sweet feeling. The team did a great aggressive stage, moving its leader Miguel Angel Lopez to the best position for the decisive part of the stage.

Race

01/09/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 4. Magnus Cort wins KOM jersey, Alexey Lutsenko finishes fourth overall

In the final stage of the Deutschland Tour, Magnus Cort won the King of the Mountains classification, being part of the early breakaway. In the end, Alexey Lutsenko lost his third place overall to Yves Lampaert. The Kazakh champion first won the final bonus sprint, but Lampaert finished second on the stage, finishing three seconds in front of Lutsenko in the general classification. Sonny Colbrelli won the sprint of a reduced peloton, taking the second place overall. Jasper Stuyven successfully defended his overall lead and is the winner of the 2019 Deutschland Tour.

Race

01/09/2019

Bretagne Classic. Gravel sectors decisive in hard classic race

It was a hard day for the Astana riders at the Bretagne Classic, as the first gravel sectors decided the race. A group of 30 riders got clear halfway the 248-kilometer-long classic race, without any Astana riders represented due to mechanical problems at the gravel sectors. In the end, Sep Vanmarcke won the race after he attacked from a small group in the final kilometer. Pello Bilbao was the first Astana rider to finish.

Vuelta a Espana

31/08/2019

Vuelta a España. Stage 8. Luis Leon Sanchez in breakaway, Miguel Angel Lopez loses red jersey on rainy final

A big breakaway group, leaving the peloton in the first part of the distance, managed to make it until the finish line in Igualada, playing the stage victory in a sprint, won by Nikias Arndt. Astana’s rider Luis Leon Sanchez made part of this break, but he dropped from the leading group on a slippery and very dangerous descent in the final part of the race, preferring not to take too much risk.