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16/02/2019

Tour of Oman. Stage 1. Davide Ballerini is Best Young Rider after top 10 sprint

By taking the 8^thplace in a sprint at stage 1, Davide Ballerini took the lead in the Best Young Rider classification at the Tour of Oman. The young Italian of Astana Pro Team had a great lead-out by Magnus Cort, but in the final 50 meters, he was not able to stay in front of the bunch sprint. Alexander Kristoff took the victory, just in front of Nacer Bouhanni and Bryan Coquard.

Race

15/02/2019

Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia. Astana Pro Team dominates the first stage: Bilbao wins, Fraile is second, Sanchez is third

Great start for Astana Pro Team at the Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia Costa Cálida: the riders of the Kazakh team completed the whole podium of the first stage! Pello Bilbao became the stage winner after his attack inside the final kilometer as Omar Fraile and Luis Leon Sanchez took second and third podium places.

Race

15/02/2019

Tour de la Provence. Stage 2. Gorka Izagirre sprints to third place and is the new overall leader.

By taking third place in today’s stage, Gorka Izagirre is the new overall leader at the Tour de la Provence. After the final climb at 10 kilometers before the finish, a select group of riders got clear and sprinted for the stage win. Behind winner Eduard Prades and runner-up Tony Gallopin, Gorka Izagirre sprinted to the third place.

Race

15/02/2019

Tour Colombia 2.1. Stage 4. Miguel Angel Lopez in daily breakaway, mosta agressive rider of the race

The Astana’s leader Miguel Angel Lopez decided to attack from the start of stage 4 to go in a daily breakaway and to fight for the bonus seconds. Thus, during the stage, Lopez won 8 seconds and moved up to 10th place in the current general classification.

Race

14/02/2019

Tour Colombia 2.1. Stage 3. Miguel Angel Lopez takes 4th in sprint

The final part of the third stage of the Tour Colombia 2.1 was plenty with attacks and breakaway tentative to open a gap on the last climb and to try to fight for a stage win.