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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.

Race

31/08/2019

Yuriy Natarov – overall winner of Tour of Almaty 2019

Kazakh rider of Astana Pro Team Yuriy Natarov celebrates beautiful overall victory at the Tour of Almaty 2019.

After his attack at 2 km to the finish line at the final climb, Natarov finished third at the second stage. Thanks to results of two days, Natarov wins general classification of the race. The victory at the queen’s stage goes to Italian rider Danilo Celano.

Race

31/08/2019

Deutschland Tour. Stage 3. Most combative rider Alexey Lutsenko moves into third overall

Stage 3 of the Deutschland Tour was all about the final, as the two remaining riders of the early breakaway got reeled in with 25 kilometers to go and there was a fight for the GC and the stage win on the final two climbs. Alexey Lutsenko attacked and took the 3 bonus seconds atop of the final climb. A select group remained after the climb to battle it out for the stage win. It was Jasper Stuyven who attacked in the final kilometers and he got Kasper Asgreen with him. Asgreen sprinted to the stage victory and Stuyven moved into the overall lead. Lutsenko finished eleventh, crossing the line in the group behind the two riders, he is now third overall on just 18 seconds of Stuyven. The Kazakh champion also got crowned as the most combative rider of stage 3.