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11/07/2018

Tour of Austria. Stage 5. Gidich in the breakaway of the day at the queen mountain stage

Queen mountain stage of Tour of Austria finished today on the mythical Grossglockner, the highest mountain of Austria, at the 2400 meters over the sea level.

The shortest (only 92.9 km long) and the hardest stage of the race was characterized by the rain during the whole day.

Tour de France

10/07/2018

Tour de France. Stage 4. Another hectic sprint stage done, crashes without serious injuries

Another hectic sprint stage at the Tour de France today, but before this sprint took place, there were two crashes with riders of Astana Pro Team involved. In the first minor crash Jakob Fuglsang went down, but without serious damage. In the second one, Michael Valgren was not able to avoid the big crash just before the final sprint, but also no serious injuries for him.

Race

10/07/2018

Tour of Austria. Stage 4. Cataldo and Lutsenko in Top 10 at the finish in Prägraten

Fourth stage of Tour of Austria finished today in Prägraten after 143 km of racing. After passing the 1^st category climb at the first part of the race, stage finished with the sprint of the group of around 40 riders, won by Italian rider Giovanni Visconti.

Dario Cataldo and Alexey Lutsenko finished in Top 10, on the 6^th and 7^th place respectively.

News

10/07/2018

Interview point: Yevgeniy Gidich on his first season as a pro and plans for second half

Young Kazakhstani talent Yevgeniy Gidich joined Astana Pro Team this year. During the first six months of the season, he managed to achieve some notable results: in March, Yevgeniy won the white jersey of the best young rider at Le Tour de Langkawi, taking a nice 6th place in the overall classification; in April, Gidich step on the final podium of the Tour of Croatia, reaching a solid third place in the GC and winning another white jersey; A few weeks ago at the Route d’Occitanie he scored a number of Top-10 places in different stages.

Tour de France

09/07/2018

Tour de France. Stage 3. Astana takes eighth place at TTT in Cholet

An eighth place for the seven remaining riders of Astana Pro Team on today’s Team Time Trial, after Luis Leon Sanchez had to quit the race yesterday because of a crash. In Cholet, BMC Racing Team was the fastest team of the day.