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28/10/2019

Yevgeniy Gidich continues with Astana Pro Team

After two debut seasons on a WorldTour level, the Kazakh rider Yevgeniy Gidich will continue his career in Astana Pro Team. The new agreement between the rider and the team has been signed for the season of 2020.

Race

22/10/2019

Astana Pro Team finished record season in Guangxi

Today, Astana Pro Team finished its record season with the final stage of the Tour of Guangxi. In the past 13 seasons, the team never won so many races as in 2019, with a total of 40 victories (37 wins in Astana colors and 3 wins in national teams). The 12 general classification wins of the Kazakh team is a new record as well, as it’s 5 more than the old record of Astana Pro Team. In total, 15 different riders of the team were able to win at least a one-day race or GC, equalizing the team’s record. The rider with the most wins was Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko, scoring 10 victories in 2019, which is another record: Never before a rider from Kazakhstan won so many races in one season. Next to that, Jakob Fuglsang finished third in the UCI WorldTour classification in the most successful season of his career, winning the Monument race Liége-Bastogne-Liége and stage race Critérium du Dauphiné.

Race

21/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 5. Another bunch sprint done in Guilin

It was another day for the sprinters at stage 5 of the Tour of Guangxi, but there were attacks on the final climb of the day when the initial breakaway got caught. A select group, with the Astana riders pulling, tried to stay clear from the rest of the bunch towards the finish. But in the end, there was a reduced peloton, and Fernando Gaviria sprinted to his second stage win in this Tour of Guangxi. Davide Ballerini finished twelfth. Jonas Gregaard crashed on the descent of the final climb, but he has no serious injuries and is able to start on tomorrow’s final stage. Enric Mas is still the overall leader, Davide Villella is still ninth.

Race

20/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 4. Tenth place for Davide Villella atop Nongla climb

Astana rider Davide Villella finished tenth in the queen stage of the 2019 Tour of Guangxi, while Enric Mas took the stage victory and the overall lead atop of the renewed Nongla climb. After the early breakaway of three riders got caught, everything came down to the final climb of the day. A select group crossed the KOM at the finish line of the past two years, but the real selection was made on the 1,4 kilometers that were added in this edition of the Tour of Guangxi. In the end, Villella crossed the finish line on the tenth place, Merhawi Kudus also made it in the top 20, finishing eighteenth.

Race

19/10/2019

Gree-Tour of Guangxi. Stage 3. Merhawi Kudus sprints into top 10, day before Queen Stage

For the third day in a row, an Astana rider finished in the top 10 at this year’s Tour of Guangxi. This time, on stage 3, Merhawi Kudus finished tenth in the bunch sprint of a reduced peloton. Both Davide Villella and Jonas Gregaard finished in the first group as well, with Villella moving into seventh overall the day before the Queen Stage of the Tour of Guangxi. Pascal Ackermann took the stage victory and retains the leader’s jersey after today’s stage in Nanning.