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23/04/2019

Astana Pro Team riders won the team time trial at 2019 Asian Championships in Tashkent

Kazakh riders of Astana Pro Team Zhandos Bizhigitov, Evgeniy Gidich, Daniil Fominykh, Artyom Zakharov, Yuriy Natarov and Dmitriy Gruzdev, who were representing Kazakhstan National Team, won the first golden medal of Asian road cycling championships 2019, finishing with the best time at TTT.

Race

22/04/2019

Tour of the Alps. Stage 1. Pello Bilbao is 4th, Nikita Stalnov is 5th in opening day

Two riders of Astana Pro Team finished next to the daily podium of the first stage of the Tour of the Alps, started today in Austrian town Kufstein (144 km). Pello Bilbao finished 4th and Nikita Stalnov did 5th in a sprint from a reduced group.

Race

21/04/2019

Amstel Gold Race. Third place for Jakob Fuglsang after spectacular final

The second podium for Jakob Fuglsang today in the classics season after a spectacular final. After his second place in Strade Bianche, today he was third in the Amstel Gold Race. The riders of Astana Pro Team were dictating the race at the front of the peloton until the final, and with 40 kilometers to go, Jakob Fuglsang was able to go clear together with Julian Alaphilippe. But they just didn’t make it to the finish line, as a group behind them came back in the final meters of the race, with Mathieu van der Poel sprinting to victory. In the end, Jakob Fuglsang was able to take the third place behind Simon Clarke, who came in second.

Race

21/04/2019

Merhawi Kudus finishes Tour of Turkey at the final GC podium

Astana Pro Team rider Merhawi Kudus finished Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey at the final podium, concluding Top3 of the strongest riders of 55th edition of the race. It is a first GC podium for Eritrean champion in a UCI WorldTour race.

Race

20/04/2019

Tour of Turkey. Stage 5. Merhawi Kudus finished 3rd atop Kartepe climb

The queen mountain stage of Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey finished today after a very cold 160 km of racing, with all day raining and snowfall at the summit finish on Kertepe climb.