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28/05/2019

Tour of Norway. Stage 1. Bunch sprint finish in Egersund

The first stage of the 2019 Tour of Norway ended in an expected bunch sprint, with Dutchman Cees Bol being the fastest of the field. Kazakh rider Yevgeniy Gidich was the first Astana Pro Team rider to cross the finish in the fifteenth position.

Race

27/05/2019

Tour of Norway 2019. Team's roster

Astana Pro Team will take part in the 2.HC stage race Tour of Norway, which will be held from May 28th to June 2nd.

Giro d'Italia

26/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Dario Cataldo takes heroic victory on stage 15

The Astana rider Dario Cataldo took a heroic victory today on the streets of Como at stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia. After a few days of illness, today Cataldo was able to move himself in a breakaway together with the Italian rider Mattia Cattaneo. Spending all day long in the leading group, at the finish line in Como Dario outsprinted his breakaway companion, taking the most important win in his professional career.

Giro d'Italia

25/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Stage 14. Miguel Angel Lopez is 6th in Courmayeur

After yesterday’s bad luck, today the Astana leader Miguel Angel Lopez has spent a much better day, finishing 6th in Courmayeur after 5 categorized climbs and a distance of 131 km.

Giro d'Italia

24/05/2019

Giro d’Italia. Stage 13. Bad luck for Miguel Angel Lopez on first summit finish

Because of a mechanical problem at the final part of the last climb to Lago Serrù in Ceresole Reale (with 12 km to go), Astana’s Miguel Angel Lopez was forced to stop to change the bike, losing around 40-50 seconds. Supported by Ion Izagirre, he tried his best to come back in the GC contenders group, with 3 km to go he was almost there, but, finally, he lost around of 1 minute 20 seconds to the riders like Primož Roglič and Vincenzo Nibali.