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09/06/2019

Critérium du Dauphiné. Stage 1. Alexey Lutsenko takes top 10 in exciting finale caused by breakaway with Magnus Cort

With just 500 meters to go at Stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, the three-man breakaway got caught, including Magnus Cort who took off with five other riders right from the start. A reduced peloton sprinted for the stage win, with Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko taking the eighth place behind winner Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Race

06/06/2019

Critérium du Dauphiné 2019. Team's roster

Astana Pro Team is ready for the next UCI WorldTour stage race - the Critérium du Dauphiné, which will be held in France from June 9th to 16th.

Giro d'Italia

02/06/2019

Giro d’Italia. Miguel Angel Lopez – the best young rider of the race

The 102nd edition of the Giro d’Italia has been finished today in Verona. The Astana leader Miguel Angel Lopez for the second time in a row won the title of the best young rider of the Italian Grand tour, wearing the white jersey on the podium in Verona. In the final general classification of the race Lopez took a solid 7th place.

Race

02/06/2019

Tour of Norway. Stage 6. Race decided in yet another sprint after hard day

The final stage of the Tour of Norway had two categorized climbs, but it was not hard enough to drop the sprinters as it ended up in yet another bunch sprint of a reduced peloton. The Norwegian rider Kristoffer Halvorsen took the stage win, while another Norwegian won the overall; Alexander Kristoff. First Astana rider to cross the finish line was Luis Leon Sanchez.

Giro d'Italia

01/06/2019

Giro d’Italia. Pello Bilbao wins queen stage, Miguel Angel Lopez keeps white jersey despite crash

The 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia (Feltre – Croce D’Aune-Monte Avena, 194 km) from the one side became a successful day for Astana’s Pello Bilbao, who won his second stage in this race, but from the other side it was a day of a bad luck for Miguel Angel Lopez, who crashed down with 5 km to go because of a cycling fan.