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06/10/2019

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli. Hugo Houle animates the race with late attack

Being part of a seven-man-breakaway in today’s final, Hugo Houle showed the team colors at the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli, the second Italian classic of this weekend. But he and the other escapees got reeled in during the final local lap, and another breakaway was created without any Astana riders. This group made it to the finish line, with Sonny Colbrelli being the fastest rider of the select group, taking the win just in front of Alejandro Valverde and Jack Haig. Davide Ballerini was the first Astana rider to finish in the second group.

Race

29/09/2019

UCI Road World Championships. Three Astana riders finish in top 20 in extreme conditions

In very hard circumstances, the UCI Road World Championships finished after 261,8 kilometers in Harrogate with the Dane Mads Pedersen being crowned as the new world champion. From Astana Pro Team, Gorka Izagirre finished ninth, Jakob Fuglsang twelfth and Ion Izagirre sixteenth. Two other Astana riders animated the race from an early stage, as Hugo Houle and Magnus Cort were part of the early breakaway. The national team of Kazakhstan with Alexey Lutsenko was unlucky today. After wasting too much energy due to mechanical problems, they had to abandon the race.

Race

15/09/2019

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Astana riders attack in exciting race

It was an exciting tenth edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, with many attacks from different riders already with 70 kilometers to go. Pello Bilbao, Jonas Gregaard and Magnus Cort were the Astana riders who tried to force something on the hard climb they faced in every local lap. In the end, a select group took off on this climb during the final lap. It was Greg Van Avermaet who was the strongest rider from this group, winning the sprint in front of Diego Ulissi and Iván García Cortina. Hugo Houle was the first Astana rider to finish (28^th).

Race

13/09/2019

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. Hugo Houle is best Canadian at home race

In the first out of two Canadian one-day races, Hugo Houle finished fifteenth and was crowned as best Canadian rider in front of his home crowd in Québec. Michael Matthews got himself a third consecutive win after winning both races in 2018, finishing just in front of runner-up Peter Sagan and Greg Van Avermaet. After the early breakaway got caught in the final laps on the local circuit, many riders attacked, but it came down to a reduced bunch sprint with the Australian rider being the strongest rider of the day after 219,6 kilometers.

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04/09/2019