2020 Astana season

The 2020 season for the Astana cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under.

Astana Pro Team
2020 season
UCI code	AST
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Chairman	Alexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)	Samruk-Kazyna
Based	Kazakhstan
Bicycles	Wilier Triestina
Groupset	Shimano[1]
Jersey

Team roster

As of 1 January 2020.

Rider Date of birth  Alex Aranburu (ESP) (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 24)  Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ) (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 28)  Manuele Boaro (ITA) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 32)  Hernando Bohórquez (COL) (1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 27)  Rodrigo Contreras (COL) (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 25)  Laurens De Vreese (BEL) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 31)  Fabio Felline (ITA) (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 29)  Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 28)  Omar Fraile (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 29)  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 34)  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 23)  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 23)  Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 33)  Hugo Houle (CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 29)

Rider Date of birth  Ion Izagirre (ESP) (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 30)  Gorka Izagirre (ESP) (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 32)  Merhawi Kudus (ERI) (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 25)  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 25)  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 27)  Davide Martinelli (ITA) (1993-05-31)31 May 1993 (aged 26)  Yuriy Natarov (KAZ) (1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 23)  Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ) (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 21)  Óscar Rodríguez (ESP) (1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 24)  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 36)  Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 28)  Harold Tejada (COL) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 22)  Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (1996-04-23)23 April 1996 (aged 23)  Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 28)

Riders who joined the team for the 2020 season Rider 2019 team Fabio Felline Trek–Segafredo Alex Aranburu[2] Caja Rural–Seguros RGA Davide Martinelli[3] Deceuninck–Quick-Step Aleksandr Vlasov[4] Gazprom–RusVelo Óscar Rodríguez[5] Fundación Euskadi Vadim Pronskiy Vino–Astana Motors Harold Tejada Medellín

Riders who left the team during or after the 2019 season Rider 2020 team Dario Cataldo[6] Movistar Team Magnus Cort[7] EF Pro Cycling Pello Bilbao[8] Bahrain–McLaren Davide Villella[6] Movistar Team Andrey Zeits[9] Mitchelton–Scott Jan Hirt[10] CCC Team Davide Ballerini[11] Deceuninck–Quick-Step

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
14 February	Tour de la Provence, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	France	La Ciotat
15 February	Vuelta a Murcia, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Spain	Murcia
15 February	Vuelta a Murcia, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Spain
15 February	Vuelta a Murcia, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Spain
16 February	Tour de la Provence, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	France
16 February	Tour de la Provence, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	France
16 February	Tour de la Provence, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	[N 2]	France
19 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Spain	Grazalema
21 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Spain	Úbeda
22 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Miguel Ángel López (COL)	Portugal	Alto do Malhão
23 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Spain
23 February	Vuelta a Andalucía, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Spain
3 August	Gran Trittico Lombardo	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Gorka Izagirre (ESP)	Italy	Varese
6 August	Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge	UCI Europe Tour	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	France	Mont Ventoux
15 August	Il Lombardia	UCI World Tour	Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)	Italy	Como

National, Continental and World champions 2020

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location

Footnotes

1. The riders in the squad were Zhandos Bizhigitov, Daniil Fominykh, Omar Fraile, Yevgeniy Gidich, Óscar Rodríguez, Luis León Sánchez and Nikita Stalnov.
2. The riders in the squad were Alex Aranburu, Fabio Felline, Gorka Izagirre, Merhawi Kudus, Alexey Lutsenko, Vadim Pronskiy and Aleksandr Vlasov.

References

1. "WorldTour team bike guide 2020". 20 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "Astana signs Alexander Aranburu after impressive Vuelta a España". Cyclingnews.com. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
3. "Martinelli makes move to Astana – Transfer shorts". Cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
4. "Astana poach Alexander Vlasov from Gazprom-RusVelo". Cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
5. "Óscar Rodríguez signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
6. "Cataldo and Villella join Movistar from Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
7. "Cort Nielsen signs with EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
8. "Bahrain-Merida announce six new signings, including Pello Bilbao, Eros Capecchi and Marco Haller". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
9. "Zeits signs for Mitchelton-Scott after twelve years with Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
10. "Jan Hirt joins CCC Team after two years at Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
11. "Davide Ballerini signs for Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.