The 2018 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
| Astana | |
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| 2018 season | |
_winning_Stage_6_Tour_of_Austria_2018.jpg) Alexey Lutsenko winning Stage 6 in 2018 Tour of Austria | |
| UCI code | AST |
| Status | UCI WorldTeam |
| World Tour Rank | 6th[1] |
| Chairman | Alexander Vinokourov |
| Main sponsor(s) | Samruk-Kazyna |
| Based | Kazakhstan |
| Bicycles | Argon 18 |
| Groupset | Shimano |
| Season victories | |
| One-day races | 3 |
| Stage race overall | 3 |
| Stage race stages | 19 |
| National Championships | 4 |
| Best ranked rider | Miguel Ángel López[2] |
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Team roster
edit- As of 7 March 2018.[3]
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Season victories
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National, Continental and World champions 2018
edit| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Rider | Country | Location |
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| 20 June | Ukrainian National Time Trial Championships |  |
 Andriy Hrivko (UKR) |
Ukraine |
Bohuslav |
| 27 June | Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships |  |
 Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) |
Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
| 28 June | Estonian National Time Trial Championships |  |
 Tanel Kangert (EST) |
Estonia |
Otepää |
| 1 July | Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships | |
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
Kazakhstan |
Almaty |
| 23 August | Asian Games, Men's road race | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
 Indonesia |
Subang | |
| 24 August | Asian Games, ITT | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
Indonesia |
Subang |
Footnotes
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- ^ The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Luis León Sánchez, Pello Bilbao, Sergey Chernetskiy, Yevgeniy Gidich, Moreno Moser and Andriy Hrivko
- ^ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Omar Fraile, Jan Hirt, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Magnus Cort and Nikita Stalnov
- ^ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Dario Cataldo, Oscar Gatto, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Andriy Hrivko and Davide Villella
- ^ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López, Pello Bilbao, Jan Hirt, Luis León Sánchez, Nikita Stalnov, Davide Villella and Andrey Zeits
- ^ The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Omar Fraile, Oscar Gatto, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jesper Hansen, Magnus Cort and Tanel Kangert
- ^ The riders on the squad were Zhandos Bizhigitov, Yevgeniy Gidich, Sergey Chernetskiy, Alexey Lutsenko, Andrey Zeits and Davide Villella
- ^ The riders on the squad were Hugo Houle, Laurens De Vreese, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Sergey Chernetskiy, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev and Ruslan Tleubayev
- ^ The riders on the squad were Sergey Chernetskiy, Laurens De Vreese, Andriy Hrivko, Hugo Houle, Riccardo Minali, Luis León Sánchez and Ruslan Tleubayev
References
edit- ^ "UCI Rankings". uci.org. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "PCS Ranking Individual". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Astana confirm 30-rider roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Cort signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Fraile signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Jan Hirt signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Hugo Houle to Join Astana Team". pedalmag.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Davide Villella signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Breschel returns to Slipstream Sports for 2018". cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "The Cyclingnews guide to 2017-2018 rider transfers". cyclingnews.com. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.