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Astana Qazaqstan Development Team

The Astana Qazaqstan Development Team is a Kazakhstani UCI Continental cycling team established in 2022. The team acts as the development program for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.[1]

Astana Qazaqstan Development Team
Team information
UCI codeAQD
RegisteredKazakhstan
Founded2022
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental
Key personnel
General manager
Team manager(s)
Team name history
2022–
Astana Qazaqstan Development Team

For the 2022 season the team focused on two goals; To provide a gateway for Kazakh cyclists to reach a higher level and to have a team that will be competitive as a UCI Continental team.[2] With the same goals going into the 2023 season the team focused more on Kazakhstan growth with six riders from Kazakhstan and the rest from around the world.[3]

The first win that was not a national championship came in 2023 at the Tour of Sakarya where Astana Qazaqstan Team rider won while riding for the development team.[4] A rule introduced in 2020 allows riders from the development team to race with the Main team in select races and it allows Main team riders to race with the development team.[5]

In September 2024 Ilkhan Dostiyev was suspended and had his contract terminated after admitting to using a banned substance following an anti-doping rule violation in July 2024.[6]

Team roster

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As of 27 July 2023.[7]
Rider Date of birth
  Nil Aguilera (ESP) (2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 20)
  Savelii Laptev (RUS) (2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 (age 20)
  Harold Martín López (ECU) (2000-12-03) 3 December 2000 (age 23)
  Daniil Pronskiy (KAZ) (2000-06-04) 4 June 2000 (age 24)
  Andrey Remkhe (KAZ) (2003-01-04) 4 January 2003 (age 21)
  Orken Slamzhanov (KAZ) (2001-11-02) 2 November 2001 (age 23)
Rider Date of birth
  Maxim Taraskin (KAZ) (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 20)
  Davide Toneatti (ITA) (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)
  Alexandre Vinokurov (KAZ) (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 22)
  Nicolas Vinokurov (KAZ) (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 22)
  Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 33)
  Simone Zanini (ITA) (2004-03-26) 26 March 2004 (age 20)

Major wins

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2022
  Kazakhstan National Under-23 Road Race championships Nicolas Vinokurov
  Kazakhstan National Under-23 Time Trial championships, Daniil Pronskiy
2023
  Overall Tour of Sakarya, Martin Laas
Stage 2, Martin Laas
  Kazakhstan National Under-23 Road Race championships, Nicolas Vinokurov
  Kazakhstan National Under-23 Time Trial championships, Maxim Taraski
2024
  Young rider classification Tour of Japan, Nicolas Vinokurov
Stages 1 & 7, Max Walker
Stage 5, Nicolas Vinokurov
1st   Overall Tour of Romania, Ilkhan Dostiyev
1st   Mountains classification, Ilkhan Dostiyev
1st   Young rider classification, Ilkhan Dostiyev

National champions

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2022
  Kazakhstan Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov
  Kazakhstan Under-23 Time Trial, Daniil Pronskiy
2023
  Kazakhstan Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov
  Kazakhstan Under-23 Time Trial, Maxim Taraskin

References

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  1. ^ "Astana Qazaqstan Development Team". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Astana Qazaqstan Development Team presents its 2022 roster". Astana - Qazaqstan. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Astana Qazaqstan Development Team presents its 2023 roster: 19 December 2022, 18:34 - news on inform.kz". www.inform.kz. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Astana's Martin Laas wins Tour of Sakarya: 21 May 2023, 13:52 - news on inform.kz". www.inform.kz. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  5. ^ "inrng : on development teams". inrng.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Astana Qazaqstan Development Team statement regarding Ilkhan Dostiyev". astana-qazaqstan.com. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Astana Qazaqstan Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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