Astana Cycling Team

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Astana () is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007. Following a major doping scandal involving Kazakhstani rider Alexander Vinokourov, team management was terminated and new management brought in for the 2008 season. The team was then managed by Johan Bruyneel, former team manager of U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel team. Although Astana under Bruyneel was very successful, with a lineup including Grand Tour winners Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong, as well as runners-up Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden, the team was on the verge of financial collapse in May 2009. A battle for control of the team related to the return of Vinokourov for the 2009 Vuelta a España caused Bruyneel and at least fourteen of its riders to leave at the end of the 2009 season, most for . Only four Spanish riders, including Contador, and most of the Kazakhs remained with the rebuilt team for 2010. Those four Spaniards all left the team for in 2011.

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PRO TEAM ASTANA: Home page
All Pro Team Astana riders avoid late crash in stage nine. Read more... ... The team is supported by the Cycling Federation of Kazakshtanproteam-astana.com

Astana (cycling team) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Astana Cycling Team
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Pro Team Astana 2011 Cycling Team | Cyclingnews.com
View profiles and information for the Pro Team Astana 2011 race team and riders here. Cyclingnews.com: The world centre of cycling.www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2011/pro-team-astana

Astana 2010 Cycling Team | Cyclingnews.com
View profiles and information for the Astana 2010 race team and riders here. Cyclingnews.com: The world centre of cycling.www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2010/astana

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ITALIAN CYCLING JOURNAL: 2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 Results
35 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:08 36 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 37 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:35 38 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:45 ...Angelo senza la o11 Hours 2 Minutes agohttp://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/

ITALIAN CYCLING JOURNAL: 2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 Results
33 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:08 34 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 35 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:35 36 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:45 ...Angelo senza la oWednesday, May 16, 2012 11:30 PMhttp://italiancyclingjournal.blogspot.com/

2012 Giro d'Italia Results - Stage 12 - Cycling News - RoadCycling ...
33 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Movistar Team 34 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro ...unknown20 Hours 28 Minutes agohttp://www.roadcycling.com/

Happy birthday, Roman! — Astana Cycling Team
We wish you all the best! We hope all your dreams will come true! Be healthy and wealthy! And the most important we wish you this year wear the pink jersey instead of this white and win ....KamillaSaturday, May 05, 2012 4:35 PMhttp://astanafans.com/

Giro d'Italia Stage 10 Full Results – Rodriguez Wins and Leads
6. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Barracuda 7. Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 9. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 10. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky ...crystalTuesday, May 15, 2012 1:44 PMhttp://pedalmag.com/

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From the pages of Velo: Momentum Gained (Analysis of the 2009 Amgen Tour) - velonews.competitor.com
By Neal Rogers Astana, Amgen Tour rock the cycling world in February. How will they stack up in the thick of the season? ESCONDIDO, California (VN) — Who emerged the biggest victor from the 2009 Amgen Tour of California? Astana's Levi Leipheimer took ...Thursday, May 10, 2012 4:40 PMvelonews.competitor.comRelated News:
Leipheimer working to make Tour of California start Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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Cyclist Levi Leipheimer still ailing as Tour of California approaches - San Jose Mercury News
By Elliott Almond ealmond@mercurynews.com ESCONDIDO, CA - FEBRUARY 22: Levi Leipheimer of the USA and riding for Astana follwos the wheel of a teammate during Stage 8 enroute to his overall victory in the AMGEN Tour of California on February 22, ...Thursday, May 03, 2012 2:08 PMwww.mercurynews.com

My Year in Top Gear, by Philippe Gilbert - Podium Cafe
The highlight of Philippe Gilbert's 2011 season was, undoubtedly, those eight days that shook the cycling world: from the Amstel Gold on the Sunday before Easter, through the mid-week Flèche Wallonne and on to Easter Sunday and the Liège-Bastogne-Liège ...Tuesday, May 08, 2012 7:53 AMwww.podiumcafe.com

A high-speed obstacle course - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
One spectator caused a massive pileup when she leaned too far into the pack and was struck by Astana rider Maxim Iglinskiy. A motorbike carrying an official photographer hooked Nicki Sorensen's bike and sent the Danish champion tumbling to the ground.Monday, May 07, 2012 3:41 PMwww.pressdemocrat.com

Navardauskas sports Maglia Rosa jersey - Baltic Times
Racing for the American-based Garmin-Barracuda professional cycling team, the 24-year-old up-and-coming Lithuanian became the first person in the history of Lithuanian cycling to adorn the famous Maglia Rosa jersey, which is awarded to the race leader ...Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:40 PMwww.baltictimes.com