THE TEAMS
ASTANA PRO TEAM
KAZAKHSTAN
MANAGER Alexandre Vinokourov TEAM FOUNDED 2007
B E R N A R D T H É V E N E T G I V E S H I S A N A LY S I S
Collective strength
Miguel Ángel López may have been the best young rider in the 2018 Giro
d’Italia and taken some impressive stage race victories (Tour of Switzerland,
Tour of Catalonia), but can he be counted on for three weeks at this level? This
is a strong team with the Izagirre brothers, Jakob Fuglsang and Luis León
Sánchez. They will be looking to blow the race apart and not simply ride for
a high overall fi nish. The team is a real threat and might catch out riders who
aren’t being attentive. It has collective strength and seems well equipped to
win the team classifi cation. If I were still a rider, I’d be afraid of them.
GEAR
Jakob Fuglsang
Frame Argon 18 Gallium Pro/Nitrogen Groupset FSA Wheels Corima
THE RIDERS ASTANA PRO TEAM 2019
Name Category Date
of birth Nationality Height Weight Pro
since Tour stage 2018 Tour
wins
result Number
of Tours Best Tour 2018 team
result
FUGLSANG Jakob
BALLERINI Davide
BILBAO Pello
BIZHIGITOV Zhandos
BOARO Manuele
BOHORQUEZ Hernando
CATALDO Dario
CONTRERAS Rodrigo
DE VREESE Laurens
FOMINYKH Daniil
FRAILE Omar
GIDICH Yevgeniy
GRUZDEV Dmitriy
HOULE Hugo
IZAGIRRE Gorka
IZAGIRRE Ion
KUDUS Merhawi
LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
LUTSENKO Alexey
NATAROV Yuriy
NIELSEN Magnus Cort
SÁNCHEZ Luis León
STALNOV Nikita
VILLELLA Davide
ZEITS Andrey Leader
Puncheur
Puncheur
Rouleur
Rouleur
Climber
Puncheur
Rouleur
Rouleur
Rouleur
Climber
Sprinter
All-rounder
Rouleur
All-rounder
All-rounder
Climber
Climber
Sprinter
Rouleur
Puncheur
All-rounder
All-rounder
Climber
Rouleur 22/03/85
21/09/94
25/02/90
10/06/91
12/03/87
22/06/92
17/03/85
02/06/94
29/09/88
28/08/91
17/07/90
19/05/96
13/03/86
27/09/90
07/10/87
04/02/89
23/01/94
04/02/94
07/09/92
28/12/96
16/01/93
24/11/83
14/09/91
27/06/91
14/12/86 DAN
ITA
ESP
KAZ
ITA
COL
ITA
COL
BEL
KAZ
ESP
KAZ
KAZ
CAN
ESP
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ERI
COL
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ITA
KAZ 1,82 m
1,83 m
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1,92 m
1,73 m
1,78 m
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1,73 m
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1,75 m
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1,83 m
1,86 m
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1,82 m
1,78 m 68 kg
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Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
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Bahrain-Merida
Manzana Postobón
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EPM
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Bahrain Merida
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Dimension Data
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