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Astana Team Presents Its 2017 Roster

The official presentation of Astana Pro Team-2017 has been held in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The event was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Independence of Kazakhstan

December 11th 2017 - The presentation was attended by honored guests of the team, representatives of state government, Kazakhstan cycling federation, sponsors and partners, including Astana Motors, who will continue supporting the team in the new season, journalists and Astana fans and supporters.

Astana Team Presents Its 2017 Roster - Photo credit: (c) Bettiniphoto.net

Before starting the official part of the presentation, Astana Team took a look back into 2016, remembered the most important moments of the last season and told about new changes in the team.

"I believe, we spent a very successful season. Together with Vincenzo Nibali we won the famous Giro d’Italia, while in total we scored 34 victories and 30 podium places in the most prestigious races around the world. I am especially happy with the fact that 7 wins and 4 podiums were scored by our Kazakhstan riders. Anyway, the year is over and now we are looking forward to the upcoming season. With full confidence we can say that our project is on the right way. There will be some important changes in Astana in 2017: in the roster, in cycling clothing, bikes and other technical things. We are sure that all these changes will lead to a new step of development, both, of the team and the entire project. Today, we are presenting the renewed team to give you an opportunity to be proud of us in the next season" - said General Manager Alexandr Vinokurov.

During the official presentation the new Astana Pro Team bicycles Argon 18 were presented.

Alongside, the new design of the cycling kit by Giordana Company was showed to the guests. The renewed kit received a more modern design while holding the traditional Astana turquoise color so loved by its fans. Giordana used all the newest technologies to make the clothing more comfortable for riders.

Fabio Aru to lead Astana in 2017

Astana general manager Alexandr Vinokurov pointed the biggest goals of the team in the next season:

"Traditionally, Astana Team will focus on successful performance in the Grand Tours. This is our strong side, during our history we won 8 Grand Tours, so we are exciting to strive for the new successes. We have a strong leader Fabio Aru and the team will be built around him. Besides, we have a number of young, but very ambitions riders, who can surprise. Of course, we are planning Kazakhstan riders for the Grand Tours too. First of all, we are talking about Alexey Lutsenko, Andrey Zeits, Dmitriy Gruzdev and Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, but, maybe, we will try Daniil Fominykh and Artem Zakharov too. However, besides the Grand Tours, there are a lot of prestigious races in the new UCI WorldTour calendar, which will be another goal for Astana. First of all, we are talking about week stage races, but also we would like to get some good results during the classic season" - said Alexandr Vinokurov.

In the final, the new roster of Astana Pro Team-2017 was introduced to the guests of the event as well as to the whole world’s cycling community. With exception of Miguel Angel Lopez, who is still recovering after his recent crash during the training, all other riders of the team arrived to the ceremony.

Riding for Astana Pro Team in 2017

28 riders from nine countries of Kazakhstan, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Ukraine, Estonia, Colombia and Russia:

  Fabio Aru
  Zhandos Bizhigitov
  Pello Bilbao
  Matti Breschel
  Michael Valgren
  Oscar Gatto
  Andriy Grivko
  Dmitriy Gruzdev
  Laurens De Vreese
  Artyom Zakharov
  Andrey Zeits
  Arman Kamyshev
  Dario Cataldo
  Tanel Kangert
  Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
  Miguel Angel Lopez
  Alexey Lutsenko
  Riccardo Minali
  Moreno Moser
  Luis Leon Sanchez
  Michele Scarponi
  Nikita Stalnov
  Paolo Tiralongo
  Ruslan Tleubayev
  Daniil Fominykh
  Jacob Fuglsang
  Jesper Hansen
  Sergei Chernetckii

The Astana Pro Cycling team will wear Giordana technical apparel for all racing and training activities beginning in January 2017

 
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