Astana Pro Team / Season 2016

This list describes the team and the achievements of the Astana Pro Team cycling team in the 2016 season .

Success in the UCI WorldTour

date	run	winner
March 11	5th stage Paris – Nice	Alexei Lutsenko
4. April	1st stage Basque Country Tour	Luis Leon Sanchez
April 8th	5th stage Basque Country Tour	Diego Rosa
May 27th	19th stage of the Giro d'Italia	Vincenzo Nibali
6-29 May	Overall ranking Giro d'Italia	Vincenzo Nibali
8th June	3rd stage Critérium du Dauphiné	Fabio Aru
11-19 June	Overall ranking Tour de Suisse	Miguel Ángel López

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
13th February	3rd stage Mediterranean cruise	2.1	Andrij Hrywko
11-14 February	Overall ranking of the Mediterranean Tour	2.1	Andrij Hrywko
February 18	2nd stage Volta ao Algarve	2.1	Luis Leon Sanchez
29.-31. March	Overall ranking Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde	2.HC	Lieuwe Westra
April 19th	1st stage Giro del Trentino ( MZF )	2.HC	Astana Pro Team
April 21	3rd stage Giro del Trentino	2.HC	Tanel Kangert
April 22	4th stage Giro del Trentino	2.HC	Tanel Kangert
3rd August	2nd stage Burgos Tour ( MZF )	2.HC	Astana Pro Team
September 28th	Milan-Turin	1.HC	Miguel Ángel López

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
19th of February	4th stage Tour of Oman	2.HC	Vincenzo Nibali
16.-21. February	Overall ranking Tour of Oman	2.HC	Vincenzo Nibali
February 24th	1st stage Tour de Langkawi	2.HC	Andrea Guardini
27th of February	4th stage Tour de Langkawi	2.HC	Miguel Ángel López
February 28	5th stage Tour de Langkawi	2.HC	Andrea Guardini
1st March	7th stage Tour de Langkawi	2.HC	Andrea Guardini
2nd March	8th stage Tour de Langkawi	2.HC	Andrea Guardini
October 2nd	Tour of Almaty	1.1	Alexei Lutsenko
October 22nd	3rd stage Abu Dhabi tour	2.HC	Tanel Kangert
20.-23. October	Overall ranking Abu Dhabi Tour	2.HC	Tanel Kangert

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
23rd October	2nd stage Tour of Hainan	2.HC	Ruslan Tleubaev
October 29th	8th stage Tour of Hainan	2.HC	Alexei Lutsenko
22.-30. October	Overall Tour of Hainan	2.HC	Alexei Lutsenko

Success in the UCI America Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
January 23	6th stage Tour de San Luis	2.1	Miguel Ángel López

National road cycling champions

date	run	winner
June 22	Latvian Championship - Individual Time Trial	Gatis Smukulis
June 22	Kazakh Championship - Individual Time Trial	Dmitri Grusdew
June 26th	Kazakh championship - road racing	Arman Kamyshev
June 26th	Latvian Championship - Road Race	Gatis Smukulis

Additions Disposals

Accesses	Team 2015	Departures	Team 2016
Gatis Smukulis	Team Katusha	Borut Bozic	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Eros Capecchi	Movistar team	Mikel Landa	Team Sky
Artyom Sakharov	Seven Riders Cycling Team	Alexander Dyachenko	Career ended
Dias Omirsakow	Neoprofi	Purely Taaramäe	Team Katusha

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Valerio Agnoli	January 6, 1985	Italy	Liquigas-Cannondale (2012)
Fabio Aru	3rd July 1990	Italy
Maxat Ayazbayev	January 27, 1992	Kazakhstan	Astana Continental (2014)
Lars Boom	December 30, 1985	Netherlands	Team Jumbo-Visma (2014)
Eros Capecchi	June 13, 1986	Italy	Movistar (2015)
Dario Cataldo	March 17, 1985	Italy	Sky (2014)
Laurens De Vreese	September 29, 1988	Belgium	Wanty-Groupe Gobert (2014)
Daniil Fominykh	August 28, 1991	Kazakhstan	Astana Continental (2013)
Jakob Fuglsang	March 22, 1985	Denmark	RadioShack Nissan (2012)
Andrij Hrywko	August 7, 1983	Ukraine	ISD (2009)
Dmitri Grusdew	March 13, 1986	Kazakhstan	Ulan (2008)
Andrea Guardini	June 12, 1989	Italy	Farnese Vini-Selle Italia (2012)
Arman Kamyshev	March 14, 1991	Kazakhstan	Astana Continental (2012)
Tanel Kangert	March 11, 1987	Estonia	EC Saint-Étienne Loire (2010)
Baqtiyar Qoshataev	March 28, 1992	Kazakhstan	Astana Continental (2014)
Miguel Ángel López	4th February 1994	Colombia
Alexei Lutsenko	September 7, 1992	Kazakhstan	Astana Continental (2012)
Davide Malacarne	July 11, 1987	Italy	Europcar (2014)
Vincenzo Nibali	November 14, 1984	Italy	Liquigas-Cannondale (2012)
Dias Omirzakov (Feb. 5 - Dec. 31)	July 13, 1992	Kazakhstan
Diego Rosa	March 27, 1989	Italy	Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela (2014)
Luis León Sánchez	November 24, 1983	Spain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (2014)
Michele Scarponi	September 25, 1979	Italy	Lampre-Merida (2013)
Gatis Smukulis	April 15, 1987	Latvia	Katusha (2015)
Paolo Tiralongo	July 8, 1977	Italy	Lampre-NGC (2009)
Ruslan Tleubaev	3rd July 1987	Kazakhstan	Astana Continental (2012)
Alessandro Vanotti	September 16, 1980	Italy	Liquigas-Cannondale (2012)
Lieuwe Westra	September 11, 1982	Netherlands	Vacansoleil-DCM (2013)
Artyom Zakharov (Feb 10th - Dec 31st)	October 27, 1991	Kazakhstan
Andrei Seiz	December 14, 1986	Kazakhstan	Capec (2005)
Zhandos Bizhigitov (Aug 1 - Dec 31, Stagiaire)	June 10, 1991	Kazakhstan	Vino 4-ever SKO (2016)
Nurbolat Kulimbetov (Aug 1 - Dec 31, Stagiaire)	May 9, 1992	Kazakhstan
Source: UCI

Web links

• Official website
• Astana Pro Team / Season 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• The 2016 team at cycling sites