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Continental Team Astana
Team data
UCI code	AS2
nationality	Kazakhstan
License	Continental team
operator	Kaliri Ltd
First season	2012
Last season	2014
discipline	Street
staff
Team manager	Séamus Harford Alexander Nadobenko
Sportl. ladder	Kairat Baigudinow Vladimir Remyga Dmitri Sedoun Andrei Teteriuk
Team photo

The Continental Team Astana was a Kazakh cycling team based in Dublin, Ireland .

The team was founded in 2012 and took part in the UCI Continental Circuits as a Continental team . She acted as the farm team for the Astana Pro Team , although the teams were formally managed separately. The managers were Séamus Harford and Alexander Nadobenko , who were supported by the sporting directors Dmitri Sedoun, Kairat Baigudinow , Vladimir Remyga and Andrei Teteryuk.

In the 2014 season, the three drivers of the team Artur Fedosejew , Viktor Okischew and Ilya Dawidenok tested positive for anabolic steroids in doping tests. In response to this, the team was disbanded at the end of 2014. Parts of the team were taken over by the newly founded Seven Riders team , which was renamed Astana City in 2016 .

2014 season

Success in the UCI Asia Tour

date	run	Cat.	winner
June 29th	Kazakh championship - road racing	CN	Ilya Davidenok
7th of July	2nd stage Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Marco Benfatto
July 9	4th stage Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Marco Benfatto
16th of July	10th stage Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Ilya Davidenok
6-19 July	Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake	2.HC	Ilya Davidenok
September 11	3rd stage Tour of China II	2.1	Vadim Galeev

Success in the UCI Europe Tour

date	run	Cat.	driver
March 29	6th stage of the Tour de Normandie	2.2	Marco Benfatto
26th of April	2nd stage Tour de Bretagne	2.2	Vadim Galeev

Disposals - additions

Accesses	Team 2013	Departures	Team 2014
Galim Akhmetov	Neoprofi	Daniil Fominych	Astana Pro Team
Artur Fedoseev	Neoprofi	Nasar Jumabekov	China Wuxi Jilun Cycling Team
Vadim Galeev	Neoprofi	Alexander Shushchemoin	Vino 4ever
Pavel Gazki	Neoprofi	Yevgeny Nepomnyachchi	Unknown
Viktor Okishev	Neoprofi	Sergei Renew	Unknown
Jerlan Pernebekov	Neoprofi	Nikita Umerbekow	Unknown
Dmitri Riwe	Neoprofi	Ilya Davidenok (until October 16)	Doping ban
Michele Scartezzini	Neoprofi
Sergei Shemyakin	Neoprofi
Nikita Panassenko (from July 10th)	Neoprofi

team

Surname	birthday	nationality	Team 2015
Galym Akhmetov	March 20, 1995	Kazakhstan
Makhat Ayazbayev	January 27, 1992	Kazakhstan	Astana Pro Team
Marco Benfatto	January 6, 1988	Italy	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
Schandos Bischigitow	June 10, 1991	Kazakhstan
Ilya Davidenok 1	April 19, 1992	Kazakhstan
Artur Fedosejew 2	January 29, 1994	Kazakhstan
Vadim Galeev	February 7, 1992	Kazakhstan
Pavel Gazki	January 1, 1991	Kazakhstan
Abdraimzhan Ishanov	April 10, 1990	Kazakhstan
Baqtiyar Qoshataev	March 28, 1992	Kazakhstan	Astana Pro Team
Nurbolat Kulimbetov	May 9, 1992	Kazakhstan
Tilegen Maidos	June 10, 1993	Kazakhstan
Viktor Okishev 2	4th February 1994	Kazakhstan
Nikita Panassenko	March 18, 1992	Kazakhstan
Jerlan Pernebekow (†)	June 16, 1995	Kazakhstan
Dmitri Riwe	April 19, 1995	Kazakhstan
Michele Scartezzini	January 10, 1992	Italy	MG.Kvis-Vega
Sergei Shemyakin	August 31, 1995	Kazakhstan
Roman Semyonov	January 23, 1993	Kazakhstan

(†) Jerlan Pernebekow died on March 17, 2014.
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  Makhat Ayazbayev

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  Schandos Bischigitow

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  Viktor Okishev

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  Nurbolat Kulimbetov

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  Abdraimzhan Ishanov

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  Vadim Galeev

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  Baqtiyar Qoshataev

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI Africa Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	7th	Nikita Umerbekow (33.)
2013 - 2014	-	-

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	16.	Arman Kamyshev (36th)
2013	31.	Baqtiyar Qoshataev (198.)
2014	21st	Makhat Ayazbayev (60th)

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	17th	Ruslan Tleubaev (26.)
2013	5.	Yevgeny Nepomnyachy (21.)
2014	11.	Vadim Galeev (19.)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	27.	Alexei Lutsenko (40.)
2013	47.	Marco Benfatto (87th)
2014	68.	Baqtiyar Qoshataev (342.)

See also

• Continental Team Astana / 2013 season
• Continental Team Astana / 2012 season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. 2014 Teams participation, art. 2.2.001 at uci.ch , accessed on November 27, 2014
2. ↑ ^{a b} cyclingnews.com of November 27, 2014: Vinokourov suspends Astana Continental team
3. ↑ radsport-news.com of November 26, 2014: Third doping case in the Astana Continental team
4. ↑ Astana to present five teams in Kazakhstan. cyclingquotes.com, December 4, 2015, accessed August 18, 2016 . 

Web links

• Continental Team Astana / season 2014 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Continental Team Astana in the ProCyclingStats.com database