Pro Team Astana / 2007 season
This article discusses the course of the 2007 season, the team Astana .
Season course
The team's greatest successes include the overall victory of Andreas Klöden in the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race and the two stage victories of Paolo Savoldelli in the Tour de Romandie and Giro d'Italia as well as four stage victories at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré , including three by Alexandre Vinokourov and one by Antonio Colom . Eddy Mazzoleni also took third place at the Giro d'Italia.
However, these successes were overshadowed by doping scandals . Kessler and Mazzoleni were dismissed for doping offenses prior to the 2007 Tour de France . During the tour, Vinokurov won the time trial in Albi and the mountainous 15th stage in the Pyrenees . A day later, on the rest day, it became known that he had tested positive for doping with foreign blood when he won his first stage . The entire Astana team then withdrew from the Tour de France. Andrei Kashechkin was later convicted of doping. As a result of these scandals, the organizers of the Vuelta a España withdrew the team's invitation for the three-week tour of Spain beginning on September 1st.
In September 2007, team manager Biver was replaced by the former Discovery manager and Lance Armstrong confidante Johan Bruyneel , who was later banned for life because of his involvement in the Armstrong doping affair. The team apparently ran into financial difficulties after the sponsors' withdrawal.
Successes and team
Successes in the UCI ProTour
| date | run | driver |
|---|---|---|
| 14.-20. March |
 Overall ranking Tirreno-Adriatico
|
 Andreas Klöden
|
| 1st of May |
 Prologue Tour de Romandie
|
Paolo Savoldelli
|
| 2th of June |
20th stage of the Giro d'Italia
|
Paolo Savoldelli
|
| June 13th |
 3rd stage Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
|
 Alexander Vinokurov
|
| 15th June |
5th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
|
 Antonio Colom
|
| June 16 |
6th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
|
Maxim Iglinski
|
| 17th of June |
7th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
|
Alexander Vinokurov
|
Success in the UCI Europe Tour
| date | run | Cat. | driver |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th of February |
Trofeo Sóller
|
1.1 |
Antonio Colom
|
| 11 April |
2 B. Stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
|
2.1 |
Andreas Klöden
|
| 10-13 April |
Overall ranking Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
|
2.1 |
Andreas Klöden
|
| June 10th |
 4th stage Tour du Luxembourg
|
2.HC |
Grégory Rast
|
| 6-10 June |
Overall ranking Tour du Luxembourg
|
2.HC |
Grégory Rast
|
| June 29th |
Kazakh champion - road race |
NC |
Maxim Iglinski
|
| July 1 |
Luxembourg Champion - Road Race |
NC |
Benoît Joachim
|
| October 14th |
 Prologue Herald Sun Tour
|
2.1 |
Aaron Kemps
|
| October 17th |
3rd stage Herald Sun Tour
|
2.1 |
Aaron Kemps
|
| October 18 |
4th stage Herald Sun Tour
|
2.1 |
Steve Morabito
|
| the 20th of October |
6th stage of the Herald Sun Tour
|
2.1 |
Steve Morabito
|
| October 21 |
7th stage Herald Sun Tour
|
2.1 |
Aaron Kemps
|
Additions Disposals
team
* Kessler, Vinokurov and Kaschechkin were fired.
** The contracts with Mazzoleni and Redondo were terminated.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Biver throws at Astana. radsport-news.com, August 29, 2007, accessed February 27, 2015 .
- ↑ welt.de of July 24, 2008: Vinokurow escapes the raid on the Astana Hotel
- ↑ Vuelta unloads Astana. radsport-news.com, August 13, 2007, accessed February 27, 2015 .
- ↑ radsport-news.com from September 17, 2007: Astana wants to get rid of Biver
- ↑ Bivers Astana before the end. radsport-news.com, November 20, 2007, accessed February 27, 2015 .
Web links
- Pro Team Astana / 2007 season in the Radsportseiten.net database