2012 Astana season

UCI codeAST

WorldTourRank10th (645 points)^[1]

Astana
2012 season
The team car at the 2012 Tour de France
UCI code	AST
Status	UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank	10th (645 points)^[1]
Manager	Giuseppe Martinelli
Main sponsor(s)	Samruk-Kazyna
Based	Kazakhstan
Bicycles	Specialized
Groupset	SRAM?
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	3^{[N 1]}
Stage race stages	10^{[N 1]}
National Championships	6
Best ranked rider	Roman Kreuziger (20th)
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The 2012 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Ages as of 1 January 2012.^[4]

	Rider	Date of birth
Fabio Aru^{[N 2]} (ITA)		(1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 21)
Assan Bazayev (KAZ)		(1981-02-22)22 February 1981 (aged 30)
Borut Božič (SLO)		(1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 31)
Janez Brajkovič (SLO)		(1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 28)
Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)		(1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 28)
Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ)		(1976-08-15)15 August 1976 (aged 35)
Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)		(1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 29)
Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)		(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 27)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)		(1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 25)
Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)		(1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 24)
Andriy Hryvko (UKR)		(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 28)
Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ)		(1981-04-18)18 April 1981 (aged 30)
Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ)		(1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 27)
Tanel Kangert (EST)		(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 24)

	Rider	Date of birth
Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)		(1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 31)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)		(1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 31)
Robert Kišerlovski (CRO)		(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 25)
Roman Kreuziger (CZE)		(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 25)
Francesco Masciarelli^{[N 3]} (ITA)		(1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 25)
Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ)		(1979-11-02)2 November 1979 (aged 32)
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (KAZ)		(1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 24)
Evgeni Petrov (RUS)		(1978-05-25)25 May 1978 (aged 33)
Simone Ponzi (ITA)		(1987-01-17)17 January 1987 (aged 24)
Sergey Renev (KAZ)		(1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 26)
Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)		(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)
Egor Silin (RUS)		(1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 23)
Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)		(1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 34)
Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)		(1973-09-16)16 September 1973 (aged 38)
Andrey Zeits (KAZ)		(1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 25)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season

Rider	2011 team
Andrey Kashechkin	Lampre–ISD^[7]
Dimitry Muravyev	Team RadioShack^[8]
Jacopo Guarnieri	Liquigas–Cannondale^[9]
Egor Silin	Team Katusha^[9]
Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre–ISD^[9]
Kevin Seeldraeyers	Quick-Step^[10]
Borut Božič	Vacansoleil–DCM^[10]
Janez Brajkovič	Team RadioShack^[11]
Dmitriy Gruzdev	stagiaire (Astana)^[12]
Simone Ponzi	Liquigas–Cannondale^[13]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season

Rider	2012 team
Rémy Di Gregorio	Cofidis^[14]
Simon Clarke	GreenEDGE^[15]
Tomas Vaitkus	GreenEDGE^[16]
Allan Davis	GreenEDGE^[17]
Mirco Lorenzetto	Retired^[18]
Gorazd Štangelj	Retired^[19]
Roman Kireyev	Retired^[20]
Maxim Gourov	None
Josep Jufré	Retired^[21]
Andrey Mizurov	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team^[13]

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
21 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Spain	Canturri
15 April	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Netherlands	Valkenburg
22 April	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	UCI World Tour	Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)	Belgium	Liège
24 April	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3^{[N 1]}	UCI Europe Tour	Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)	Turkey	Elmalı
29 April	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall^{[N 1]}	UCI Europe Tour	Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)	Turkey
29 April	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 4]}	Turkey
12 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)	Italy	Rocca di Cambio
25 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 19	UCI World Tour	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Italy	Alpe di Pampeago
14 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Simone Ponzi (ITA)	Slovenia	Novo Mesto
15 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Switzerland	Gossau
17 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Tanel Kangert (EST)	Switzerland	Sörenberg
17 June	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 5]}	Switzerland
17 June	Tour of Slovenia, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Slovenia
29 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Spain	Pontevedra
11 October	Tour of Beijing, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)	China	Badaling Great Wall
26 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 7	UCI Asia Tour	Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)	China	Wuzhishan
28 October	Tour of Hainan, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)	China
28 October	Tour of Hainan, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	^{[N 6]}	China

2012 Astana season

Season victories

Footnotes

References

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