2021 Astana–Premier Tech season

The 2021 season for the Astana–Premier Tech cycling team was its 15th season, all of which have been as a UCI WorldTeam. For the first season in its existence, however, the team had two title sponsors, as Canadian tech company Premier Tech joins longtime Kazakh sponsor Samruk-Kazyna.^[1]^[2]^[3]

UCI codeAPT

StatusUCI WorldTeam

WorldTourRank13th

Chairman

Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)

Quick facts Astana–Premier Tech, UCI code ...

Astana–Premier Tech
2021 season
Astana–Premier Tech in the peloton at Raka on Stage 3 of the Tour of Slovenia
UCI code	APT
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	13th
Chairman	Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
Main sponsor(s)	Samruk-Kazyna Premier Tech
Based	Kazakhstan
Bicycles	Wilier Triestina
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race stages	3
National Championships	7
Most wins	Ion Izagirre (ESP) Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (2 each)
Best ranked rider	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS) (35th)
Jersey
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Team roster

As of 10 June 2021.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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	Rider	Date of birth
Alex Aranburu (ESP)		(1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 25)
Samuele Battistella (ITA)		(1998-11-14)14 November 1998 (aged 22)
Manuele Boaro (ITA)		(1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 33)
Gleb Brussenskiy (KAZ)		(2000-04-18)18 April 2000 (aged 20)
Rodrigo Contreras (COL)		(1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 26)
Stefan de Bod (RSA)		(1996-11-17)17 November 1996 (aged 24)
Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)		(2000-02-16)16 February 2000 (aged 20)
Fabio Felline (ITA)		(1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 30)
Omar Fraile (ESP)		(1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 30)
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)		(1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 35)
Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)		(1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 24)
Jonas Gregaard (DEN)		(1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 24)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)		(1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 34)
Hugo Houle (CAN)		(1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 30)
Ion Izagirre (ESP)		(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 31)
Gorka Izagirre (ESP)		(1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 33)

	Rider	Date of birth
Merhawi Kudus (ERI)		(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 26)
Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)		(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 28)
Davide Martinelli (ITA)		(1993-05-31)31 May 1993 (aged 27)
Yuriy Natarov (KAZ)		(1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 24)
Ben Perry (CAN)		(1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 26)
Andrea Piccolo^[a] (ITA)		(2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 19)
Vadim Pronskiy (KAZ)		(1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 22)
Óscar Rodríguez (ESP)		(1995-05-06)6 May 1995 (aged 25)
Javier Romo (ESP)		(1999-01-06)6 January 1999 (aged 21)
Luis León Sánchez (ESP)		(1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 37)
Matteo Sobrero (ITA)		(1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 23)
Nikita Stalnov (KAZ)		(1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 29)
Harold Tejada (COL)		(1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 23)
Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)		(1996-04-23)23 April 1996 (aged 24)
Artyom Zakharov (KAZ)		(1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 29)

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[a]
Piccolo left the team on 31 May, having not competed for the team at all after health issues were detected during an early season training camp.^[7]

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Riders who joined the team for the 2021 season

Rider	2020 team
Samuele Battistella^[8]^[9]	NTT Pro Cycling
Gleb Brussenskiy^[10]	neo-pro (Vino–Astana Motors)
Stefan de Bod^[8]^[9]	NTT Pro Cycling
Yevgeniy Fedorov^[10]	neo-pro (Vino–Astana Motors)
Ben Perry^[8]^[11]	Israel Cycling Academy
Andrea Piccolo^[8]	neo-pro (Team Colpack–Ballan)
Javier Romo^[8]^[12]	neo-pro (triathlete)
Matteo Sobrero^[8]^[9]	NTT Pro Cycling

Riders who left the team during or after the 2020 season

Rider	2021 team
Zhandos Bizhigitov^[6]^[13]^[14]	Retired
Hernando Bohórquez^[6]^[15]^[16]
Laurens De Vreese^[6]^[17]^[18]	Alpecin–Fenix
Daniil Fominykh^[6]^[16]^[19]
Miguel Ángel López^[6]^[20]^[21]	Movistar Team

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Season victories

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Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location	Ref.
14 March	Paris–Nice, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	France		^[22]^[23]
14 March	Paris–Nice, Team classification	UCI World Tour	^[a]	France		^[22]^[23]
16 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Team classification	UCI World Tour	^[b]	Italy		^[24]^[25]
6 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Alex Aranburu (ESP)	Spain	Sestao	^[26]
8 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Spain	Hondarribia	^[27]
16 May	Tour de Hongrie, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour	^[c]	Hungary		^[28]
2 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 4 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	France	Roche-la-Molière	^[29]
13 June	Route d'Occitanie, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour	^[d]	France		^[30]
25 July	Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika	UCI Europe Tour	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Spain	Ordizia	^[31]
8 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	^[e]	Norway		^[32]
11 October	Coppa Agostoni	UCI Europe Tour	Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)	Italy	Lissone	^[33]
17 October	Veneto Classic	UCI Europe Tour	Samuele Battistella (ITA)	Italy	Bassano Del Grappa	^[34]

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National, Continental, and World Champions

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Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location	Ref.
17 June	Russian National Time Trial Championships	Aleksandr Vlasov (RUS)	Russia	Penza	^[35]
18 June	Italian National Time Trial Championships	Matteo Sobrero (ITA)	Italy	Faenza	^[36]
18 June	Spanish National Time Trial Championships	Ion Izagirre (ESP)	Spain	Busot	^[37]
19 June	Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships	Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)	Kazakhstan	Petropavl	^[38]
20 June	Spanish National Road Race Championships	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Spain	La Nucia	^[39]
25 June	Eritrean National Time Trial Championships	Merhawi Kudus (ERI)	Eritrea	Asmara	^[40]
10 September	Canadian National Time Trial Championships	Hugo Houle (CAN)	Canada	Saint-Prosper	^[41]