Astana Team

Message by Leslie ReissnerRoadside St.4: After the previous day's recon of Stage 4 of the 2012 Giro reported here yesterday, it was time to get to the Real Thing and return to Verona for the team time trial, where we rode along with Team Astana…  

The biggest loser of the day was the Astana team with Roman Kreuziger and Paolo Tiralongo both falling off the pace and out of general classification contention. Kreuziger, who started the day in fifth overall but got dropped on the third climb (Forcella ...  

Lars Bak wins the 12th stage of the Giro d' Italia 2012bettor.com (blog)Sandy Casar of Team FDJ-BigMat is further 9 seconds behind at the third spot with Paolo Tiralongo of Team Astana holding the fourth spot. Ivan Santaromita of Team BMC, Roman Kreuziger of Team Astana, Benat Intxausti Elorriaga of Team Movistar and Ivan ...and more »  

Astana Pro Team's Paolo Tiralongo celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 205-km seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia. Photo: Reuters ITALIAN Paolo Tiralongo won the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday, while Ryder Hesjedal took over ...  

After an expert launch from team-mate and compatriot Daniel Moreno, Rodriguez made his move, countering an attack by Slagter and Astana’s Paolo Tiralongo, winner of Saturday’s stage seven. The 32-year-old Spaniard powered over the pretty paving stones ...  

But under pressure from the Liquigas team of Ivan Basso and the Astana team of Roman Kreuziger, the peloton was beginning to reel in all the men in front. Rabottini’s advantage over the penultimate summit had been reduced to 2:45 over the Cunego group ...  

Team Astana holds second position in tableCaspionetItalian Domenico Pozzovivo from Team Colnago claimed stage eight of the cycling race, while Spaniard Benat Intxausti from Movistar became second as the his compatriot Joaquim Rodriguez of Team Katusha arrived third. Paolo Tiralongo is on twelfth place ...and more »  

Team Astana's Paolo Tiralongo climbs to Giro d'Italia stage victory ahead of last year's winner Michele Scarponi and Team RadioShack-Nissan's Frank Schleck; Team Garmin-Barracuda's Canadian Ryder Hesjedal scores overall Giro d'Italia lead.  

Former Astana manager Sanquer back on the road at Giro with FDJ-BigMatCyclingnews.comFDJ-BigMat is competing at the Giro d'Italia under the guidance of Martial Gayant, who has been a directeur sportif with team manager Marc Madiot for 12 years, and Yvon Sanquer, who was last active in the world of professional cycling as a team manager ...  

Kazakhstan's cycling team Astana comes in third in Day 4 of Giro d'ItaliaCaspionetKazakhstan's cycling team Astana has come third in the team race as part of Day 4 of Giro d'Italia. The American team, «Garmin Barracuda», was the first to cross the finishing line as it took them 37 minutes and 4 seconds to complete the fourth stage.  

Cavendish's task was made easier when several of his sprint rivals such as Thor Hushovd (BMC) were dropped from the peloton in the final 30km when the Liquigas-Cannondale team of Ivan Basso upped the pace aided by rider Roman Kreuziger (Astana).  

Yahoo! Eurosport UKUpstart Astana rider Maxim Iglinskiy stuns stars to win Liege-Bastone-LiegeThe Daily TelegraphUnlikely winner: Kazakh Maxim Iglinskiy of Pro Team Astana celebrates after winning the 98th Liege-Bastogne-Liege race. Picture: AFP Source: AFP UNHERALDED Maxim Iglinskiy has stunned a host of favourites to claim the biggest win of his career at a ...Cycling-Iglinskiy snatches unexpected victory in LiegeYahoo! Eurosport UKIglinsky...  

The whole of Pro Team Astana – including captain Roman Kreuziger and the rest of the team – proved themselves to be completely at ease on the climbs and Tiralongo now lies in second place in the general classification, trailing Ryder ...  

Both are winless so far this season, raising questions over their relationship with RadioShack team manager Johan Bruyneel. Bruyneel last week reportedly vexed the brothers when he named a management team for the Tour de France which did not ...  

Katusha finished second, five seconds behind, and Astana and Saxo Bank were next, both 22 seconds back. Australian team GreenEdge finish in sixth place, 25 seconds off the pace. With no sprint points on offer, Australian GreenEdge rider Matthew Goss ...  

VeloNationVincenzo Nibali up to second as Astana team on the rise in WorldTour rankingVeloNationIglinskiy's victory, and Gasparotto's third place, see their Astana team jump from eighth to fourth in the team rankings, displacing early movers RadioShack-Nissan, BMC Racing, Team Sky, and GreenEdge. The Kazakh team's new total of 408 is now just 94 ...Upstart Maxim Iglinskiy stuns stars in oldest one-day raceHerald SunIglinskiy wins Belgian...  

Astana's Maxim Iglinskiy won an exciting finish of the 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège ahead of Vincenzo Nibali of Liquigas-Cannondale and Astana teammate Enrico Gasparotto when he attacked and dropped Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) in an attempt to chase ...  

The 31-year-old rider with Kazakh national team Astana caught and then shook off Italian powerhouse Vincenzo Nibali with a kilometre to go for a well-deserved solo victory by 21 seconds. Iglinskiy's team mate Enrico Gasparotto of Italy, victorious in the ...  

The team posted a time ten seconds faster than 2nd place finished, Pro Team Astana, putting American Taylor Phinney in the first leader's jersey and giving Phinney and other BMC Racing members a ten second advantage ahead of Roman Kreuziger and the Astana ...  

ASTANA. February 23. KAZINFORM February 24-26 Astana will host the Open Winter Special Olympics of Kazakhstan. For the first time 320 disabled athletes from all regions of Kazakhstan and teams from Austria, Russia, and Uzbekistan will compete in skating ...  

Documentary about Astana team's participation in Dakar rally presented in AlmatyTengrinewsDakar Syndrome documentary that reflects Astana teams journey to the third place of 2012 Dakar marathon rally was shown in Almaty for the first time, Tengrinews.kz reports. The documentary was filmed as one of Astana crew members' story and it consists ...and more »  

VeloNationUCI denies Astana hotel was searched at Tour de RomandieVeloNationby Shane Stokes at 1:37 PM EST The UCI has moved to deny reports printed by elements of the Belgian and French media today that the Astana team was subjected to searches at their hotel at the Tour de Romandie. The suggestion was that the team was under ...  

He joined Team Astana (2008-2009), Team RadioShack (2010-2011 ... The cyclist finished third during the Tour de France 2007 which is considered as his best performance at the French race. He finished third during the Vuelta a Espana 2001 and grabbed ...  

With two victories in the Ardennes, plus the prospect of new signing Janez Brajkovic of Slovenia and eternal Czech hope Roman Kreuziger leading in the Grand Tours, things are looking up for Astana. Of course, the cynics will always talk about ...  

In 2004, Armstrong finished first, 6 minutes 19 seconds ahead of German Andreas Klöden. Ullrich was fourth, a further 2 minutes 31 seconds behind. Armstrong won a personal best five individual stages, plus the team time trial. He became the ...  

President Of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Illustration: kremlin.ru President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev April 28 signed a decree on appointment of Vladimir Chernov, who was previously the head of the Secretariat of the current head of the presidential administration of Russia Sergei Ivanov as his Deputy Prime Minister, the Chief of the Office of the President on interregional and cultural relations ...  

With the Giro d’Italia about to start, teams are preparing to fight for the other pink jersey  

Astana leader and team will begin Presidential Tour of Turkey on Sunday