# 2019 Astana season

The 2019 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

## Team roster

    As of 24 December 2018.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Davide Ballerini (ITA) | Davide Ballerini (ITA) | (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 24) |
| Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 28) |
| Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ) | Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ) | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 27) |
| Manuele Boaro (ITA) | Manuele Boaro (ITA) | (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 31) |
| Hernando Bohórquez (COL) | Hernando Bohórquez (COL) | (1992-06-22)22 June 1992 (aged 26) |
| Dario Cataldo (ITA) | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | (1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 33) |
| Rodrigo Contreras (COL) | Rodrigo Contreras (COL) | (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 (aged 24) |
| Magnus Cort (DEN) | Magnus Cort (DEN) | (1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 25) |
| Laurens De Vreese (BEL) | Laurens De Vreese (BEL) | (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 30) |
| Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 27) |
| Omar Fraile (ESP) | Omar Fraile (ESP) | (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 28) |
| Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 33) |
| Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) | Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) | (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 22) |
| Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (DEN) | Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (DEN) | (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 (aged 22) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) | Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) | (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 32) |
| Jan Hirt (CZE) | Jan Hirt (CZE) | (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 27) |
| Hugo Houle (CAN) | Hugo Houle (CAN) | (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 28) |
| Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | (1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 29) |
| Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | (1987-10-07)7 October 1987 (aged 31) |
| Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 24) |
| Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 24) |
| Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 26) |
| Yuriy Natarov (KAZ) | Yuriy Natarov (KAZ) | (1996-12-28)28 December 1996 (aged 21) |
| Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 35) |
| Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) | Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) | (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 27) |
| Davide Villella (ITA) | Davide Villella (ITA) | (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 27) |
| Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) | Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) | (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 27) |
| Andrey Zeits (KAZ) | Andrey Zeits (KAZ) | (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 32) |
| Rider | 2018 team |
| Davide Ballerini | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec |
| Manuele Boaro | Bahrain–Merida |
| Hernando Bohórquez | Team Manzana Postobón |
| Rodrigo Contreras | EPM |
| Jonas Gregaard Wilsly | Riwal CeramicSpeed |
| Gorka Izagirre | Bahrain–Merida |
| Ion Izagirre | Bahrain–Merida |
| Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data |
| Yuriy Natarov | Astana City |
| Rider | 2019 team |
| Sergey Chernetskiy | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA |
| Oscar Gatto | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Andriy Hrivko | - |
| Jesper Hansen | Cofidis |
| Tanel Kangert | EF Education First |
| Truls Engen Korsæth | Retires |
| Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | - |
| Riccardo Minali | Israel Cycling Academy |
| Moreno Moser | Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè |
| Ruslan Tleubayev | Retires |
| Michael Valgren | Team Dimension Data |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 10 February | Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | |
| 10 February | Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Spain | |
| 15 February | Vuelta a Murcia, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Spain | San Javier |
| 16 February | Vuelta a Murcia, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Murcia |
| 16 February | Vuelta a Murcia, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | |
| 16 February | Vuelta a Murcia, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | |
| 16 February | Vuelta a Murcia, Mountains classification | UCI Europe Tour | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Spain | |
| 16 February | Vuelta a Murcia, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Spain | |
| 17 February | Tour de la Provence, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Gorka Izagirre (ESP) | France | |
| 17 February | Tour of Colombia, Overall | UCI America Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Colombia | |
| 17 February | Tour of Colombia, Young rider classification | UCI America Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Colombia | |
| 17 February | Tour of Oman, Stage 2 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Oman | Al Bustan |
| 18 February | Tour of Oman, Stage 3 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Oman | Qurayyat |
| 20 February | Tour of Oman, Stage 5 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Oman | Jabal al Akhdhar |
| 21 February | Tour of Oman, Overall | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Oman | |
| 21 February | Tour of Oman, Points classification | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Oman | |
| 24 February | Vuelta a Andalucía, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Spain | |
| 25 February | Tour of Rwanda, Stage 2 | UCI Africa Tour | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | Rwanda | Mount Huye |
| 26 February | Tour of Rwanda, Stage 3 | UCI Africa Tour | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | Rwanda | Rubavu |
| 3 March | Tour of Rwanda, Stage 8 | UCI Africa Tour | Rodrigo Contreras (COL) | Rwanda | Kigali |
| 3 March | Tour of Rwanda, Overall | UCI Africa Tour | Merhawi Kudus (ERI) | Rwanda | |
| 13 March | Paris–Nice, Stage 4 | UCI World Tour | Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN) | France | Pélussin |
| 16 March | Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 4 | UCI World Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Italy | Fossombrone |
| 17 March | Paris–Nice, Stage 8 | UCI World Tour | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | France | Nice |
| 17 March | Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Italy | Recanati |
| 19 March | Tirreno–Adriatico, Mountains classification | UCI World Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Italy | |
| 28 March | Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4 | UCI World Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Spain | La Molina |
| 31 March | Volta a Catalunya, Overall | UCI World Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Spain | |
| 31 March | Volta a Catalunya, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Spain | |
| 13 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Overall | UCI World Tour | Ion Izagirre (ESP) | Spain | |
| 28 April | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | UCI World Tour | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Belgium | Liège |
| 17 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 | UCI World Tour | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Italy | L'Aquila |
| 18 May | Tour of California, Mountains classification | UCI World Tour | Davide Ballerini (ITA) | United States | |
| 26 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 15 | UCI World Tour | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | Italy | Como |
| 1 June | Giro d'Italia, Stage 20 | UCI World Tour | Pello Bilbao (ESP) | Italy | Croce d'Aune |
| 2 June | Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification | UCI World Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Italy | |
| 16 June | Critérium du Dauphiné, Overall | UCI World Tour | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | France | |
| 16 June | Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification | UCI World Tour | | France | |
| 16 June | Tour de Suisse, Stage 2 | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Switzerland | Langnau im Emmental |
| 18 August | Arctic Race of Norway, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Norway | |
| 18 August | Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Norway | |
| 18 August | Arctic Race of Norway, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Norway | |
| 24 August | Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 (TTT) | UCI World Tour | | Spain | Torrevieja |
| 9 September | Vuelta a Espana, Stage 16 | UCI World Tour | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Spain | La Cubilla |
| 19 September | Coppa Sabatini | UCI Europe Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Italy | Peccioli |
| 21 September | Memorial Marco Pantani | UCI Europe Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Italy | Cesenatico |
| 3 October | CRO Race, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) | Croatia | Makarska |
| 6 October | CRO Race, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Croatia | |

## National, Continental and World champions 2019

| Date | Discipline | Rider | Country | Location |
| 25 April | Asian Cycling Championships, ITT | Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | Uzbekistan | Gazalkent |
| 27 April | Asian Cycling Championships, TTT | | Uzbekistan | Gazalkent |
| 28 April | Asian Cycling Championships, Road race | Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) | Uzbekistan | Gazalkent |
| 26 June | Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Kazakhstan | Shchuchinsk |
| 30 June | Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Kazakhstan | Shchuchinsk |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The riders on the squad were Luis León Sánchez, Pello Bilbao, Hugo Houle, Ion Izagirre, Omar Fraile, Magnus Cort and Merhawi Kudus
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Luis León Sánchez, Pello Bilbao, Dario Cataldo, Omar Fraile, Yuriy Natarov and Jakob Fuglsang
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Magnus Cort, Hugo Houle, Davide Ballerini, Gorka Izagirre, Hernando Bohórquez, Alexey Lutsenko and Jakob Fuglsang
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Magnus Cort, Daniil Fominykh, Jonas Gregaard, Hugo Houle, Alexey Lutsenko, and Yuriy Natarov.
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Jakob Fuglsang, Gorka Izagirre, Ion Izagirre, Omar Fraile, Luis León Sánchez, Dario Cataldo, Alexey Lutsenko, and Manuele Boaro.
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Yevgeniy Gidich, Andrey Zeits, Vadim Pronskiy, Daniil Fominykh, Yuriy Natarov and Davide Villella
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Yevgeniy Gidich, Yuriy Natarov, Daniil Fominykh, Zhandos Bizhigitov, Dmitriy Gruzdev