# 2016 Astana season

The 2016 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 29 March 2016
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Valerio Agnoli (ITA) | Valerio Agnoli (ITA) | (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 31) |
| Fabio Aru (ITA) | Fabio Aru (ITA) | (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 25) |
| Maxat Ayazbayev (KAZ) | Maxat Ayazbayev (KAZ) | (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 24) |
| Lars Boom (NED) | Lars Boom (NED) | (1985-12-30)30 December 1985 (aged 30) |
| Eros Capecchi (ITA) | Eros Capecchi (ITA) | (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 29) |
| Dario Cataldo (ITA) | Dario Cataldo (ITA) | (1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 31) |
| Laurens De Vreese (BEL) | Laurens De Vreese (BEL) | (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 27) |
| Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) | (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 24) |
| Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) | (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 31) |
| Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) | Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) | (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 30) |
| Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 26) |
| Andriy Hrivko (UKR) | Andriy Hrivko (UKR) | (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 32) |
| Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) | Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) | (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 25) |
| Tanel Kangert (EST) | Tanel Kangert (EST) | (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 29) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (KAZ) | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (KAZ) | (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 24) |
| Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 22) |
| Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 23) |
| Davide Malacarne (ITA) | Davide Malacarne (ITA) | (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 28) |
| Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 31) |
| Diego Rosa (ITA) | Diego Rosa (ITA) | (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 27) |
| Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 32) |
| Michele Scarponi (ITA) | Michele Scarponi (ITA) | (1979-09-25)25 September 1979 (aged 36) |
| Gatis Smukulis (LAT) | Gatis Smukulis (LAT) | (1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 28) |
| Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) | Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) | (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 38) |
| Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) | Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) | (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 29) |
| Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) | Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) | (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 35) |
| Lieuwe Westra (NED) | Lieuwe Westra (NED) | (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 33) |
| Andrey Zeits (KAZ) | Andrey Zeits (KAZ) | (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 29) |
| Rider | 2015 team |
| Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team |
| Gatis Smukulis | Team Katusha |
| Oleg Zemlyakov | neo-pro (Vino 4ever) |
| Rider | 2016 team |
| Borut Bozic | Cofidis |
| Alexsandr Dyachenko | Retired |
| Mikel Landa | Team Sky |
| Rein Taaramäe | Team Katusha |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 23 January | Tour de San Luis, Stage 6 | UCI America Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Argentina | Filo de la Sierra de Comechingones |
| 24 January | Tour de San Luis, Young rider classification | UCI America Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Argentina | |
| 13 February | La Méditerranéenne, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Andriy Hrivko (UKR) | France | Pegomas |
| 14 February | La Méditerranéenne, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Andriy Hrivko (UKR) | France | |
| 18 February | Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Portugal | Alto da Foía |
| 19 February | Tour of Oman, Stage 4 | UCI Asia Tour | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Oman | Jebel Akhdar |
| 21 February | Tour of Oman, Overall | UCI Asia Tour | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Oman | |
| 24 February | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1 | UCI Asia Tour | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Malaysia | Baling |
| 27 February | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4 | UCI Asia Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Malaysia | Tanah Rata |
| 28 February | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 5 | UCI Asia Tour | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
| 1 March | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 7 | UCI Asia Tour | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Malaysia | Parit Sulong |
| 2 March | Tour de Langkawi, Stage 8 | UCI Asia Tour | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Malaysia | Malacca |
| 2 March | Tour de Langkawi, Points Classification | UCI Asia Tour | Andrea Guardini (ITA) | Malaysia | |
| 11 March | Paris–Nice, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | France | Salon-de-Provence |
| 31 March | Three Days of De Panne, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Lieuwe Westra (NED) | Belgium | |
| 31 March | Three Days of De Panne, Team classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Belgium | |
| 4 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 1 | UCI World Tour | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) | Spain | Markina-Xemein |
| 8 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 | UCI World Tour | Diego Rosa (ITA) | Spain | Arrate [fr] (Eibar) |
| 9 April | Tour of the Basque Country, Mountains classification | UCI World Tour | Diego Rosa (ITA) | Spain | |
| 19 April | Giro del Trentino, Stage 1 (TTT) | UCI Europe Tour | | Italy | Torbole |
| 21 April | Giro del Trentino, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Tanel Kangert (EST) | Italy | Mezzolombardo |
| 22 April | Giro del Trentino, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Tanel Kangert (EST) | Italy | Cles |
| 27 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 | UCI World Tour | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | France | Risoul |
| 29 May | Giro d'Italia, Overall | UCI World Tour | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) | Italy | |
| 29 May | Giro d'Italia, Team classification | UCI World Tour | | Italy | |
| 8 June | Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 3 | UCI World Tour | Fabio Aru (ITA) | France | Tournon-sur-Rhône |
| 19 June | Tour de Suisse, Overall | UCI World Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Switzerland | |
| 9 July | Tour of Austria, Mountains classification | UCI Europe Tour | Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) | Austria | |
| 3 August | Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 2 (TTT) | UCI Europe Tour | | Spain | Burgos |
| 28 September | Milano–Torino | UCI Europe Tour | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Italy | Torino |
| 2 October | Tour of Almaty | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | Kazakhstan | Almaty |
| 22 October | Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 3 | UCI Asia Tour | Tanel Kangert (EST) | United Arab Emirates | Jebel Hafeet |
| 23 October | Abu Dhabi Tour, Overall | UCI Asia Tour | Tanel Kangert (EST) | United Arab Emirates | |
| 23 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 2 | UCI Asia Tour | Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) | China | Haikou |
| 29 October | Tour of Hainan, Stage 8 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | China | Qiongzhong |
| 30 October | Tour of Hainan, Overall | UCI Asia Tour | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) | China | |

## National, Continental and World champions 2016

| Date | Discipline | Rider | Country | Location |
| 22 June | Kazakhstan National Time Trial Champion | Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) | Kazakhstan | Almaty |
| 22 June | Latvian National Time Trial Champion | Gatis Smukulis (LAT) | Latvia | Rauna |
| 26 June | Kazakhstan National Road Race Champion | Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) | Kazakhstan | Almaty |
| 26 June | Latvian National Road Race Champion | Gatis Smukulis (LAT) | Latvia | Cesis |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The riders on the squad were Laurens de Vreese, Jakob Fuglsang, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Andrea Guardini, Arman Kamyshev, Alexey Lutsenko, Lars Boom and Lieuwe Westra
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli, Eros Capecchi, Jakob Fuglsang, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Davide Malacarne and Michele Scarponi
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli, Eros Capecchi, Jakob Fuglsang, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Davide Malacarne, Michele Scarponi and Andrey Zeits
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Eros Capecchi, Davide Malacarne, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Dario Cataldo, Michele Scarponi, Alessandro Vanotti and Daniil Fominykh