Astana Women's Team
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Team information | |
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UCI code | ASA |
Registered | Kazakhstan |
Founded | 2015 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI Women's Team |
Bicycles | Kuota |
Key personnel | |
General manager |
Zulfia Zabirova Maurizio Fabretto |
Team name history | |
2015 2016– |
Astana–Acca Due O Astana Women's Team |
Astana Women's Team is a professional women's cycling team based in Kazakhstan, which is scheduled to compete in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.[1][2]
Team history
2014
Riders in
On November 28, Marzhan Baitlevova, Yekaterina Yuraitis, Makhabbat Umutzanova, Natalya Sokovnina and Aliya Kargaliyena signed with the team. On November 30, Natalya Saitfutdinova and Faina Potapova signed with the team. On December 2, the team signed Jessenia Meneses and Ingrid Drexel. On December 6, the team signed Aizhan Zhaparova, Larisa Pankova and Kseniya Dobrynina. On December 12 Marika Campagnaro joined the team. On December 18 Milda Jankauskaite, Olena Demidova and Carolina Rodriguez joined the team.[3] On 24 December, Hanna Solovey signed for the team.[4]
2015
In June, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing “unprofessional behaviour”. This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics.[5]
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2015
- Copa Cuba de Pista – Points race, Ingrid Drexel
- 2016
- Stage 1 Tour of Zhoushan Island I, Arianna Fidanza
- 2017
Points classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Arlenis Sierra - Stage 3, Arlenis Sierra
- Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva
- Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Arlenis Sierra
- Rosh Ha'Ayin Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva
- Orsago Chrono, Olena Pavlukhina
Points classification Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra Youth classification, Arlenis Sierra
Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Arlenis Sierra Points classification, Arlenis Sierra Mountains classification, Arlenis Sierra - Teams classification
- Prologue, Stages 1 & 3, Arlenis Sierra
- 2018
Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa, Elena Pirrone - Stage 2, Elena Pirrone
- Stage 3, Martina Alzini
- GP della Liberazione PINK, Letizia Paternoster
Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs, Letizia Paternoster Points classification, Letizia Paternoster Mountains classification, Sofia Bertizzolo Youth classification, Letizia Paternoster - Stage 2, Letizia Paternoster
Road Race, Pan American Cycling Championships, Arlenis Sierra - Stage 3 Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra
Youth classification Giro Rosa, Sofia Bertizzolo Mountains classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini, Sofia Bertizzolo - Stage 2 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Arlenis Sierra
Overall Giro delle Marche, Sofia Bertizzolo
National champions
- 2015
Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis Mexico Time Trial, Ingril Drexel - 2016
Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova - 2017
Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra Kazakhstan Road Race, Tatyana Geneleva Azerbaijan Road Race, Olena Pavlukhina Azerbaijan Time Trial, Olena Pavlukhina Kazakhstan Track (Points race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva Kazakhstan Track (Scratch race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva Kazakhstan Track (Individual pursuit), Amiliya Iskakova - 2018
Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova Kazakhstan Time Trial, Natalya Saifutdinova
References
- ↑ "Astana-Acca Due O women's team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "#KUOTACYCLE E ASTANA ACCA DUE O". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "Cycling Transfers 2015 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-solovey-signs-for-astana-acca-due-o-roompot-secure-classics-invitations
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/solovey-sacked-by-astana-acca-due-o-for-refusing-to-switch-nationality-claims-ukrainian-federation