Astana Cycling Team | Roster & Schedule

Roster & Schedule

Alberto Contador
This climbing specialist and reigning Tour de France champion has been a pro since 2003. In 2007 he won the Vuelta a Castilla y León and Paris-Nice before donning the Maillot Jaune and joining teammate Levi Leipheimer on the podium in Paris.

Levi Leipheimer
An accomplished climber and time trialist, Levi's victories include the 2005 Tour of Germany, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2007 Tour of California. He finished third overall at the 2007 Tour de France, and is the current U.S. National Champion.

Andreas Klöden
Equally adept at time trail and mountain stages, Andreas rode for T-Mobile from 1998-2006, winning Paris-Nice in 2000 and taking 2nd overall at the 2004 and 2006 Tours de France. He joined Astana in 2007, winning the Tirreno-Adriatico.

Featured Members

2008 Roster

BAZAYEV, Assan Kazakhstan

BRAJKOVIC, Janez Slovenia

COLóM, Antonio Spain

CONTADOR, Alberto Spain

DE KORT, Koen Netherlands

FREI, Thomas Switzerland

GUSEV, Vladimir Russia

HASELBACHER, René Austria

HORNER, Chris United States

IGLINSKIY, Maxim Kazakhstan

IVANOV, Serguei Russia

JOACHIM, Benoît Luxembourg

KEMPS, Aaron Australia

KIREYEV, Roman Kazakhstan

KLöDEN, Andreas Germany

KUPESHOV, Berik Kazakhstan

LEIPHEIMER, Levi United States

MAZET, Julien France

MIZOUROV, Andrey Kazakhstan

MORABITO, Steve Switzerland

MURAVYEV, Dmitriy Kazakhstan

NAVARRO, Daniel Spain

NOVAL, Benjamín Spain

PAULINHO, Sérgio Portugal

RAST, Grégory Switzerland

RUBIERA, José Luis Spain

SCHäR, Michael Switzerland

VAITKUS, Tomas Lithuania

YAKOVLEV, Serguei Kazakhstan

ZEITS, Andrey Kazakhstan

Coaching & Support

BRUYNEEL, Johan Belgium

EKIMOV, Viatcheslav Russia

GALLOPIN, Alain France

SHEFER, Alexander Kazakhstan

YATES, Sean England

Calendar

January

22-27 Tour Down Under (Australia)

23-Feb 4 Albuquerque, New Mexico Training Camp (USA)

February

10-14 Challenge Mallorca (Spain)

17-24 Tour of California (USA)

20-24 Volta ao Algarve (Portugal)

26-Mar 1 Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana (Spain)

March

1 Omloop Het Volk (Belgium)

2 Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (Belgium)

4-8 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (Spain)

12-18 Tirreno-Adriatico (Italy)

22 Milan-San Remo (Italy)

24-28 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (Spain)

29 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (Belgium)

April

1-3 KBC-Driedaagse De Panne/Three Days of de Panne (Belgium)

5 Ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour of Flanders (Belgium)

7-12 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (Spain)

8-11 Circuit de la Sarthe (France)

9 Gent-Wevelgem (Belgium)

20 Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands)

21-27 Tour de Georgia (USA)

29-May 4 Tour de Romandie (Switzerland)

May

19-25 Volta a Catalunya (Spain)

28-Jun 1 Tour of Belgium (Belgium)

June

4-8 Tour de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

8-15 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (France)

14-22 Tour de Suisse (Switzerland)

22 Eindhoven Team Time Trial (Netherlands)

July

6-13 Tour of Austria (Austria)

26-30 Tour de Wallonie (Belgium)

August

2 Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian (Spain)

6-7 Paris-Corrèze (France)

9 Olympic Games - Time Trial (China)

10-13 Tour de l'Ain (France)

13 Olympic Games - Road Race (China)

20-27 Eneco Tour (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium)

25 G.P.Ouest France-Plouay (France)

29-Sep 6 Deutschland Tour (Germany)

30-Sep 21 Vuelta a Espana (Spain)

September

7 Vattenfall Cyclassics (Germany)

8-14 Tour of Missouri (USA)

15-21 Tour de Pologne (Poland)

24 World Championships - Time Trial (Italy)

28 World Championships - Road Race (Italy)

October

4 Memorial Cimurri (Italy)

5 ProTour Finale (TBD)

9 Coppa Sabatini (Italy)

11 Giro dell'Emilia (Italy)

12 G.P. Beghelli (Italy)

18 Giro di Lombardia (Italy)