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• Astana Has Podium Goal With Kreuziger At Giro
  May 3rd, 2011
  

  PARIS, May 3, 2011 – The Czech rider Roman Kreuziger has the podium objective in the Giro which starts Saturday in Turin, said Tuesday his Astana team. Kreuziger will have [...]

• Astana Has No Mention Of Contador
  January 28th, 2011
  

  MONACO- Embattled Tour de France winner Alberto Contador was wiped from the record when his former Astana team staged their2011 launch on Friday. Contador, who was provisionally suspended after failing [...]

• What’s In Santa’s Bag For Your Favorite Cyclist?
  October 29th, 2010
  

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• Evgueni Petrov Signs A Two Year Contract With Astana
  August 24th, 2010
  

  Evgueni Petrov stage winner at Aquila during the last Giro d’Italia has signed a contract for two seasons for the Astana team (2011 and 2012). The Russian former world champion [...]

• Roman Kreuziger Signs With Astana
  August 17th, 2010
  

  PRAGUE – Rising Czech cycling star Roman Kreuziger signed for Kazakh outfit Astana on a two year contract on Tuesday from Italian team Liquigas. The 24-year-old – winner of this [...]

• Contador Joins Riis At Team Saxo Bank-Sungard
  August 3rd, 2010
  

  COPENHAGEN – Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain has signed a two-year contract with the Saxo Bank-Sungard team managed by Bjarne Riis. The move announced Tuesday comes [...]

• Lemond Is Subpoenaed In Doping Probe
  July 17th, 2010
  

  NEW YORK – Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond has received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in the investigation of possible fraud and doping charges against [...]

• BLOW OFF THE SHOP RIDE — YOU’VE GOT PLANS THIS WEEKEND
  July 9th, 2010
  

  If you’re not excited about how this Tour de France is setting up, you’ve topped your max heartrate one too many times.  May you rest in peace. On Saturday the [...]

• Team Astana Ranked 1st By UCI
  June 14th, 2010
  

  The Astana Cycling Team is placed as leader of the UCI world ranking team, with 624 points ahead of training Katusha, 575 points. The Kazakh team counts two of its [...]

• Contador Previews Mountain Stages For Tour de France
  June 2nd, 2010
  

  Alberto Contador finished today the recon of four Pyrenean stages of the Tour 2010, where he spent four days training in the company of seven teammates: Fofonov, Tiralongo, Noval, Navarro, [...]

• Vinokourov Takes Pink As Weylandt Wins Third Stage
  May 10th, 2010
  

  MIDDELBURG, Netherlands, May 10, 2010 (AFP) – Veteran Alexandre Vinokourov, riding for Astana, took the overall leader’s pink jersey following Monday’s third stage of the Tour of Italy, the day’s [...]

• Vinokourov Leads Astana’s Giro Team
  April 28th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 28, 2010 – Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov, winner of last weekend’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege, will lead the Astana team at the three-week Giro d’Italia which starts on May 8 in Amsterdam. [...]

• Assan Bazayev Gets Two Weeks Off The Bike
  April 1st, 2010
  

  Kazakh rider Assan Bazayev, which crashed Tuesday in the first stage of the race Three Days of De Panne, shall observe complete rest for two weeks, said Thursday by his [...]

• Contador Takes Control Of Paris-Nice On Stage 4
  March 11th, 2010
  

  Spain’s Alberto Contador secured a Paris-Nice double whammy on Thursday by winning the race’s fourth stage here, becoming the overall leader in the process. The Astana rider attacked 1700 meters [...]

• Contador Unfazed Of An Armstrong Challenge
  January 31st, 2010
  

  VIENNA, Jan 30, 2010 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador insists the thought of having seven-time winner Lance Armstrong as his main rival in this year’s race is [...]

• Team Astana Specialized Tarmac SL3 Road Bike
  January 11th, 2010
  

  Specialized is one of Team Astana’s sponsors, and with Alberto Contador being on the team, plus he signed a contract with Specialized, it was only a matter of time before [...]

• Allan Davis To Debut at Santos Tour Down Under with Astana
  January 6th, 2010
  

  Reigning Santos Tour Down Under champion Allan Davis will return to Adelaide to defend his title with new team Astana. Allan Davis today confirmed he has signed a two year [...]

• Aussie Davis Signs With Astana
  January 5th, 2010
  

  PARIS, Jan 5, 2010 (AFP) – Australian Allan Davis, champion in last year’s Tour Down Under, has signed a two-year deal with the Astana team, led by Spanish star Alberto [...]

• Blood Doping Kits Found With Astana At Tour de France
  December 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, Dec 23, 2009 (AFP) – Blood doping kits were discovered in a search of medical equipment belonging to the Astana team during this year’s Tour de France. Blood transfusions [...]

• Pereiro Joins Astana
  December 8th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Dec 8, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Oscar Pereiro, a former Tour de France winner, has signed a one-year contract with Astana, the Kazakh team announced on Tuesday. The move [...]

• Contador To Stay With Astana, But Only For One Year
  November 10th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Nov 10, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador may stay with the Astana team until 2010, but no longer than that, Spanish media said Tuesday. [...]

• Contador Mulling Over Astana Decision
  October 30th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Oct 29, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador revealed on Thursday that he is yet to choose which team he will ride for next season [...]

• UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
  October 29th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which [...]

• UCI In Fresh Spat With French Anti-Doping Agency
  October 29th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday reopened a war of words with the French anti-doping agency AFLD in blasting an AFLD report which [...]

• Contador Eyes Spanish Team In 2010
  October 24th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Oct 24, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would like to race with a Spanish team next year but refused to rule out staying with Astana [...]

• Astana Hopeful Of Keeping Contador
  October 23rd, 2009
  

  Kazakh cycling team Astana, still awaiting their ProTour license, insisted Friday they are hopeful of keeping Tour de France champion Alberto Contador among their riders. Astana and four other teams [...]

• Contador, Astana Say They Have Nothing To Hide
  October 14th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Oct 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador played down the threat of a drugs probe that was launched a day before the presentation [...]

• UCI Responds To AFLD Attack
  October 7th, 2009
  

  A doping inspector with the International Cycling Union (UCI) has backed the body’s claims that Lance Armstrong’s team were not given special treatment by UCI anti-doping inspectors at the 2009 [...]

• AFLD Chief Slams The UCI and Astana
  October 7th, 2009
  

  French anti-doping chiefs (AFLD) said Wednesday they were surprised at the lack of positive doping tests at this year’s Tour de France and said they won’t collaborate with world cycling’s [...]

• UCI Reports That Astana License Hangs In The Balance
  September 26th, 2009
  

  The cycling future of the Astana team, whose star rider is Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, could be in doubt, UCI chief Pat McQuaid said Saturday. Astana are currently [...]

• Contador Still Not Sold On Astana
  September 18th, 2009
  

  Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, is unwilling to negotiate with his Kazakh-funded team until management issues are cleared up. “Currently, we don’t [...]

• Contador Mulling Over Four Offers For Next Season
  September 6th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Sept 5, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, has received offers from Garmin, Caisse d’Epargne and Quick Step as [...]

• Vinokourov Set To Return To Racing Post Doping Ban
  August 3rd, 2009
  

  Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov will return to racing Tuesday after serving a two-year doping ban which followed a positive test on the 2007 Tour de France. Vinokourov will get back [...]

• Contador Takes Command of Tour de France
  July 19th, 2009
  

  VERBIER, Switzerland, July 19, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s 2007 champion Alberto Contador of Astana took possession of the Tour de France yellow jersey after a superb solo attack and victory [...]

• Astana Pays Up, And Secures Spot In Tour de France
  June 9th, 2009
  

  Lance Armstrong will be able to compete for his eighth Tour de France title this summer after his Astana team announced on Monday that they have resolved their financial problems. [...]

• Astana Cash Still Not Delivered Says Johan Bruyneel
  June 5th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 5, 2009 (AFP) – Astana, the team of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and Spanish star Alberto Contador, have yet to pay a bank guarantee on [...]

• Lance Armstrong Happy To Limit Losses In The Hills, Looks Forward To Giro’s Second Week
  May 14th, 2009
  

  American Lance Armstrong admitted he is still finding his climbing legs after losing nearly three minutes to the favourites on the Tour of Italy’s second day in the mountains. Russian [...]

• Armstrong Angry Over Astana Financial Crisis On Eve Of Giro
  May 7th, 2009
  

  By ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer May 6, 7:22 pm EDT VENICE, Italy (AP)—Lance Armstrong lashed out Wednesday at Kazakh officials who let his Astana team fall into a financial [...]

• Tour of the Gila Race Good Training For Armstrong, Says Bruyneel
  May 2nd, 2009
  

  Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is regaining the form he showed before breaking his collarbone last month in a crash in Spain, Astana team manager Johan Bruyneel said [...]

• PRESS RELEASE: Lance Armstrong to return at SRAM Tour of the Gila, Levi Leipheimer and Chris Horner to join
  April 28th, 2009
  

  Silver City, NM – April 28, 2009 – Lance Armstrong has announced his return to racing will commence at the challenging 23rd SRAM Tour of the Gila (New Mexico, USA). [...]

• Armstrong Jumps On A Jet Plane To Race Tour of Gila In New Mexico
  April 28th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, April 28, 2009 (AFP) – American Lance Armstrong has performed a dramatic u-turn and will race in New Mexico’s Tour de Gila in a bid to [...]

• Astana Still Optimistic Over Armstrong’s Giro Bid In 2009
  April 11th, 2009
  

  Lance Armstrong’s Astana team expressed optimism Wednesday over his prospects of recovering from his broken collarbone in time to line up for next month’s Tour of Italy. The seven-time Tour [...]

• Contador Grabs Lead Role At Basque Tour
  April 8th, 2009
  

  MADRID, April 8, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Alberto Contador seized the overall leadership at the halfway point of the Tour of the Basque Country after launching a daring late attack [...]

• Lance Armstrong Is Outraged Over AFLD Misbehaviour Claims
  April 8th, 2009
  

  American cycling legend Lance Armstrong has expressed his outrage at claims from France that he had not behaved himself during an out of competition drug test earlier this season. The [...]

• Leipheimer Wins Tour of Castilla y Leon
  March 27th, 2009
  

  : MADRID, March 27, 2009 (AFP) – Americain Levi Leipheimer of the Astana team Friday won the Tour of Castilla y Leon in northern Spain, a race overshadowed by an [...]

• Team Astana One and Two in Castilla y León
  March 24th, 2009
  

  Team Astana’s Levi Leipheimer and Alberto Contador finished first and second in the second stage of the Spanish stage race Vuelta a Castilla y León. Leipheimer took over the lead [...]

• Armstrong Heads For Home After Broken Collarbone
  March 24th, 2009
  

  PALENCIA, Spain, March 24, 2009 (AFP) – American cycling legend Lance Armstrong left Spain for his home in Texas Tuesday a day after suffering a broken collarbone during a race. [...]

• Armstrong “Happy” To Be Racing Milan-San Remo
  March 21st, 2009
  

  MILAN, Italy, March 20, 2009 (AFP) – Lance Armstrong on Friday declared himself “happy” to be competing in the Milan-San Remo again after an absence of seven years. “It will [...]

• Lance Armstrong To Meet Prime Minister Berlusconi Prior To Giro
  March 20th, 2009
  

  MILAN, Italy, March 20, 2009 (AFP) – American cycling legend Lance Armstrong will meet with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi before competing in the Giro d’Italia on May 9-June 1 [...]

• Andreas Klöden Wins Time Trial And Takes The Lead In Tirreno-Adriatico
  March 15th, 2009
  

  Team Astana’s Andreas Klöden took over the lead in the Italian stage race Tirreno-Adriatrico (March 11th-17th) after winning the 5th stage, an individual time trial from Loreto to Macerata. Klöden [...]

• Lance Armstrong To Race In Milan-Sanremo
  March 3rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, March 2, 2009 (AFP) – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is to continue his build-up to this year’s Tour of Italy and Tour de France with two [...]

• Alberto Contador Wins Algarve Time Trial; Has GC Lead
  February 21st, 2009
  

  PRESS RELEASE – TEAM ASTANA Team Astana’s Alberto Contador took an early season-victory by winning the 4th stage in the Tour of Algarve (Portugal), a 33.7 kilometer individual time trial [...]

• Thomas Peterson wins Amgen Tour of California Stage 2- Levi Leipheimer Wears Yellow
  February 16th, 2009
  

  SANTA CRUZ, California, Feb 16, 2009 (AFP) – American Thomas Peterson won the second stage of the Tour of California on Monday while countryman Levi Leipheimer seized the leader’s yellow [...]

• Alberto Contador Announces He Will Stay With Astana
  October 19th, 2008
  

  MADRID, Oct 18, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador, reigning champion of the Tour of Italy and Spain, on Saturday confirmed he will remain at Astana next season despite the [...]

• ‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Seventeen of the world’s top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking a Pro Tour license for 2009, according to [...]

• Astana Has A Successful Weekend – Yellow In Oregon, Podiums In Austria
  July 14th, 2008
  

  Successful Weekend: Yellow In Oregon, Podiums In Austria More than ten years after his first stage victories in the Cascade Cycling Classic (1996, 1997) Levi Leipheimer claimed the overall victory [...]

• Levi Leipheimer Gives Astana Its 25th Season Victory
  July 12th, 2008
  

  There are still two days to go, but Levi Leipheimer has taken an option on the final victory in the Cascade Cycling Classic. It is the 29th edition of America’s [...]

• Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the [...]

• Tomas Vaitkus of Astana Becomes Lithuania’s National Road Champion
  June 29th, 2008
  

  Tomas Vaitkus had two successful days in his homeland of Lithuania. After he took the silver medal in the time trial on Friday, he won the national title in the [...]

• Sérgio Paulinho of Astana New Time Trial Champion Portugal
  June 29th, 2008
  

  Sérgio Paulinho is the new time trial champion of Portugal. The only Portuguese Astana Cycling Team rider was the fastest rider on the 27.6 K long circuit in Paredes. Paulinho [...]

• Assan Bazayez of Astana Is Kazakhstan Road Race Champion
  June 29th, 2008
  

  For the third day in a row the Astana Cycling Team won a gold medal in the national championships. On Saturday, Assan Bazayev took the national road title in Kazakhstan. [...]

• Sergey Ivanov Champion Of Russia, For The Fifth Time
  June 29th, 2008
  

  Only two of the 180 riders in the Russian championship were Astana Cycling Team riders but a Team rider won. Sergey Ivanov was the strongest rider in the Russian championship [...]

• Tour of Switzerland’s Stage 8 Won By Roman Kreuziger of Liquigas
  June 21st, 2008
  

  ALTORF, Switzerland, June 21, 2008 (AFP) – Czech rider Roman Kreuziger, of the Liquigas team, won the eighth stage of the Tour of Switzerland here on Saturday to seize the [...]

• Kim Kirchen Takes The High Road Keeping His Cool To Win Stage 6 In Switzerland
  June 19th, 2008
  

  VERBIER, Switzerland, June 19, 2008 (AFP) – Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen, riding for the High Road team, surged into the overall lead of the Tour of Switzerland after keeping his cool [...]

• Giro Winner Alberto Contador Talks About The Beijing Olympics
  June 17th, 2008
  

  Giro winner Contador ready for Olympics MADRID, June 17, 2008 (AFP) – Spain’s recently-crowned Tour of Italy champion Alberto Contador has said he wants to compete in the Beijing Olympics. [...]

• Astana Cycling Team Currently Number One In ProTour
  June 16th, 2008
  

  Levi Leipheimer held on to his 3th place on the final podium of the Dauphiné Libéré. The whole team performed well and defended with success its first place in the [...]

• Astana Waters Down Levi Leipheimer’s Dauphine Victory Chances
  June 8th, 2008
  

  AVIGNON, France, June 7, 2008 (AFP) – Astana have watered down pre-race predictions that their team leader for the Dauphine Libere, Levi Leipheimer, will emerge triumphant after a week of [...]

• Astana Cycling Team in Dauphiné Libéré
  June 6th, 2008
  

  Astana Cycling Team, with Team Director Alain Gallopin, comes with a strong team to the 60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré to defend its first place in the ProTour Team Classification. [...]

• “The Best Way To Thank Kazakhstan” Says The Maglia Rosa, Alberto Contador of Astana
  June 4th, 2008
  

  Three days after capturing the 91st Giro d’Italia title, Alberto Contador gets his deserved rest. The last days were well filled with celebrations. At a press meeting in Pinto, he [...]

• Giro Call Has Astana Anxious, With Lots To Prove
  May 5th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, May 5, 2008 (AFP) – Spaniard Alberto Contador and his Astana team have admitted to being in a race against time as they prepare for the [...]

• Astana Cycling Team Announces Their Giro Roster
  May 4th, 2008
  

  One week prior to the start of the Giro d’Italia (May 10th-June 1st), the Astana Cycling Team has received an invitation to participate in the first Grand Tour of 2008. [...]

• Astana Gets Good News – The Invite To The Giro d’Italia Is Official
  May 4th, 2008
  

  ROME, May 4, 2008 (AFP) – Giro d’Italia organizers have performed a dramatic u-turn and invited the Kazakh-backed Astana cycling team to this year’s race, Italian daily La Gazzetta dello [...]

• Astana Set For Giro d’Italia Invite
  May 3rd, 2008
  

  This is excellent news for Astana. We at Bicycle.net would be thrilled to see Astana at the Giro. Anything that increases the level of competition is good for cycling. PARIS, [...]

• Italy’s Eddy Mazzoleni ‘Oil for Drug’ Affair BAN – Two Years
  April 8th, 2008
  

  ROME, April 8, 2008 (AFP) – Eddy Mazzoleni, third in last year’s Tour of Italy (Giro d’Italia), has been handed a two-year ban by the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for [...]

• Rock Racing Registers Solid Performances At Tour of California – Press Release
  February 25th, 2008
  

  Pasadena, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2008) Michael Creed‘s extraordinary ride Sunday capped an impressive performance for Rock Racing at the Amgen Tour of California. Attacking from the start of the 93-mile [...]

• Exclusive: Daily Podcast from the Tour of California – Stage Seven Edition
  February 25th, 2008
  

  Enjoy the Bicycle.Net podcast Stage 7 edition with our host, David Bernstein of The FredCast Cycling Podcast. Preview of Today’s Stage 7 Interviews with: Mark Cavendish, Team High Road Bob [...]

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• Leipheimer and Gesink work together and win together Stage 3 Tour of California
  February 20th, 2008
  

  VeloGuy spent the end of the race sitting in the finishing shoot with camera in hand watching for the leaders to cross the finish line. Sitting next to him was [...]

• Exclusive: Daily Podcast from the Tour of California – Stage One Edition
  February 18th, 2008
  

  Stage One. Sausalito to Santa Rosa. Jackson Stewart fighting, Hincapie crashing, Haedo winning. Today’s race had it all. So what does tomorrow look like. Listen to David Bernstein of The [...]

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• Tour of California Exclusive Podcast – Prologue Edition
  February 18th, 2008
  

  Sunday’s Prologue to the Amgen Tour of California, was a warm beautiful day, great crowds and tons of excitement. Listen here to Bicycle.Net’s podcast wrapup, with our host David Bernstein [...]

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• Exclusive: Daily Podcast from the Tour of California – Preview Edition
  February 17th, 2008
  

  Bicycle.net this year is thrilled to bring you fantastic exclusive interviews and podcasts. Here are some thoughts on what this year’s Tour of California is going to bring you. For [...]

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• One Opinion On Astana
  February 14th, 2008
  

  Astana and the ASO – An opinion piece by bicycle.net It goes without saying that every organization is entitled to set their own standards and practices, and the ASO is [...]

• Kloeden furious at Astana’s Tour rejection
  February 14th, 2008
  

  Kloeden furious at Astana’s Tour rejection by Ryland James BERLIN, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) – German cyclist Andreas Kloeden has reacted angrily to the news his Astana team – including [...]

• How Do You Say “Cycling Apartheid” in French? (SATIRE)
  February 13th, 2008
  

  Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning “separation” or “being apart”. [SATIRE... sort of] Is it now accurate to use apartheid to describe a policy that exists in France in the [...]

• Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer of Astana kicked out of Tour de France
  February 13th, 2008
  

  Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer Astana kicked out of Tour de France PARIS, Feb 13, 2008 (AFP) – The Astana team of reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador have [...]