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2012 Astana season

Field	Value
team	Astana
season	2012
men	yes
image	Étape 13 - astana.jpg
image_caption	The team car at the 2012 Tour de France
ucicode	AST
status	UCI ProTeam
wtrank	10th (645 points)
manager	Giuseppe Martinelli
sponsor	Samruk-Kazyna
base	Kazakhstan
bikes	Specialized
groupset	SRAM?
onedaywins	2
stageraceoverall	3
stageracestages	10
natcwins	6
bestrider	Roman Kreuziger (20th)
previous	2011
next	2013

The 2012 season for the cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.

;Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season

Rider	2011 team
Andrey Kashechkin
Dimitry Muravyev
Jacopo Guarnieri
Egor Silin
Francesco Gavazzi
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Borut Božič
Janez Brajkovič
Dmitriy Gruzdev	stagiaire ()
Simone Ponzi

;Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season

Rider	2012 team
Rémy Di Gregorio
Simon Clarke
Tomas Vaitkus
Allan Davis
Mirco Lorenzetto	Retired
Gorazd Štangelj	Retired
Roman Kireyev	Retired
Maxim Gourov	None
Josep Jufré	Retired
Andrey Mizurov	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team

One-day races

Spring classics

Fall races

Stage races

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

Tour de France

Vuelta a España

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
{{dts	format=dmy	March	21}}	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Janez	Brajkovič}}
{{dts	format=dmy	April	15}}	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Enrico	Gasparotto}}
{{dts	format=dmy	April	22}}	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Maxim	Iglinsky}}
{{dts	format=dmy	April	24}}	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	{{sortname	Alexsandr	Dyachenko}}
{{dts	format=dmy	April	29}}	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	{{sortname	Alexsandr	Dyachenko}}
{{dts	format=dmy	April	29}}	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	The riders on the squad were Alexander Vinokourov, Assan Bazayev, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jacopo Guarnieri, Valentin Iglinsky, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy and Andrey Zeits
{{dts	format=dmy	May	12}}	Giro d'Italia, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Paolo	Tiralongo}}
{{dts	format=dmy	May	25}}	Giro d'Italia, Stage 19	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Roman	Kreuziger}}
{{dts	format=dmy	June	14}}	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	{{sortname	Simone	Ponzi}}
{{dts	format=dmy	June	15}}	Tour de Suisse, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Fredrik	Kessiakoff}}
{{dts	format=dmy	June	17}}	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Tanel	Kangert}}
{{dts	format=dmy	June	17}}	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	The riders on the squad were Jacopo Guarnieri, Assan Bazayev, Tanel Kangert, Francesco Gavazzi, Dimitry Muravyev, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Robert Kišerlovski and Roman Kreuziger
{{dts	format=dmy	June	17}}	Tour of Slovenia, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	{{sortname	Janez	Brajkovič}}
{{dts	format=dmy	August	29}}	Vuelta a España, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Fredrik	Kessiakoff}}
{{dts	format=dmy	October	11}}	Tour of Beijing, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	{{sortname	Francesco	Gavazzi}}
{{dts	format=dmy	October	26}}	Tour of Hainan, Stage 7	UCI Asia Tour	{{sortname	Dmitriy	Gruzdev}}
{{dts	format=dmy	October	28}}	Tour of Hainan, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	{{sortname	Dmitriy	Gruzdev}}
{{dts	format=dmy	October	28}}	Tour of Hainan, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	The riders on the squad were Valentin Iglinsky, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy, Sergey Renev, Andrey Zeits and Alexsandr Dyachenko

Footnotes

References

"UCI Rankings".
(18 July 2012). "Ivailo Gabrovski provisionally suspended". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].
Stokes, Shane. (14 September 2012). "Tour of Turkey winner Gabrovski faces disqualification with B sample also positive for EPO". VeloNation LLC.
(December 2021). "Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]]}}{{Dead link.
Breban, Renaud. (25 July 2012). "Fabio Aru stagiaire chez Astana". Swar-Agency.
(6 June 2012). "Masciarelli quits Astana over health problems". Future Publishing Limited.
(3 December 2011). "Kashechkin rejects suggestions he’ll be with RusVelo rather than Astana in 2012". VeloNation LLC.
(8 August 2011). ""Pro Team Astana" signed Dmitriy Muravyev". {{UCI team code.
(22 August 2011). "Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons". {{UCI team code.
(19 September 2011). "Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers". VeloNation LLC.
(30 September 2011). "Brajkovic joins Astana". Competitor Group, Inc..
Stokes, Shane. (20 December 2011). "Vinokourov to lead strong Astana team at the Tour de Langkawi". VeloNation LLC.
"Transferts 2011-2012". Velochrono.
(5 August 2011). "Di Gregorio joins Cofidis; Quick Step hires Polish riders". Competitor Group, Inc..
Aubrey, Jane. (23 August 2011). "Clarke bound for GreenEdge". Future Publishing Limited.
Aubrey, Jane. (29 August 2011). "Versatile Vaitkus leaves Astana for GreenEdge". Future Publishing Limited.
(20 September 2011). "Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights". Competitor Group, Inc..
(2 December 2011). "Lorenzetto calls time on career". Future Publishing Limited.
Wilcockson, John. (7 November 2011). "Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: This year’s retirees just faded away". Competitor Group, Inc..
Ryan, Barry. (24 August 2011). "Astana reduces roster thanks to Kireyev retirement". Future Publishing Limited.
Moore, Kyle. (16 January 2012). "Josep Jufré calls it a career at age 36". VeloNation LLC.

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