The WorldTour team from Kazakhstan has announced its entire lineup for the upcoming season. The team led by Alexandr Vinokurov features 14 new names this year, but according to the team manager, it is not yet perfect. “On paper, we are missing one rider in our team,” said Vinokurov.
14 new cyclists on the team
The team formed around Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko and one of the greatest sprinters of all time, Mark Cavendish, is welcoming 14 new cyclists, two of them coming from the Astana Qazaqstan Development Team (Harold Martin Lopez and Nicolas Vinokurov) and another two from other Kazakh projects (Daniil Marukhin and Anton Kuzmin).
Alexandr Vinokourov confirms the search for another leader:
“I believe we have created a well-balanced roster with a good mix of young talents and experienced riders, well-known and respected in the peloton. So, we are thinking about some big goals for the next season. On paper, we are missing a rider who can contend for the General Classification in a Grand Tour, but we’ll see how the season unfolds,” reveals the team manager.
Astana Qazaqstan Team for 2024:
- Davide Ballerini (Italy)
- Samuele Battistella (Italy)
- Cees Bol (Netherlands)
- Gleb Brussenskiy (Kazakhstan, Asian Champion)
- Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)
- Anthon Charmig (Denmark)
- Igor Chzhan (Kazakhstan)
- Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kazakhstan)
- Lorenzo Fortunato (Italy)
- Gianmarco Garofoli (Italy)
- Michele Gazzoli (Italy)
- Yevgeniy Gidich (Kazakhstan)
- Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan)
- Max Kanter (Germany)
- Anton Kuzmin (Kazakhstan)
- Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan Champion)
- Harold Martin Lopez (Ecuador)
- Daniil Marukhin (Kazakhstan)
- Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea, African Champion)
- Michael Mørkøv (Denmark)
- Vadim Pronskiy (Kazakhstan)
- Christian Scaroni (Italy)
- Ide Schelling (Netherlands)
- Rüdiger Selig (Germany)
- Gleb Syritsa (neutral athlete)
- Harold Tejada (Colombia)
- Santiago Umba (Colombia)
- Simone Velasco (Italian Champion)
- Nicolas Vinokurov (Kazakhstan).