Tag archive for ‘Team Astana’
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Astana Fans
Going to the Team Astana website doesn’t get you a lot of news. Been trying to monitor it for news on when the name change to Samruk-Kazyna would go through officially and I still news reports on Bruyneel and Armstrong!
But I did discover THE Astana Cycling Team Fan Club which has a lot more [...] -
I Spoke Too Soon
But I was right! The UCI gave Kazakhstan a license a while back, hence the reason that Contador was not able to break his contract with Team Astana. However, there was the question of registration still on the table. The UCI wanted a bank guarantee of the $22 million that Samruk-Kazyna was offering up and [...]
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Contador Stays; Name Goes
This week some changes were announced regarding Team Astana, the cycling team. Alberto Contador himself finally announced that he is staying with the team. After losing Armstrong and Brunyel and after a long period of doubt over whether the team would keep its UCI license or its funding, this is very good news.
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Astana says, “Stay” and Contador says, “Go, go, go.”
With talk everywhere that Alberto Contador is thinking of leaving Team Astana (See my post, The Dream Team is Over), the Astana Cycling Team Management released a statement this weekend that the two-time Tour de France winner from Spain has one more year left in his contract:
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The Dream Team is Over
After Contador’s win at the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s third place finish (not to mention Team Astana’s Andres Kloden in sixth place), Team Astana seemed to have demonstrated itself as a cycling power on the world stage. Unfortunately that will all come to an end now.
Lance Armstrong has confirmed that he will [...] -
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Team Astana will probably meet the UCI deadline of May 31stand retain its license. However the UCI has requested new guarantees of the team in order to ensure that it stays in the black to the end of the year. UCI threatened Team Astana with revocation of its license after the Kazakh sponsors failed to [...]
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Good News and Bad News
There’s some bad news for Kazakhstan officials who wish to hold on to Team Astana and its stable of super stars. The riders are protesting the fact that staff have not had their salaries paid by wearing faded jerseys in the Giro d’Italia. Specifically, the new jerseys show only faded logos sponsors who have not [...]
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Kazakhstan May Lose Its Team
Following up on my earlier post about Team Astana’s financial problems, I see that ESPN is reporting that Lance Armstrong’s team may be suspended if they do not meet their financial obligations by the 31 May of this year.
Team Astana is funded primarily by state-owned companies under the national holding company, Samruk-Kazyna. However recently in [...] -
Team Astana in Trouble
Despite their roster which includes Lance Armstrong, Contador and Leipheimer, Team Astana has been having financial issues. The team is sponsored by a number of state-owned companies including Air Astana, Kazakh Temir Zholi, KazMunaiGas and Kegoc. It also has a number of domestic and international sponsors including Trek, Nike and KazakhMys.
However, Nikolai Proskurin, Vice-President [...] -
Team Astana
Denise Gladwell
A great shot I found on Red Bubble of Team Astana in the Tour de France in 2007. Wanted to share it with you, and also pique anticipation of Lance Armstrong’s coming to the team soon!
