Astana, here is the 2024 team: Simone Velasco leads the large tricolor patrol
Astana unveils team for 2024
An important day for the Astana Qazaqstan Team, the Kazakhstani team that has been part of the professional circuit of world cycling since 2007, with slight name changes.On Sunday, in fact, general manager Alexandre Vinokourov presented the 29 riders who will take part in next season’s races, among whom there are as many as seven Italians.
Leading the tricolor patrol within the Kazakh team è Simone Velasco, champion of Italy 2023 in the road race. Along with him will be Davide Ballerini, Samuele Battistella, Lorenzo Fortunato, Gianmarco Garofoli, Michele Gazzoli and Christian Scaroni, confirming Astana’s great attention to cyclists from the Bel Paese, given that in the past with the light blue jersey with yellow borders also raced in the past a champion of the caliber of Vincenzo Nibali.
The other Astana Qazaqstan athletes for 2024 are Cees Bol (Netherlands), Gleb Brussenskiy (Kazakhstan, champion d'Asia), Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), Anthon Charmig (Denmark), Igor Chzhan (Kazakhstan), Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kazakhstan), Yevgeniy Gidich (Kazakhstan), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kazakhstan), Max Kanter (Germany), Anton Kuzmin (Kazakhstan), Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan, national champion), Harold Martin Lopez (Ecuador), Daniil Marukhin (Kazakhstan), Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea, champion of'Africa), Michael Mørkøv (Danimarka), Vadim Pronskiy (Kazakhstan), Ide Schelling (Netherlands), Rüdiger Selig (Germany), Gleb Syritsa (Russia, competes without a flag), Harold Tejada (Colombia), Santiago Umba (Colombia), Nicolas Vinokurov (Kazakhstan).
"I believe we have created a well-balanced roster with a good ratio of young talents to experienced riders, who are known and respected in the peloton,” general manager Alexandre Vinokourov told official Astana Qazaqstan Team channels. “We are already busy thinking about how to achieve big goals in the coming season".
