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With the entry of the Chinese carbon manufacturer XDS, Team Astana is set to get a new boost. Here's everything you need to know about the Kazakh-Chinese team.
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Info on the XDS Astana Team
- Main sponsors: XDS, Samruk Kazyna
- Industry: Chinese carbon manufacturer, Kazakh sovereign wealth fund
- Manager: Alexandr Vinokourov
Sports Director: Alexandr Shefer (conductor), Dario Cataldo, Bruno Cenghialta, Dmitriy Fofonov, Peter Kennaugh, Laurenzo Lapage, Mario Manzoni, Mark Renshaw, Dmitry Sedoun, Sergey Yakovlev, Stefano Zanini
XDS Astana Team: Jersey for the 2025 season
The team bikes from XDS Astana Team
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- X-Lab AD9
- X-Lab RT9
- X-Lab Dawnbreaker TT (time trial bike)
XDS Astana Team squad for the 2025 season*
Davide Ballerini (Italy)
- Height: 1,83 m
- Weight: 71 kg
- Date of birth: 21/09/1994
- Contract until 2026
Alberto Bettiol (Italy)
- Size: 1.80 m
- Weight: 69 kg
- Date of birth: 29 October 1993
- Contract until 2027
Cees Bol (Netherlands)
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- Height: 1,94 m
- Weight: 83 kg
- Date of birth: 27/07/1995
- Contract until 2025
Clement Champoussin (France)
- Size: 1.80 m
- Weight: 61 kg
- Date of birth: 29/05/1998
- Contract until 2026
Anthon Charmig (Denmark)
- Height: 1.82 m
- Weight: 66 kg
- Date of birth: 25/03/1998
- Contract until 2025
Nicola Conci (Italy)
- Height: 1,85 m
- Weight: 68 kg
- Date of birth: 05.01.1997
- Contract until 2026
Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kazakhstan)
- Height: 1,93 m
- Weight: 80 kg
- Date of birth: 16/02/2000
- Contract until 2026
Lorenzo Fortunato (Italy)
- Size: 1.70 m
- Weight: 57 kg
- Date of birth: 09.05.1996
- Contract until 2025
Aaron Gate (New Zealand)
- Height: 1,81 m
- Weight: 71 kg
- Date of birth: 26 November 1990
- Contract until 2025
Michele Gazzoli (Italy)
- Size: 1.80 m
- Weight: 76 kg
- Date of birth: 04/03/1999
- Contract until 2025
Sergio Higuita (Colombia)
- Height: 1.66 m
- Weight: 57 kg
- Date of birth: 01/08/1997
- Contract until 2026
Florian Samuel Kajamini (Italy)
- Height: 1,74 m
- Weight: 64 kg
- Date of birth: 28/02/2003
- Contract until 2026
Max Kanter (Germany)
- Height: 1.76 m
- Weight: 68 kg
- Date of birth: 22 October 1997
- Contract until 2025
Anton Kuzmin (Kazakhstan)
- Height: 1,86 m
- Weight: 66 kg
- Date of birth: 20.11.1996
- Contract until 2025
Harold Martin Lopez (Ecuador)
- Size: 1.60 m
- Weight: 55 kg
- Date of birth: 03.12.2000
- Contract until 2025
Matteo Malucelli (Italy)
- Height: 1,71 m
- Weight: 68 kg
- Date of birth: 20 October 1993
- Contract until 2025
Fausto Masnada (Italy)
- Height: 1.82 m
- Weight: 65 kg
- Date of birth: 06.11.1993
- Contract until 2025
Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea)
- Height: 1.76 m
- Weight: 60 kg
- Date of birth: 11 November 1999
- Contract until 2025
Wout Poels (Netherlands)
- Height: 1,86 m
- Weight: 66 kg
- Date of birth: 01.10.1987
- Contract until 2025
Alessandro Romele (Italy)
- Height: 1,86 m
- Weight: 71 kg
- Date of birth: 30/08/2003
- Contract until 2026
Christian Scaroni (Italy)
- Size: 1.75 m
- Weight: 63 kg
- Date of birth: 16 October 1997
- Contract until 2026
Ide Schelling (Netherlands)
- Height: 1.82 m
- Weight: 66 kg
- Date of birth: 06/02/1998
- Contract until 2025
Haoyu Su (China)
- Height: 1,79 m
- Weight: 64 kg
- Date of birth: 26 October 2000
- Contract until 2026
Harold Tejada (Colombia)
- Size: 1.80 m
- Weight: 63 kg
- Date of birth: 27/04/1997
- Contract until 2026
Mike Teunissen (Netherlands)
- Height: 1,84 m
- Weight: 73 kg
- Date of birth: 25/08/1992
- Contract until 2026
Davide Toneatti (Italy)
- Size: 1.80 m
- Weight: 65 kg
- Date of birth: 09/04/2001
- Contract until 2026
Diego Ulissi (Italy)
- Size: 1.75 m
- Weight: 63 kg
- Date of birth: 15.07.1989
- Contract until 2026
Darren van Bekkum (Netherlands)
- Height: 1.76 m
- Weight: 62 kg
- Date of birth: 20/03/2002
- Contract until 2026
Simone Velasco (Italy)
- Size: 1.70 m
- Weight: 59 kg
- Date of birth: 02.12.1995
- Contract until 2025
Nicolas Vinokurov (Kazakhstan)
- Height: 1,84 m
- Weight: 65 kg
- Date of birth: 07/07/2002
- Contract until 2025
Transfers at XDS Astana Team
Additions
- Haoyu Su (China Glory - Mentech Continental Cycling Team)
- Florian Samuel Kajamini (Team MBH Bank Colpack Ballan)
- Darren van Bekkum (Visma | Lease a Bike Development)
- Davide Toneatti (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team)
- Alessandro Romele (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team)
- Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
- Matteo Mallucelli (JCL Team UKYO)
- Aaroen Gate (Burgos-BH)
- Clement Champoussin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
- Fausto Masnada (Soudal - Quick Step)
- Sergio Higuita (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Mike Teunissen (Intermarche-Wanty)
- Wout Poels (Bahrain-Victorious)
- Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates)
Departures
- Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal - Quick Step)
- Santiago Umba (XDS Astana Development Team)
- Daniil Marukhin (XDS Astana Development Team)
- Gleb Brussenskiy (end of career)
- Igor Chzhan (China Glory - Mentech Continental Cycling Team)
- Gleb Syritsa (XDS Astana Development Team)
- Vadim Pronskiy (?)
- Samuele Battistella (EF Education EasyPost)
- Yevgeniy Gidich (China Glory - Mentech Continental Cycling Team)
- Rüdiger Selig (end of career)
- Dmitriy Gruzdev (?)
- Michael Morkov (end of career)
- Alexey Lutsenko (Israel-Premier Tech)
- Mark Cavendish (end of career)
*Contract terms of the XDS-Astana pros according to Procyclingstats.com
