The XDS Astana Development Team is a Kazakhstani

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established in 2022. The team acts as the development program for

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. For the 2022 season the team focused on two goals; To provide a gateway for Kazakh cyclists to reach a higher level and to have a team that will be competitive as a

team. With the same goals going into the 2023 season the team focused more on Kazakhstan growth with six riders from Kazakhstan and the rest from around the world. The first win that was not a national championship came in 2023 at the Tour of Sakarya where rider won while riding for the development team. A rule introduced in 2020 allows riders from the development team to race with the Main team in select races and it allows Main team riders to race with the development team. In September 2024

Ilkhan Dostiyev Ilkhan Dostiyev (born 8 July 2002 in Chimkent, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . Career In 2019, Dostiyev finished third in the final stage of the Tour de DMZ, a round of the UCI Junior Nations' Cup. He ...

was suspended and had his contract terminated after admitting to using a banned substance following an anti-doping rule violation in July 2024.

Team roster

Major wins

;2022 : National Under-23 Time Trial, Daniil Pronskiy : National Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov ;2023 : Overall Tour of Sakarya,

Martin Laas Martin Laas (born 15 September 1993) is an Estonian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In 2023 he was a rider of UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ; ...

::Stage 2,

Asian Under-23 Time Trial, Andrey Remkhe : National Under-23 Time Trial, Maxim Taraski : National Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov :Stages 1b & 5

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;2024 :Stages 2 & 3

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Alessandro Romele Alessandro Romele (born 30 August 2003) is an Italian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2020 : 10th Overall Visegrad 4 Juniors ;2021 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time t ...

: GP Goriška & Vipava Valley, Mattia Negrente :Stage 2

Belgrade–Banja Luka Belgrade–Banja Luka is a road bicycle race held annually since 2007 in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. Until 2017, it is made up of two one-day races: Belgrade–Banja Luka I and Belgrade–Banja Luka II, which were both organi ...

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:Stages 1 (

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) & 7

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:Stage 5

, Nicolas Vinokurov : National Under-23 Time Trial, Andrey Remkhe :Stage 2b (

)

Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organised with the support o ...

:Stage 1

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: Overall

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Lev Gonov Lev Alekseyevich Gonov (; born 6 January 2000) is a Russian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for Spanish clu team PC Baix Ebre and as a stagiaire for UCI Continental team . Major results Track ;2017 : UCI Junior World Championships ...

::Prologue,

: Overall

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::Stage 2, Rudolf Remkhi ::Stage 4, Ivan Smirnov ;2025 :Stage 1

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, Mattia Negrente : Overall

, Pierre-Henry Basset ::Prologue,

Gleb Syritsa Gleb Syritsa (, born 14 April 2000) is a Russian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ContinentalTeam . Major results Road ;2019 : 1st : 10th Circuito del Porto ;2020 : 2nd Grand Prix Mount Erciyes ;2021 : 1st Circuito del Por ...

::Stage 3, Pierre-Henry Basset :

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, Ivan Smirnov :Stage 3

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, Ludovico Maria Mellano

National & continental champions

;2022 : Kazakhstani Under-23 Time Trial, Daniil Pronskiy : Kazakhstani Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov ;2023 : Asian Championship Jersey

Asian Under-23 Time Trial, Andrey Remkhe : Kazakhstani Under-23 Time Trial, Maxim Taraskin : Kazakhstani Under-23 Road Race, Nicolas Vinokurov ;2024 : Kazakhstani Under-23 Time Trial, Andrey Remkhe

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:XDS Astana Development Team UCI Continental Teams (Asia) Cycling teams established in 2022 Cycling teams based in Kazakhstan 2022 establishments in Kazakhstan