2025 XDS Astana Team season

XDS Astana Team
2025 season
UCI codeAST
StatusUCI WorldTeam
Manager Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
Based Kazakhstan
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race overall5
Stage race stages11
National Championships2
Most wins Harold Martín López
Christian Scaroni
(4 wins each)

The 2025 season for the XDS Astana Team team is the team's 20th season in existence, all of which have been as a UCI WorldTeam.

Team roster

All ages are as of 1 January 2025, the first day of the 2025 season.

As of 8 January 2025.[1][2]
Rider Date of birth
 Davide Ballerini (ITA) (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 30)
 Alberto Bettiol (ITA) (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 31)
 Cees Bol (NED) (1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 29)
 Clément Champoussin (FRA) (1998-05-29)29 May 1998 (aged 26)
 Anthon Charmig (DEN) (1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 26)
 Nicola Conci (ITA) (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 27)
 Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ) (2000-02-16)16 February 2000 (aged 24)
 Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) (1996-05-09)9 May 1996 (aged 28)
 Aaron Gate (NZL) (1990-11-26)26 November 1990 (aged 34)
 Michele Gazzoli (ITA) (1999-03-04)4 March 1999 (aged 25)
 Sergio Higuita (COL) (1997-08-01)1 August 1997 (aged 27)
 Florian Samuel Kajamini (ITA) (2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 21)
 Max Kanter (GER) (1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 27)
 Anton Kuzmin (KAZ) (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 28)
 Harold Martín López (ECU) (2000-12-03) 3 December 2000
Rider Date of birth
 Matteo Malucelli (ITA) (1993-10-20)20 October 1993 (aged 31)
 Fausto Masnada (ITA) (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 31)
 Henok Mulubrhan (ERI) (1999-11-11)11 November 1999 (aged 25)
 Wout Poels (NED) (1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 37)
 Alessandro Romele (ITA) (2003-08-30)30 August 2003 (aged 21)
 Christian Scaroni (ITA) (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 (aged 27)
 Ide Schelling (NED) (1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 26)
 Su Haoyu (CHN) (2000-10-26)26 October 2000 (aged 24)
 Harold Tejada (COL) (1997-04-27)27 April 1997 (aged 27)
 Mike Teunissen (NED) (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 32)
 Davide Toneatti (ITA) (2001-04-09)9 April 2001 (aged 23)
 Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 35)
 Darren van Bekkum (NED) (2002-03-20)20 March 2002 (aged 22)
 Simone Velasco (ITA) (1995-12-02)2 December 1995 (aged 29)
 Nicolas Vinokurov (KAZ) (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location Ref.
21 February Classic Var UCI Europe Tour  Christian Scaroni (ITA)  France Fayence [3]
22 February Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Christian Scaroni (ITA)  France Gourdon [4]
23 February Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, overall UCI Europe Tour  Christian Scaroni (ITA)  France [5]
6 April Tour of Greece, overall UCI Europe Tour  Harold Martín López (ECU)  Greece [6]
7 April Tour of Hainan, stage 1 UCI ProSeries  Matteo Malucelli (ITA)  China Qionghai
10 April Tour of Hainan, stage 4 UCI ProSeries  Aaron Gate (NZL)  China Dongfang
29 April Presidential Tour of Turkey, stage 3 UCI ProSeries  Lev Gonov (RUS)  Turkey Marmaris [7]
30 April Presidential Tour of Turkey, stage 4 UCI ProSeries  Wout Poels (NED)  Turkey Akyaka [8]
1 May Tour de Romandie, stage 2 UCI World Tour  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)  Switzerland La Grande Béroche [9]
2 May Presidential Tour of Turkey, stage 6 UCI ProSeries  Harold Martín López (ECU)  Turkey Selçuk [10]
4 May Presidential Tour of Turkey, stage 8 UCI ProSeries  Matteo Malucelli (ITA)  Turkey İzmir [11]
4 May Presidential Tour of Turkey, overall UCI ProSeries  Wout Poels (NED)  Turkey [11]
4 May Famenne Ardenne Classic UCI Europe Tour  Max Kanter (GER)  Belgium Marche-en-Famenne [12]
16 May Tour de Hongrie, stage 3 UCI ProSeries  Harold Martín López (ECU)  Hungary Gyöngyös-Kékestető [13]
18 May Tour de Hongrie, overall UCI ProSeries  Harold Martín López (ECU)  Hungary [14]
27 May Giro d'Italia, stage 16 UCI World Tour  Christian Scaroni (ITA)  Italy San Valentino [15]
31 May Boucles de la Mayenne, stage 2 UCI ProSeries  Aaron Gate (NZL)  France Bais [16]
1 June Boucles de la Mayenne, overall UCI ProSeries  Aaron Gate (NZL)  France [17]
24 June Giro dell'Appennino UCI Europe Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Italy Genoa [18]

National, Continental, and World Champions

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location Ref.
11 February Asian Continental Time Trial Championships  Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)  Thailand Bueng Si Fai
26 June Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships  Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)  Kazakhstan
29 June Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships  Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)  Kazakhstan

Notes

References

  1. ^ "XDS Astana Team". UCI. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ "The Team". XDS Astana Team. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Classic Var: Christian Scaroni seals Astana's first win of the season with victory in brutal uphill sprint". CyclingNews. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Tour des Alpes-Maritimes: Christian Scaroni outsprints Santiago Buitrago on mountaintop finish to win stage 1". CyclingNews. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Tour des Alpes-Maritimes: Christian Scaroni claims overall victory as Dorian Godon wins stage 2 from reduced group sprint". CyclingNews. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  6. ^ "El ecuatoriano Harold Martín López estrena su palmarés con su triunfo en el Tour de Grecia". Marca (in Spanish). 6 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Tour of Turkey: Lev Gonov wins stage 3 as Tibor Del Grosso maintains overall lead". CyclingNews. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Tour of Turkey: Wout Poels clinches stage 4 and lead with mountain top attack". CyclingNews. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Tour de Romandie: Late attack nets breakaway rider Lorenzo Fortunato stage 2 victory". CyclingNews. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Tour of Turkey: López and Poels score XDS-Astana one-two on stage 6 summit finish". CyclingNews. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Tour of Turkey: Wout Poels seals overall and XDS Astana 1-2 as teammate Matteo Malucelli wins stage 8". CyclingNews. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Famenne Ardenne Classic: 1-2 for XDS Astana as Max Kanter sprints to victory ahead of teammate Cees Bol". CyclingNews. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Tour de Hongrie: Harold Martín López climbs to stage 3 win". CyclingNews. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Tour de Hongrie: Sebastian Molano wins stage 5 sprint as Harold Martin López claims overall victory". CyclingNews. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Giro d'Italia: Christian Scaroni wins stage 16 as Isaac del Toro falters on San Valentino summit finish". CyclingNews. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Boucles de la Mayenne: Aaron Gate outpowers Pierre Latour to clinch stage and move into overall lead". CyclingNews. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Boucles de la Mayenne: Aaron Gate seals overall victory by bare minimum in latest XDS Astana 2025 triumph". CyclingNews. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Giro dell'Appennino: Diego Ulissi scores a long-range solo victory". CyclingNews. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.