Cycling team season
The 2017 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under . As a UCI WorldTeam , they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour .
As of 1 January 2017
^ Scarponi died on 22 April as a result of a crash during a training ride.[ 3]
Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season
Date
Race
Competition
Rider
Country
Location
19 February
Volta ao Algarve , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[ N 1]
Portugal
17 April
Tour of the Alps , Stage 1
UCI Europe Tour
Michele Scarponi (ITA )
Austria
Innsbruck –Hungerburg
9 June
Critérium du Dauphiné , Stage 6
UCI World Tour
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN )
France
La Motte-Servolex
11 June
Critérium du Dauphiné , Stage 8
UCI World Tour
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN )
France
Plateau de Solaison
11 June
Critérium du Dauphiné , Overall
UCI World Tour
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN )
France
2 July
Tour of Austria , Prologue
UCI Europe Tour
Oscar Gatto (ITA )
Austria
Schloßberg (Graz)
5 July
Tour de France , Stage 5
UCI World Tour
Fabio Aru (ITA )
France
La Planche des Belles Filles
6 July
Tour of Austria , Stage 4
UCI Europe Tour
Miguel Ángel López (COL )
Austria
Kitzbüheler Horn
5 August
Vuelta a Burgos , Stage 5
UCI Europe Tour
Miguel Ángel López (COL )
Spain
Lagunas de Neila
5 August
Vuelta a Burgos , Teams classification
UCI Europe Tour
[ N 2]
Spain
National, Continental and World champions 2017[ edit ]
^ The riders on the squad were Pello Bilbao , Dario Cataldo , Sergey Chernetskiy , Oscar Gatto , Jesper Hansen , Moreno Moser , Luis León Sánchez and Michele Scarponi
^ The riders on the squad were Miguel Ángel López , Pello Bilbao , Zhandos Bizhigitov , Sergey Chernetskiy , Nikita Stalnov , Artyom Zakharov , Jesper Hansen and Paolo Tiralongo