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Team Profile: ASTANA 2009



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Valeriy Dmitriyev
Neo-pro no more

astana-cyclingteam.com, 8 December 2009
A year under his belt and Valeriy Dmitriyev is a neo-pro no more. The 25 year old Kazakh rider has had 'a great learning year' and will start his 2010 season at the Santos Tour Down Under next month.


Levi Leipheimer
cyclingnews.com,
4 December 2009

Cali-four-nia dreaming
One week before RadioShack's first training camp Levi Leipheimer spoke about the focal points of his 2010 schedule, his relationship with a certain 7-time Tour de France winner and what keeps him freshly motivated entering his 13th year as a professional.



Alberto Contador
albertocontador.com,
26 November 2009

"I'm happy because it was time to clarify my future”
Alberto Contador welcomed the confirmation from the UCI ProTour license of Astana, as this is definitely know where to run next year and lets start planning the 2010 season, which has high hopes.


Roman Kireyev
astana-cyclingteam.com,
26 November 2009

The Spring Classics are the best for me
Recently married Roman Kireyev looks back on his 2009 season with Astana and sets out his goals for next year.



Jesús Hernández
astana-cyclingteam.com,
25 October 2009

One-On-One With 'Sweet Baby Jesús'
We're all enjoying the off-season and taking advantage of time away from the races to catch up with some of the riders. It's time to check in with the alway pleasant Jesús Hernández.


Sergey Renev
astana-cyclingteam.com,
19 October 2009

TIme for a Chat With Sergey Renev
It's the end of the cycling calendar but a perfect time to catch up with some of the guys and take a look back on the recently-completed season. Thanks to Dima, the editor for our Russian side of the website, we were able to see how Sergey views his first year as a professional.



Haimar Zubeldia
astana-cyclingteam.com,
13 October 2009

Positive change
The 2009 cycling season was a strong one for team rider Haimar Zubeldia and his first one riding for other than Basque team Euskaltel-Euskadi. We caught up with Haimar after he finished the Vuelta a España to see how he felt about his season and what he has planned for his time off the bike.


Chris Horner
astana-cyclingteam.com,
10 October 2009

Knocking on wood
It hasn't been the easiest of seasons for Chris Horner, but he's not finished yet. Horner will be riding the final races in Italy starting this weekend and hopes to make up for some lost opportunities from 2009.



Michael Schär
astana-cyclingteam.com,
23 September 2009

“Almost done.”
Tired, but so happy, Michael Schär looks back to his first participation in a Grand Tour. 59 riders dropped out of the Tour of Spain before the end in Madrid but the young Swiss Astana Team rider persevered. He worked hard and made a big step forward in his development as a professional rider.


Levi Leipheimer
velonews.com,
5 September 2009

"you can’t win them all"
Astana’s Levi Leipheimer broke his wrist during this year’s Tour de France, and returned to his home in California to recover. Now, the man who took third at the 2007 Tour de France prepares to return to racing at the Tour of Missouri, which he last raced in 2007.



Alberto Contador
marca.com,
4 September 2009

"Valverde has a great opportunity"
While packing his bags for traveling to Germany with his brother Fran—namely, to Eurobike, the bicycle trade fair par excellence—Alberto Contador (Pinto, 1982) answered MARCA’s call.


Levi Leipheimer
astana-cyclingteam.com,
31 July 2009

"I definitely wanted to be racing up Ventoux"
Back home in Santa Rosa, we caught up with Levi to talk about the Tour and the rest of his season.



Alberto Contador
velonews.com,
26 July 2009

"For sure, it will be on a different team than Lance"
Alberto Contador is less than a day away from winning his second Tour de France – and fourth grand tour – in three years. Here’s what Contador had to say in the post-stage press conference with the winner apparent.


Alberto Contador
velonews.com,
21 July 2009

‘I can breathe a little easier’
Alberto Contador looked relaxed and at ease on the Tour de France’s second rest day, largely because he was. With his stage victory atop Verbier on Sunday, Contador claimed the yellow jersey and has enough GC cushion that he can breathe a little easier going into the Tour’s final week.



Alberto Contador
roadcycling.com,
13 July 2009

"I concentrate on the race and not on those things"
Alberto Contador earlier today answered questions from the media on the first rest day of the 2009 Tour de France - after eight hard days of racing. Many questions focused on Team Astana's Tour domination and the relationship between Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong.


Lance Armstrong
roadcycling.co.nz,
8 July 2009

"This is a confession - 12 months ago I expected it to be easier."
In the 39km team time trial around the city of Montpellier on Tuesday Lance Armstrong took his fourth career team time trial victory in the Tour and for much of the race was tantalizingly close to a new yellow jersey, denied in the end by fractions of a second.



Chris Horner
Road Bike Action,
25 June 2009

"those two guys will figure it out amongst themselves"
Chris Horner was riding extremely well at the Giro when a crash on stage 10 fractured the tibia in his left leg and forced him to retire. He is now back on the bike training in Aspen, Colorado with teammates Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer.


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