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Astana–Premier Tech (UCI team code: APT) is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Samruk-Kazyna, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana (which has since been renamed 'Nur-Sultan'). Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007. Following a major doping scandal involving kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov, team management was terminated and new management brought in for the 2008 season. The team was then managed by Johan Bruyneel, former team manager of U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel team. Under Bruyneel the ethical nature of the team did not improve, although Astana in this period was very successful. With a lineup including Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador, as well as runner-up Andreas Klöden the results were there, however the team was on the verge of financial collapse in May 2009. A battle for control of the team led to the return of Vinokourov for the 2009 Vuelta a España caused Bruyneel and at least fourteen of its riders to leave at the end of the 2009 season, most for Team RadioShack. Only four Spanish riders, including Contador, and most of the Kazakhs remained with the rebuilt team for 2010. Those four Spaniards all left the team for Saxo Bank–SunGard in 2011.
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Astana–Premier Tech (UCI team code: APT) is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Samruk-Kazyna, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana (which has since been renamed 'Nur-Sultan'). Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007. Following a major doping scandal involving kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov, team management was terminated and new management brought in for the 2008 season. The team was then managed by Johan Bruyneel, former team manager of U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel team. Under Bruyneel the ethical nature of the team did not improve, although Astana in this period was very successful. With a lineup including Grand Tour winner Alberto Contador, as well as runner-up Andreas Klöden the results were there, however the team was on the verge of financial collapse in May 2009. A battle for control of the team led to the return of Vinokourov for the 2009 Vuelta a España caused Bruyneel and at least fourteen of its riders to leave at the end of the 2009 season, most for Team RadioShack. Only four Spanish riders, including Contador, and most of the Kazakhs remained with the rebuilt team for 2010. Those four Spaniards all left the team for Saxo Bank–SunGard in 2011.
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| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - |  Aaron Gate |  New Zealand | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Alberto Bettiol |  Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Alessandro Romele | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Anthon Charmig |  Denmark | Cyclist | - |
| - | Anton Kuzmin |  Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Antonio Nibali | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Cees Bol |  The Netherlands | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Christian Scaroni | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Clément Champoussin |  France | Cyclist | - |
| - | Darren van Bekkum | The Netherlands | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Davide Ballerini | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Davide Martinelli | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Davide Toneatti | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Diego Ulissi | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Fausto Masnada | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Florian Samuel Kajamini | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Gleb Brussenskiy | Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
| - | Harold Martín López |  Ecuador | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Harold Tejada |  Colombia | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Henok Mulubrhan |  Eritrea | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Ide Schelling | The Netherlands | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Igor Chzhan | Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
| - | Lorenzo Fortunato | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Matteo Malucelli | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Max Kanter |  Germany | Cyclist | - |
| - | Michele Gazzoli | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Mike Teunissen | The Netherlands | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Nicola Conci | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Nicolas Vinokurov | Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Nurbergen Nurlykhassym | Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Sergio Higuita | Colombia | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Simone Velasco | Italy | Cyclist | - |
| - | Su Haoyu |  China | Cyclist | - |
| - | Wout Poels | The Netherlands | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Yevgeniy Fedorov | Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
| - |  Yevgeniy Gidich | Kazakhstan | Cyclist | - |
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