Astana-Qazaqstan

Vingegaard 'honored' to represent building material supplier Bygma with custom Giro helmet; Astana has a clever reason behind its curious time trial socks and gloves curation.

UCI confirms 22-year-old Kazakh racer Ilkhan Dostiyev will be ineligible through 2028 after returning two positive tests for the CERA blood booster.

Multiple sources confirm Ewan is facing uncertainty after requesting an exit from his existing contract and a planned transfer fell through.

New-look XDS Astana confirms arrival of a Chinese racer and is reshuffling its deck for 2025 as it chases WorldTour salvation.

Wilier is out at Astana. What is Chinese brand XDS and its X-Lab bike?

Chinese mega-sponsor XDS officially joins WorldTour, online supermarket Picnic partners Dutch team, Pogačar and Roglič get new kits.

Astana-Qazaqstan signs retired TT ace Alex Dowsett and three more performance staff for 2025 as it fights for survival without its lead sprinter.

The two teams that were relegated in 2022 — Israel and Lotto — look to have a lock on promotion by end of 2025.

Mark Cavendish finally calls time on an illustrious career full of dizzy highs and sometimes dramatic lows in Singapore.

UCI announces teams which have submitted necessary registration documents, Astana and Ceratizit fall short for now.

Manxman has been vague about intentions, while Astana-Qazaqstan team indicates its position.

Tour stage record holder remains vague about whether or not he will continue in the sport.

'We'll see what happens in the future': Cavendish floats possibility of another season in the pro peloton following new all-time Tour de France record.

Also Monday, Wout Poels confirms move to Astana Qazaqstan, Ethan Hayter jumps to Quick-Step as transfer season hots up.

Bettiol leaves EF Education-EasyPost after five and a half years, Ellingworth returns to Bahrain to focus on its Tour de France objectives.

'It shows anything is possible': Cavendish digs into what pushed him on against naysayers, age, injuries, and rivals.

‘We got a win, and got the win we wanted. Like everything, you live a rollercoaster in the Tour.’ Cavendish's epic Tour journey is over.

'We came here, we did what we set out to achieve.' Record-breaking sprinter survives time cut on Mount Couillole to all but guarantee he sees the finish of his final Tour de France.

No fairytale second stage win in Nîmes but Cavendish is content after breaking record earlier in race. His next challenge? Making it to Nice: 'Mark really wants to finish the race.'

Cavendish suffered through the Pyrénées to fight for one last win: 'It's the last time perhaps I do a sprint in the Tour de France.'

Bike manufacturing monolith XDS buys into Vinokourov's team for 'long term investment and significant changes.'

Tour record holder Cavendish endures grueling day in the big mountains, bravely battling in on Sunday.

'Mark is really upset and angry about the decision:' Race jury hands down controversial relegation to record-man in what could be one of Cavendish's final sprints in his storied Tour de France career.

The incident came with about 75km to go when the bunch split in crosswinds and briefly caught out yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar without teammates.

All the emotions, euphoria and reflections as Astana-Qazaqstan teammates and Cavendish confidants react to a fairytale 35th stage win.

'Sometimes you have to use your head': The 5 key moments where Cavendish used all his tradecraft and acumen to deliver a stunning win for his history-making sprint.

Wilier put together a special bike for Mark Cavendish's pursuit of a record setting 35th Tour de France stage win.

Record-chasing sprinter is 'not sick'; endures vomiting and seven vile Italian climbs to live to fight another day.

Vision, Prologo, and Shimano components come together on this Wilier Filante SLR with paint representing a legendary career.

'We have everything in place to do it': Mark Cavendish plays down pressure as hype builds ahead of Tour de France chase to break the Eddy Merckx record of 34 victories.

Astana Qazaqstan team supremo keeps the faith in Cavendish’s prospects of making Tour de France history.

Cavendish's trainer and mentor says experience and bullish self-belief will be key after disaster spring: 'The confidence is there for Mark, and the whole team.'

Could it be a comeback? Manxman ends victory drought after months of sicknesses and setbacks as he puts wheels back on 'Project Tour de France'.

Tour de Hoody: Will the arrival of big hitters like Nike mark a new era in professional cycling? Red Bull's Tour de France jersey leaked?

Manxman sidelined from Scheldeprijs after struggles with sickness, will not return to the peloton until mid-april.

Astana-Qazaqstan unable to confirm Manxman’s race program after Milan-Torino DNF continues illness-cursed early season.

The UAE Tour didn’t quite go to plan, but modest stage places there don’t give the full picture.

Gleb Syritsa steps up in absence of Mark Cavendish and takes team’s best result of the race.

British rider loses out on opportunity in final sprint stage of this year’s race.

The season-opener success will only heighten expectation for his season-long chase to better Eddy Merckx's all-time Tour stage win record.

The WorldTour rookie is already making waves as new hot prospect from Eritrea: 'I will not sleep, now is the time to work even harder.'

The popular American climber raced 14 grand tours and won a stage in the Giro d'Italia during his 11-year pro career.

A botched sprint in the final stage of the 2021 Tour de France put the wheels in motion for the Danish leadout ace to return for last chance at history.

There won't be any improvisation in the 'Cavendish Express' with the arrival of confirmed stars like Mørkøv and Ballerini for 2024 in quest to better Eddy Merckx record.

Astana-Qazaqstan confirms final 29-rider roster for 2024, with Michael Mørkøv and Davide Ballerini as key arrivals.

CLM could provide the truest indicator of training stress yet, but some experts are tamping down the hype on these hotly anticipated devices.

The Manxman is aiming to become the outright record holder of Tour de France stage wins and needs just one more win this summer to take it.

Real-time lactate-measuring devices could change the game of endurance training – and they're on the way to the pro peloton.

Riders are fueling on more carbs than ever, and nutrition brands are chasing the next breakthrough that will take things even further.

Renshaw spent almost a decade riding as Cavendish's leadout man and was an advisor for Astana-Qazaqstan during the 2023 Tour de France.

Breakthroughs in nutrition science have enabled riders to eat more carbs than ever before: How far can the 'carbolution' go?

'There’s only one true target for 2024': Cavendish's winning trainer is back with the Manxman and plotting victory number 35 already.

The expert leadout man and a top Soudal Quick-Step trainer will give Astana-Qazaqstan extra tools for the 2024 season to chase the 35th record win.

Superstar sprinter didn't want to end his career with injury, and signs on for one more season with Astana-Qazaqstan for 2024.

Reports link a deal for Danish leadout ace to join Astana-Qazaqstan and sources say team is preparing for extension of Manxman for 2024.

Jumbo-Visma earns nearly one-third of the total purse, while Astana-Qazaqstan brings home less than $5,000 in three weeks.

Follow all the main moves of the 2023 'transfer window' for the men's and women's pelotons.

Climber carnage at Ineos Grenadiers, more heft behind Pogačar, questions over Evenepoel, Cavendish, and all the other nuggets to know.

EF Education-EasyPost dominated and Arkéa-Samsic disappeared – breaking down the road worlds startlist and diving in to what it means.

John Wilcockson looks back on his first interview with Cavendish ahead of the Manxman's debut Tour de France in 2007.

The Manxman leaves the race with a collarbone fracture after falling short of bettering Merckx mark.

‘I guess it’s not meant to be,’ Astana Qazaqstan sprinter says as mechanical mishap contributes to second place finish.

Former leadout man Mark Renshaw clear on his ability: ‘He is the best sprinter we have ever seen.’

From brutal climbs to great coffee and Italy's living history, the Giro is unlike any race on the calendar: 'The Giro is unique.'

The Tour de France is up next and the British sprinter is hoping to end his spectacular career with an exclamation point.

Gazzetta dello Sport states the supersprinter will confirm in Giro d'Italia press conference Monday that this season will be his last.

Wednesday's stage might have been Cavendish's best and perhaps last chance win a stage during this Giro.

Expect to see the American stage-hunter at the back when Cavendish is at the front, and vice versa in the mountains.

Lutsenko saves team's blushes after bleak start to season – can Cavendish help shift the tone at Giro d'Italia?

Cavendish has yet to win a race, but the team is banking on him to hit his stride in time for the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France.

Colombian's legal team is challenging his dismissal by Astana-Qazaqstan to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

‘I think we made some good steps.’ Bol highlights need for more race time with Cavendish after pairing makes debut at UAE Tour.

Manxman defiant in face of questions about B&B Hotels fiasco as he braces for bunch sprint battle royale in the Emirates.

The Estonian only had one training ride with Cavendish before leading him out at the Tour of Oman.

The Manxman's former sport director says that Cavendish and team manager Alexander Vinorkurov can form a strong partnership.

Manxman tries to downplay the growing hype around the Tour de France record as he's decides his race program in his season debut in Oman.

Groenewegen on Tour de France record: 'If we do not win, let’s hope that Mark is the winner.'

In a wide-ranging interview, Cavendish reveals new details about his arrival to Astana-Qazaqstan.

The 30-year-old Kazakh rider wants to hunt stages at the Tour de France in preparation for the worlds in Glasgow.

Unsung Dutch sprinter is thrust into the key role of leadout man in the quest to better the Merckx mark.