Astana Continental Team
| UCI code | TSE |
|---|---|
| Registered | Kazakhstan |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental Team |
| Bicycles | Specialized |
| General manager | Séamus Harford Alexander Nadobenko |
| 2012–2014 2015 2016– |
Continental Team Astana Seven Rivers Cycling Team Astana City |
Astana City (UCI team code: TSE) 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. Astana City acts as a junior feeder team to Astana, alongside Vino 4ever SKO.
During the 2014 season three riders, Ilya Davidenok, Victor Okishev and Artur Fedosseyev tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids. Davidenok tested positive at the Tour de l'Avenir, Okishev tested positive at the Asian Cycling Championships while Fedosseyev tested positive at Tour de l'Ain. The riders were provisionally suspended awaiting doping hearings. The next day Alexander Vinokourov, head of Astana, was reported to have suspended the entire continental team.
In 2015 the team changed name to Seven Rivers Cycling Team. Six of the ten riders had previously ridden for the Continental Team Astana.
In 2016, the team changed name to Astana City and retained eight riders from Seven Rivers.
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