López, Lutsenko and Nibali to lead Astana Qazaqstan in Vuelta a Espana

Monday, 15 August 2022 at 17:32

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Astana Qazaqstan Team has revealed the names of riders who will be present at the start line in Vuelta a Espana. Alexey Lutsenko and Vincenzo Nibali will lead the team.

Vincenzo Nibali is likely to retire after the end of this season, which makes this Vuelta a Espana his last grand tour. Nibali will focus on mountain stages. He finished eleventh in Vuelta a Burgos, Fourth in Giro d'Italia and Giro di Sicilia.

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Alexey Lutsenko is another trump card of the team. He finished ninth in Tour de France, took bronze in the seventh stage of Tour de Suisse, and gold in Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior.

David de la Cruz and Miguel Ángel López will support the duo. Lopez’s selection for the tour was not sure since allegations of drug and human trafficking, but later team revoked his suspension. Samuele Battistella, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Vadim Pronskiy and Harold Tejada complete the squad.

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Astana Qazaqstan Team for Vuelta a Espana: Alexey Lutsenko, David de la Cruz, Samuele Battistella, Vincenzo Nibali, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Vadim Pronskiy, Harold Tejada, and Miguel Ángel López

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Latest comments

mobk09-01-2026
Wow, sad and unlucky indeed if he can’t even cycle recreationally as a result of this.
maria2024202409-01-2026
That's right, Giannetti said that Almeida and Ayuso asked to go to the 2024 TdF. They told them that Tadej was the only captain then if they went, they would be domestiques. Both accepted. Almeida kept his word, but Ayuso was a traitor. As soon as he realized he couldn't play his game , hiding at the back of the peloto, watching his classification, he got "COVID" (in summer, at 40 °C), leaving his team with a man less.
mij09-01-2026
if anyone can compete with Tadej and Mathieu that is.
mij09-01-2026
no one has an answer for those two
mij09-01-2026
sorry for him, must be tough
mij09-01-2026
just a boneheaded move to watch yates ride away in that initial 100m of his attack. it wasn’t that blistering. Del Toro and Carapaz just watched with no response.
slappers6609-01-2026
Health comes first on every occasion, for the sport this is disappointing I can't imagine how disappointing is for Eli. Wish him all the best.
Front24209-01-2026
Starting all 3 vs finishing all 3, which makes what Sepp Kuss did in 2023 very impressive.
leedorney09-01-2026
It'd be good to see these back on the Classics 👍
mij09-01-2026
it will be interesting to see his results when he steps into the bigger races. 19 wins, but so many in the fall in mid level races. still the mid races need to be won to step up to the biggies.

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