Busy week for Astana

Vladimir Gusev, who broke his right collar bone in the sixth stage of the Tour of California on February 24 will return to competition in the Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale. He and his team-mates will be busy racing over the next weekend days in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Astana for Ronde van het Groene Hart on March 23: Koen de Kort, René Haselbacher, Sergei Ivanov, Benoît Joachim, Aaron Kemps, Berik Kupeshov, Michael Schär, Tomas Vaitkus under DS Viatcheslav Ekimov

Astana for Rund um Köln on March 24: Koen de Kort, René Haselbacher, Sergei Ivanov, Benoît Joachim, Aaron Kemps, Berik Kupeshov, Michael Schär, Tomas Vaitkus under DS Viatcheslav Ekimov

Astana for Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y Leon on March 24-28: Alberto Contador, Chris Horner, Andreas Klöden, Levi Leipheimer, Daniel Navarro, Benjamin Noval, Sergio Paulinho, José Luis Rubiera under DS Sean Yates

Astana for Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale on March 25 to 29: Jani Brajkovic, Thomas Frei, Vladimir Gusev, Roman Kireyev, Julien Mazet, Andrej Mizurov, Steve Morabito, Andrey Zeits under DS Alexandr Shefer & DS Andrey Teteryuk