independent audit On February 27, 2015, cycling's governing body, the UCI, requested that the team's WorldTour licence be withdrawn following an audit of its doping controls by the Institute of Sport Sciences in Lausanne. The UCI stated that the audit revealed a large difference between the team policies presented to the Licence Commission and reality. On 23 April 2015, it was finally announced by the UCI that Astana would keep their license but would be under more scrutiny. Since 2021 For the first time in its history, the team took on a co-title sponsor, as Canadian tech company Premier Tech joined for the 2021 season. However, mid-season disagreements between it and the team's Kazakh shareholders resulted in the collaboration being cut short after one season, and the team rebranded to better reflect its Kazakh background. Team roster Major wins National champions 2007 Kazakhstan Road Race Maxim Iglinsky Luxembourg Road Race Benoît Joachim 2008 Kazakhstan Road Race Assan Bazayev Kazakhstan Time Trial Andrey Mizurov Russia Road Race Serguei Ivanov Russia Time Trial Vladimir Gusev Lithuania Road Race Tomas Vaitkus Portugal Time Trial Sérgio Paulinho 2009 Slovenia Time Trial Janez Brajkovič Spain Time Trial Alberto Contador 2010 Slovenia Road Race Gorazd Štangelj Kazakhstan Road Race Maxim Gourov 2011 Kazakhstan Road Race Andrey Mizurov 2012 Kazakhstan Road Race Assan Bazayev Kazakhstan Time Trial Dmitriy Gruzdev Slovenia Road Race Borut Božič Ukraine Road Race Andriy Hryvko Ukraine Time Trial Andriy Hryvko Estonia Road Race Tanel Kangert 2013 Estonia Time Trial Tanel Kangert Kazakhstan Road Race Alexsandr Dyachenko Ukraine Time Trial Andriy Hryvko 2014 Kazakhstan Time Trial Daniil Fominykh Italy Road Race Vincenzo Nibali 2015 Kazakhstan Time Trial Alexey Lutsenko Italy Road Race Vincenzo Nibali 2016 Latvia Time Trial Gatis Smukulis Kazakhstan Time Trial Dmitriy Gruzdev Latvia Road Race Gatis Smukulis Kazakhstan Road Race Arman Kamyshev 2017 Kazakhstan Time Trial Zhandos Bizhigitov Kazakhstan Road Race Artyom Zakharov Italy Road Race Fabio Aru 2018 Ukraine Time Trial Andriy Hryvko Estonia Time Trial Tanel Kangert Kazakhstan Time Trial Daniil Fominykh Kazakhstan Road Race Alexey Lutsenko 2019 Kazakhstan Time Trial Alexey Lutsenko Kazakhstan Road Race Alexey Lutsenko 2020 Spain Road Race Luis León Sánchez Kazakhstan Track (Omnium), Artyom Zakharov Kazakhstan Track (Madison), Artyom Zakharov Kazakhstan Track (Scratch race), Artyom Zakharov 2021 Russia Time Trial Aleksandr Vlasov Spain Time Trial Ion Izagirre Spain Road Race Omar Fraile Italy Time Trial Matteo Sobrero Kazakhstan Road Race Yevgeniy Fedorov Eritrea Time