Bazayev gives Astana some good news at last
AFP, August, 2006
BIELEFELD, Germany (AFP) — Kazakh rider Assan Bazayev has given the Astana team a much needed boost as he landed the first stage of the Tour of Germany ProTour cycling race, over 198.2km between Dusseldorf and here.
The 25-year-old beat home Italy's Danilo Napolitano and veteran German sprint specialist Erik Zabel to give the Kazakh sponsored outfit their first win on the circuit.
It lifted some of the gloom surrounding them since they were unceremoniously thrown out of the Tour de France on the eve of the race because ...