A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team Cycling team
For the cycling team known as Astana in 2014, see
Bepink .
A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team UCI code ASA (2015–2020) MNX (2021–) Registered Kazakhstan (2015–2017, 2019–2020)Italy (2018, 2021–) Founded 2015 (2015 ) Discipline(s) Road Status Bicycles Kuota General manager Zulfia Zabirova Maurizio Fabretto 2015 2016–2020 2021–
Astana–Acca Due O Astana Women's Team A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team
Current season
A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team is a professional women's cycling team registered in Italy, which first competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.[ 1] [ 2]
Team history
On 28 November 2014, Marzhan Baitlevova, Yekaterina Yuraitis , Makhabbat Umutzhanova , Natalya Sokovnina , and Aliya Kargaliyena signed with the team. On 30 November, Natalya Saitfutdinova and Faina Potapova signed with the team. On 2 December, the team signed Jessenia Meneses and Íngrid Drexel . On 6 December, the team signed Aizhan Zhaparova, Larisa Pankova , and Kseniya Dobrynina . On 12 December, Marika Campagnaro joined the team. On 18 December, Milda Jankauskaitė , Olena Demidova, and Carolina Rodriguez joined the team.[ 3] On 24 December, Hanna Solovey signed for the team.[ 4]
In June 2015, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing "unprofessional behaviour". This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics .[ 5]
For the 2021 season, the team merged with the A.R. Efideporte mountain bike team.
Team roster
As of 10 March 2021.[ 6]
Major wins
2015
Copa Cuba de Pista – Points race, Íngrid Drexel
2016
Stage 1 Tour of Zhoushan Island I, Arianna Fidanza
2017
Points classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana , Arlenis Sierra
Stage 3, Arlenis Sierra
Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio , Arlenis Sierra
Rosh Ha'Ayin Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva
Orsago Chrono, Olena Pavlukhina
Points classification Tour of California , Arlenis Sierra
Youth classification, Arlenis Sierra
Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica , Arlenis Sierra
Points classification, Arlenis Sierra
Mountains classification, Arlenis Sierra
Teams classification
Prologue, Stages 1 & 3, Arlenis Sierra
2018
Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa, Elena Pirrone
Stage 2, Elena Pirrone
Stage 3, Martina Alzini
GP della Liberazione PINK , Letizia Paternoster
Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs , Letizia Paternoster
Points classification, Letizia Paternoster
Mountains classification, Sofia Bertizzolo
Youth classification, Letizia Paternoster
Stage 2, Letizia Paternoster
Road Race, Pan American Cycling Championships , Arlenis Sierra
Stage 3 Tour of California , Arlenis Sierra
Youth classification Giro Rosa , Sofia Bertizzolo
Mountains classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini , Sofia Bertizzolo
Central American and Caribbean Sports Games
Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
Team Pursuit, Arlenis Sierra
Madison, Arlenis Sierra
Stage 2 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche , Arlenis Sierra
Overall Giro delle Marche , Sofia Bertizzolo
Mountains classification Vuelta a Colombia Femenina , Blanca Liliana Moreno
Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica , Blanca Liliana Moreno
Stage 2 (ITT), Blanca Liliana Moreno
2019
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race , Arlenis Sierra
Mountains classification Tour of California , Blanca Liliana Moreno
Chabany Race , Olga Shekel
Overall Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala , Liliana Moreno
Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5, Arlenis Sierra
Stage 3, Carolina Rodriguez
Overall Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini , Arlenis Sierra
Points classification, Arlenis Sierra
Prologue, Arlenis Sierra
2020
Stage 1 Women's Herald Sun Tour , Arlenis Sierra
2021
Clasica Femenina Navarra , Arlenis Sierra
Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini , Arlenis Sierra
Points classification, Arlenis Sierra
Stages 1 & 2, Arlenis Sierra
Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race , Arlenis Sierra
National champions
2015
Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
Mexico Time Trial, Íngrid Drexel
2016
Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina
Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva
Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova
2017
Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
Kazakhstan Road Race, Tatyana Geneleva
Azerbaijan Road Race, Olena Pavlukhina
Azerbaijan Time Trial, Olena Pavlukhina
Kazakhstan Track (Points race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva
Kazakhstan Track (Scratch race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva
Kazakhstan Track (Individual pursuit), Amiliya Iskakova
2018
Pan American Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
Kazakhstan Time Trial, Natalya Saifutdinova
European Track (Elimination race), Letizia Paternoster
European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Martina Alzini
European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Letizia Paternoster
European U23 Track (Omnium), Letizia Paternoster
2019
Kazakhstan Time Trial, Makhabbat Umutzhanova
Kazakhstan Road Race, Svetlana Pachshenko
Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
2020
Ukraine Time Trial, Olga Shekel
Mexico Track (Elimination race), Lizbeth Salazar
Mexico Track (Omnium), Lizbeth Salazar
Mexico Track (Points race), Lizbeth Salazar
2021
Mexico Road Race, Lizbeth Salazar
Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Mariia Miliaeva
Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Maria Novolodskaya
Russia Track (Madison), Maria Novolodskaya
References
External links
Years Current (2024)
WorldTeams Continental Teams
Former