The Astana Qazaqstan management are staying tightlipped about reports of an offer by a Chinese businessman to buy the team and invest considerable sums over five years to make it one of the top-three teams in the peloton.
According to a report in L’Équipe, the longstanding Kazakh squad has received an offer to purchase the final year of their WorldTour licence for 2025.
Astana have faced financial difficulties and budget reductions in recent years and face a battle for ranking points to avoid relegation from the WorldTour at the end of 2025.
Since Astana took over as a title sponsor in 2006, the team has been one of the WorldTour’s longest standing set-ups, with wins in the Tour de France in 2014 with Vincenzo Nibali and Alberto Contador in 2009 two of the biggest highlights.
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