XDS-Astana have said that they moved away from last season’s “one-time” strategy of chasing UCI points, even after racking up a serious gain of 1,068 points in one day on Wednesday.
In 2025, the Kazakhstani team rallied to secure WorldTour status, racking up 32 wins and 6,727 UCI points as they finished fourth in the season-end rankings among the top 18 teams during the three-year license period.
The team has enjoyed a flying start to 2026, too, with six wins already. Following the end of the Tour of Oman, won by Cristian Scaroni ahead of teammate Cristían Rodríguez, they lie second in the UCI rankings on 2,447.7 points, behind only UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
Last week, former under-23 world champion Yevgeniy Fedorov led a team and nation one-two at the Asian Continental Championships time trial ahead of Nicolas Vinokourov.
Tuesday brought yet more success and more points, too. Fedorov, Haoyu Su, and Vinokourov finished first, second, and fourth in the road race, respectively, bringing 575 points.
Over at the Tour of Oman, Scaroni and Rodríguez finished one-two in the Green Mountain finale and the overall standings, with the team adding 493 points to their tally.
XDS-Astana will aim to remain in the WorldTour beyond the current three-year cycle, but wins – and in top-level races –…
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