Lance's new team Astana to train in U.S., Spain
SI.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
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Astana will train in California
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
The Astana professional cycling team, which now includes Lance Armstrong, will stage its United States training camp in California after spending last year in New Mexico.
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Astana will train in California
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
The Astana professional cycling team, which now includes Lance Armstrong, will stage its United States training camp in California after spending last year in New Mexico.
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Astana cycling team returns to United States, this time in California
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Armstrong is making a comeback after three years of retirement. He will be reunited with Astana team director Johan Bruyneel, who oversaw Armstrong's seven Tour de France victories with the U.S. Postal Service and Discovery teams.
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Astana will train in California
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
The Astana professional cycling team, which now includes Lance Armstrong, will stage its United States training camp in California after spending last year in New Mexico.
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Astana will train in California
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Astana professional cycling team, which now includes Lance Armstrong, will stage its United States training camp in California after spending last year in New Mexico.
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Kazakhstan: Is Astana Losing Leverage with Foreign Energy Conglomerates?
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
BY JOANNA LILLIS The energy sector, Kazakhstan’s erstwhile reliable engine for growth, has stalled out. The trouble is related mostly to the global economic crisis, which has helped to spur a rapid decline in energy prices in recent weeks. But a backlash factor also may be at work, in which international energy companies start to push back against the hardball tactics that Kazakhstani leaders have...
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Popovych rejoins Armstrong with team Astana
SI.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
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Astana, asshole of Central Asia
Latest entries from ash (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
I came here ten years ago when the city was a poor, windswept and desolate town on the Kazakh steppe, but at least it had something going for it then. Ten years, one pyramid by Norman Foster and a shark in a tank later, I decided to return. Bad move.
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Transfer! Popovych to Ride for Astana
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Yaroslav Popovych will ride for Astana beginning in 2009, after Johan Bruyneel bought him out of his contract with Silence-Lotto. The new contract with Astana runs for two years, and is reportedly a lucrative one. In a press comment, Bruyneel explained, "Over the past few months I have worked to reinforce the team. When I heard that Popovych might be available, I was very interested in him. He is...
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Kazakhstan: Astana Working Out Details on Economic Stabilization Plan
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
BY JOANNA LILLIS Kazakhstan expects to put the final touches on its fiscal stabilization plan by November 25. One of the government’s top priorities is shoring up the country’s wobbly banking sector.
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Vino on the classics comeback trail?
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
According to CN , Alexander Vinokourov is hoping to ride the Amstel Gold Race and Liege-Bastogne-Liege with Astana next season. Their source appears to be the Dutch media. He is apparently negotiating with the UCI to be allowed to start, but they are understandably none to pleased by his little plan. The Kazakh Minister for Sport knows what he wants however, and seems none too bothered about McQuaid's...
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Kazakh govt, banks agree $3.47 billion bailout package
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
ASTANA (Reuters) – The government of Kazakhstan and the nation's four largest banks have agreed terms for at least $3.47 billion in capital injections to counter the impact of the global credit crisis, the state-owned SamrukKazyna fund sai
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Kazakh govt, banks agree $3.47 billion bailout package
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
ASTANA (Reuters) - The government of Kazakhstan and the nation's four largest banks have agreed terms for at least $3.47 billion in capital injections to counter the impact of the global credit crisis, the state-owned SamrukKazyna fund said on Tuesday.
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Kazakhstan: Astana Pursues Nuclear Energy Deal with India
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Uranium from Kazakhstan will soon be powering Indian nuclear plants, the Kazakh ambassador to India revealed in a newspaper interview.
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