Assan Bazayev
Kazakh road champion in 2008
Asian champion time trial stage winner in 2004 Germany Tour 2006
Assan Basayev ( Kazakh Асан Базаев, born February 22, 1981 in Astana ) is a Kazakh cyclist.
Career
As an amateur, Basayev was in 2003 make with some victories for the Kazakh national selection attention to himself: he won two stages of the Vuelta a las Americas in Mexico, taking a day section of the Cinturón a Mallorca and stages of the Grand Prix Guillaume Tell in Switzerland and Bulgaria tour. In addition, he was able to pull more podium finishes on portions of the Rás Tailteann in Ireland, and the Tour de l' Avenir and on three other stages of the Tour of Bulgaria. Third, he was also the Grand Prix du Président in Belgium.
Because of these good results Basayev in 2004 received his first professional contract with small Kazakh Cycling Team CAPEC. In his first year as a professional cyclist Basayev won the Greece - tour for his new team and also celebrated on the first four stages, two second places and one third place. In the jersey of his home country Kazakhstan, he won the title in the time trial cycling - Asia Championships also one of the greatest successes of his career.
The following season, Basayev was able to retract no victory, but with stage finishes among the top three at the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, the Tour of Japan and the Tour of China, he reached more impressive results. Estimate is even higher were two second places at the Tour of Qinghai Lake and a third place at the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen. The greatest success for Basayev was in 2005, but the surprising third place at the Tour de l' Avenir, the "small" Tour de France for young riders.
In April 2006, he then joined the Spanish ProTour team Liberty Seguros - Würth. He started among others at Paris- Roubaix and the Tour of Catalonia. Since the team was involved in the doping scandal Fuentes, the sponsor terminated the contract. Since July 2006, the team went under the name of Astana - Würth, the first ProTour victory was Basajews success on the first leg of the tour in Germany in 2006. This stage win so far Basajews greatest professional success. Subsequently, the Kazakh participated in his first three-week tour, the Vuelta a España, in part, finishing the race in 98th
The next year, Basayev took a first top-three Plartzierung in Lower Saxony Tour. In May, the Kazakh took part in the Giro d' Italia and was immediately on the first leg in second place. This was followed by another third and fourth stage space, and also on two other days sections he came in ninth among the top ten, the race as already completed the Tour of Spain from the 98th and thus experienced a successful competition. Later in the year he won again a third part of the day place at the Tour of Poland.
In 2008, Basayev also won thanks to two third places the points jersey of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey. She successfully went for him at the Giro d' Italia on, when he again went out three stages finishes in the top ten and the race also ended. Very satisfactory ran the Kazakh road championships: in the time trial, he finished fourth in the road race and he had the entire competition behind and was first state champion. Then he took the champion jersey even at the Vuelta a España in part, but was able to pull any significant placement, although he could end the three-week race.
A consistently good season he showed in 2009. A first result as stages at Tirreno- Adriatico - ninth was followed by a 16th place at Milan - Sanremo and a seventh place in a section of the Three Days of De Panne, which he finished in twelfth. Basayev took this year even with the spring classics Tour of Flanders and Gent- Wevelgem part. At the Tour de Romandie he showed as stages - as well as his third Sprint class as well as with two other top ten placings on stages of the Tour de Luxembourg, a fourth place finish in the prologue and the fifth overall. At the Tour de Suisse, which he originally wanted to go, he was unable to attend, however, due to a team-internal lock. Basayev had failed to disclose his whereabouts, doping control and was pulled for two weeks by his team from circulation. Again took Basayev also at the Vuelta a España in part, during which he indeed import any results, but the tour finished after all. After all, he was once again on a fourth part of the day of the Circuit Franco -Belge.
Also in 2010 he started with a Top Ten stages Tirreno- Adriatico result on. In June, he was runner- Kazakh and in August, he finished in twelfth place overall in the Tour of Poland. This served as preparation for the Vuelta a España, where he achieved a rank eighth stage. Another highlight was the eighth place in the Kazakh national team at the Road World Championships Represents the year he graduated with participations in the Giro del Piemonte and the Tour of Lombardy from.
In the following years he went further some great tours, but was unable to reach major stage wins more. In 2012, he was for the second time after 2008 Kazakh champion in the road race.
In September 2013 it was announced that he wanted to end his career at the end of the year.
Achievements
- Asian champion in the time trial
- Winner Greece Tour
- A stage Germany Tour
- Scoring Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
- Kazakh Champion - Road Race
- Kazakh Champion - Road Race
Team
- 2004-2005 Cycling Team CAPEC
- 2006 - Pro Team Astana