Assan Bazayev

{{Short description|Kazakh road bicycle racer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Assan Bazayev | image = Assan_Bazayev.jpg | caption = Bazayev at the 2008 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. | fullname = Assan Bazayev<br /> Асан Базаев | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|2|22}} | birth_place = Almaty, Soviet Union | height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2004–2005 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|CAP|2004}} | proyears2 = 2006 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ONC|2006a}} | proyears3 = 2007–2013 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AST|2007}} | majorwins = National Road Race Championships (2008, 2012) }} '''Assan Tolegenovich Bazayev''' ({{langx|kk|Асан Төлегенұлы Базаев}}, {{langx|ru|Асан Толегенович Базаев}} , born 22 February 1981) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Kazakhstan, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2013.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/astana_signs_two_new_riders_as_bazayev_retires/|date=17 October 2013|accessdate=1 November 2013|title=Astana signs two new riders as Bazayev retires|first=Jesper|last=Ralbjerg|work=CyclingQuotes|publisher=JJnet.dk A/S}}</ref> He competed for the Capec, {{UCI team code|ONC|2006a}} and {{UCI team code|AST|2013}} squads.

In 2004 he won the Hellas Tour, but he did not win any stage. He also won stage 1 of the 2006 Tour of Germany in August 2006.<ref>[http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/deutschland-tour/2006/sport_sto936718.shtml Eurosport Splash]</ref>

Bazayev retired at the end of the 2013 season, after ten years as a professional.<ref name="Retirement"/>

==Career achievements== ===Major results=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2003 :1st Stage 1 GP Tell :1st Stage 4 Tour of Bulgaria ;2004 :1st Overall Tour of Hellas :1st 15px Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2005 :3rd Tour de l'Avenir :3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen ;2006 :1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour ;2008 :1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships :Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ::1st 20px Points classification ;2009 :5th Tour de Luxembourg ;2010 :2nd 20px Road race, National Road Championships :8th UCI Road World Championships ;2012 :1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2006 ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— | align="center" |98 | align="center" |97 |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | align="center" |168 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | align="center" |98 |— | align="center" |130 | align="center" |130 | align="center" |82 |— | align="center" |DNF |— |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{cycling Archives|10514}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bazayev, Assan}} Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Kazakhstan Category:Cyclists from Almaty Category:21st-century Kazakhstani sportsmen