Astana welcomes a Canadian sponsor – Fil Info

The Astana team will be called “Astana-Premier Tech” from the 2021 season. A first for Alexandre Vinokourov’s team, forced to open up to new sponsors in the face of the gradual withdrawal of the Kazakh government, the main provider of training fund which saw the light of day in 2006. “The mission was entrusted to us to reduce the Kazakh participation with the entry of a second partner, who could thus share the financial burden with our country”, explained Yana Seel , Managing Director of Astana.

Already present on the team’s jerseys this year, the Canadian company Premier Tech, managed by Jean Bélanger. “This announcement is the culmination of a partnership that saw the light of day in 2017, a partnership motivated by a long passion for cycling”, welcomed the president of a company specializing in advanced technologies, in particular on water recycling.