The Asian Road Race Champion Gleb Brussenskiy (23) has signed a new one-year deal with Astana Qazaqstan Team for the 2024 season, according to a recent announcement from the team.
“I joined the WorldTour quite early when I was just 20 and all these three years in Astana Qazaqstan Team I tried to learn as much as possible and to get the valuable experience in all kinds of races. Now, after three seasons I hope I reached the level from which I can start improving as a professional rider, getting better results and providing more help to the team, to the leaders. Still, a lot of work is ahead, but I am ready to it. My new Asian Champion jersey gives me additional motivation in every race, and I am looking forward to try to do something good in these last months of the season as well as in the next 2024”, – said Gleb Brussenskiy.
Brussenskiy first joined Astana Qazaqstan Team in 2021 at the age of 20, where he started by combining both Under 23 and professional calendars. He gained valuable experience in races such as the Tour de l’Avenir and the Paris-Roubaix. In 2022, Brussenskiy won the U23 road race at the Asian Cycling Championships and competed in professional races such as the Tour de la Provence and Vuelta a Andalucia.
In 2023, Brussenskiy became the new Elite Asian Road Race Champion and helped his teammate Alexey Lutsenko win the Tour of Sicily. He also completed his first WorldTour races, the Tour de Romandie and the Renewi Tour.
“Gleb joined us very young and definitely he needed some years to get used to the WorldTour, to get some experience and to feel the level of the professional cycling. Now he looks ready enough to improve, to fight for the results. Thanks to the support of Samruk-Kazyna and Sport Qory foundation our team has all possibilities to support the domestic riders, to help them in their way from a youth level to the WorldTour. Gleb Brussenskiy is an example of this way. And I hope that all the work, all the experience he got already as well as the new Asian Champion’s jersey will motivate him, will push him ahead in pursuing the new goals”, – said Alexandr Vinokurov, General Manager of Astana Qazaqstan Team.
With this contract renewal, Brussenskiy aims to continue his development as a professional rider and contribute to the team’s success. His new Asian Champion jersey serves as additional motivation to achieve his goals in the remaining months of the season and in the upcoming 2024 season.
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