A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

For the cycling team known as Astana in 2014, see Bepink.

A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team is a professional women's cycling team registered in Italy, which first competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.^[1][2]

A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

Team information
UCI code	ASA (2015–2020) MNX (2021–)
Registered	Kazakhstan (2015–2017, 2019–2020) Italy (2018, 2021–)
Founded	2015 (2015)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2015–2019) UCI Women's Continental Team (2020–present)
Bicycles	Kuota
Key personnel
General manager	Zulfia Zabirova Maurizio Fabretto
Team name history
2015 2016–2020 2021–	Astana–Acca Due O Astana Women's Team A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team
Current season

Team history

On 28 November 2014, Marzhan Baitlevova, Yekaterina Yuraitis, Makhabbat Umutzhanova, Natalya Sokovnina, and Aliya Kargaliyena signed with the team. On 30 November, Natalya Saitfutdinova and Faina Potapova signed with the team. On 2 December, the team signed Jessenia Meneses and Íngrid Drexel. On 6 December, the team signed Aizhan Zhaparova, Larisa Pankova, and Kseniya Dobrynina. On 12 December, Marika Campagnaro joined the team. On 18 December, Milda Jankauskaitė, Olena Demidova, and Carolina Rodriguez joined the team.^[3] On 24 December, Hanna Solovey signed for the team.^[4]

In June 2015, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing "unprofessional behaviour". This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics.^[5]

For the 2021 season, the team merged with the A.R. Efideporte mountain bike team.

Team roster

As of 10 March 2021.^[6]

Rider Date of birth  Gaia Benzi (ITA) (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 25)  Maria Pia Chiatto (ITA) (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 23)  Emma Faoro (ITA) (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 23)  Ariadna Gutiérrez (MEX) (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 33)  Julieta Lledias (MEX) (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 24)  Eider Merino Cortazar (ESP) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)  Mariia Miliaeva (RUS) (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)  Maria Novolodskaya (RUS) (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25)

Rider Date of birth  Katia Ragusa (ITA) (1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 28)  Andrea Ramírez (MEX) (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 25)  Lizbeth Salazar (MEX) (1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 28)  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 32)  Maria Vittoria Sperotto (ITA) (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 28)  Jade Teolis (FRA) (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 23)  María José Vargas (CRC) (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 29)

Major wins

2015

Copa Cuba de Pista – Points race, Íngrid Drexel

2016

Stage 1 Tour of Zhoushan Island I, Arianna Fidanza

2017

Points classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 3, Arlenis Sierra

Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva

Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Arlenis Sierra

Rosh Ha'Ayin Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva

Orsago Chrono, Olena Pavlukhina

Points classification Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra

Youth classification, Arlenis Sierra

Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Arlenis Sierra

Points classification, Arlenis Sierra

Mountains classification, Arlenis Sierra

Teams classification

Prologue, Stages 1 & 3, Arlenis Sierra

2018

Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa, Elena Pirrone

Stage 2, Elena Pirrone

Stage 3, Martina Alzini

GP della Liberazione PINK, Letizia Paternoster

Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs, Letizia Paternoster

Points classification, Letizia Paternoster

Mountains classification, Sofia Bertizzolo

Youth classification, Letizia Paternoster

Stage 2, Letizia Paternoster

Road Race, Pan American Cycling Championships, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 3 Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra

Youth classification Giro Rosa, Sofia Bertizzolo

Mountains classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Sofia Bertizzolo

Central American and Caribbean Sports Games

Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra

Team Pursuit, Arlenis Sierra

Madison, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 2 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Arlenis Sierra

Overall Giro delle Marche, Sofia Bertizzolo

Mountains classification Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, Blanca Liliana Moreno

Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Blanca Liliana Moreno

Stage 2 (ITT), Blanca Liliana Moreno

2019

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Arlenis Sierra

Mountains classification Tour of California, Blanca Liliana Moreno

Chabany Race, Olga Shekel

Overall Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala, Liliana Moreno

Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 3, Carolina Rodriguez

Overall Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Arlenis Sierra

Points classification, Arlenis Sierra

Prologue, Arlenis Sierra

2020

Stage 1 Women's Herald Sun Tour, Arlenis Sierra

2021

Clasica Femenina Navarra, Arlenis Sierra

Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Arlenis Sierra

Points classification, Arlenis Sierra

Stages 1 & 2, Arlenis Sierra

Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race, Arlenis Sierra

National champions

2015

Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova

Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis

Mexico Time Trial, Íngrid Drexel

2016

Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova

Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis

Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina

Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva

Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova

2017

Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra

Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra

Kazakhstan Road Race, Tatyana Geneleva

Azerbaijan Road Race, Olena Pavlukhina

Azerbaijan Time Trial, Olena Pavlukhina

Kazakhstan Track (Points race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva

Kazakhstan Track (Scratch race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva

Kazakhstan Track (Individual pursuit), Amiliya Iskakova

2018

Pan American Road Race, Arlenis Sierra

Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova

Kazakhstan Time Trial, Natalya Saifutdinova

European Track (Elimination race), Letizia Paternoster

European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Martina Alzini

European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Letizia Paternoster

European U23 Track (Omnium), Letizia Paternoster

2019

Kazakhstan Time Trial, Makhabbat Umutzhanova

Kazakhstan Road Race, Svetlana Pachshenko

Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra

Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra

2020

Ukraine Time Trial, Olga Shekel

Mexico Track (Elimination race), Lizbeth Salazar

Mexico Track (Omnium), Lizbeth Salazar

Mexico Track (Points race), Lizbeth Salazar

2021

Mexico Road Race, Lizbeth Salazar

Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Mariia Miliaeva

Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Maria Novolodskaya

Russia Track (Madison), Maria Novolodskaya