Andrey Kashechkin
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Andrey Kashechkin (Андрей Кашечкин) is a Kazakh cyclist currently riding for the Team Astana UCI ProTour outfit.
Kashechkin was born on March 21, 1980 at Kzyl Orda, Kazakhstan. As a child, he practised sports such as swimming or football, until he followed the footsteps of his older brother and took up cycling.
After the junior World Championships at Valkenburg, Kashechkin moved to Belgium, where he turned pro in 2001 with the Domo-Farm Frites team. In 2003, he moved to Quick Step-Davitamon, and the following year to French squad Crédit Agricole.
After two successful seasons in that team, Kashechkin joined Team Astana, where he has posted good results throughout the 2006 season. In winter 2005, he married his girlfriend Nadja.
Kashechkin is a very talented climber as he showed in the 2005 Tour de France, where he outrode his team leader Christophe Moreau on the big mountain stages. He is also a very competent Individual Time Trialist.
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[edit] Palmarès
[edit] 2003
- Stage at the Tour de Luxembourg
[edit] 2004
- Sachsen Tour general classification
- GP de Fourmies
[edit] 2005
2nd, Young riders classification, Tour de France
[edit] 2006
- Stage 6, Paris-Nice
- Stage 18 and 3rd overall, Vuelta a España
- 3rd overall, Deutschland Tour
- 3rd, Clásica de San Sebastián
