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Peter Stuart

Is this the Chinese 2025 Astana Qazaqstan team bike?

X-Lab AD9 bike to be used by Astana Qazaqstan.

Astana Qazaqstan will be parting ways with Wilier as bike sponsor in 2025, as new Chinese investors XDS Carbon-Tech will be using the team as a vehicle to promote its bike brand X-Lab which the team are soon to begin using.

The likely bikes of choice will be X-Lab's AD9 aero bike and lightweight RS9, both of which showcase a move into the high-end of WorldTour performance bikes for the Chinese brand.

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