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Matilda Price

XDS Astana join forces with top-ranked women's ProTeam to share bikes and technical development, and create pathways for Kazakh riders

VILA-REAL, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 13: Catalina Anais Soto of Chile and Team Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi competes during the 10th Setmana Ciclista - Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana 2026, Stage 2 a 115.5km stage from Vila-Real to Vila-Real on February 13, 2026 in Vila-Real, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).

Men's WorldTour team XDS Astana have partnered with women's ProTeam Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi for 2026 in a "technical and sporting cooperation" which will see the teams share equipment, cooperate on testing and development, and create opportunities for Kazakh female cyclists.

Laboral Kutxa, from the Basque Country, were the second-highest ranked ProTeam in 2025 behind EF Education-Oatly, and had the option to step up to the WorldTour, but opted not to over budget constraints, despite growing their budget to over €1.8 million.

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