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Andrea Bagioli joins XDS-Astana on a two-year deal, arriving alongside Anthony Turgis as Alexandr Vinokurov's squad stacks up classics signings. This isn't opportunistic squad-filling — it's a deliberate classics rebuild, and it's betting on a rider whose last three years produced exactly one win.
Bagioli's spell at Lidl-Trek yielded a single victory — a stage at the 2026 Tour of Austria — snapping a nearly three-year drought. Compare that to four seasons at Soudal Quick-Step, where he took seven wins including a WorldTour stage at Volta Catalunya 2022. He arrives alongside Anthony Turgis, fresh from TotalEnergies, as Vinokurov stacks classics depth after what he calls "definite progress" in recent years. Adding proven names is one thing; getting a rider who stalled at an ambitious team to rediscover his 2023 form — a Gran Piemonte win, second at Il Lombardia — is the actual test.
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