Andrey Kashechkin

Andrey Grigorievich Kashechkin (Russian: Андрей Григорьевич Кашечкин, born 21 March 1980) is a former Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who last rode for the UCI ProTour team Astana.

After the junior World Championships at Valkenburg, Kashechkin moved to Belgium, where he turned pro in 2001 with the Domo-Farm Frites team.

[3] Kashechkin intended to return to pro cycling in the middle of 2009, but was unable to find a team.

[5] In the middle of the 2011 season, however, Lampre released him and he re-signed with Astana in order to ride the Vuelta a España.

[6] He had some trouble again at Astana in 2012 and was sidelined after refusing to sign an ethical agreement, although eventually the team reinstated him once he complied.