Roman Kireyev

Roman Kireyev (born 14 February 1987) is a former Kazakhstani road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTeam XDS Astana Team.

On 22 August 2011 Astana announced his retirement from cycling after he had struggled with a back injury.

[1] The timing of this announcement caused speculation that Kireyev was forced into retirement to make way for Andrey Kashechkin and Alexander Vinokourov to compete.

[2] Before Kireyev's retirement, Astana was afoul of the UCI's rules regarding the maximum number of riders employed by a team.

[3] Source:[4] This biographical article relating to Kazakhstani cycling is a stub.