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Valerio Agnoli leads the group out (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Frederik Kessiakoff on a breakaway (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jacopo Guarnieri gets the checkered flag (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jakob Fuglsang gets a little bumper pressure (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Francesco Gavazzi is amped up for the race (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jakob Fuglsang and Fabio Aru pleased with their prizes (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jakob Fuglsang was pleased with his driving skills (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The starting grid (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The riders cheer on their teammates on the track (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jacopo Guarnieri shows his speed isn't limited to two wheels (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alexandre Vinokourov (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Michele Scarponi helps Vincenzo Nibali clean up (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali celebrates on the podium with Agnoli and Kessiakoff (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Giuseppe Martinelli (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andreiy Zeits in the lead (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali out front (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alexandre Vinokourov getting a little practice for next year's caravan driving (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo Nibali gets help with his helmet from new teammate Michele Scarponi (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
by Guoqiang SongTour of Hainan (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Valerio Agnoli in the lead (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
After a hard season of racing on two wheels, the Astana team took a break from riding but not from competition, as the riders and staff competed in go-kart racing at the team's gathering in Montecatini Terme.
While some riders proved more adept than others behind the wheel in Astana's off-the-bike team building exercise, it's likely that current F1 drivers aren't too nervous about their jobs.
The session brought new Italian recruit Michele Scarponi into the fold with fellow Grand Tour leader and compatriot Vincenzo Nibali under the management of Alexandre Vinokourov.
Vincenzo Nibali and Michele Scarponi will split Astana's Grand Tour duties : Nibali lead Astana at the Tour de France while Scarponi will take the Giro d'Italia .