Roman Kireyev

{{Short description|Kazakhstani cyclist (born 1987)}}

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| fullname = Roman Kireyev

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|2|14}}

| birth_place = Petropavl, Kazakhstan

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| discipline = Road

| role = Retired

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| proyears1 = 2008–2011

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AST|2008}}

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Roman Kireyev (born 14 February 1987) is a former Kazakhstani road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|AST}}.

On 22 August 2011 Astana announced his retirement from cycling after he had struggled with a back injury.{{cite news| url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-reduces-roster-thanks-to-kireyev-retirement |title=Astana reduces roster thanks to Kireyev retirement |date=2011-08-24 |accessdate=2011-08-24 |publisher=Cycling News}} The timing of this announcement caused speculation that Kireyev was forced into retirement to make way for Andrey Kashechkin and Alexander Vinokourov to compete.{{cite news| url=http://inrng.com/2011/08/astana-uci-questions/ |title=More questions for Astana and the UCI |date=2011-08-25 |accessdate=2011-08-29 |publisher=Inner Ring}} Before Kireyev's retirement, Astana was afoul of the UCI's rules regarding the maximum number of riders employed by a team.{{cite news| url=http://inrng.com/2011/08/max-team-size-uci-rules/ |title=Max team size explained |date=2011-08-25 |accessdate=2011-08-29 |publisher=Inner Ring}}