2016 Team Katusha season

Team Katusha
2016 season
UCI code KAT
Status UCI WorldTeam
Manager Vyacheslav Ekimov
Main sponsor(s) Gazprom & Itera & Rostec
Based Russia
Bicycles Canyon
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 1
Stage race stages 10

The 2016 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016.
Rider Date of birth
 Maxim Belkov (RUS) (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 31)
 Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 24)
 Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 25)
 Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 28)
 Marco Haller (AUT) (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 24)
 Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 29)
 Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 30)
 Dmitry Kozonchuk (RUS) (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 31)
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 28)
 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 26)
 Sergey Lagutin (RUS) (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 35)
 Alberto Losada (ESP) (1982-02-28)28 February 1982 (aged 34)
 Tiago Machado (POR) (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 (aged 30)
 Matvey Mamykin (RUS) (1994-10-31)31 October 1994 (aged 21)
Rider Date of birth
 Michael Mørkøv (DEN) (1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 30)
 Nils Politt (GER) (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 22)
 Alexander Porsev (RUS) (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 (aged 30)
 Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 21)
 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 36)
 Egor Silin (RUS) (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 27)
 Simon Špilak (SLO) (1986-06-23)23 June 1986 (aged 29)
 Rein Taaramäe (EST) (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 28)
 Alexei Tsatevich (RUS) (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 26)
 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) (1983-02-01)1 February 1983 (aged 33)
 Ángel Vicioso (ESP) (1977-04-13)13 April 1977 (aged 38)
 Eduard Vorganov (RUS) (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 33)
 Anton Vorobyev (RUS) (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 25)
 Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 26)

Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season[1]
Rider 2015 team
Matvey Mamykin Itera–Katusha
Michael Mørkøv[2] Tinkoff–Saxo
Nils Politt [3] Team Stölting
Jhonatan Restrepo neo-pro (Coldeportes-Claro)
Rein Taaramäe Astana
Jurgen Van den Broeck[4] Lotto–Soudal
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season[1]
Rider 2016 team
Giampaolo Caruso [5]
Alexandr Kolobnev Gazprom–RusVelo
Daniel Moreno[6] Movistar Team
Rüdiger Selig[7] Bora–Argon 18
Luca Paolini [8]
Gatis Smukulis Astana
Yuri Trofimov Tinkoff

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
9 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Qatar Doha
11 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Qatar Madinat ash Shamal
12 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Qatar Doha Corniche
12 February Tour of Qatar, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Qatar
18 February Tour of Oman, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Oman Naseem Park
21 February Tour of Oman, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Oman
21 February Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Portugal
12 March Paris–Nice, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Zakarin, IlnurIlnur Zakarin (RUS)  France La Madone d'Utelle
27 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Tsatevich, AlexeyAlexey Tsatevich (RUS)  Spain Barcelona
29 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Belgium Zottegem
31 March Three Days of De Panne, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Belgium
6 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2b UCI Europe Tour  Vorobyev, AntonAnton Vorobyev (RUS)  France Angers
7 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Vorobyev, AntonAnton Vorobyev (RUS)  France Pré-en-Pail
8 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Vorobyev, AntonAnton Vorobyev (RUS)  France
8 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Vorobyev, AntonAnton Vorobyev (RUS)  France
1 May Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop UCI Europe Tour  Kristoff, AlexanderAlexander Kristoff (NOR)  Germany Frankfurt

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The riders on the squad were Tiago Machado, Joaquim Rodríguez, Sergey Lagutin, Alberto Losada, Matvey Mamykin, Rein Taaramäe, Anton Vorobyev and Ilnur Zakarin

References

  1. 1 2 "Team Katusha (transfers)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jurgen Van den Broeck and Nils Politt join Team Katusha" (Press release). Team Katusha. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Clarke, Stuart (11 September 2015). "Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Giampaolo Caruso returns positive EPO test". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). 18 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Dani Moreno joins Movistar for 2016". cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "News Shorts: Bora-Argon 18 sign Rüdiger Selig from Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Paolini informed of cocaine positive at Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). 10 July 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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