2015 Team Katusha season

The 2015 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team Katusha
2015 season
UCI codeKAT
StatusUCI ProTeam
ManagerVyacheslav Ekimov
Main sponsor(s)Gazprom & Itera & Rostec
BasedRussia
BicyclesCanyon
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races6
Stage race overall5
Stage race stages26
National Championships3
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Team roster

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As of 1 January 2015
Rider Date of birth
  Maxim Belkov (RUS) (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 29)
  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 22)
  Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) (1980-08-15)15 August 1980 (aged 34)
  Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 24)
  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 27)
  Marco Haller (AUT) (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 23)
  Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 28)
  Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 28)
  Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS) (1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 33)
  Dmitry Kozonchuk (RUS) (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 30)
  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 27)
  Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 25)
  Sergey Lagutin (RUS) (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 33)
  Alberto Losada (ESP) (1982-02-28)28 February 1982 (aged 32)
  Tiago Machado (POR) (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
  Daniel Moreno (ESP) (1981-09-05)5 September 1981 (aged 33)
  Luca Paolini (ITA) (1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 37)
  Alexander Porsev (RUS) (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 (aged 28)
  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 35)
  Rüdiger Selig (GER) (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 25)
  Egor Silin (RUS) (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 26)
  Gatis Smukulis (LAT) (1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 27)
  Simon Špilak (SLO) (1986-06-23)23 June 1986 (aged 28)
  Yuri Trofimov (RUS) (1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 30)
  Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 25)
  Ángel Vicioso (ESP) (1977-04-13)13 April 1977 (aged 37)
  Eduard Vorganov (RUS) (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 32)
  Anton Vorobyev (RUS) (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 24)
  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 25)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
9 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Qatar Al Khor Corniche
11 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Qatar Mesaieed
12 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Qatar Madinat ash Shamal
13 February Tour of Qatar, Points classification UCI Asia Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Qatar
19 February Tour of Oman, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Oman Al-Musannah Sports City
22 February Volta ao Algarve, Portuguese rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Tiago Machado (POR)   Portugal
22 February Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]   Portugal
6 March Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Prologue UCI Europe Tour   Anton Vorobyev (RUS)   Belgium Middelkerke
9 March Paris–Nice, Stage 1 UCI World Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   France Contres
28 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 6 UCI World Tour   Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS)   Spain PortAventura
29 March Gent–Wevelgem UCI World Tour   Luca Paolini (ITA)   Belgium Wevelgem
31 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium Zottegem
1 April Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium Koksijde
2 April Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3a UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium De Panne
2 April Three Days of De Panne, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium
2 April Three Days of De Panne, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium
4 April GP Miguel Induráin UCI Europe Tour   Ángel Vicioso (ESP)   Spain Estella
5 April Tour of Flanders UCI World Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium Oudenaarde
8 April Scheldeprijs UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Belgium Schoten
8 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 3 UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   Spain Zumarraga
9 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 4 UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   Spain Arrate [es]
10 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR)   France
11 April Tour of the Basque Country, Overall UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   Spain
11 April Tour of the Basque Country, Points classification UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   Spain
11 April Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 2]   Spain
3 May Tour de Romandie, Overall UCI World Tour   Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)   Switzerland
3 May Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification UCI World Tour   Maxim Belkov (RUS)   Switzerland
3 May Tour de Romandie, Sprints classification UCI World Tour   Maxim Belkov (RUS)   Switzerland
3 May Tour de Romandie, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 3]   Switzerland
20 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 UCI World Tour   Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)   Italy Imola Circuit
20 May Tour of Norway, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway Sarpsborg
21 May Tour of Norway, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway Langesund
24 May Tour of Norway, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway
27 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway Norheimsund
28 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway Haugesund
29 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway Sauda
31 May Tour des Fjords, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Marco Haller (AUT)   Norway
31 May Tour des Fjords, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Marco Haller (AUT)   Norway
31 May Tour des Fjords, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway
11 June Grand Prix of Aargau Canton UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Switzerland Gippingen
19 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Switzerland Düdingen
21 June Tour de Suisse, Overall UCI World Tour   Simon Špilak (SVN)   Switzerland
4 July Tour of Austria, Prologue UCI Europe Tour Team time trial[N 4]   Austria Vienna
6 July Tour de France, Stage 3 UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   Belgium Mur de Huy
16 July Tour de France, Stage 12 UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   France Plateau de Beille
6 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour   Vladimir Isaichev (RUS)   Spain Villadiego
8 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour   Daniel Moreno (ESP)   Spain Lagunas de Neila [es]
8 August Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Daniel Moreno (ESP)   Spain
13 August Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway Harstad
16 August Arctic Race of Norway, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Norway
30 August GP Ouest–France UCI World Tour   Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   France Plouay
6 September Vuelta a España, Stage 15 UCI World Tour   Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)   Spain Sotres

National, Continental and World champions 2015

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
26 June Latvian National Time Trial Champion
 
  Gatis Smukulis (LAT)   Latvia Dobele
28 June Austrian National Road Race Champion
 
  Marco Haller (AUT)   Austria Güssing
28 June Russian National Road Race Champion
 
  Yuri Trofimov (RUS)   Russia Saransk

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ^ "Transfers: Guarnieri signs with Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Team Katusha signs with Ilnur Zakarin and Sergey Lagutin" (Press release). Team Katusha. 30 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Machado signs two-year deal with Katusha". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Transfers: Tinkoff-Saxo signs Brutt, Trusov renews". cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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