Team Katusha

Team Katusha
Team information
UCI code KAT
Registered Russia
Founded 2009
Discipline Road
Status UCI ProTeam (2009–2012)
UCI Professional Continental (Jan 2013–Feb 2013)
UCI WorldTeam (2013–)
Bicycles Canyon
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Viatcheslav Ekimov
Team manager(s) Jose Azevedo
Team name history
  • 2009–

  • Team Katusha


Jersey

Team Katusha (Russian: Катюша, UCI team code: KAT) is a Russian road bicycle racing team which competes using Canyon bikes.[1] Team Katusha competed as a UCI ProTeam between 2009 and 2012. In January 2013 the team was granted a Pro Continental licence, however in February 2013 the Court of arbitration for sport ruled that the team had to be granted a World Tour licence. On February 18 the UCI confirmed there would be 19 teams in the 2013 UCI World Tour.[2]

History

The cycling project was launched in very end of 2008, when on December 22 a new Katusha Team was inaugurated in Moscow.[3] The team was created on the base of Tinkoff Credit Systems squad and practically organised by the Russian Global Cycling Project foundation, which itself is funded by Russian businesses such as Gazprom, Itera and Rostechnologii.[4]

The team was launched with a large budget of over €15 million.[4] In its first official season it signed leading cyclists such as Robbie McEwen, Vladimir Karpets, Filippo Pozzato, and Gert Steegmans.[5] The team first raced at the 2009 Tour Down Under.

During the 2009 season, the team earned 23 wins. Some of the notable wins were Sergei Ivanov’s Amstel Gold victory, Filippo Pozzato's Italian road title and triumph at Giro del Veneto.[6] Antonio Colom and Christian Pfannberger tested positive for EPO.[7]

After the 2012 season, Katusha lost their UCI World Tour license, despite having in their ranks the champion of the 2012 season (Joaquim Rodriguez) and finishing the 2012 UCI World Tour team rankings in second position.[8] The team appealed that decision before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and it was announced on 15 February 2013 that the decision of the UCI was overturned and that Katusha would be part of the 2013 UCI World Tour.[9]

Notable wins

Since the creation of Team Katusha in 2009, its riders have won many races. As of April 2014, these included 19 stages in Grand Tours and two cycling monuments, the 2014 Milan – San Remo and the 2015 Tour of Flanders.

National Champions

2009
Italian Road Race Championship, Filippo Pozzato
Russian Road Race Championship, Sergei Ivanov
2010
Moldovan Road Race Championship, Alexandre Pliuschin
Russian Road Race Championship, Alexandre Kolobnev
Russian Time Trial Championship, Vladimir Gusev
2011
Russian Road Race Championships , Pavel Brutt
Russian Time Trial Championships, Mikhail Ignatiev
Belarusian Road Race Championships, Aleksandr Kuschynski
Moldovan Road Race Championships, Alexandre Pliuschin
2012
Russian Road Race Championships, Eduard Vorganov
Latvian Time Trial Championships, Gatis Smukulis
Russian Time Trial Championships, Denis Menchov
2013
Latvian Time Trial Championships, Gatis Smukulis
Russian Road Race Championships, Vladimir Isaichev
2014
Latvian Time Trial Championships, Gatis Smukulis
Russian Time Trial Championships, Anton Vorobyev
Russian Road Race Championships, Alexander Porsev

Team roster

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

References

  1. ↑ "Katusha Team + Canyon: a way to the top". Team Katusha (Katusha Management S.A.). 1 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Cycling News. "UCI confirms 19 WorldTour teams for 2013". Cyclingnews.com.
  3. ↑ Katusha presented on home soil Cyclingnews; 24 December 2008; Accessed 16 July 2011
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Renamed Tinkoff Credit System squad undergoes major expansion Stokes, Shane; Cyclingnews.com; 16 July 08; Accessed 19 January 2009
  5. ↑ Russian team Katusha unveiled in Moscow AFP; France24.com; 24 December 2008; Accessed 19 January 2009
  6. ↑ Pozzato wins Giro del Veneto Cyclingnews; 29 August 2009; Accessed 16 July 2011
  7. ↑ "Team Katusha". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Gregor Brown (10 December 2012). "Saxo-Tinkoff in, Katusha out of UCI WorldTour". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media Sports & Leisure network). Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Shane Stokes (15 February 2013). "Katusha wins CAS appeal over WorldTour licence, UCI ruling overturned". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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