2016 Team Katusha season

Team Katusha
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 overall	1
Stage race stages	19
National Championships	2

The 2016 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were 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)
Alexander Maes^{[N 1]} (BEL)		(1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 22)
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)
Alexey 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)

^ Maes joined the team on 9 August as a stagiaire, from Home Solution-Anmapa-Soenens.

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	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Qatar	Doha
11 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Qatar	Madinat ash Shamal
12 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 5	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Qatar	Doha Corniche
12 February	Tour of Qatar, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Qatar
18 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Oman	Naseem Park
21 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 6	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander 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	Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)	France	La Madone d'Utelle
27 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Alexey Tsatevich (RUS)	Spain	Barcelona
29 March	Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Belgium	Zottegem
31 March	Three Days of De Panne, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Belgium
6 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2b	UCI Europe Tour	Anton Vorobyev (RUS)	France	Angers
7 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Anton Vorobyev (RUS)	France	Pré-en-Pail
8 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Anton Vorobyev (RUS)	France
8 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Anton Vorobyev (RUS)	France
1 May	Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Germany	Frankfurt
21 May	Tour of California, Stage 7	UCI America Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	United States	Santa Rosa
28 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 20	UCI World Tour	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Italy	Sant'Anna di Vinadio
17 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Slovenia	Golte
19 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Porsev (RUS)	Slovenia	Novo mesto
19 June	Tour of Slovenia, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Slovenia
19 June	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 2]}	Switzerland
20 July	Tour de France, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	Ilnur Zakarin (RUS)	Switzerland	Finhaut-Émosson
6 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Matvey Mamykin (RUS)	Spain
11 August	Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway	Rognan
1 September	Tour des Fjords, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway	Odda
2 September	Tour des Fjords, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway	Suldalsosen
4 September	Tour des Fjords, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway	Stavanger
4 September	Tour des Fjords, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway
4 September	Tour des Fjords, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
24 June	Russian National Time Trial Champion		Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS)	Russia	Sevastopol
26 June	Russian National Road Race Champion		Pavel Kochetkov (RUS)	Russia	Sevastopol

Footnotes

^ The riders on the squad were Tiago Machado, Joaquim Rodríguez, Sergey Lagutin, Alberto Losada, Matvey Mamykin, Rein Taaramäe, Anton Vorobyev and Ilnur Zakarin
^ The riders on the squad were Simon Špilak, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Sergey Chernetskiy, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Sergey Lagutin, Tiago Machado, Matvey Mamykin and Jhonatan Restrepo

References

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

External links

2016 Team Katusha season at ProCyclingStats

[1] Maes joined the team on 9 August as a stagiaire, from Home Solution-Anmapa-Soenens.

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

[11] The riders on the squad were Simon Špilak, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Sergey Chernetskiy, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Sergey Lagutin, Tiago Machado, Matvey Mamykin and Jhonatan Restrepo

[transfers-2] "Team Katusha (transfers)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[3] "Mørkøv signs for Katusha at the request of Kristoff". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[4] "Jurgen Van den Broeck and Nils Politt join Team Katusha" (Press release). Team Katusha. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[5] Clarke, Stuart (11 September 2015). "Transfers: Van Den Broeck joins Katusha; Mezgec to Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[6] "Giampaolo Caruso returns positive EPO test". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[7] "Dani Moreno joins Movistar for 2016". cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[8] "News Shorts: Bora-Argon 18 sign Rüdiger Selig from Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[9] "Paolini informed of cocaine positive at Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.