The 2015 Katusha team.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Preparing for a team ride in Spain(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Preparing for a team ride in Spain(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Daniel Moreno(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Joaquin Rodriguez(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Viacheslav Kuznetsov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kristoff(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kristoff(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Marco Haller(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jacopo Guarnieri(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha will be on Canyon bikes in 2015.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha train in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2015 Katusha team.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Preparing for a team ride in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Preparing for a team ride in Spain.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Angel Vicioso(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alberto Losada(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Porsev(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sergey Lagutin(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Simon Spilak(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Giampaolo Caruso(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Anton Vorobyev(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tiago Machado(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dmitry Kozontchuk(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Maxim Belkov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vladimir Isaichev(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Yury Trofimov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pavel Kochetkov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexey Tsatevitch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gatis Smukulis(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sven Erik Bystrom(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kolobnev(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Luca Paolini(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rudiger Selig(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rudiger Selig(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Egor Silin(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ilnur Zakarin(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Eduard Vorganov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sergei Chernetski(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Katusha will focus throughout their seventh WorldTour season on bringing in the results that will help Russia field a full team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Katusha will also continue to seek results in the Classics and the Grand Tours as well as other stage races.
“The Katusha roster has been strengthened significantly, and I am sure we can realize our plans,” said General Manager Viacheslav Ekimov.
Team Katusha's 2015 roster includes Russians Maxim Belkov, Sergei Chernetckii, Vladimir Isaychev, Pavel Kochetkov, Alexander Kolobnev, Dmitriy Kozonchuk, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Sergey Lagutin, Aleksandr Porsev, Egor Silin, Iurii Trofimov, Alexey Tsatevich, Eduard Vorganov, Anton Vorobyev, Ilnur Zakarin.
Katusha's Spanish riders are Joaquim Rodriguez, Daniel Moreno, Angel Vicioso and Alberto Losada. Jacopo Guarnieri, Giampaolo Caruso, Luca Paolini represent Italy on the team, while both Kristoff and Sven Erik Bystrøm are from Norway. The team also includes Tiago Machado of Portugal, Gatis Smukulis of Latvia, Simon Špilak of Slovenia, Rüdiger Selig of Germany and Marco Haller of Austria.
Sports directors for the 2015 team are José Azevedo, Dmitry Konyshev, Torsten Schmidt, Gennady Mikhaylov, Claudio Cozzi and Xavier Florencio.
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