2015 Team Katusha season

Team Katusha
Team Katusha
2015 season
UCI code	KAT
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Vyacheslav Ekimov
Main sponsor(s)	Gazprom & Itera & Rostec
Based	Russia
Bicycles	Canyon
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	6
Stage race overall	5
Stage race stages	26
National Championships	3

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 roster

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)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season

Rider	2014 team
Sven Erik Bystrøm	neo-pro (Team Øster Hus-Ridley)
Jacopo Guarnieri^[1]	Astana
Sergey Lagutin^[2]	RusVelo
Tiago Machado^[3]	NetApp–Endura
Ilnur Zakarin^[2]	RusVelo

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season

Rider	2015 team
Pavel Brutt^[4]	Tinkoff–Saxo
Vladimir Gusev	Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
Petr Ignatenko	RusVelo
Mikhail Ignatiev
Aleksandr Kuschynski	Minsk
Alexander Rybakov	RusVelo

Season victories

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
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
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

Date	Discipline	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