2012 Team Katusha season
The 2012 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
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Manager | Hans-Michael Holczer | ||
One-day victories | 5 | ||
Stage race overall victories | 1 | ||
Stage race stage victories | 21 | ||
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The team experienced a managerial change, as Andrei Tchmil left the post at the end of the 2011 season,[1] with the intent to take a higher role within European cycling. He was replaced by former Gerolsteiner boss Hans-Michael Holczer.[2]
2012 roster
Ages as of 1 January 2012.[3]
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Season victories
Footnotes
- Galimzyanov was suspended from the team on 16 April, after testing positive for EPO in an out-of-competition drugs test in March.[4]
- Kolobnev joined the team on 28 March.[5]
- Kuznetsov joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[3]
- Vorobev joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[3]
- Zakarin joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[3]
- The riders on the squad were Joaquim Rodríguez, Daniel Moreno, Simon Špilak, Giampaolo Caruso, Eduard Vorganov, Yuri Trofimov, Ángel Vicioso and Alberto Losada
- Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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References
- "Holczer announced as Katusha General Manager". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Brown, Gregor (16 September 2011). "Tchmil going for UCI presidency". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Katusha Team (KAT) - RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- Stokes, Shane (16 April 2012). "Denis Galimzyanov provisionally suspended over EPO A sample positive". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- "Alexander Kolobnev joins Katusha Team". Team Katusha. Katusha Management SA. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- Stokes, Shane (26 October 2011). "Katusha Team confirms its eleven new signings for 2012 season". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Kristoff signs for Katusha". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Westemeyer, Susan (19 October 2011). "Zabel joins Katusha as sprint coach". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Fotheringham, Alasdair (20 October 2011). "Oscar Freire delays retirement with Katusha deal". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Brown, Gregor (10 November 2011). "Last of HTC's riders secures contract". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Russian Menchov joins Katusha". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. Reuters. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons". astana.lu. Astana. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Westemeyer, Susan (19 September 2011). "Pozzato joins Farnese Vini, Paulinho moves to Saxo Bank". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Di Luca confirms Acqua & Sapone for 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Karpets to Movistar, Bruseghin extends". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Hoste joins Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's for 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Pliuschin team leader at Leopard Trek Continental". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- "Transferts 2011-2012" [Transfers 2011-2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- Fotheringham, Alasdair (3 January 2012). "Six-times Russian national champion Ivanov retires". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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