Team Katusha
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| UCI code | KAT |
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| Registered | Russia (2009–2016) Switzerland (2017–) |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Status |
UCI ProTeam (2009–2012) UCI Professional Continental (Jan 2013–Feb 2013) UCI WorldTeam (2013–) |
| Bicycles | Canyon |
| Components | SRAM |
| Website | Team home page |
| General manager | José Azevedo |
| 2009–2016 2017– |
Team Katusha Katusha–Alpecin |
Katusha–Alpecin (Russian: Катюша, UCI team code: KAT) is a Swiss road bicycle racing team which competes using Canyon bikes. The team was created in 2008 by Igor Makarov within the framework of the previously established Russian Global Cycling Project, which was intended to help cycling in Russia to move to a qualitatively new level. In 2017 the team took an international direction, still supported by Igor Makarov’s company ARETI International Group, clothing company Katusha Sports and German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin. The team has competed as a UCI ProTeam/WorldTour team since 2009. Joaquim Rodríguez, Alexander Kristoff, Daniel Moreno, Simon Špilak, Filippo Pozzato, Luca Paolini, Inur Zakarin and Tony Martin were responsible for its biggest successes.
The cycling project was launched in the very end of 2008, when on December 22 a Team Katusha was launched in Moscow. The team was practically organised by the Russian Global Cycling Project foundation, which itself is funded by Russian businesses such as Gazprom, Itera and Rostechnologii.
The team was launched with a large budget of over €15 million. In its first official season it signed leading cyclists such as Robbie McEwen, Vladimir Karpets, Filippo Pozzato, and Gert Steegmans. The team first raced at the 2009 Tour Down Under.
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