Team Katusha Alpecin
Team Katusha Alpecin | |
Team data | |
UCI code | TKA |
nationality | Switzerland |
License | UCI WorldTeam |
operator | Katusha Management SA |
First season | 2009 |
Last season | 2019 |
discipline | Street |
Wheel manufacturer | Canyon |
General manager | José Azevedo |
Sportl. ladder |
Claudio Cozzi Xavier Florencio Dmitri Konyshev Gennadi Michailow Torsten Schmidt |
Name story | |
Years | Surname |
2009–2010 2011–2012 2013 2014–2016 2017–2019 |
Team Katusha Katusha Team Katusha Team Katusha Team Katusha-Alpecin |
Website | |
https://teamkatushaalpecin.com/ |
The Katusha Alpecin team ( Russian Катюша , after German transcription and phonetics : Katjuscha ) was a Russian - Swiss cycling team based in Geneva .
organization
In 2009 a new cycling team called Team Katusha was founded on the basis of Team Tinkoff Credit Systems , which received a ProTeam license of the highest category for cycling teams. In addition to the professional team, Katusha also includes other cycling teams for track , cyclocross , women's cycling and the farm teams Katusha Continental Team and Itera-Katusha . According to its own account, the name is supposed to bring the project into connection with Russia worldwide . It remains unclear whether it also refers to the Katyusha rocket launcher or the Katyusha song . One of the team's sponsors is apparel manufacturer Katusha Sports ; not to be confused with that of the operating company of the Katusha Management team .
The team is part of the Russian Global Cycling Project , which was founded in 2008 and is sponsored by the Russian companies Gazprom , Itera , Rostechnologii (today: Rostec ) and Rosneft and had a Russian license until the 2016 season . These were mediated by Vladimir Putin .
The German Hans-Michael Holczer was the successor to Andrej Tschmil as General Manager of the Swiss operating company Katusha Management SA from January 2012 . In early October 2012, he left the team despite a 3-year contract and was replaced on October 8, 2012 by Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Yekimov .
The team, burdened by various doping cases and suspicious personnel, initially did not receive a ProTeam license from the UCI World Cycling Federation for the 2013 season . After the World Sports Court CAS rejected the granting of a provisional license in an urgent procedure, Katusha applied for a license as a Professional Continental Team in order to be able to participate in international cycling races at all until the main decision of the CAS. The corresponding license was granted on January 15, 2013. On February 15, 2013, the CAS decided in the main proceedings that the Katusha team should be granted the World Tour license.
On January 16, 2016, team member Eduard Worganow tested positive for the cardiovascular drug Meldonium , which has been on the list of prohibited drugs since January 1, 2016. It is currently being marketed in the Baltic states and Russia; in Germany, for example, it is not approved. He was suspended by the team with immediate effect. However, since this was the team's second doping case within twelve months (after Luca Paolini at the 2015 Tour de France ), there was a threat of a ban of between 15 and 45 days. Since Paolini's offense did not serve to improve performance, the UCI Disciplinary Commission refrained from a ban. The team then withdrew from the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible (MPCC), whose rules would have provided the team with self-suspension. The MPCC then declared the team's membership, like the membership of other teams, for opportunistic reasons, in particular because of licensing problems.
For the 2017 season, Alpecin , which previously co-financed the Giant-Alpecin team , was added as a second name sponsor. The team should be more international and was no longer registered under Russian, but Swiss nationality with the UCI. In the course of this restructuring, the Russian General Manager Vyacheslav Yekimov was replaced by the Portuguese José Azevedo .
After the bike outfitters Canyon and Alpecin announced in the course of the 2019 season that they would end the sponsorship of the team at the end of the year, the team management tried to continue the operation of the team through mergers with other teams in 2021. After talks with Arkéa-Samsic and Corendon-Circus failed, it was announced at the beginning of October that the owners of the Israel Cycling Academy team would take over the operating company Katusha Management and thus the WorldTour license and the existing contracts. The team manager of the Israel Cycling Academy, Kjell Carlström will take over this position from José Azevedo. The sportswear manufacturer Katusha Sports remains one of the team's sponsors.
Season 2019
Success in the UCI WorldTour
date | run | winner |
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May 24th | 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia | Ilnur Sakarin |
Success in the UCI Europe Tour
date | run | Cat. | winner |
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3 February | Trofeo Palma | 1.1 | Marcel Kittel |
May 3rd | 2nd stage Tour de Yorkshire | 2.HC | Rick Zabel |
National road cycling champions
date | run | winner |
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June 27th | British Championship - Individual Time Trial | Alex Dowsett |
June 28th | Portuguese Championship - Individual Time Trial | José Gonçalves |
team
Team roster | |||
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Surname | Date of birth | country | Previous team |
Enrico Battaglin | November 17, 1989 | Italy | LottoNL-Jumbo (2018) |
Jenthe Biermans | October 30, 1995 | Belgium | SEG Racing Academy (2016) |
Ian Boswell | February 7, 1991 | United States | Sky (2017) |
Steff Cras | February 13, 1996 | Belgium | BMC Development (2017) |
Jens Debusschere | August 28, 1989 | Belgium | Lotto-Soudal (2018) |
Alex Dowsett | 3rd October 1988 | United Kingdom | Movistar (2017) |
Matteo Fabbro | April 10, 1995 | Italy | |
José Gonçalves | February 13, 1989 | Portugal | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (2016) |
Ruben Guerreiro | July 6, 1994 | Portugal | Trek-Segafredo (2018) |
Nathan Haas | March 12, 1989 | Australia | Dimension Data (2017) |
Marco Haller | April 1, 1991 | Austria | Adria Mobil (2011) |
Reto Hollenstein | August 22, 1985 | Switzerland | IAM (2016) |
Marcel Kittel | May 11, 1988 | Germany | Quick-Step Floors (2017) |
Pavel Kochetkov | March 7, 1986 | Russia | RusVelo (2013) |
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | June 24, 1989 | Russia | Itera-Katusha (2012) |
Daniel Navarro | July 18, 1983 | Spain | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (2018) |
Nils Politt | March 6, 1994 | Germany | Stölting (2015) |
Willie Smit | December 29, 1992 | South Africa | |
Simon Špilak | June 23, 1986 | Slovenia | Lampre-ISD (2011) |
Dmitri Strachow | May 17, 1995 | Russia | |
Harry Tanfield | 17th November 1994 | United Kingdom | Canyon Iceberg (2018) |
Mads Würtz Schmidt | March 31, 1994 | Denmark | Waoo (2016) |
Rick Zabel | 7th December 1993 | Germany | BMC Racing Team (2016) |
Ilnur Sakarin | September 15, 1989 | Russia | RusVelo (2014) |
Juri Hollmann(Aug 1 - Dec 31, stagiaire, note ) | August 30, 1999 | Germany | |
Source: UCI |
Note: Juri Hollmann , Stagiaire
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI Europe Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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2007 | 6th | Mikhail Ignatiev (11.) |
2008 | 31. | Wassil Kiryenka (92nd) |
UCI World Calendar
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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2009 | 10. | Sergei Ivanov (27.) |
2010 | 5. | Joaquim Rodríguez (1st) |
UCI WorldTour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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2011 | 12. | Joaquim Rodríguez (4th) |
2012 | 2. | Joaquim Rodríguez (1st) |
2013 | 3. | Joaquim Rodríguez (1st) |
2014 | 6th | Alexander Kristoff (8th) |
2015 | 2. | Joaquim Rodríguez (2nd) |
2016 | 6th | Ilnur Sakarin (13th) |
2017 | 11. | Alexander Kristoff (14.) |
2018 | 17th | Nathan Haas (74th) |
UCI World Ranking
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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2019 | 23. | Nils Politt (40th) |
References and comments
- ↑ The Lemma Katusha follows the self-naming of the team in Latin script, the name of the Swiss operating company Katusha Management SA and the registration with the World Cycling Association.
- ↑ live-radsport.ch, Katyusha presents itself to the public with a lot of celebrities
- ↑ a b Russian Global Cycling Project at www.katushateam.com , (English, Russian) accessed on October 11, 2013
- ↑ a b so z. B. Can You Love Katusha? inrng.com, November 28, 2015, accessed November 28, 2015 .
- ↑ a b KATUSHA 2020 - Team Katusha Alpecin. In: teamkatushaalpecin.com. October 4, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Cycling made in Russia. fdt.de, July 16, 2008, archived from the original on August 3, 2008 ; accessed on November 28, 2015 .
- ↑ Perfect! Holczer becomes team boss of Katjuscha on radsport-news.com v. September 15, 2011
- ↑ dpad: Holczer: Katusha experiment ended prematurely. cycling news, October 8, 2012, accessed October 8, 2012 .
- ↑ radsport-news.com from January 15, 2013: Katusha receives Professional Continental license
- ↑ radsport-news.com from February 15, 2013: http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_79851.htm
- ↑ radsport-news.com - Vorganov positive & # 150; Katusha must fear suspension. radsport-news.com, February 5, 2016, accessed February 5, 2016 .
- ↑ UCI does not issue a ban against Katusha. radsport-news.com, February 9, 2016, accessed March 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Shane Stokes: MPCC blasts teams who left organization, said they used anti-doping body for PR purposes. cyclingtips.com, March 4, 2016, accessed December 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Finally official: Katusha will become Katusha-Alpecin from 2017. radsport-News.com, October 11, 2016, accessed January 4, 2017 .
- ^ "Katusha-Alpecin will be the most German team in the WorldTour". radsport-News.com, October 11, 2016, accessed January 4, 2017 .
- ^ Israel Cycling Academy set to take over Katusha-Alpecin WorldTour license. In: cyclingweegkly.com. September 26, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Pat Malach: Israel Cycling Academy complete Katusha-Alpecin takeover. In: cyclingnews.com. October 2, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019 .
Web links
- Official website
- Team Katusha Alpecin in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Team Katusha Alpecin in the UCI database