2012 Team Katusha season

2012 Team Katusha season
Manager Hans-Michael Holczer
One-day victories 5
Stage race overall victories 1
Stage race stage victories 21
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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.

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]

Rider Date of birth
 Maxim Belkov (RUS) (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 26)
 Pavel Brutt (RUS) (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 29)
 Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) (1980-08-15)15 August 1980 (aged 31)
 Xavier Florencio (ESP) (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 32)
 Óscar Freire (ESP) (1976-02-15)15 February 1976 (aged 35)
 Denis Galimzyanov[N 1] (RUS) (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 24)
 Vladimir Gusev (RUS) (1982-07-04)4 July 1982 (aged 29)
 Marco Haller (AUT) (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 20)
 Joan Horrach (ESP) (1974-03-27)27 March 1974 (aged 37)
 Petr Ignatenko (RUS) (1987-09-27)27 September 1987 (aged 24)
 Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS) (1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 26)
 Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 25)
 Alexandr Kolobnev[N 2] (RUS) (1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 30)
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 24)
 Timofey Kritsky (RUS) (1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 24)
 Aleksandr Kuschynski (BLR) (1979-10-27)27 October 1979 (aged 32)
Rider Date of birth
 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov[N 3] (RUS) (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 22)
 Alberto Losada (ESP) (1982-02-28)28 February 1982 (aged 29)
 Denis Menchov (RUS) (1978-01-25)25 January 1978 (aged 33)
 Daniel Moreno (ESP) (1981-09-05)5 September 1981 (aged 30)
 Luca Paolini (ITA) (1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 34)
 Alexander Porsev (RUS) (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 (aged 25)
 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 32)
 Rüdiger Selig (GER) (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 22)
 Gatis Smukulis (LAT) (1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 24)
 Simon Špilak (SLO) (1986-06-23)23 June 1986 (aged 25)
 Yuri Trofimov (RUS) (1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 27)
 Alexei Tsatevich (RUS) (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 22)
 Maxime Vantomme (BEL) (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 25)
 Ángel Vicioso (ESP) (1977-04-13)13 April 1977 (aged 34)
 Eduard Vorganov (RUS) (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 29)
 Anton Vorobev[N 4] (RUS) (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 21)
 Ilnur Zakarin[N 5] (RUS) (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 22)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
20 January Tour Down Under, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Óscar Freire (ESP)  Australia Tanunda
22 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Óscar Freire (ESP)  Spain Las Gabias
23 February Vuelta a Andalucía, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Spain La Guardia de Jaén
12 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Italy Offida
29 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3a UCI Europe Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Belgium De Panne
29 March Three Days of De Panne, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Belgium
31 March Volta Limburg Classic UCI Europe Tour  Pavel Brutt (RUS)  Netherlands Eijsden
31 March GP Miguel Indurain UCI Europe Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Spain Estella
3 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS)  France Riaillé
5 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Spain Bera
6 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Spain Oñati
7 April Tour of the Basque Country, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 6]  Spain
18 April La Flèche Wallonne UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Belgium Huy
29 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Sprints classification UCI Europe Tour  Maxim Belkov (RUS)  Turkey
29 April Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Petr Ignatenko (RUS)  Switzerland
29 April Tour de Romandie, Sprints classification UCI World Tour  Petr Ignatenko (RUS)  Switzerland
15 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 10 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Italy Assisi
19 May Heistse Pijl National event  Maxime Vantomme (BEL)  Belgium Heist-op-den-Berg
23 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 17 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo
27 May Giro d'Italia, Points classification UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Italy
5 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 2 UCI World Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  France Saint-Félicien
10 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  France Châtel
13 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Vladimir Isaichev (RUS)  Switzerland Gansingen
1 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Spain Ojo Guareña
2 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Spain Burgos
5 August Vuelta a Burgos, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Spain
5 August Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Daniel Moreno (ESP)  Spain
23 August Vuelta a España, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Spain Jaca
25 August Danmark Rundt, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Denmark Odense
26 August Danmark Rundt, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Denmark
30 August Vuelta a España, Stage 12 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Spain Mirador de Ézaro
1 September World Ports Classic, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) [N 7]
1 September Vuelta a España, Stage 14 UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Spain Puerto de Ancares
8 September Vuelta a España, Stage 20 UCI World Tour  Denis Menchov (RUS)  Spain Bola del Mundo
29 September Giro di Lombardia UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)  Italy Lecco
12 October Tour of Beijing, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Marco Haller (AUT)  China Chang Ping
13 October UCI World Tour UCI World Tour  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Galimzyanov was suspended from the team on 16 April, after testing positive for EPO in an out-of-competition drugs test in March.[4]
  2. ^ Kolobnev joined the team on 28 March.[5]
  3. ^ Kuznetsov joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[3]
  4. ^ Vorobev joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[3]
  5. ^ Zakarin joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[3]
  6. ^ The riders on the squad were Joaquim Rodríguez, Daniel Moreno, Simon Špilak, Giampaolo Caruso, Eduard Vorganov, Yuri Trofimov, Ángel Vicioso and Alberto Losada
  7. ^ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.

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