# 2016 Team Katusha season

The 2016 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour Down Under. 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 29 March 2016
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Maxim Belkov (RUS) | Maxim Belkov (RUS) | (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 31) |
| Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) | Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) | (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 24) |
| Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) | Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) | (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 25) |
| Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) | Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) | (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 28) |
| Marco Haller (AUT) | Marco Haller (AUT) | (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (aged 24) |
| Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) | Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) | (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 29) |
| Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) | Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) | (1986-03-07)7 March 1986 (aged 30) |
| Dmitry Kozonchuk (RUS) | Dmitry Kozonchuk (RUS) | (1984-04-05)5 April 1984 (aged 31) |
| Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 28) |
| Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS) | (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 26) |
| Sergey Lagutin (RUS) | Sergey Lagutin (RUS) | (1981-01-14)14 January 1981 (aged 35) |
| Alberto Losada (ESP) | Alberto Losada (ESP) | (1982-02-28)28 February 1982 (aged 34) |
| Tiago Machado (POR) | Tiago Machado (POR) | (1985-10-18)18 October 1985 (aged 30) |
| Alexander Maes (BEL) | Alexander Maes (BEL) | (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 22) |
| Matvey Mamykin (RUS) | Matvey Mamykin (RUS) | (1994-10-31)31 October 1994 (aged 21) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Michael Mørkøv (DEN) | Michael Mørkøv (DEN) | (1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 30) |
| Nils Politt (GER) | Nils Politt (GER) | (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 22) |
| Alexander Porsev (RUS) | Alexander Porsev (RUS) | (1986-02-21)21 February 1986 (aged 30) |
| Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) | Jhonatan Restrepo (COL) | (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 21) |
| Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | (1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 36) |
| Egor Silin (RUS) | Egor Silin (RUS) | (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 27) |
| Simon Špilak (SLO) | Simon Špilak (SLO) | (1986-06-23)23 June 1986 (aged 29) |
| Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 28) |
| Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) | Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) | (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 26) |
| Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) | (1983-02-01)1 February 1983 (aged 33) |
| Ángel Vicioso (ESP) | Ángel Vicioso (ESP) | (1977-04-13)13 April 1977 (aged 38) |
| Eduard Vorganov (RUS) | Eduard Vorganov (RUS) | (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 33) |
| Anton Vorobyev (RUS) | Anton Vorobyev (RUS) | (1990-10-12)12 October 1990 (aged 25) |
| Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 26) |
* ↑ Maes joined the team on 9 August as a stagiaire, from Home Solution-Anmapa-Soenens.
Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season :
| Rider | 2015 team |
| Matvey Mamykin | Itera–Katusha |
| Michael Mørkøv | Tinkoff–Saxo |
| Nils Politt | Team Stölting |
| Jhonatan Restrepo | neo-pro (Coldeportes-Claro) |
| Rein Taaramäe | Astana |
| Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto–Soudal |
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season :
| Rider | 2016 team |
| Giampaolo Caruso | |
| Alexandr Kolobnev | Gazprom–RusVelo |
| Daniel Moreno | Movistar Team |
| Rüdiger Selig | Bora–Argon 18 |
| Luca Paolini | |
| Gatis Smukulis | Astana |
| Yuri Trofimov | Tinkoff |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 9 February | Tour of Qatar, Stage 2 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Qatar | Doha |
| 11 February | Tour of Qatar, Stage 4 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Qatar | Madinat ash Shamal |
| 12 February | Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Qatar | Doha Corniche |
| 12 February | Tour of Qatar, Points classification | UCI Asia Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Qatar | |
| 18 February | Tour of Oman, Stage 3 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Oman | Naseem Park |
| 21 February | Tour of Oman, Stage 6 | UCI Asia Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Oman | |
| 21 February | Volta ao Algarve, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Portugal | |
| 12 March | Paris–Nice, Stage 6 | UCI World Tour | Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | France | La Madone d'Utelle |
| 27 March | Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7 | UCI World Tour | Alexey Tsatevich (RUS) | Spain | Barcelona |
| 29 March | Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Belgium | Zottegem |
| 31 March | Three Days of De Panne, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Belgium | |
| 6 April | Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2b | UCI Europe Tour | Anton Vorobyev (RUS) | France | Angers |
| 7 April | Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Anton Vorobyev (RUS) | France | Pré-en-Pail |
| 8 April | Circuit de la Sarthe, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Anton Vorobyev (RUS) | France | |
| 8 April | Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification | UCI Europe Tour | Anton Vorobyev (RUS) | France | |
| 1 May | Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Germany | Frankfurt |
| 21 May | Tour of California, Stage 7 | UCI America Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | United States | Santa Rosa |
| 28 May | Giro d'Italia, Stage 20 | UCI World Tour | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Italy | Sant'Anna di Vinadio |
| 17 June | Tour of Slovenia, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Slovenia | Golte |
| 19 June | Tour of Slovenia, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Porsev (RUS) | Slovenia | Novo mesto |
| 19 June | Tour of Slovenia, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Slovenia | |
| 19 June | Tour de Suisse, Teams classification | UCI World Tour | | Switzerland | |
| 20 July | Tour de France, Stage 17 | UCI World Tour | Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | Switzerland | Finhaut-Émosson |
| 6 August | Vuelta a Burgos, Young rider classification | UCI Europe Tour | Matvey Mamykin (RUS) | Spain | |
| 11 August | Arctic Race of Norway, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Norway | Rognan |
| 1 September | Tour des Fjords, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Norway | Odda |
| 2 September | Tour des Fjords, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Norway | Suldalsosen |
| 4 September | Tour des Fjords, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Norway | Stavanger |
| 4 September | Tour des Fjords, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Norway | |
| 4 September | Tour des Fjords, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Norway | |

## National, Continental and World champions 2016

| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Rider | Country | Location |
| 24 June | Russian National Time Trial Champion | | Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) | Russia | Sevastopol |
| 26 June | Russian National Road Race Champion | | Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) | Russia | Sevastopol |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The riders on the squad were Tiago Machado, Joaquim Rodríguez, Sergey Lagutin, Alberto Losada, Matvey Mamykin, Rein Taaramäe, Anton Vorobyev and Ilnur Zakarin
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Simon Špilak, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Sergey Chernetskiy, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Sergey Lagutin, Tiago Machado, Matvey Mamykin and Jhonatan Restrepo