# 2015 RusVelo season

The 2015 season for the RusVelo cycling team began in January at the Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

## 2015 roster

| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Ildar Arslanov (RUS) | Ildar Arslanov (RUS) | (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30) |
| Ivan Balykin (RUS) | Ivan Balykin (RUS) | (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 33) |
| Igor Boev (RUS) | Igor Boev (RUS) | (1988-11-22) 22 November 1988 (age 35) |
| Artur Ershov (RUS) | Artur Ershov (RUS) | (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34) |
| Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) | Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) | (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31) |
| Sergey Firsanov (RUS) | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) | (1982-07-03) 3 July 1982 (age 42) |
| Alexander Foliforov (RUS) | Alexander Foliforov (RUS) | (1992-03-08) 8 March 1992 (age 32) |
| Petr Ignatenko (RUS) | Petr Ignatenko (RUS) | (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 37) |
| Aleksandr Komin (RUS) | Aleksandr Komin (RUS) | (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Roman Kustadinchev (RUS) | Roman Kustadinchev (RUS) | (1995-08-03) 3 August 1995 (age 29) |
| Roman Maikin (RUS) | Roman Maikin (RUS) | (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34) |
| Artem Nych (RUS) | Artem Nych (RUS) | (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29) |
| Artem Ovechkin (RUS) | Artem Ovechkin (RUS) | (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 38) |
| Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) | (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35) |
| Alexander Rybakov (RUS) | Alexander Rybakov (RUS) | (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36) |
| Alexander Serov (RUS) | Alexander Serov (RUS) | (1982-11-12) 12 November 1982 (age 41) |
| Andrey Solomennikov (RUS) | Andrey Solomennikov (RUS) | (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37) |
| Mamyr Stash (RUS) | Mamyr Stash (RUS) | (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31) |
| Rider | 2014 team |
| Ildar Arslanov | neo-pro (Itera-Katusha) |
| Alexander Evtushenko | neo-pro (Russian Helicopters) |
| Alexander Foliforov | neo-pro (Itera-Katusha) |
| Petr Ignatenko | Team Katusha |
| Aleksandr Komin | neo-pro (Russian Helicopters) |
| Roman Kustadinchev | neo-pro (Russian Helicopters) |
| Artem Nych | neo-pro (Russian Helicopters) |
| Alexander Rybakov | Team Katusha |
| Mamyr Stash | neo-pro (Itera-Katusha) |
| Rider | 2015 team |
| Serguei Klimov | |
| Leonid Krasnov | |
| Timofey Kritsky | |
| Sergey Lagutin | Team Katusha |
| Sergey Pomoshnikov | Itera–Katusha |
| Gennady Tatarinov | |
| Ilnur Zakarin | Team Katusha |

## Season victories

| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
| 18 March | Grand Prix of Sochi Mayor | UCI Europe Tour | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) | Russia | Sochi |
| 22 March | Grand Prix of Sochi, Stage 4 | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Foliforov (RUS) | Russia | Mount Akhun |
| 22 March | Grand Prix of Sochi, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Alexander Foliforov (RUS) | Russia | |
| 22 March | Grand Prix of Sochi, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Russia | |
| 1 April | Krasnodar–Anapa | UCI Europe Tour | Andrey Solomennikov (RUS) | Russia | Anapa |
| 5 April | Tour of Kuban, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | Roman Maikin (RUS) | Russia | Krasnodar |
| 5 April | Tour of Kuban, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | Roman Maikin (RUS) | Russia | |
| 15 April | Maykop–Ulyap–Maykop | UCI Europe Tour | Ivan Balykin (RUS) | Russia | Maykop |
| 18 April | Grand Prix of Adygeya, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) | Russia | Guzeripl |
| 19 April | Grand Prix of Adygeya, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) | Russia | |
| 9 May | Five Rings of Moscow, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | | Russia | |
| 10 May | Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) | Azerbaijan | Baku |
| 18 June | Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | Artem Ovechkin (RUS) | Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| 8 July | Tour of Qinghai Lake, Stage 4 | UCI Asia Tour | Ivan Savitskiy (RUS) | China | Gangca County |

## National, Continental and World champions 2015

| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Rider | Country | Location |
| 26 June | Russian National Time Trial Champion | | Artem Ovechkin (RUS) | Russia | Saransk |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The riders on the squad were Sergey Firsanov, Ivan Balykin, Alexander Foliforov, Artem Nych, Artem Ovechkin and Andrey Solomennikov
* ↑ The riders on the squad were Ivan Balykin, Igor Boev, Roman Maikin, Artem Nych, Alexander Rybakov and Andrey Solomennikov