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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]
Ages as of 1 January 2012.[ 3]
Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season
Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season
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 )
^ Galimzyanov was suspended from the team on 16 April, after testing positive for EPO in an out-of-competition drugs test in March.[ 4]
^ Kolobnev joined the team on 28 March.[ 5]
^ Kuznetsov joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[ 3]
^ Vorobev joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[ 3]
^ Zakarin joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Itera-Katusha.[ 3]
^ The riders on the squad were Joaquim Rodríguez , Daniel Moreno , Simon Špilak , Giampaolo Caruso , Eduard Vorganov , Yuri Trofimov , Ángel Vicioso and Alberto Losada
^ Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
^ "Holczer announced as Katusha General Manager" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Brown, Gregor (16 September 2011). "Tchmil going for UCI presidency" . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ a b c d "Katusha Team (KAT) - RUS" . UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 7 August 2012 .
^ Stokes, Shane (16 April 2012). "Denis Galimzyanov provisionally suspended over EPO A sample positive" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 29 June 2012 .
^ "Alexander Kolobnev joins Katusha Team" . Team Katusha . Katusha Management SA. 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012 .
^ a b c d e f Stokes, Shane (26 October 2011). "Katusha Team confirms its eleven new signings for 2012 season" . VeloNation . VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Kristoff signs for Katusha" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ a b Westemeyer, Susan (19 October 2011). "Zabel joins Katusha as sprint coach" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (20 October 2011). "Oscar Freire delays retirement with Katusha deal" . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Brown, Gregor (10 November 2011). "Last of HTC's riders secures contract" . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Russian Menchov joins Katusha" . Yahoo! Eurosport . TF1 Group . Reuters . 12 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF . 2 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons" . astana.lu . Astana . 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Westemeyer, Susan (19 September 2011). "Pozzato joins Farnese Vini, Paulinho moves to Saxo Bank" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Di Luca confirms Acqua & Sapone for 2012" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Karpets to Movistar, Bruseghin extends" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Hoste joins Accent.jobs-Willems Veranda's for 2012" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ "Pliuschin team leader at Leopard Trek Continental" . Cycling News . Future Publishing Limited. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ a b c d "Transferts 2011-2012" [Transfers 2011-2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .
^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (3 January 2012). "Six-times Russian national champion Ivanov retires" . Cycling Weekly . IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 17 January 2012 .