2015 RusVelo season

Cycling team season
RusVelo
2015 season
UCI codeRVL
StatusUCI Professional Continental
ManagerRenat Khamidulin
Main sponsor(s)Gazprom & Itera & Rostec
BasedRussia
BicyclesColnago
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race overall2
Stage race stages6
National Championships1
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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) (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30)
 Ivan Balykin (RUS) (1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 33)
 Igor Boev (RUS) (1988-11-22) 22 November 1988 (age 35)
 Artur Ershov (RUS) (1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34)
 Alexander Evtushenko (RUS) (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 30)
 Sergey Firsanov (RUS) (1982-07-03) 3 July 1982 (age 41)
 Alexander Foliforov (RUS) (1992-03-08) 8 March 1992 (age 32)
 Petr Ignatenko (RUS) (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 36)
 Aleksandr Komin (RUS) (1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Roman Kustadinchev (RUS) (1995-08-03) 3 August 1995 (age 28)
 Roman Maikin (RUS) (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 33)
 Artem Nych (RUS) (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)
 Artem Ovechkin (RUS) (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 37)
 Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS) (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35)
 Alexander Rybakov (RUS) (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36)
 Alexander Serov (RUS) (1982-11-12) 12 November 1982 (age 41)
 Andrey Solomennikov (RUS) (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37)
 Mamyr Stash (RUS) (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31)
Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season
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)
Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season
Rider 2015 team
Serguei Klimov
Leonid Krasnov
Timofey Kritsky
Sergey Lagutin[1] 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 [N 1]  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 [N 2]  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

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

References

  1. ^ "Team Katusha signs with Ilnur Zakarin and Sergey Lagutin" (Press release). Team Katusha. 30 September 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.

External links

  • 2015 RusVelo season at ProCyclingStats
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