Katusha

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The victory by Alexander Kristoff in 2015 proved to be nothing less than a watershed moment.

Katusha's Merino Jacket is stylish, warm, and comfortable enough to make me consider breaking my 5-degree-celsius riding rule. Sorry (not sorry), spin class.

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Things appear to be strained between the Norwegian sprinter and his Swiss-registered squad.

Alpecin co-sponsors Katusha team, which is a good thing for Russian cycling and an even better thing for Alexander Kristoff's hair.

Katusha adds reigning under-23 world TT champ Mads Würtz Schmidt for the next two years

German time trial ace Tony Martin will join the Russian Katusha team for 2017. The 31-year-old is a three-time world TT champion.

Team Katusha hasn't had the best start to the Tour. Van den Broeck is out, Rodriguez has lost time, and Kristoff hasn't been sprinting well.

Katusha yanks Alexey Tsatevich from the Giro after the Russian drafts another rider in the stage 9 time trial.

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Team Katusha has announced that it will pull out of the Movement For Credible Cycling (MPCC) due to a “duality of rules.”

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The UCI says Luca Paolini was taking cocaine last year for recreational use, not to gain a competitive advantage.

Alexander Kristoff hopes his team's doping problems don't upend his season

Luca Paolini blames an addiction to sleeping pills for his use of cocaine, for which he tested positive during the Tour de France

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Veteran racer Michael Morkov will serve as one of Alexander Kristof's lieutenants next season.

Katusha hopes to ride its flashy new team kit to fresh horizons in 2016

Katusha unveils a new look for 2016 from the team training camp in Calpe, Spain

Katusha will switch from Shimano to SRAM eTap for the 2016 race season.

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The UCI confirms Wednesday it will not seek to suspend Katusha following Caruso's EPO positive from 2012.

UCI re-tests 2012 sample with new scientific method, finds EPO in Caruso's system following Paris-Nice that season.


After winning two stages in the Tour de France, Joaquim Rodríguez will attempt to ride onto the podium in Spain.

Joaquim Rodríguez and Katusha announced on the Tour’s second rest day that the Spanish rider has extended his contract through 2016.

Astana and Katusha say they didn't know Alberto Contador flatted leading into a decisive climb in Tuesday's stage 16

Giro leader Alberto Contador overcomes flat tire and surprise attack from Astana, Katusha to blast up Mortirolo and extend GC advantage

Four WorldTour teams confirmed for the Canadian stage race which is looking more and more like a tune-up for world championships in Richmond

One report says the deal is potentially worth more than $5 million over two years

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The sleek aero road bike that Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) will ride at the Tour of Flanders

Russian outfit is brimming with confidence after Paolini's win at Gent-Wevelgem, and Kristoff's pair of wins at De Panne this week

Katusha officials confirm that the 2015 team budget is 'guaranteed,' but team owner Makarov suggests changes could be coming in 2016

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The 2015 Katusha team gathered in Calpe, Spain to show off the new livery and enjoy some sunshine

The official presentation of the 2015 Russian WorldTour Team Katusha was held in the Spanish town of Calpe

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Katusha has two Canyon frames at its disposal, one for the high mountains and one for everything else

The Spaniard made a speedy recovery from his Giro d’Italia crash and will hunt for stage wins in the French grand tour

The six-time green jersey winner has worked for the Russian outfit since 2012

Norwegian rider has seven wins since joining Katusha in 2012, and finished second in the opening stage at this year's Tour

Russian squad sets nine-man Tour de France roster aimed at support "Purito" on the flats and in the mountains

Rodriguez has only raced in one Tour de France (2010), in which he won a stage and finished seventh in the GC

We get up close with the Giro leader's custom steed, fogged up SRM unit and all

Hans-Michael Holczer is back working for the team in a consulting role

Swiss-based team comments about possibly missing out on a Tour de France bid and rumors that it will sign Fabian Cancellara for 2014

Spanish domestique steps into the spotlight after Katusha gives him the reins in midweek climbers' classic

With another doping case, this time for experimental drug GW1516, Russia's professionals are facing bad news

Ex-Armstrong teammate Viatcheslav Ekimov, now Katusha's team boss, refuses comment on claims he doped

Ekimov tells us that media reports citing Vicioso whereabouts questions for suspension are untrue

ASO expands weeklong stage races to accommodate Katusha, will not follow suit with the Tour de France

Russian squad's CAS appeal sees WorldTour balloon to 19 teams in 2013

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"I don't want that another team has to go through what we've been through," says the world No. 1

Now that CAS has weighed in on Katusha's behalf the sport awaits UCI's decision

Russian squad awaits Friday CAS ruling and the expected fall-out

Joaquim Rodríguez says he is focused on the classics and may stick it out with Katusha if CAS rules against the Russian squad this week

High sporting court will rule on Russian squad's licensing case next week

As the Katusha battle hits CAS this week, where will Joaquim Rodríguez land, assuming it's not with the Russian team?

The team has burned through three general managers in four years and seen four riders test positive

Russian team listed on UCI website as Pro Continental

Russian squad applies for Pro Continental license, acceptance in Movement for a Credible Cycling

CAS fails to give Katusha temporary WorldTour slot, but says it will rule on license appeal soon

RusVelo granted second division license after UCI review; impact on Kastusha unknown at this point

Lawyers for the WorldTour champion press to force Joaquim Rodríguez's exit from embattled Katusha

Giro organizers meet this week to discuss four remaining invitations, but Katusha licensing case makes a decision difficult

WorldTour champion says he will leave his Russia-backed team if it does not secure a ProTeam license in an appeal to CAS

Russian team boss speaks at bitter team presentation

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The UCI points toward string of doping positives, Kolobnev's alleged 2010 Liège deal and the appointment of Ekimov

The Russian squad says it wants answers about the UCI License Commission's "inexplicable decision" to deny it a WorldTour berth

The Russian Katusha team is planning to appeal its exclusion from the WorldTour to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Russian Katusha team of Joaquim Rodríguez released a stern statement that it would “defend its interests”, including taking the UCI to court

Rodríguez has little time and even less leverage to cut a deal for himself and his Spanish comrades

The UCI has granted Argos-Shimano a WorldTour license, while renewing Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank and dropping Katusha

Rodriguez smells opportunity in next year's mountainous Tour and wants to add a yellow jersey to his grand-tour wardrobe

Italian investigators are expected to file charges soon in broad doping case involving Michele Ferrari, RadioShack-Nissan, Astana, Lampre, Katusha and others