Team roster
- As of 1 January 2015
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| Team Katusha | |
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| 2015 season | |
| UCI code | KAT |
| Status | UCI ProTeam |
| Manager | Vyacheslav Ekimov |
| Main sponsor(s) | Gazprom & Itera & Rostec |
| Based | Russia |
| Bicycles | Canyon |
| Groupset | Shimano |
| Season victories | |
| One-day races | 6 |
| Stage race overall | 5 |
| Stage race stages | 26 |
| National Championships | 3 |
The 2015 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
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| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Rider | Country | Location |
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| 26 June | Latvian National Time Trial Champion |  |  Gatis Smukulis (LAT) | Latvia | Dobele |
| 28 June | Austrian National Road Race Champion |  |  Marco Haller (AUT) | Austria | Güssing |
| 28 June | Russian National Road Race Champion |  |  Yuri Trofimov (RUS) | Russia | Saransk |
Sergey Lagutin is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2018 for seven different teams, and represented both Russia and Uzbekistan in competition. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Team Novo Nordisk Development.
Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of the 2007 Paris–Nice and he is a two-time winner of the Russian National Road Race Championships. In 2011, he was provisionally suspended after testing positive for a potential drug masking agent. He was cleared of intentional doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February 2012, and returned to Team Katusha in March 2012.
Katusha–Alpecin was a Russian road bicycle racing team which competed at the UCI WorldTeam level using Canyon bikes. The team was created in 2008 by Igor Makarov, an ex-professional cyclist and entrepreneur. In 2017 the team took a broader international direction, still supported by Igor Makarov's company ARETI International Group, Swiss clothing company Katusha Sports and German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin. The team competed as a UCI ProTeam/WorldTour team between 2009 and 2019. Joaquim Rodríguez, Alexander Kristoff, Daniel Moreno, Simon Špilak, Filippo Pozzato, Luca Paolini, Ilnur Zakarin and Tony Martin are some of the most successful riders who rode for Katusha.
Tiago José Pinto Machado is a Portuguese former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2022 for seven different teams. He took three victories during his career – the 2009 Portuguese National Time Trial Championships, a stage at the 2010 Circuit de la Sarthe, and the general classification at the 2014 Tour of Slovenia.
Maxim Igorevich Belkov is a Russian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the ISD–NERI, Vacansoleil–DCM and Team Katusha–Alpecin squads.
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.
Gazprom–RusVelo, a part of the Russian Global Cycling Project and sponsored by Gazprom, is a Russian road and track cycling team that suspended its activities in 2022. It was founded in late 2011 and granted UCI Professional Continental status. For its first season 2012 the team signed several ex-Team Katusha riders along with a few ones from Continental Team Itera–Katusha.
The 2013 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour de San Luis.
Itera–Katusha was one of four teams of the Russian Global Cycling Project, which consisted of Team Katusha, U23 Itera–Katusha, U21 Itera–Katusha and the aforementioned UCI Continental team.
Anton Gennadyevich Vorobyev is a Russian cyclist, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Gazprom–RusVelo. In 2012, he became the World Under-23 time trial champion on a hilly course.
The 2014 season for Team Katusha began in January at the Tour de San Luis.As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
The 2014 season for the RusVelo cycling team began in February at the Volta ao Algarve. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
Ilnur Azatovich Zakarin is a Russian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2022.
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.
The 2015 Arctic Race of Norway was a four-stage cycling stage race that took place in Norway between 13 and 16 August. It was the third edition of the Arctic Race of Norway and is rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is the northernmost race in the 2015 men's cycling calendar. The champion of the 2014 edition was Steven Kruijswijk, though he was not present to defend his title.
The 2016 Tour de Romandie was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Romandie region of Switzerland between 26 April and 1 May 2016. It was the 70th edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling stage race and the 14th event in the 2016 UCI World Tour. The defending champion was Team Katusha's Ilnur Zakarin.
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.
The 2016 season for the Bora–Argon 18 cycling team began in January at the Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
The 2018 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with 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.
