Katyusha Continental Team

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Katyusha Continental Team
Team information
UCI code KTA
Registered Russia
Founded 2008
Disbanded 2010
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
Key personnel
General manager Leon Witschnewski
Team manager(s) Andrei Pschelkin
Team name history
2008
2009–2010
Katyusha
Katyusha Continental Team

Katyusha Continental Team was a Russian UCI Continental cycling team. [1]

Cycling team organizational unit consisting of cyclists and carers

A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important in road bicycle racing, which is a team sport, but collaboration between team members is also important in track cycling and cyclo-cross.

Major wins

2008
Overall Five Rings of Moscow, Denis Galimzyanov
Memorial Oleg Dyachenko, Timofey Kritskiy
Overall Boucle de l'Artois, Timofey Kritskiy
Mayor Cup, Timofey Kritskiy
Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell, Timofey Kritskiy
2009
Overall Five Rings of Moscow, Timofey Kritskiy
Memorial Oleg Dyachenko, Mikhail Antonov
Mayor Cup, Mikhail Antonov
La Côte Picarde, Timofey Kritskiy
Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Dmitriy Kosyakov

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References

  1. "2010 Katyusha Continental Team season". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 August 2016.