2010 Team Katusha season

2010 Team Katusha season Manager Andrei Tchmil One-day victories 2 Stage race overall victories 1 Stage race stage victories 10 Previous season • Next season The 2010 season for KAT 2010 started in January with the Tour de San Luis and ended in October at the Japan Cup. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the ProTour. Andrei Tchmil returns from the team's debut season as its manager. Notable rider additions for 2010 include Kim Kirchen and Joaquim Rodríguez, who have both finished in the top ten in Grand Tours. 2010 roster Ages as of January 1, 2010. Marco Bandiera ITA 2010 1 1 1984 6 12 László Bodrogi FRA 2010 1 1 1976 12 11 Alexander Bocharov RUS 2010 1 1 1975 2 26 Pavel Brutt RUS 2010 1 1 1982 1 29 Giampaolo CarusoCaruso joined the team on April 6 ITA 2010 1 1 1980 8 15 Nikita Eskov RUS 2010 1 1 1983 1 23 Denis Galimzyanov RUS 2010 1 1 1987 3 7 Vladimir GusevGusev joined the team on May 5 RUS 2010 1 1 1982 7 4 Joan Horrach ESP 2010 1 1 1974 3 27 Mikhail Ignatiev RUS 2010 1 1 1985 5 7 Sergei Ivanov RUS 2010 1 1 1975 3 5 Vladimir Karpets RUS 2010 1 1 1980 9 20 Mikhaylo Khalilov UKR 2010 1 1 1975 7 3 Kim Kirchen LUX 2010 1 1 1978 7 3 Serguei Klimov RUS 2010 1 1 1980 7 7 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS 2010 1 1 1981 5 4 Timofey Kritskiy RUS 2010 1 1 1987 1 24 Luca Mazzanti ITA 2010 1 1 1974 2 4 Robbie McEwen AUS 2010 1 1 1972 6 24 Danilo Napolitano ITA 2010 1 1 1981 1 31 Artem Ovechkin RUS 2010 1 1 1986 7 11 Evgeni Petrov RUS 2010 1 1 1978 5 25 Alexandre Pliuschin MDA 2010 1 1 1987 1 13 Filippo Pozzato ITA 2010 1 1 1981 9 10 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP 2010 1 1 1979 5 12 Egor Silin RUS 2010 1 1 1988 6 25 Nikolay Trusov RUS 2010 1 1 1985 7 2 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL 2010 1 1 1984 4 25 Maxime Vantomme BEL 2010 1 1 1986 3 8 Eduard Vorganov RUS 2010 1 1 1982 12 1 Riders who joined the team for the 2010 season Rider2009 teamMarco BandieraLAM 2009Mikhaylo KhalilovCeramica FlaminiaKim KirchenTHR 2009bAlexandr KolobnevSAX 2009Timofey KritskiyContinental KAT 2009Artem Ovechkinstagiaire (KAT 2009)Alexandre PliuschinA2R 2009Joaquim RodríguezGCE 2009Egor Silinneo-proEduard VorganovXGZ 2009 Riders who left the team during or after the 2009 season Rider2010 teamAntonio ColomUnder suspensionGennady MikhaylovRetiredChristian PfannbergerUnder suspensionIvan RovnyRSH 2010Gert SteegmansRSH 2010Ben SwiftSKY 2010 One-day races Before the spring season began, Team Katusha scored a victory with McEwen in the Trofeo Palma, part of the Vuelta a Mallorca quasi-stage race, as the veteran Aussie outsprinted Koldo Fernández and Óscar Freire to claim his first win since knee surgery seven months earlier.Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/19th-challenge-ciclista-a-mallorca-1-1/stage-1-trofeo-palma-de-mallorca/results McEwen returns to winners' circle in Mallorca 2010-02-07 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-02-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100210061322/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/19th-challenge-ciclista-a-mallorca-1-1/stage-1-trofeo-palma-de-mallorca/results 10 February 2010 dead Spring classics January 2011 Fall races January 2011 Stage races July 2010 Grand Tours Team Katusha has received invitations to all three Grand Tours in 2010. Giro d'Italia left|thumb|Filippo Pozzato was the first Italian to win a stage at the Giro, and it was his first career Giro stage win.|alt=A road racing cyclist in a white and blue jersey with red trim, wearing sunglasses with white frames. Team Katusha came to the Giro with a squad headed by McEwen, Pozzato, (both of whom would try for stage wins) and Caruso, the team's general classification hopeful.Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katushas-giro-line-up-confirmed Katusha's Giro line-up confirmed Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-04-30 2010-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100501230145/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katushas-giro-line-up-confirmed 1 May 2010 live Caruso had begun the 2010 season under contract to FLM 2010, but was allowed to leave the team when they were not selected for the Giro.Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-signs-giampaolo-caruso Katusha signs Giampaolo Caruso Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-04-06 2010-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20100713164852/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-signs-giampaolo-caruso 13 July 2010 live McEwen was present for a depleted group sprint finish to the Giro's first road race stage in Netherlands, taking seventh. Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-2/results Farrar fastest in Utrecht 2010-05-09 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100511185239/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-2/results 2010-05-11 dead He missed the selections the next day, however, and finished 57 seconds behind the leaders. Prior the transfer to Italy, the team's highest-placed rider in the overall standings was Karpets in 12th. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results Weylandt takes chaotic stage 2010-05-10 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100511190154/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results 2010-05-11 dead The squad took fourth in the stage 4 team time trial, having been first when they completed their ride and bettered by only SKY 2010, THR 2010, and the winners LIQ 2010. As Karpets was one of the five riders who finished together, the result moved him into seventh in the overall standings. Les Clarke and Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results Liquigas-Doimo fly to TTT victory 2010-05-12 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513081051/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results 2010-05-13 dead Karpets moved up to fifth after stage 6, when sprinters Matthew Goss and André Greipel, who had been ahead of him, were unable to finish with the peloton due to the hilly parcours. Peter Hymas and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-6/results Lloyd solos to stage win 2010-05-14 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517125524/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-6/results 2010-05-17 dead The next day shuffled the standings more. Karpets lost 1'18" in the difficult, muddy stage in Tuscany, but moved up to fourth as other riders were worse off and lost even more time. Susan Westemeyer http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-7/results Evans magnificent in the Tuscan mud 2010-05-15 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517162940/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-7/results 2010-05-17 dead In the Giro's first mountain stage, concluding with the climb up Monte Terminillo, Petrov climbed with the Giro's elite and was able to slip out the front of the group on the ascent since he did not pose an overall threat. He took fourth on the stage, seven seconds ahead of the rest of the peloton and 49 seconds back of the solo winner. Karpets was dropped on the climb and lost over a minute, falling back to seventh overall. Shane Stokes http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-8/results Sørensen terrific on the Terminillo 2010-05-16 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20100518083032/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-8/results 2010-05-18 dead The squad came very close again to stage wins the next two days. Pozzato made a late split in the field in stage 9 and finished second in the group sprint, just behind Goss and ahead of the Giro's only double stage winner Tyler Farrar. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-9/results Goss sprints to victory in Cava de' Tirreni 2010-05-17 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100520011030/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-9/results 2010-05-20 dead In stage 10, Julian Dean's leadout for Farrar caused a split within the final 500 m on of the stage. McEwen was one of just eight other riders to finish with the same time as stage winner Farrar, taking fourth on the day. Les Clarke and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-10/results Farrar fantastic in Bitonto 2010-05-18 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100520020333/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-10/results 2010-05-20 dead Stage 11 was a very important one. More than fifty riders formed the morning's escape. Petrov, Horrach, and Caruso (who, by this point, was well out of overall contention, sitting in 51st place) made the selection. This group got a maximum time advantage over the peloton of 20 minutes. As the finish line neared, they stopped working as a cohesive group, with the prospective stage win in mind. Ten remained together into the stage's final kilometer, when Petrov rode past an early-attacking Dario Cataldo to take the win. The time gap back to the Giro's overall favorites was still nearly 13 minutes, leading to a massive re-shuffling of the overall standings. Les Clarke and Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-11/results Petrov powers to victory in L'Aquila 2010-05-19 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100521120845/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-11/results 2010-05-21 dead The next day, another late split in the field took place. With a field sprint seemingly shaping up, a group of ten consisting mostly of Giro favorites got away. Pozzato made this split and was the strongest sprinter present, taking the victory. Pozzato was the first Italian stage winner at the Giro, and it was his first career Giro stage win. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results Pippo powers home in Porto Recanti 2010-05-20 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609111053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results 2010-06-09 dead The next day, Klimov made a winning breakaway, and finished ninth in the sprint. During this stage, Karpets launched a solo move against the peloton and stayed out in front of them between the breakaway and the main field for most of the stage. He took back two minutes on the Giro elite, moving up five places in the overall classification with the move. Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-13/results Belletti sprints to hometown win in Cesenatico 2010-06-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523074901/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-13/results 2010-05-23 dead The squad was then quiet for the remainder of the Giro, with Petrov's tenth place in the climbing time trial to Plan de Corones the closest they came to another victory. Les Clarke and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results Garzelli time trials to stage win 2010-05-25 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100611160133/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results 2010-06-11 dead Karpets finished the race in 14th place, 25'21" behind Giro champion Ivan Basso. Caruso was 46th, over two hours down. The squad finished ninth in the Trofeo Fast Team standings and 11th in the Trofeo Super Team.Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-21/results Basso wins Giro d'Italia 2010-05-30 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100623042628/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-21/results 23 June 2010 live Tour de France Team Katusha entered the Tour de France with a squad led by Karpets. In stage 2, both Karpets and McEwen were caught up in the crashes on the Col du Stockeu in Spa, with McEwen needing medical attention to a deep wound on his elbow.Neal Rogers http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/the-stockeau-massacre-damage-assessment-after-the-tour-de-frances-second-stage_125976 The Stockeau Massacre: Damage assessment after the Tour de France’s second stage 2010-07-05 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 2010-12-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031071427/http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/the-stockeau-massacre-damage-assessment-after-the-tour-de-frances-second-stage_125976 31 October 2010 live The veteran Aussie stayed in the race, figuring in the mass sprint finishes to the next three stages, though finishing only as high as fourth. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4/results Take two for Ale-Jet 2010-07-07 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100708221007/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-4/results 2010-07-08 dead Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results Cavendish vindicated in Montargis! 2010-07-08 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100913042530/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results 2010-09-13 dead Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results Cavendish sprints for second consecutive stage win 2010-07-09 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100709045150/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results 2010-07-09 dead In stage 9, to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Rodríguez finished ninth, moving into the same place in the overall standings. He gained time against a small handful of overall contenders, but he also lost two minutes to Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador, and sat five minutes behind them in the general classification. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9/results Casar claims stage win for France 2010-07-13 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064049/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9/results 2011-03-04 dead In stage 12, Alexander Vinokourov seemed out in front on the stage-concluding climb to Mende and poised for a stage win when Contador attacked the chase group behind his teammate. Rodríguez came with him, and the two easily rode past Vinokourov. As Contador had driven their little breakaway, Rodríguez was much fresher in the final sprint, and took the stage win. The ten seconds they took on the group of contenders moved Rodríguez up to eighth overall. Barry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results Rodriguez powers to victory in Mende 2010-07-16 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100716175221/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results 2010-07-16 dead After Schleck and Contador engaged in a bizarre trackstand on the Port de Pailhères in stage 14, Rodríguez, who had been trailing them on the climb, caught up and finished together with them and two others, for fifth on the day. Richard Moore http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-14/results Riblon stellar in Ax-3 Domaines 2010-07-18 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100819044812/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-14/results 2010-08-19 dead In the Tour's queen stage, stage 17 finishing at the Col du Tourmalet, Rodríguez finished third, just over a minute behind Schleck and Contador at the head of the race. He therefore took time out of every other contender in the race, and moved up in the overall standings again, to seventh. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-17/results Schleck takes stage win atop Col du Tourmalet 2010-07-22 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064940/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-17/results 2011-03-04 dead The stage 19 time trial provided for the final changes to the overall standings. The day on which it was run involved a drastic change in wind direction during the time trial, which is part of the reason Rodríguez was 154th on the day, losing ten minutes to stage winner Fabian Cancellara. He also lost considerable time to other members of the top ten in the overall standings, and slipped back to eighth, which was his final placing the next day. The squad finished 18th in the teams classification. Hedwig Kröner http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-19/results Contador bests Schleck, remains in yellow 2010-07-24 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304065202/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-19/results 2011-03-04 dead Anthony Tan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results Tres victorias de Francia para Contador! 2010-07-25 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-12-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815033234/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results 2010-08-15 dead Vuelta a España January 2011 Away from competition Kim Kirchen heart attack January 2011 Season victories Date Race Competition Rider Country Location February 7 Trofeo Palma UCI Europe Tour Robbie McEwen AUS Palma de Mallorca March 28 Volta a Catalunya, Overall UCI ProTour Joaquim Rodríguez ESP March 28 Volta a Catalunya, Teams classification UCI ProTour The riders on the squad were Joaquim Rodríguez, Joan Horrach, Pavel Brutt, Vladimir Karpets, Alexandr Pliuschin, Egor Silin, Nikita Eskov, and Artem Ovechkin April 3 GP Miguel Indurain UCI Europe Tour Joaquim Rodríguez ESP Estella-Lizarra April 9 Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 UCI ProTour Joaquim Rodríguez ESP Oriop May 6 Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Danilo Napolitano ITA Auby May 19 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 UCI World Ranking Evgeni Petrov Evgeni Petrov (cyclist) RUS L'Aquila May 20 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 UCI World Ranking Filippo Pozzato ITA Porto Recanati June 6 Tour de Luxembourg, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Serguei Ivanov RUS July 11 Tour of Austria, Youth classification UCI Europe Tour Artem Ovechkin RUS July 16 Tour de France, Stage 12 UCI World Ranking Joaquim Rodríguez ESP Mende July 24 Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Danilo Napolitano ITA Lessines August 6 Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Team time trialThe riders on the squad were Alexander Bocharov, Joan Horrach, Vladimir Karpets, Serguei Klimov, Luca Mazzanti, Filippo Pozzato, Giampaolo Caruso, and Denis Galimzyanov Melgar de Fernamental August 18 Eneco Tour, Stage 1 UCI ProTour Robbie McEwen AUS Rhenen August 19 Tour du Limousin, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour Alexandre Botcharov RUS Mansac September 11 Vuelta a España, Stage 14 UCI World Ranking Joaquim Rodríguez ESP Peña Cabarga September 19 Vuelta a España, Teams classification UCI World Ranking The riders on the squad were Joaquim Rodríguez, Vladimir Gusev, Vladimir Karpets, Alexandr Kolobnev, Filippo Pozzato, Giampaolo Caruso, Mikhail Ignatiev, Denis Galimzyanov, and Joan Horrach October 18 UCI World Ranking UCI World Ranking Joaquim Rodríguez ESP Footnotes N References 30em collapsed Category:2010 road cycling season by team 2010 Category:2010 in Russian sport