2015 RusVelo season

RusVelo
RusVelo
2015 season
UCI code	RVL
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Manager
Main sponsor(s)	Gazprom & Itera & Rostec
Based	Russia
Bicycles	Colnago
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	9
National Championships	1
	← 2014 →

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 27)
Ivan Balykin (RUS)		(1990-11-26) 26 November 1990 (age 31)
Igor Boev (RUS)		(1988-11-22) 22 November 1988 (age 33)
Artur Ershov (RUS)		(1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 31)
Alexander Evtushenko (RUS)		(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 28)
Sergey Firsanov (RUS)		(1982-07-03) 3 July 1982 (age 39)
Alexander Foliforov (RUS)		(1992-03-08) 8 March 1992 (age 29)
Petr Ignatenko (RUS)		(1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 34)
Aleksandr Komin (RUS)		(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995 (age 26)

	Rider	Date of birth
Roman Kustadinchev (RUS)		(1995-08-03) 3 August 1995 (age 26)
Roman Maikin (RUS)		(1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 31)
Artem Nych (RUS)		(1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 26)
Artem Ovechkin (RUS)		(1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 35)
Kirill Pozdnyakov (RUS)		(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 33)
Alexander Rybakov (RUS)		(1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 33)
Alexander Serov (RUS)		(1982-11-12) 12 November 1982 (age 39)
Andrey Solomennikov (RUS)		(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 34)
Mamyr Stash (RUS)		(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 28)

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 de Serbie, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Ivan Savitskiy (RUS)	Serbia	Zaječar
18 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Artem Ovechkin (RUS)	Slovenia	Ljubljana
19 June	Tour de Serbie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Ivan Savitskiy (RUS)	Serbia	Požarevac
21 June	Tour de Serbie, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Ivan Savitskiy (RUS)	Serbia	Belgrade
21 June	Tour de Serbie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Ivan Savitskiy (RUS)	Serbia
21 June	Tour de Serbie, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Ivan Savitskiy (RUS)	Serbia
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[]

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

References[]

^ "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

[2] The riders on the squad were Sergey Firsanov, Ivan Balykin, Alexander Foliforov, Artem Nych, Artem Ovechkin and Andrey Solomennikov

[3] The riders on the squad were Ivan Balykin, Igor Boev, Roman Maikin, Artem Nych, Alexander Rybakov and Andrey Solomennikov

[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.

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