In February, Sunday 5th, Katusha Team will take part to two stage races: the UCI Europe Tour competition “Challenge Mallorca”, 1.1 category, which will end on Wednesday 8th; and “Tour of Qatar”, at its 12th edition, which will end on Friday, 10th. For most of the riders, such as Joaquim Rodriguez and Denis Menchov, it will be 2012 season official debut, and a chance to test and improve the physical conditions after winter’s trainings. The rosters will be as follows:
Challenge Mallorca: Pavel Brutt, Xavier Florencio, _Joan Horrach, Petr Ignatenko, Timofey Kritskiy, Alberto Losada, Denis Menchov, Daniel Moreno, Alexander Porsev, Joaquim Rodriguez, Simon Spilak, Yuriy Trofimov, Alexey Tsatevich, Maxime Vantomme, Angel Vicioso. Sports Directors: Gennady Mykhailov, Uwe Peschel, Torsten Schmidt.
Tour of Qatar: Denis Galimzyanov, Marco Haller, Mikhail Ignatyev, Vladimir Isaychev, Alexander Kristoff, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Rudiger Selig, Gatis Smukulis. Sports Directors: Valerio Piva, Erich Zabel.
For any further information about the race, please visit the official websites:
http://vueltamallorca.com/challenge-mallorca-2012/trofeos/
http://www.letour.fr/2012/TQA/COURSE/fr/le_parcours.html