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During its first few seasons after a debut in 2009, the Katusha squad was a motley assortment of underachieving Russians, plus Joaquim Rodríguez and Alexander Kristoff, who covered the dysfunction of the team with a veneer of very respectable placings and wins.
With Rodríguez retiring at the end of 2016, the team’s Grand Tour hopes have now switched to home-grown talent Ilnur Zakarin. The Russian has been building up an impressive palmares, not least a stage win in the 2016 Tour de France.
A change of name to Katusha-Alpecin, and a change of country of registration from Russia to Switzerland for 2017 saw the team take on a more international flavour.
The squad should be able to count on time trial world champion Tony Martin – signed from Etixx-QuickStep – to produce his usual selection of victories against the clock.
Does the glitz and glamour make up for the merciless physical strain? To find out, Jim Cotton headed to Spain to spend a full 24 hours shadowing Katusha-Alpecin’s Harry Tanfield
Team bosses had publicly criticised Kittel after he was dropped on the flats and finished 99th at Scheldeprijs
The German failed to compete in the finale of Wednesday's Scheldeprijs, a race he's won five times
The UCI is penalising the way pro riders race, according to Alex Dowsett.
Katusha-Alpecin rider bemoans team tactics for the breakaway's lack of success
The British rider says he's still got plenty of work to do to get to a competitive level in top level races
Deleted social media post showed damage to rider’s helmet
The Yorkshire rider has signed a two year deal with the WorldTour outfiit
Martin is back training on the road but has taken medical advice to delay a return to competition
After a short, winless Tour and a public dressing down from his DS, John Woodhouse asks ‘what’s next for Marcel Kittel?’
Alex Dowsett will be spending at least another two years at Katusha-Alpecin after signing an extension to his existing deal with the Swiss team.
The German says he's fully focused on turning his Tour de France fortunes around with the team despite being openly criticised by his sports director
Marcel Kittel is currently at the Tour of California, and says there's still a level of trust he needs to build with his new Katusha-Alpecin lead-out train
The Austrian was riding with his compatriot Bernhard Eisel when the car collided with him
Alex Dowsett is muscling his way around the peloton with purpose helping lead out Marcel Kittel, tasting success for the first time at Tirreno-Adriatico.
Only two Katusha-Alpecin riders may have finished Strade Bianche, but the team wins the prize for best video from a brutal edition of the Italian race.
Ian Boswell made the leap from Team Sky to Katusha-Alpecin during the off-season and is relishing life at his new team as he tries to realise his potential.
The German sprinter says his new team are calm about failing to take a win in their first race, with an eye on rectifying it at the Abu Dhabi Tour
German sprinter Marcel Kittel and British time trial specialist Alex Dowsett in Katusha-Alpecin's new blue-and-red kit for 2018
Chance to help sprint train central to Katusha-Alpecin move for Essex TT star
Alexander Kristoff finished in the top-five on seven of the eight stages of the Tour of Britain
Alex Dowsett leaves Movistar after five years to join Swiss outfit Katusha-Alpecin for 2018
Marcel Kittel will leave Quick-Step Floors at the end of the 2017 season, joining Katusha-Alpecin on a two-year deal as a replacement for Alexander Kristoff.
American Ian Boswell leaves Team Sky after four years to take up more leadership opportunities
Norwegian Alexander Kristoff pays back his Katusha-Alpecin team's hard work with victory in London
