Vladimir Isaychev wins Russian Championships in Samara

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WorldTour team Katusha reached a great result today in Samara at Russian National Championships. Katusha’s rider Vladimir Isaychev took a very beautiful victory in road race of Russian Champs and became new Russian Champion.

The queen’s race of the Championships – road race of 196 km – was held in the center of Samara and became one of the hardest races of last years.

Katusha brought practically all Russian riders to Samara with exception of Yuriy Trofimov and Anton Vorobyev.

The race has started with a lot of attacks, one of them created a 3-men breakaway with Pavel Kochetkov from Rusvelo, Igor Frolov from ITERA-Katusha and Sergey Belykh from Udmurtia.

With 100 km to go 4 Katusha riders did a strong contra-attack with Vladimir Gusev, Vladimir Isaychev, Pavel Brutt and Eduard Vorganov. Only Ivan Rovny from Ceramica Flaminia and Andrei Solomennikov from Rusvelo could follow them.

In 10 km the chasers caught three riders in front, thus the leader’s group of 9 riders was created.

With 30 km to the finish after a number of attacks Vladimir Gusev, Vladimir Isaychev and Andrei Solomennikov came out from the group, quickly taking a good advantage.

Vladimir Gusev, who did a very strong race, sacrificed his chances in the race and gave his best to provide help to his teammate Vladimir Isaychev.

Isaychev attacked with 1,5 km to go on the last climb and having a gap of 5 – 7 second could hold it till the finish. Finally, Vladimir Isaychev took a solo win and became new Russian Road Race Champion. Vladimir Gusev could take second place, while Andrei Solomennikov completed the podium.

– I am very happy today! I can’t describe how I am happy. This is the most important victory in my career. To win Russian Championships in such a great race, in such a strong fight, in my home city Samara – it’s something special! I thank all my team for the great support and help they provided me today during the whole race. It was a hard race, so the team’s work was crucial for my success. In the final part of the race I tried to stay calm and to save some energy for the decisive attack. I could do it and in the last climb I gave my all. This victory is very special for me, so I want to dedicate it to my brother Alexander, who tragically died last year, – said Vladimir ISAYCHEV.

This is 5th consecutive victory for Katusha Team at Russian Championships (2009 – Sergey Ivanov, 2010 – Alexander Kolobnev, 2011 – Pavel Brutt, 2012 – Eduard Vorganov).

Besides, this is 20th success of Katusha Team in 2013.

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