Katusha Team presents three new riders

Russian WorldTour Katusha Team announces about three newcomers for the season of 2014. Katusha signed the contract with 3 Russian riders: Egor Silin (25 years old), Alexander Rybakov (25 years old) and Pavel Kochetkov (27 years old).

Egor Silin comes from Astana Team. In 2013 Silin was 4^th in the 6^th stage of Criterium du Dauphine, 12^th at Vuelta a Murcia and 14^th in general classification of Volta a Catalunya.

Alexander Rybakov comes from Rusvelo procontinental team. His best results in 2013: 1^st place at Memorial of Oleg Dyachenko, 4^th place in prologue of Volta a Portugal and 9^th place in road race of Russian National Championships.

Pavel Kochetkov comes from Rusvelo procontinental team. His best results in 2013 are 4^th place in road race of Russian National Championships, 4^th place in prologue of Volta a Portugal and 6^th place in the 1^st stage of Giro del Trentino.

– Katusha Team as well as any other WorldTour team can’t be a mono-national structure, however, the Russian part of the project has to improve continuously. All three newcomers have a great potential and can reach some good results. I am sure they will strengthen our team, – said general manager of Katusha Team Viacheslav EKIMOV.