Alex Kristoff shines in Norway. (c) Tim De Waele
Katusha Team took a new triumph in Giro d’Italia – Russian rider Maxim Belkov won 9th stage of the race after a whole day in the breakaway.
Katusha Team tasted its real triumph today in stage 3 of Giro d’Italia: Luca Paolini won the stage and took the pink jersey of GC leader.
Another great victory for Katusha Team in a World Tour competition: Simon Spilak was able to win the fourth stage of “Tour de Romandie”, from Marly to Diablerets, 188 kilometers long.
Katusha Team takes another extraordinary victory in the World Tour classic race “Fleche Wallonne”: after last year’s incredible win by Joaquim Rodriguez, in 2013 Daniel Moreno is the successor of ‘Purito’, thanks to a powerful rush in the crucial part of the competition, Mur de Huy.
Today,15th February 2013, after long weeks of waiting, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has fully satisfied the main appeal of Katusha Team against the UCI License Commission Decision withdrawing its 2012 professional WorldTour license.