Katusha has extended their contract with current Russian champion Aleksandr Porsev. The Russian is expected to be one of the leaders at the 2016 Olympics and the team will help him prepare for the event.

The Russian WorldTour Team Katusha extends its contract with 2014 Russian road race Champion Alexandr Porsev for two more years, which means that Porsev will be part of the team at least till the end of 2016.

"Aleksandr has a great potential, and during the last Tour de France we could follow his progress," manager Viacheslav Ekimov said. "The new agreement, signed for the next two years, allows us to focus not only on the further development of the rider, but also on the preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, where he should be one of the possible leaders of the Russian team. Moreover, for us it is important to keep the Russian Champion jersey within Team Katusha."

Aleksandr Porsev (28 years old) began his professional career in 2011 coming to the Team Katusha from the continental team ITERA-Katusha. Since then he won 3 races, including the recent Russian road race Championships, and took 8 podium places.