Team Katusha will try to build a new, more international identity and that results in new colours, with red being far more dominant in the new jersey for the team that is led by manager Viacheslav Ekimov and captains Joaquim Rodriguez and Alexander Kristoff. The official presentation took place at a popular hotel in Calpe (Alicante) where the Russian team is gathered.

The team also unveiled a new logo that represents a more global brand.

Katusha wants to take another step forward and the change of the colours marks the start. The team will have a 28-rider roster, with 12 Russians. Among the new signings are Reina Taaramäe and Jurgen Van den Broeck who will join Joaquim Rodriguez, Alexander Kristoff, Simon Spilak and Ilnur Zakarin as the leaders of the team.

2016 roster:

New signings: Matvey Mamykin (Itera-Katusha), Michael Morkov (Saxo-Tinkoff), Nils Politt (stagiare), Jhonatan Restrepo (stagiare), Rein Taaramäe (Astana) and Jurgen Van den Broeck (Lotto-Soudal).  

Returning riders: Maxim Belkov, Sven Erik Bystrom, Sergey Chernetskiy, Jacopo Guarnieri, Marco Haller, Vladimir Isaychev, Pavel Kochetkov, Dmitriy Kozontchuk, Alexander Kristoff, Viatcheslav Kuznetsov, Sergey Lagutin, Alberto Losada, Tiago Machado, Alexander Porsev, Joaquim Rodriguez, Egor Silin, Simon Spilak, Alexei Tsatevich, Angel Vicioso, Eduard Vorganov, Anton Vorobyev and Ilnur Zakarin

Below you can see photos of the main riders and some of the new signings.