WorldTour Team Katusha starts in the 2.HC stage race Tour de Wallonie, which will be held in Belgium from July 25th to 29th.

The team will be led by Ilnur Zakarin who is back in competition after his successful spring campaign. However, the short climbs are not prefectlysuited to him and the team is likely to look to faster riders like Sergey Lagutin, Sergei Chentckii, Viacheslav Kuznetsov and Alexey Tsatevich to ride for GC in a race that should suit them well.

The team’s roster: Sergei Chernetckii, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Sergey Lagutin, Gatis Smukulis, Alexey Tsatevich and Ilnur Zakarin.