Following a short break after the Tour de France, Team Katusha’s leader Alexander Kristoff comes back to racing. From August 13th to 16th Kristoff will lead Katusha in the 2.HC Arctic Race of Norway.

Last year Kristoff won two stages and took second place in the general classification of this race. This year there's a tough summit finish on stage 3 which means that the GC leader is likely to be Ilnur Zakarin who recently finished fourth in the Tour de Pologne.

The team’s line-up:

Alexander Kristoff, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Ilnur Zakarin, Marco Haller and Sergey Lagutin, all directed by Claudio Cozzi.