After a short break after the Giro d’Italia the WorldTour Team Katusha starts this week in Critérium du Dauphiné (UCI WorldTour) which will be held in France from June 7th to 14th.

Last year Katusha’s riders Iurii Trofimov and Simon Špilak both won stages of this race.

The team will be led by Joaquim Rodriguez who will use the race to prepare for the Tour de France. He will be supported by a strong team of climbers that include Giampaolo Caruso, Tiago Machado and Alberto Losada while Alexey Tsatevich will target the sprint stages.

Daniel Moreno is expected to lead the team in the Tour de Suisse.

The team’s line-up:

Giampaolo Caruso, Vladimir Isaychev, Alberto Losado, Tiago Machado, Joaquim Rodriguez, Gatis Smukulis, Alexey Tsatevich, and Angel Vicioso.