The Katusha team in its 2016 kit(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov gesticulating with Alexander Kristoff(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Viatcheslav Ekimov at the front(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Fist pump from Igor Makarov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Getting aero(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov gets low(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov decided to ride sans helmet (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Viatcheslav Ekimov checks the rest of the group is close by(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Viatcheslav Ekimov takes a drink(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov chats with Alexander Kristoff(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Katusha team management lead the ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov joined the team for the ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov on the Katusha ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov in the new Katusha team kit(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov lead the group(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov with the team(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov with sports lawyer Alexis Schoeb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Viatcheslav Ekimov is Katusha's team manager(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kristoff chatting with Igor Makarov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kristoff with team owner Igor Makarov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Viatcheslav Ekimov planning how Katusha will become the number team in 2016(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There's always time to take a quick selfie(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A beaming Igor Makarov out for the ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team owner Igor Makarov joined Katusha for the ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Katusha ride along the coastline(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Katusha team out for a training ride in its new 2016 kit(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The entire 2016 Katusha team pose for a photo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov and Viatcheslav Ekimov ensure everything runs smoothly at Katusha(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Katusha team management arm in arm(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Serguei Outschakov has some fun on the bike(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Serguei Outschakov with former pro Joona Lauka(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thumbs up from former pro Joona Lauka(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Smile for the camera(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
'Race to win' reads the Katusha team cap(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Igor Makarov gets a good laugh out of Alexander Kristoff(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kristoff and Igor Makarov lead the ride(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
All smiles on the front of the rdide(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2016 Team Katusha squad(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Having unveiled it new look kit for the 2016 season, Team Katusha showed off its new rebranded look under the sunny Spanish skies in Calpe. Team owner Igor Makarov and team manager Viacheslav Ekimov joined the squad for a ride in the new striking kit with the team boss enjoying his time on the bike, even getting into an aero tuck. The Russian WorldTour team aims to become number one by the end of next year and has been busy laying the foundations of its plan this last week in Spain.
Alexander Kristoff joined the ride and was seen sharing smiles and laughs in the company of Makarov. Serguei Outschakov, part of Katusha's press office, was kitted up for the ride, entertaining former professional Joona Laukka and sports lawyer Alexis Schoeb, who represents several Katusha riders, among several other guests while out on the bike.
"We are again ambitious for overall podiums in GT races, having guys like Rodríguez, Van den Broeck and Taaramäe. And of course we have a super train for our absolute leader Alexander Kristoff, hopefully resulting in more wins in one-day WorldTour races or stages," said Ekimov of Katusha's objectives for the 2016 season.
For all the latest news from Katusha's training camp and Cyclingnews' complete guide to 2015-2016 team training camps, click here.
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