Tour de France transfers: Zakarin tells Katusha he is leaving for another team

Ilnur Zakarin has told Katusha-Alpecin that he is leaving at the end of the season. The Russian has been heavily linked with a move to CCC Team for 2020.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.