EPA
the Katyusha Team will take part in the marathon race "Abu Dhabi Round" which will take place during the period from October 8 to October 11 in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Line-up "Katyusha": Maxim Belkov, Iacopo Gvargneri, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Alberto Losada, Eduard Vorganov and Anton Vorobyov. Sports director of the team: Claudio Cozzi.
"Abu-Dabi-Tur"– a new event in a cycling calendar. This year the race first in the history on the capital of Emirates will take place. The international Union of Cyclists (UCI) to it appropriated category 2.1. Race will consist of four stages with a general extent of 555 km laid round the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the desert surrounding the city. The final stage will pass at night. The third stage becomes decisive for racers in total classification — it will end with lifting uphill on height of 1000 m