29 for Katusha in 2010

Robbie McEwen, Danilo Napolitano and Filippo Pozzato will act as leaders of the Katusha squad for 2010. The team will go into 2010 with 29 riders.

The newest recruits are Marco Bandiera (Lampre), Kim Kirchen (Columbia), Timofey Kritsky (Katyusha continental), Artem Ovechkim (intern Katusha), Alexandr Pliuschin (AG2R), Egor Silin (elite), Joaquim Rodríguez (Caisse d’Epargne ) and Eduard Vorganov (Xacobeo Galicia). Leaving the team are Colom, Mikhailov (Retired), Pfannberger, Rovny (Radio Shack) and Steegmans (Radio Shack).

The Confirmed: Laszlo Bodrogi, Alexandre Botcharov, Pavel Brutt, Nikita Eskov, Denis Galimzyanov, Joan Horrach, Mikhail Ignatiev, Serguei Ivanov, Vladimir Karpets, Sergey Klimov, Alexei Markov, Luca Mazzanti, Robbie McEwen, Danilo Napolitano, Evgeni Petrov, Philip Pozzato, Alexander Serov, Ben Swift, Nikolai Trussov, Stijn Vandenbergh and Maxime Vantomme.

Tags: Ag2r, Ben Swift, Caisse d'Epargne, Danilo Napolitano, Filippo Pozzato, Lampre, Mikhail Ignatiev, radio shack, Robbie McEwen, vladimir karpets, Xacobeo Galicia