Pavel Brutt will return to an all-Russian team next season after two years with Tinkoff, signing for 2017 with Gazprom-RusVelo.
The Pro Continental team announced its 2017 roster, which includes 15 returning riders and seven new additions from the folding Tinkoff team and from Katusha, which switched its registration from Russian to Swiss for next year.
Along with Brutt, former Tinkoff riders Nikolay Trusov and Ivan Rovny will join the team, while 2016 Vuelta a Espana stage winner Sergey Lagutin will come aboard from Katusha, as will Alexander Porsev, Dmitry Kozonchuk and Alexey Tsatevich.
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Brutt, who rode with Katusha for six years before returning to Tinkoff in 2015, said RusVelo would start a new chapter in his career.
"I am very happy that I’ll be a part of this team," he said. "They spent a great season and it looks like Gazprom-RusVelo is on the right track. I hope that I will have a chance to bring the team to victory, and it’s going to be a successful season."
Director Renat Khamidulin said the team tried to reach a balance between youth and experience while building the 2017 roster.
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