Alexander Kristoff

Veteran racer Michael Morkov will serve as one of Alexander Kristof's lieutenants next season.

Katusha hopes to ride its flashy new team kit to fresh horizons in 2016

The 100th edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen won't offer much novelty, but it could appeal to a fan favorite such as Peter Sagan.

The elite men’s road race will be a wide-open affair; with three short, steep climbs in the closing 5km and a chance of showers, almost anything can happen

Alexander Kristoff acknowledges the potential for an attacker to steal the day. But he's expecting — and hoping for — a sprint finish.

The cycling world will turn its attention to Richmond, Virginia starting this weekend at the UCI Road World Championships.

Alexander Kristoff takes "a beautiful victory” at the Grand Prix Ouest France Plouay

André Greipel takes a big one-day win at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany

The rise of Norway's newest cycling stars reflects their admiration for the lights of a previous generation

The Tour de France didn't live up to Alexander Kristoff's high expectations, but a win in Norway has him confident with worlds on horizon.

Alexander Kristoff wins ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen, making it a one-two finish for Norwegians at the Arctic Race of Norway.

The four-day Arctic Race of Norway kicks off Thursday, and the climbers in the field are targeting the second half of the event.

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) headlines the start list at the Arctic Race of Norway this week. The race runs August 13-16.

André Greipel leads a one-two German finish in stage 15 as Peter Sagan, who featured in an early break, finds himself denied yet again

The Giant-Alpecin star has eight Tour de France stage wins but will miss this year's race after an illness

The Norwegian has 18 wins so far this season, but several riders will challenge him in the mass gallops to the finish line

Alexander Kristoff takes his 17th win of the season, out-sprinting Peter Sagan on Friday's Tour de Suisse stage

One report says the deal is potentially worth more than $5 million over two years

John Degenkolb and Alexander Kristoff have morphed themselves into strong classics riders capable of tackling the demanding spring races

Alexander Kristoff is sticking with his aero bike for the pavé of Paris-Roubaix

Can Alexander Kristoff pull off the Flanders-Roubaix double, or will someone else emerge from the dusty cobbles as Sunday's winner?

The Katusha rider will attempt to win both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in the same season, a rare feat

Alexander Kristoff wins again, his fifth time in less than 10 days, at Scheldeprijs, dominating the sprint after avoiding a late-race crash

Hot off his Flanders victory, the Katusha rider is the top favorite for Wednesday's Scheldeprijs that starts without Kittel or Cavendish

Neal Rogers considers the riders who succeeded and those who came up short at Belgium's biggest race, the Tour of Flanders

Alexander Kristoff's victory at the Ronde van Vlaanderen puts him near the top of Norway's list of cycling greats

Alexander Kristoff left no doubts about who was the strongest at the finale of a Tour of Flanders that began without a clear favorite

With the chase closing in, Alexander Kristoff leaves Niki Terpstra in his dust to claim victory in a chaotic Tour of Flanders

The sleek aero road bike that Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) will ride at the Tour of Flanders

Without perennial favorites Boonen and Cancellara, a new generation of riders is elbowing its way to the top of the Flanders heap

World champ Wiggins rides to first TT win of the season in De Panne as Kristoff buttons up the overall title in fourth and final stage

The Norwegian takes a 22-second lead into the final stage, the stage 3b time trial

Russian outfit is brimming with confidence after Paolini's win at Gent-Wevelgem, and Kristoff's pair of wins at De Panne this week

Alexander Kristoff muscles his way to another stage win in day two of Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde, keeping the overall race lead

Alexander Kristoff bridges up to the breakaway then out-sprints five other riders to win the first day of De Panne in Belgium

Sprinter John Degenkolb shone brightly in Sanremo, but not before some other bright lights went dim on the long, cold road from Milano

A rainy, crash-packed edition of La Classicissima ends in a mad dash to the line won by Giant-Alpecin's John Degenkolb

Sunday's edition of the sprinter's classic pulls from past races to present an old-school route that finishes on the Via Roma

Norwegian sprinter Alexander Kristoff freelances his way to his first-ever win at Paris-Nice in Contres

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Philippe Gilbert nearly steals the show, but it's Mark Cavendish who finally takes center stage at the finish of Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

Much like Milano-Sanremo a month later, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is very much dependent on factors outside an individual racer's control

The classics season's first major test is an unpredictable blend of punchy climbs, shorter overall distance, and potentially bad weather.

Alexander Kristoff (right) wins stage 3 at the Tour of Oman after notching three victories in last week’s Tour of Qatar

The Dutch rider wins by 6 seconds as Sam Bennett claims victory in the final stage

Niki Terpstra brings a six-second overall lead into Friday's final stage

Niki Terpstra remains in the overall lead with two days of racing left as the peloton faces another windy day of action in the desert

The Katusha rider claims victory and now leads the overall standings with four days of racing left

The 2014 season saw fresh faces emerge in the spring classics, worthy grand tour winners, and a revived interest in the "longest hour"

The official presentation of the 2015 Russian WorldTour Team Katusha was held in the Spanish town of Calpe

Grand tour stage winners, points classification champions, and classics superstars will take on the early-season race in Qatar

With riders at the front for almost the entire day, Garmin capped stage 19 at the Tour with a victory by Ramunas Navardauskas

Jack Bauer and Martin Elmiger nearly took their long, rain-soaked break to the stage win on Sunday ... until Alexander Kristoff came along

Giant-Shimano's Marcel Kittel timed his sprint perfectly to take a seventh Tour stage win in two years

The Spaniard made a speedy recovery from his Giro d’Italia crash and will hunt for stage wins in the French grand tour

Simon Gerrans’ victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège capped a spring classics season that was wide open and unpredictable in the peloton

Three-time winner Mark Cavendish will not race because of an illness

Milano-Sanremo winner Alexander Kristoff will look to add to his spring palmares aboard this Canyon CF SLX 9.0

The Norwegian is an unexpected winner of Italy’s biggest one-day race

Norwegian rider has seven wins since joining Katusha in 2012, and finished second in the opening stage at this year's Tour

Katusha rider dashes to the finish line with 250 meters left to take the victory

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

As expected, Peter Sagan and Tom Boonen abandon as they prepare for Sunday's Tour of Flanders

Overnight leader Sagan pulls up, cedes overall lead to Kristoff