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Quick Step Sign Polish Pair
Two new young talents in international cycling will be joining Quick-Step Cycling Team starting next season. The two prominent Polish riders Michal Kwiatkowski and Michal Golas will be riding with the team for the next 2 seasons (2012-2013). The two athletes have already been major players on the pro circuit for a few years, and [...]
Chavanel Extends With Quick Step
Wevelgem – Quick-Step Cycling Team is pleased to announce the extension of Sylvain Chavanel’s contract. The reigning French champion will be riding with Patrick Lefevere’s team for the next two seasons (2012-2013). “I’m very happy with the agreement we reached,” explained Chavanel. “I get on well on this team and with them these past few [...]
Omega Pharma/Belgian Cycling Company (BCC) Joins Quick-Step Cycling Team
Quick-Step Cycling Team is pleased to announce that Omega Pharma/Belgian Cycling Company (BCC) has joined the team. Starting January 1st, 2012, the team managed by Patrick Lefevere will be officially named Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Omega Pharma will be the team’s major sponsor for the following 2 seasons (2012-2013), with an option for 1 more [...]
Quick Step’s De Maar Makes Debut In Curaçao National Champion’s Jersey
There’s a new, colorful jersey in professional cycling this year! Today, for the first time in cycling history, Marc De Maar lined up for the start of the first stage in the Tour de Pologne wearing the Curaçao National Championship jersey he earned last June. “The jersey is really beautiful,” explained De Maar, who drew [...]
Edvald The Promising – 98th Tour de France, Stage 17
After being out-manned and outgunned in the finale of Stage 16, Sky Procycling’s Edvald Boasson Hagen made amends on the roads of Stage 17 from Gap to Pinerolo. The 24-year old Norwegian displayed his all-round talents on a stage that featured five categorized climbs, including an ascent of the fabled Sestriere. He would ultimately cross [...]
Breakaways & Takeaways; Thor Minds The Gap, Schlecks Don’t – 98th Tour de France, Stage 16
There is a big difference between establishing a breakaway and actually being in one; the selection being less about the determination of those trying to get off the front and more about the determinations made by those in the main pack behind. For the majority of 163 kilometer Stage 16 from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap, one [...]
Boonen to Race in the Tour de Pologne
When we last saw Tom Boonen (Quick Step), he was seen climbing into a team car after abandoning the Tour de France on Stage 7. Fortunately, Tommeke has returned to training consistently after he was forced to withdraw from Tour de France due to a fall during the 5th stage. Boonen received the go ahead [...]
Vanendert, King of Plateau de Beille; Voeckler, The Next French Tour Champion? – 98th Tour de France, Stage 14
After a difficult and potentially dispiriting Stage 9, which saw the abandonment of Omega Pharma-Lotto team leader and Tour contender, Jurgen Van den Broeck, along with one of their vital cogs in Fredrik Willems, the Belgian squad could have easy packed it in. But using the indomitable and fighting spirit of Philippe Gilbert as its [...]
Quick Step’s Sylvain Chavanel’s French-Coloured EMX-5 Frame – 98th Tour de France
For tomorrow “le 14 Juillet“ Sylvain Chavanel has received a special gift. An EMX-5 frame with new graphics in the colours of the French flag, bearing his Nickname, “La Machine”, which perfectly describes Sylvain when he’s on the attack, that perfect style of his that doesn’t betray any sign of fatigue, even when he’s at [...]
Quick-Step Cycling Team Announces Roster for 94th Giro d’Italia
Quick-Step Cycling Team has officially announced the squad that will take part in the 94th edition of the Giro d’Italia. The Belgian-based squad enters the 2011 Giro d’Italia with an aggressive, ambitious team intent on winning stages and making a run for a strong showing in the overall standings. “We have a young, energetic team, [...]
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