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Due Vittorie Per I Chicchi – 2012 Tour de San Luis, Stage 2
The magic moment of the Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team and of its sprinter Francesco Chicchi at the Tour de San Luis goes on. After yesterday’s magnificent photo-finish win, the 31-year-old Italian sprinter gave a repeat performance today edging out teammate Tom Boonen as both crossed the finish line with their arms up, celebrating [...]
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 [...]
Quick-Step Announces Ronde van Vlaanderen Roster
Quick-Step Cycling Team has officially announced the squad that will participate in Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen, one of cycling’s most important events with major media coverage. “For our team the Ronde is one of the most important moments in the season” Sports Director Wilfried Peeters says “We’re lining up for the start with a team [...]
Boonen Takes Gent-Wevelgem
Thanks to a wonderful sprint Tom Boonen won the Gent-Wevelgem race for the second time in his career today, following his first success here in 2004 that started the legend of “Tornado Tom”. Boonen edged out Daniele Bennati (Team Leopard) and Tyler Farrar (Team Garmin) on the finish line. “It’s a great win that boosts [...]
Quick-Step for E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and Gent-Wevelgem
Quick-Step Cycling Team will be lining up this weekend at the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and in the Gent-Wevelgem, with two squads ready to rumble. Tom Boonen will be participating in the Gent-Wevelgem. “We chose this option because at this point in the season the team needs to rack up some important points for the team [...]
Quick-Step Cycling Team For Milano-San Remo
The Quick-Step Cycling Team technical staff has announced the squad that will participate in the Milano Sanremo. Team captain will be Tom Boonen, who last year captured an outstanding second place on the wheels of Freire. “The Milano Sanremo is a strange race that’s always tough to predict” explains Boonen “and this is part of [...]
Quick-Step Cycling Team to GP Le Samyn
As they look forward to Paris-Nice and Tirreno Adriatico, Quick-Step Cycling Team will line up on Tuesday, March 1, for the 43rd GP le Samyn. The race opens the cycling season in Wallonie, and the team will be at the starting line with a young formation featuring Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, one of the protagonists of [...]
Superlative, Cancellara Rolls In Roubaix
Dominant, overpowering, superior, controlling, assertive, authoritative, commanding, powerful, supreme, transcendent. Somewhere Saul Bellow is smiling, as the use of a single superlative simply fails to accurately capture Fabian Cancellara’s performance this past Sunday, and for that matter this past week. On a day usually referred to as “A Sunday In Hell,” the current Ronde van [...]
Monumental, Cancellara and Verbeke Take De Ronde
Molenberg Proves Crucial For Both Men and Women It should come as no surprise that a man nicknamed Spartacus is quickly becoming a folk hero whose legend seems to grow with each victory. Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) proved to be the strongest of an exceptional field, and cruised to his first Ronde van Vlaanderen [...]
Tornado Tom Touches Down, Again – 2010 Tour of Qatar Stage 5
With the Arab emirate of Qatar jutting out into the Persian Gulf like a small appendage of Saudi Arabia, the probability of winds effecting riders and therefore the outcome of the race is relatively high. Throw in a tornado, and well…the outcome becomes all but a certainty. For the 17th time in his career, “Tornado” [...]
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