Quick-Step Floors
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | QST | |
| Registered | Belgium | |
| Founded | 2003 | |
| Discipline | Road | |
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | |
| Bicycles | Specialized | |
| Components | Shimano | |
| Website | Team home page | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Patrick Lefévère | |
| Team manager(s) |
Brian Holm Davide Bramati Wilfried Peeters Rik Van Slycke Tom Steels Jan Schaffrath | |
| Team name history | ||
| 2003–2004 2005 2006–2007 2008–2011 2012–2014 2015–2016 2017–2018 2019– |
Quick-Step–Davitamon (QSD) Quick-Step–Innergetic (QST) Quick-Step–Innergetic (QSI) Quick-Step (QST) Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (OPQ) Etixx–Quick-Step (EQS) Quick-Step Floors (QST) Deceuninck–Quick-Step[1] | |
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Quick-Step Floors (UCI team code: QST) is a Belgian UCI World Tour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefévère. The directeurs sportifs are Davide Bramati, Wilfried Peeters, Rik Van Slycke, Tom Steels, Brian Holm and Jan Schaffrath.[2]
History
The team was created as Quick-Step–Davitamon in 2003 from staff and riders of Domo-Farm Frites and Mapei–Quick-Step when the latter disbanded after nine years in the sport. Paolo Bettini won the UCI Road World Cup in 2003 and 2004 as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics road title in 2004. In the 2005 UCI ProTour season, renamed Quick-Step–Innergetic, the team won a large number of classics: Tom Boonen won Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix, Filippo Pozzato the HEW Cyclassics, and Paolo Bettini the Züri-Metzgete and the Giro di Lombardia. In late 2005 Tom Boonen won the 2005 UCI Road World Championships in Madrid, where Michael Rogers won the time-trial.
In 2006 Boonen retained the Tour of Flanders and held the yellow jersey in the 2006 Tour de France during stage 3–6, and Filippo Pozzato won 2006 Milan – San Remo. Paolo Bettini won the world championship in Salzburg and retained his Giro di Lombardia crown. In 2007 Tom Boonen won the points classification in the Tour de France, taking two stage wins. Bettini defended his world championship in Stuttgart. In 2008 Gert Steegmans took the final stage of the 2008 Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées. Paolo Bettini retired after the world championship in Varese. In both 2008 and 2009 Stijn Devolder took the Tour of Flanders and Tom Boonen, Paris–Roubaix. After two seasons of disappointment, a resurgent Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Tom Boonen, took four major Spring classics victories, including the four cobblestone courses E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix.
In October 2012, the team fired their veteran rider Levi Leipheimer after he admitted to doping in a sworn affidavit to USADA.[3] This was despite the team statement that "commended" Leipheimer for his "open cooperation" in the USADA investigation that exposed Lance Armstrong long term cheating in cycling via doping. The team's action was described by USADA head Travis Tygart as "The classic Omertà move right? Actions speak louder than words. On the one hand, they say they congratulate him on coming forward, [but] their action terminating him for being truthful speaks a lot louder than their words." CyclingNews reported in the same article that the team’s claim to have only recently learned of Leipheimer’s past doping was according to Tygart "absolutely not true...Leipheimer and a USADA attorney told the team months ago of the investigation, and of Leipheimer’s role". Cyclingnews noted that Omega Pharma general manager Patrick Lefevere "had admitted in 2007 to having used doping products, including amphetamines, during his own career". Lefevere is still CEO of Etixx as of September 2015.
On 17 July 2014, the team announced that Iljo Keisse had been given a 2-year contract extension.[4] Tony Martin confirmed via his Twitter account that he had signed a 2-year contract extension.[5] On 19 August the team announced that Pieter Serry had signed a 2-year contract extension,[6] on 27 August the team announced the signing of Maxime Bouet on a 2-year deal[7] and on 1 September the team announced the signing of David de la Cruz on a 2-year contract.[8] In 2014 Michał Kwiatkowski won a rainbow jersey in 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in Ponferrada, Spain.
In February 2015, the team announced it had signed 2015 UCI World Omnium champion, Fernando Gaviria, and fellow Colombian, Rodrigo Contreras, on two-year deals set to commence at the start of the 2016 season.[9] In August 2015, the team signed Davide Martinelli for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.[10]
Sponsorship
On the second rest day of the 2014 Tour de France the team announced a change to one of their main sponsors from 2015 onwards for 3 season. Omega Pharma will be exchanged for one of its subsidiaries, Etixx, giving a new team name: Etixx–Quick-Step.[11] Etixx is a brand of supplements and nutrition products by Omega Pharma (the previous title sponsor), while Quick-Step is a manufacturer of laminate flooring.
On the eve of the 2015 Tour of Flanders Quickstep confirmed their sponsorship of the team would be extended to the end of the 2017 season.[12] In September 2015, the team announced that supermarket chain Lidl would sponsor the team, becoming the teams "Fresh food supplier".[13]
In August 2016, the team announced a minor sponsorship agreement with Janom, for two years.[14] Later, in October of the same year Latexco announced it had signed on to sponsor the team into the 2017 season.[15] Later in the same month, Quick-Step announced they would take over as sole naming sponsor of the team, with Etixx remaining on board with respect to the team's nutrition.[16]
Team roster
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Major wins
National and world champions
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
References
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quick-step-add-deceuninck-as-new-title-sponsor-for-2019/
- ↑ "Staff". Etixx–Quick-Step. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Tygart: Code of silence claimed Leipheimer". Cycling Weekly. 17 October 2012.
- ↑ Cycling News. "Two-year extension for Keisse at Omega Pharma-Quick Step". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Tony Martin on Twitter". Twitter.
- ↑ Sanmax Consultancy BVBA. "Home – Etixx–Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team". omegapharma-quickstep.com.
- ↑ Daniel Benson. "Maxime Bouet signs for Omega Pharma-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ Stephen Farrand. "Transfers: Omega Pharma–QuickStep signs David de la Cruz". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ Barry Ryan. "Gaviria signs two-year deal with Etixx–QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ ProCyclingStats. "Davide Martinelli". procyclingstats.com.
- ↑ "Omega Pharma-QuickStep to become Etixx-QuickStep from 2015". Cycling Weekly. 21 July 2014.
- ↑ Brecht Decaluwé. "Quick-Step extends sponsorship for two years". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ Cycling News. "Lidl to sponsor Etixx-QuickStep in 2016 and 2017". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Capecchi signs for Etixx-QuickStep". cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ Projects, Sanmax. "Latexco to continue with Etixx – Quick-Step in 2017". etixx-quickstep.com.
- ↑ "Quick-Step Floors steps up as title sponsor of WorldTour team". cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Quick-Step Floors confirms younger, 27-rider roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kasper Asgreen Joins Quick-Step Floors". quickstepfloorscycling.com. Quickstep Floors Cycling Team. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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