Team Quick Step ready for Tour de Pologne

30/07/2010 | 10:30

Team Quick Step will be hitting the roads of the 67th Tour de Pologne from 1 till 7 August. Among the eight riders lining up for the start of the Polish stage race Team Quick Step can count on Wouter Weylandt for the sprints. Weylandt alrea ...

Barredo leads San Sebastian team without Chavanel

29/07/2010 | 17:22

Team Quick Step is ready for its date with the Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian, always one of the great summer classics on the international calendar. Heading the team will be Spain’s Carlos Barredo, winner of the 2009 edition of this Basque cla ...

Impressive team work not rewarded in Wallonie

28/07/2010 | 16:42

The fifth and final stage of the Tour de Wallonie was very attractive. Several riders tried their luck for the stage win and some of them even thought about the overall win in the stage race. The riders of Team Quick Step were in the front also. ...

Wallonie: No success for strong Stijn Devolder

27/07/2010 | 17:29

The fourth stage in the Tour de Wallonie was titled as the queen stage of this race. The stage headed from Vietsalm to Villers-Le-Bouillet and covered 168 kilometres. On their way to the finish the riders had to go over climbs like the ...

Another fifth place for Weylandt in Wallonie

26/07/2010 | 18:39

The third stage in the Tour de Wallonie went from Ardenne to Hotton. Belgian champion Stijn Devolder tried to set up an early breakaway, but his attempts didn`t succeed. Eventually he got in the front in a group of 25 riders. They gained a ...

97th Tour de France finished in Paris

25/07/2010 | 17:49

The last stage of the 97th Tour de France finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris. After the known jokes and photo moments the stage really started when the bunch reached the Champs Elysees. Several riders, amongst others Sylvain ...

Wallonie: Wouter Weylandt fifth in 2nd stage

25/07/2010 | 17:30

In the Tour de Wallonie Wouter Weylandt again just missed a stage win. After yesterday`s second place behind Danilo Napolitano, Weylandt finished in fifth place again in today`s stage. The stage covered 201,8 kilometres from Brain ...

Kevin de Weert moves up to 18th place in overall rankings

24/07/2010 | 17:14

An individual time trial over 52 kilometres was decisive for the overall classification of the 97th Tour de France. Kevin de Weert, the number 19 of the overall rankings, crossed the finish line after 1 hour, 8 minutes and 30 seconds. With that time ...

Wouter Weylandt just misses stage win in Wallonie

24/07/2010 | 17:12

The Tour de Wallonie opened with a stage from Mouscron to Lessines, which covered 184,4 kilometres. The two escapees Gourgue and Van Vooren dominated almost the complete stage. The two escapees established a maximum lead of 12 minutes, but the gap dr ...

Tour: Sylvain Chavanel most combative rider

24/07/2010 | 15:43

A jury called our French rider Sylvain Chavanel as most combative rider of this 97th Tour de France. Chavanel was in several breakaways and won the second and seventh stage in this Tour after a long breakaway. Besides that he wore the yello ...

Pineau attacks, Reda abandons in stage 18

23/07/2010 | 19:21

The almost complete flat 18th stage to Bordeaux was one with mixed feeling for Team Quick Step. Jerome Pineau was in the day`s breakaway, while Francesco Reda had to abandon with Paris in sight. The Italian rider was very dizzy and he looke ...

Tour: De Weert maintains top-20 position in GC

22/07/2010 | 18:26

The 17th stage of this Tour de France was known as the 'stage of truth'. With the tough climbs the Col de Marie-Blanque and the Col du Soulor as warming-up, the uphill finish on the Col du Tourmalet was the last hard assignment of t ...

Team Quick Step line-up Tour de Wallonie

22/07/2010 | 16:52

This weekend the Tour de France will end in Paris, in the meanwhile the 31st Tour de Wallonie will start. The stage race over five days heads from Mouscron to Welkenraedt. Team Quick Step starts with Belgian champion Stijn Devolder, Addy En ...

Chavanel and Pineau renew with Team Quick Step

21/07/2010 | 16:22

There’s good news in the Team Quick Step house. In the 2011 season the French duo Chavanel-Pineau will again ride for Team Quick Step . The agreement for one year plus an option for 2012 was signed today in Pau. For Team Quick Step it ...

Reactions Barredo and Van de Walle after stage 16

20/07/2010 | 19:07

Today Team Quick Step was in the front of the stage once again. This time Jurgen van de Walle and Carlos Barredo were in the day`s breakaway, which made it till the line in Pau. Barredo was close to the stage win after a solo of 40 kilometres.&n ...

No reward for Barredo after strong ride in Pyrenees

20/07/2010 | 17:26

After a fantastic stage in the Pyrenees Carlos Barredo just missed the stage win in stage 16. Barredo and Jurgen van de Walle were in a breakaway of 10 riders. On the Col d`Aubisque Barredo attacked several times, but the other escapee ...

Reda attacks in Pyrenees, De Weert moves up in GC

19/07/2010 | 18:23

The second stage in the Pyrenees was spectacular from the start. Several riders tried their luck for the day`s breakaway, but the peloton didn`t want to co-operate and reeled everybody back in. Jerome Pineau also tried to lau ...

De Weert: 'I gave it all during today`s stage'

18/07/2010 | 22:32

Team Quick Step was in the front once again during the 14th stage of the Tour de France. Jurgen van de Walle was in the day`s breakaway, while Sylvain Chavanel and Kevin de Weert were doing well in the group with the major contenders. De Weert w ...

Van de Walle attacks in first Pyrenees stage

18/07/2010 | 17:12

The peloton headed into the Pyrenees today. The peloton headed to Ax-3-Domaines and covered 185 kilometres. Jurgen van de Walle was in an early breakaway, which established a 10 minute lead in the first flat part of the stage. With the first climb Po ...

Tour: Sylvain Chavanel attacks again

17/07/2010 | 19:02

Our French rider Sylvain Chavanel once again showed himself in the Tour de France. After 5 kilometres Chavanel launched a breakaway with Fedrigo and Flecha. The three leaders gained a maximum lead of 6 minutes, but the peloton kept in ...

Barredo attacks, Pineau loses polka dot jersey

16/07/2010 | 19:49

The pace was high during the first hour of the12th stage from Bourge-de-Paege to Mende. The average speed was around the 49 km/h. Jerome Pineau crashed during a sprint for the first GPM points. He got back on his bike, but suffered a series ...

Pineau increases lead in mountain classification

15/07/2010 | 18:34

The eleventh stage was one of the last chances for the sprinters, so a bunch sprint was expected. Still Augé, Geslin and Benitez tried their luck. The dominated the stage, but their maximum lead was 4 minutes. On the Col de Cabre, the only cli ...

Tom Boonen underwent knee operation

15/07/2010 | 11:10

As consequence from his recent crash in the Tour de Suisse, today Tom Boonen underwent an operation to his left knee for a lesion in a pre-patellar band. The operation was performed this morning at 8:00 a.m. at the Herentals clinic by Doctor Claes&rs ...

Wouter Weylandt takes fourth season win

14/07/2010 | 20:29

Wouter Weylandt won the third stage in the Giro d`Italia, Gullegem-Koers and Sint-Niklaas earlier this season. Today he took his fourth season win in Temse Koerse, a Belgian 'kermiskoers' which took place for the first tim ...

Tour: Dries Devenyns third after long day in the front

14/07/2010 | 18:39

After the hard mountain stage of yesterday, the peloton started for a stage from Chambery to Gap today. Dries Devenyns attacked with Mario Aerts after the first intermediate sprint. Kiryienka and Paulinho bridged the gap quickly, 40 ki ...

Kevin de Weert impressive in hard mountain stage

13/07/2010 | 17:27

The ninth stage in the Tour de France was absolutely the hardest stage in the Alps.  The Col de La Colombiere (1618 metres), the Col des Aravis (1487 metres), the Cols des Saisies (1660 metres) and the Col de La Madeleine (20 ...

Austria: Final stage ends in bunch sprint

11/07/2010 | 21:33

The eight and final stage in the Tour of Austria was perfectly suited to the sprinters of the peloton. A small escape group tried their luck, but they were caught in time by the sprinter`s teams. In Vienna a bunch sprint decided w ...

De Weert: 'Happy with my race'

11/07/2010 | 20:24

Sylvain Chavanel lost his yellow jersey today. While Kevin de Weert did a fine job climbing to a 15th place in the stage, only 1 minute and 14 seconds behind stage winner Schleck. "I'm happy with my race. On the Col de la Ramaz I kept u ...

Chavanel loses yellow, De Weert impressive in mountain stage

11/07/2010 | 20:04

During the eight stage of this Tour  the peloton headed into the big mountains for the first time. On schedule today were the Col de La Ramaz (1615 metres) and the final climb of first category to Morzine-Avoiraz (1800 metres). Th ...

Chavanel: 'Climbs were perfect for me'

10/07/2010 | 22:35

It was another unforgettable day for Team Quick Step in the Tour de France. After his splendid victory in the stage at Spa, today Chavanel scored another double, making his mark at the high altitude arrival at Station des Rousses after a ra ...

Sylvain Chavanel takes second stage and yellow jersey

10/07/2010 | 17:40

Once again Sylvain Chavanel put down a great performance in this 97th Tour de France winning the stage and recapturing the yellow jersey. Jerome Pineau started another successful day for Team Quick Step with an early breakaway, defending his polka do ...

Austria: Stijn Devolder 4th in time trial

10/07/2010 | 17:27

The seventh and penultimate stage in the Tour of Austria was an individual time trial over 26,3 kilometres. Belgian road champion Stijn Devolder showed his time trial is still strong. Devolder ended in 4th place, only 46 seconds behind stag ...

Warmth troubling peloton during longest stage

09/07/2010 | 18:35

The sixth stage was with its 228 kilometres the longest stage of this 97th Tour de France. Not only the distance was troubling the riders, also the warm weather conditions made it hard for the riders. An escape group of three riders attacked immediat ...

Austria: Thomas Vedel Kvist does well

09/07/2010 | 17:33

The sixth stage in the Tour of Austria covered 232 kilometres, with some climbing in the first part of the race. The last 100 kilometres were completely flat, so a bunch sprint was the most likely outcome of this stage. Thomas Vedel Kv ...

Julien Vermote joins Team Quick Step in 2011

09/07/2010 | 12:46

There is a new arrival in the Team Quick Step family. Belgian rider Julien Vermote has signed a contract for one year plus option with Team Quick Step. The 20 year old Vermote comes from Kortrijk and is a time trial specialist. The young Belgian ...

Cataldo renews contract with Team Quick Step

09/07/2010 | 12:45

Dario Cataldo has renewed his contract with Team Quick Step for one year plus option. The Italian rider, born in 1984, will be riding with the squad led by Patrick Lefevere in the 2011 season. “Cataldo is a young rider who’s con ...

Tour: Van de Walle in day`s breakaway

08/07/2010 | 18:55

The fifth stage in the Tour was likely to develop the same as the former one. The route was almost completely flat, except for two hills in the first 40 kilometres. After 6 kilometres Jurgen van de Walle attacked with Jose Ivan Gutierr ...

Davide Malacarne impresses in Austria

08/07/2010 | 17:45

The fifth stage was another tough one for the riders in the Tour of Austria. Several riders tried to launch an attack in the first kilometres of the stage, but the peloton didn`t let them go. A group of 12 riders without riders of Team ...

Wouter Weylandt wins in Sint-Niklaas

07/07/2010 | 20:30

This afternoon Wouter Weylandt took his third season win in Sint-Niklaas. Weylandt rode a strong race, being always in the front at the right times. In the final part of the race over 162 kilometres he was in a 7 man breakaway, which established a ni ...

Peloton takes it easy during short fourth stage

07/07/2010 | 18:28

After some hectic days in the 97th Tour de France the peloton took it easy during the fourth stage over 153,5 kilometres to Reims. A breakaway of 5 riders attacked just after the start. The peloton let them go and take a 4 minute ...

Iljo Keisse on inactive status after TAS decision

07/07/2010 | 17:09

Regarding the decision by the TAS (Tribunal Arbitral du Sport) related to the appeal by WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) in the case of Iljo Keisse dating back to 2008, the team announces that the rider, who has joined Team QUICK STEP in 2010, is cons ...

Malacarne and Vedel Kvist attack in Austria

07/07/2010 | 17:07

The fourth stage in the Tour of Austria had a flat first part of the stage, but ended on a climb of 2323 meters. Several breakaway groups tried their luck early on in the race, but the peloton caught them quickly. Thomas Vedel Kvist attacke ...

Austria: Vedel Kvist 7th in mountain stage

06/07/2010 | 19:45

Today there was again some climbing in the Tour of Austria. In a short stage from Kitzbühel to Lienz the riders immediately started to climb to the summit of the Pass Thurn. After a descent there were waiting two climbs of first c ...

Sylvain Chavanel loses yellow jersey on the cobbles

06/07/2010 | 18:04

With Sylvain Chavanel wearing the yellow jersey and Jerom Pineau wearing the polka dot jersey the peloton went on its way to Arenberg. The third stage included 7 sections of cobblestones, which covered a total distance of 13 kilometres. A&n ...

Chavanel and Pineau react on historical stage

05/07/2010 | 20:32

After today`s stage win Sylvain Chavanel also captured the yellow and green jersey as leader in the overall and points classification. “It was a terrific race. To win on Belgian roads for a Belgian team and to have the honour tom ...

Sylvain Chavanel wins second stage in Tour!

05/07/2010 | 17:24

Our French rider Sylvain Chavanel has won the second stage in the Tour de France. Chavanel escaped after 10 kilometres and got 7 riders with him, including team mate Jerome Pineau. On their way to Spa Pineau won took several points for ...

Stijn Devolder 17th on Kitzbuheler Horn

05/07/2010 | 17:13

The second stage of the Tour of Austria finished on the Kitzbuheler Horn, a first uphill finish. A group of three riders were in the day`s breakaway, but under command of Team Quick Step the gap was closed quickly. Belgian champion Sti ...

Tom Boonen visits team during Tour de France

04/07/2010 | 22:08

This morning Tom Boonen visited the team in Rotterdam before the first stage. Tom has travelled with the team bus to the start having a chat with his teammates. "It's strange to be at the tour without my race outfit, but it's always fun ...

Maarten Wynants most combative rider in first stage

04/07/2010 | 17:47

After the prologue in Rotterdam, the peloton headed to Brussels today. Maarten Wynants was in the front immediately, together with Lars Boom and Alan Perez he attacked in the first kilometre. The three riders took a maximum lead of 7 m ...

Nikolas Maes fifth in Austrian opening stage

04/07/2010 | 17:36

The Tour of Austria started today with a stage of 158 kilometres from Dornbirn to Bludenz. Kevin Hulsmans was forces to pull out of the race at the last moment, he has fever. Thomas Vedel Kvist tried his luck in the  ...

Quick-Steppers don`t take risks in rainy prologue

03/07/2010 | 20:23

The Dutch city Rotterdam was host of Le Grand Depart the 97th Tour de France. The 197 riders started with a prologue over 8,9 kilometres. After the warm days of last week, the weather conditions turned into rain today. The track in Rotterda ...

Countdown to Le Grand Depart

01/07/2010 | 23:36

With less then two days to go to the official start of the 97th Tour de France everybody is getting really excited. Our riders and staff are all in Rotterdam already. Today there was a press conference, all riders answered some questions about t ...

Tour: Innergetic helps cyclists recover optimally

01/07/2010 | 19:07

During the Tour de France 2010, the cyclists of the Team Quick Step will, once again, sleep on their own Innergetic mattresses. Since the Tour 2005, manufacturer Latexco has been providing every Quick.Step cyclist with his own mattress and pillo ...