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Aussie Davis Signs With Astana
PARIS, Jan 5, 2010 (AFP) – Australian Allan Davis, champion in last year’s Tour Down Under, has signed a two-year deal with the Astana team, led by Spanish star Alberto Contador, the team said Tuesday.
Davis had spent the past two seasons with Belgian team Quick Step.
Davis’ brother Scott, a [...]
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- Allan Davis And Team Quick Step Part Ways
December 18th, 2009Team Quick Step will no longer have rider Allan Davis on their roster. Davis salary has become too expensive for Quick Step since sponsor Specialized pulled out to support Team Astana according to Wielerflits. So far it appears that Davis has not found a new team for 2010.
Patrick Lefevere, the team director said yesterday [...] - Contador Eyes Spanish Team In 2010
October 24th, 2009MADRID, Oct 24, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would like to race with a Spanish team next year but refused to rule out staying with Astana until his contract with the Kazakh-funded outfit runs out in 2010.
Astana has not yet been granted a ProTour license [...] - Contador Still Not Sold On Astana
September 18th, 2009Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, is unwilling to negotiate with his Kazakh-funded team until management issues are cleared up.
“Currently, we don’t know who’s leading Astana, that’s why I have some doubts,” Contador said of Astana, which has had financial troubles this [...] - Contador Mulling Over Four Offers For Next Season
September 6th, 2009MADRID, Sept 5, 2009 (AFP) – Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, under contract with Astana until 2010, has received offers from Garmin, Caisse d’Epargne and Quick Step as well as a proposed contract extension from Astana, a source close to the rider said Saturday.
The proposal from Caisse [...] - Boonen To Pay Fine And Cocaine Charges Dropped
August 26th, 2009Top Belgian cyclist Tom Boonen has been told that all criminal charges relating to his use of cocaine will be dropped if he pays a 1000 euro fine, the public prosecutor in Turnhout said Wednesday.
The court said if Boonen, a former world champion and Tour de France stage [...] - Barredo Wins San Sebastian Classic
August 1st, 2009SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Aug 1, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Carlos Barredo surprised the favorites by winning the San Sebastian Classic race in Spain’s northern Basque region here on Saturday, edging Czech rider Roman Kreuziger in a sprint.
The pair were seven seconds ahead of a group led by Frenchman Mickael [...] - Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
May 27th, 2009BRUSSELS, May 27, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen could still take part in the Tour de France despite his recent positive test for cocaine, according to Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
“There is no reason to ban Tom Boonen from the Tour. From the [...] - Belgians Blast The UCI Decision To Sanction Tom Boonen Over Cocaine
May 14th, 2009BRUSSELS, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Belgian cycling federation president Laurent De Backer has hit out at the president of world cycling, Pat McQuaid, following the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) decision to sanction Tom Boonen.
Belgian star Boonen, who recently claimed a third victory in the prestigious Paris-Roubaix one-day classic, [...] - Quick Step Say Boonen Needs Treatment But Stand By Him
May 11th, 2009BRUSSELS, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step cycling team bosses on Sunday urged Tom Boonen to have treatment after his second positive test for cocaine but added they would stand by him while he serves a suspension.
Boonen, Belgium’s top cyclist, is facing up to what could be a [...] - Quick Step’s Team Boss Will Not Plead Boonen’s Tour Case After Cocaine Use
May 10th, 2009:
BRUSSELS, May 10, 2009 (AFP) – Quick Step cycling team bosses said Sunday they would not beg Tour de France chiefs to allow Tom Boonen to be included in this year’s race.
Boonen, Belgium’s top cyclist, is facing up to what could be a premature end to his impressive [...] - Tom Boonen Faces His Cycling Demise After Second Cocaine Positive
May 9th, 2009by Benoit Noel
BRUSSELS, May 9, 2009 (AFP) – Belgium’s top cyclist Tom Boonen admitted he had a “problem” on Saturday after a second positive test for cocaine threw his career into serious jeopardy.
News of Boonen’s positive test was confirmed by the public prosecutor’s office earlier on [...] - World’s No. 1-Ranked Team QuickStep Announced for Tour of Missouri
April 15th, 2009Third Annual Elite Pro Cycling Race Takes Place September 7-13
April 14, 2009 (Jefferson City, Mo.) – The current world No. 1-ranked team, QuickStep of Belgium, has been announced for the third Tour of Missouri professional cycling race, scheduled for September 7-13, 2009.
QuickStep is the team of international superstar Tom Boonen, who won Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix for [...] - Tom Boonen Gets His Classics Campaign Off Right
March 2nd, 2009Belgian star Tom Boonen claimed his first big spring classics win of the season at the Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne semi-classic here Sunday.
The 2005 world champion, who rides for Quick Step, finished ahead of Columbia sprinter Bernhard Eisel of Austria and Britain’s Jeremy Hunt, who was third in a bunch sprint [...] - Italian Cycling Legend Paolo Bettini Announces His Retirement After Title Defence
September 27th, 2008by Justin Davis
VARESE, Italy, Sept 27, 2008 (AFP) – One of cycling’s modern day greats, Paolo Bettini of Italy, has confirmed he will retire after the final race of the world road race championships on Sunday.
The 34-year-old Italian, a favourite to win a third consecutive gold [...] - Tom Boonen Wins Tour of Spain Third Stage
September 1st, 2008CORDOBA, Spain, Sept 1, 2008 (AFP) – Italy’s Daniel Bennati of Liquigas took the overall race leader’s golden jersey in the Tour of Spain on Monday despite finishing the third stage in second place behind Belgium’s Tom Boonen.
Quick Step rider Boonen finished the 168.6-kilometre (105-mile) ride between Jaen and [...] - Tom Boonen of Quick Step Wins Eneco Tour 4th Stage
August 24th, 2008ARDOOIE, Belgium, Aug 24, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian rider Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team won a sprint finish for Sunday’s fourth stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux.
Dutch rider Kenny van Hummel finished second and Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen in third.
Germany’s Andre Greipel took [...] - Steegmans Wins Tour’s Last Stage In Paris
July 27th, 2008PARIS, France, July 27, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian Gert Steegmans of the Quick Step team won the final stage of the Tour de France here on Sunday.
Steegmans claimed his second career stage win on the race, but his first on the Champs Elysees, in timely fashion having failed to [...] - Sylvain Chavanel Agrees To Deal With Quick Step
July 24th, 2008BOURG-D’OISANS, France, July 24, 2008 (AFP) – France’s biggest cycling star Sylvain Chavanel of Cofidis has agreed a two-year deal with the Belgian Quick Step team, it was confirmed here Thursday.
Cofidis manager Eric Boyer said prior to the 18th stage of the Tour de France that his team leader [...] - Russian Tinkoff Team Signs Gert Steegmans To A two Year Deal
July 6th, 2008Steegmans to ditch Quick Step for Tinkoff
SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian sprinter Gert Steegmans, a former stage winner here at the Tour de France, will join the Russian Tinkoff team on a two-year deal, it was revealed at the race here Sunday.
Steegmans is currently a [...] - Quick Step’s Devolder Will Go For Green In Boonen’s Absence
June 26th, 2008Devolder for a first, but no Boonen for Quick Step
PARIS, June 26, 2008 (AFP) – Belgian superstar Tom Boonen is the major absence from the Quick Step team’s Tour de France roster, announced Thursday, due to a recent positive test for cocaine.
The news of Boonen’s career setback – which [...]
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