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by 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 [...]
CORDOBA, 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 [...]
ARDOOIE, 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 [...]
PARIS, 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 [...]
BOURG-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 [...]
Steegmans 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 [...]
Devolder 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 [...]