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• Devenyns, Vandewalle and Van Keirsbulck with the Quick Step Team for the next two seasons
  June 27th, 2011
  

  Quick-Step Cycling Team is pleased to announce contract renewals for Dries Devenyns, Kristof Vandewalle and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck. All 3 of the team’s athletes will wear the Quick-Step Cycling Team [...]

• Quick Step Unveils Line-up for Santos Tour Down Under
  December 2nd, 2010
  

  Belgium team Quick Step has unveiled the rider list for the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under, which sees the return of top sprinter Francesco Chicchi to the team. “Chicchi is [...]

• Cataldo Gets His First Win At GP Beghelli
  October 10th, 2010
  

  First individual win for the QUICK STEP rider Oct. 10, 2010 – The QUICK STEP jersey shines on the roads of Emilia-Romagna (Italy) thanks to Dario Cataldo, who wonderfully won [...]

• Barredo Wins Stage 15 In Covadonga, Nibali Still In Red In Spain
  September 12th, 2010
  

  MADRID – Spaniard Carlos Barredo grabbed the first Grand Tour stage of his career when he fought through rain and fog to win the Tour of Spain 15th stage atop [...]

• Chavanel In Yellow As Schlecks, Armstrong, And More Crash
  July 5th, 2010
  

  SPA, Belgium – Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel claimed the leader’s yellow jersey after winning yet another crash-marred stage of the Tour de France Monday as the peloton called a truce in [...]

• Boonen To Lead Quick Step Team At Tour de France
  June 23rd, 2010
  

  On Saturday, 3rd July the 2010 Tour De France will start in Rotterdam from Nederland with an 8 kilometre prologue time-trial. QUICK STEP Team technical staff have announced the names [...]

• Vinokourov Takes Pink As Weylandt Wins Third Stage
  May 10th, 2010
  

  MIDDELBURG, Netherlands, May 10, 2010 (AFP) – Veteran Alexandre Vinokourov, riding for Astana, took the overall leader’s pink jersey following Monday’s third stage of the Tour of Italy, the day’s [...]

• Aussie Davis Signs With Astana
  January 5th, 2010
  

  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 [...]

• Allan Davis And Team Quick Step Part Ways
  December 18th, 2009
  

  Team 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 [...]

• Contador Eyes Spanish Team In 2010
  October 24th, 2009
  

  MADRID, 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 [...]

• Contador Still Not Sold On Astana
  September 18th, 2009
  

  Two-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 [...]

• Contador Mulling Over Four Offers For Next Season
  September 6th, 2009
  

  MADRID, 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 [...]

• Boonen To Pay Fine And Cocaine Charges Dropped
  August 26th, 2009
  

  Top 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 [...]

• Barredo Wins San Sebastian Classic
  August 1st, 2009
  

  SAN 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 [...]

• Boonen Could Still Make Tour de France, Says UCI’s Pat McQuaid
  May 27th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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, [...]

• Belgians Blast The UCI Decision To Sanction Tom Boonen Over Cocaine
  May 14th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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) [...]

• Quick Step Say Boonen Needs Treatment But Stand By Him
  May 11th, 2009
  

  BRUSSELS, 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 [...]

• 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 [...]

• Tom Boonen Faces His Cycling Demise After Second Cocaine Positive
  May 9th, 2009
  

  by 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 [...]

• World’s No. 1-Ranked Team QuickStep Announced for Tour of Missouri
  April 15th, 2009
  

  Third 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 [...]

• Tom Boonen Gets His Classics Campaign Off Right
  March 2nd, 2009
  

  Belgian 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 [...]

• Italian Cycling Legend Paolo Bettini Announces His Retirement After Title Defence
  September 27th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Tom Boonen Wins Tour of Spain Third Stage
  September 1st, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Tom Boonen of Quick Step Wins Eneco Tour 4th Stage
  August 24th, 2008
  

  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. [...]

• Steegmans Wins Tour’s Last Stage In Paris
  July 27th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Sylvain Chavanel Agrees To Deal With Quick Step
  July 24th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Russian Tinkoff Team Signs Gert Steegmans To A two Year Deal
  July 6th, 2008
  

  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 [...]

• Quick Step’s Devolder Will Go For Green In Boonen’s Absence
  June 26th, 2008
  

  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 [...]