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Quick Step
Team information
UCI code QST
Based Flag of Belgium Belgium
Founded 2003
Discipline(s) Road
Status ProTour
Key personnel
General manager Patrick Lefevere
Previous team name(s)
2007 - ProTour
2006 - ProTour
2005 - ProTour
2004 - Div. I
2003 - Div. I		 Quick Step-Innergetic (QSI))
Quick Step-Innergetic (QSI))
Quick Step (QST)
Quick Step-Davitamon (QSD)
Quick Step-Davitamon (QSD)

Quick Step (UCI Team Code: QST) is a Belgian UCI ProTour cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefevere. The sports directors are Alvaro Crespi, Luca Guercilena, Serge Parsani, Wilfried Peeters and Rik Van Slycke. The title sponsor Quick Step is a manufacturer of laminate flooring that is available in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia.

The new team was created with the name Quick Step-Davitamon in 2003 on top of the old Mapei, after their main sponsor retreated from road bicycle racing. The teams greatest victories has been Paolo Bettini winning the UCI Road World Cup in 2003 and 2004. In the 2005 UCI ProTour season, at which point the team was renamed Quick Step-Innergetic, the team won a large number of classics: Tom Boonen won Ronde van Vlaanderen 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 UCI Road World Championships in Madrid which topped of a fantastic year for both Boonen and Quick Step.In 2006 Boonen retained the Ronde van Vlaanderen and wore the yellow jersey in the Tour de France and Filippo Pozzato won Milan-Sanremo.While Paolo Bettini won the World Cycling Championships and retained his Giro di Lombardia crown.This victory was an emotional one for Bettini who broke down crying at the finish having lost his brother two weeks before the race.

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On January 23, 2007, the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws accused Patrick Lefevere and the entire Quick Step-Innergetic-team of having used doping systematically.[1] The team would have taken doping on instigation from Patrick Lefevere. The UCI declared on January 27, 2007 that there has never been a doping-system in the team. Between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2006, the Quick Step-riders have been tested 321 times by eight controllers from five different countries. Never has there been a trace of doping.
Both Lefevere and all the riders on the Quick Step-Innergetic-team have sued the journalist and Het Laatste Nieuws with a claim of several millions of euros.

As of January 3, 2007.[2]

Rider Date of Birth
Flag of Belgium Serge Baguet (BEL) August 18, 1969 (1969-08-18) (age 38)
Flag of Spain Carlos Barredo[3] (ESP) June 5, 1981 (1981-06-05) (age 26)
Flag of Italy Paolo Bettini (ITA) April 1, 1974 (1974-04-01) (age 33)
Flag of Belgium Tom Boonen (BEL) October 15, 1980 (1980-10-15) (age 27)
Flag of Belgium Wilfried Cretskens (BEL) July 10, 1976 (1976-07-10) (age 31)
Flag of the Netherlands Steven de Jongh (NED) November 25, 1973 (1973-11-25) (age 34)
Flag of the Netherlands Addy Engels (NED) June 16, 1977 (1977-06-16) (age 30)
Flag of Italy Mauro Facci (ITA) May 11, 1982 (1982-05-11) (age 25)
Flag of Spain Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) April 24, 1976 (1976-04-24) (age 31)
Flag of Ukraine Dmitry Grabovskiy (UKR) September 30, 1985 (1985-09-30) (age 22)
Flag of Belgium Kevin Hulsmans (BEL) April 11, 1978 (1978-04-11) (age 29)
Flag of Italy Alessandro Proni (ITA) December 28, 1982 (1982-12-28) (age 25)
Flag of Belgium Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) July 15, 1981 (1981-07-15) (age 26)
Flag of Switzerland Ivan Santaromita (SUI) April 30, 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 23)
Flag of Italy Leonardo Scarselli[3] (ITA) April 19, 1975 (1975-04-19) (age 32)
Rider Date of Birth
Flag of Switzerland Hubert Schwab (SUI) April 5, 1982 (1982-04-05) (age 25)
Flag of Belgium Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL) September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 21)
Flag of Belgium Gert Steegmans (BEL) September 30, 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 27)
Flag of the Netherlands Bram Tankink (NED) December 3, 1978 (1978-12-03) (age 29)
Flag of Italy Andrea Tonti (ITA) February 16, 1976 (1976-02-16) (age 31)
Flag of Italy Matteo Tosatto (ITA) May 14, 1974 (1974-05-14) (age 33)
Flag of Belgium Jurgen Van de Walle (BEL) February 9, 1977 (1977-02-09) (age 30)
Flag of Belgium Kevin van Impe (BEL) April 19, 1981 (1981-04-19) (age 26)
Flag of Belgium Peter Van Petegem (BEL) January 18, 1970 (1970-01-18) (age 37)
Flag of France Cédric Vasseur (FRA) August 18, 1970 (1970-08-18) (age 37)
Flag of Belgium Geert Verheyen (BEL) March 10, 1973 (1973-03-10) (age 34)
Flag of Italy Davide Viganò (ITA) June 12, 1984 (1984-06-12) (age 23)
Flag of Italy Giovanni Visconti[3] (ITA) January 13, 1983 (1983-01-13) (age 24)
Flag of Belgium Wouter Weylandt (BEL) September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) (age 23)
Flag of Belgium Maarten Wynants (BEL) May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13) (age 25)

Name Nationality Function
Patrick Lefevere Flag of Belgium Belgium Management
Alvaro Crespi Flag of Italy Italy Management
Luca Guercilena Flag of Italy Italy Sportif director
Serge Parsani Flag of Italy Italy Sportif director
Wilfried Peeters Flag of Belgium Belgium Sportif director
Rik Van Slycke Flag of Belgium Belgium Sportif director
Davide Bramati Flag of Italy Italy Sportif director
Claudio Bignotti Flag of Italy Italy Physio
Stefano Cerea Flag of Italy Italy Physio
Johan Molly Flag of Belgium Belgium Physio
Dirk Nachtergaele Flag of Belgium Belgium Physio
Marc Patry Flag of Belgium Belgium Physio
Freddy Viaene Flag of Belgium Belgium Physio
Rudy Pollet Flag of Belgium Belgium Physio
Freddy Heydens Flag of Belgium Belgium Mechanic
Fausto Oppici Flag of Italy Italy Mechanic
Kurt Roose Flag of Belgium Belgium Mechanic
Jean-Marc Vandenberghe Flag of Belgium Belgium Mechanic
Francesco Villa Flag of Italy Italy Mechanic
Kenny Latomme Flag of Belgium Belgium Mechanic
Kevin Desmedt Flag of Belgium Belgium Mechanic
Toon Cruyt Flag of Belgium Belgium Doctor
Manuel Rodriguez Alonso Flag of Spain Spain Doctor
Yvan Van Mol Flag of Belgium Belgium Doctor
Alexander James Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Bus driver
Alessandro Tegner Flag of Italy Italy Press agent
Jean-Marie Wampers Flag of Belgium Belgium Public Relations
Ro De Jonckere Flag of Belgium Belgium Administration
Patricia Vercamer Flag of Belgium Belgium Administration


  1. ^ Article on the doping accusations Retrieved on 17 April 2007
  2. ^ Quick Step-Innergetic - Riders. UCI. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
  3. ^ a b c Decaluwé, Brecht (2006-12-18). Quickstep once again strengthened for the classics. Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

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