Quick Step-Innergetic

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

For the dance, see Quickstep.

Quick Step-Innergetic (UCI Team Code: QSI) is a Belgian UCI ProTour team led by team manager Patrick Lefevere. The sports directors are Alvaro Crespi, Luca Guercilena, Serge Parsani, Wilfried Peeters and Rik Van Slycke. 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, 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 World Cycling 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.

Contents 1 2007 ProTeam 1.1 Major results 1.2 Roster 2 Team Equipment 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 2007 ProTeam

[edit] Major results

• Tour of Qatar: Team classification (team); General classification (Wilfried Cretskens); Points classification (Tom Boonen).
• Dwars door Vlaanderen: 1st: Tom Boonen
• E3 Prijs Vlaanderen: 1st: Tom Boonen

[edit] Roster

As of January 3, 2007.^[1]

Rider Date of Birth Serge Baguet August 18, 1969 (age 37) Carlos Barredo[2] June 5, 1981 (age 25) Paolo Bettini April 1, 1974 (age 33) Tom Boonen October 15, 1980 (age 26) Wilfried Cretskens July 10, 1976 (age 30) Steven de Jongh November 25, 1973 (age 33) Addy Engels June 16, 1977 (age 29) Mauro Facci May 11, 1982 (age 24) Juan Manuel Gárate April 24, 1976 (age 30) Dmitry Grabovskiy September 30, 1985 (age 21) Kevin Hulsmans April 11, 1978 (age 28) Alessandro Proni December 28, 1982 (age 24) Sébastien Rosseler July 15, 1981 (age 25) Ivan Santaromita April 30, 1984 (age 22) Leonardo Scarselli[2] April 19, 1975 (age 31)

Rider Date of Birth Hubert Schwab April 5, 1982 (age 24) Kevin Seeldraeyers September 12, 1986 (age 20) Gert Steegmans September 30, 1980 (age 26) Bram Tankink December 3, 1978 (age 28) Andrea Tonti February 16, 1976 (age 31) Matteo Tosatto May 14, 1974 (age 32) Jurgen Van de Walle February 9, 1977 (age 30) Kevin van Impe April 19, 1981 (age 25) Peter Van Petegem January 18, 1970 (age 37) Cédric Vasseur August 18, 1970 (age 36) Geert Verheyen March 10, 1973 (age 34) Davide Viganò June 12, 1984 (age 22) Giovanni Visconti[2] January 13, 1983 (age 24) Wouter Weylandt September 27, 1984 (age 22) Maarten Wynants May 13, 1982 (age 24)

• 2006 Team

[edit] Team Equipment

• Bicycles: Specialized
• Saddles: Selle Italia
• Wheels: Fulcrum
• Components: Campagnolo

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site

Teams UCI ProTour (2007)

Ag2r Prévoyance • Astana Team • Bouygues Télécom • Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone • Crédit Agricole • Team CSC • Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team • Euskaltel-Euskadi • La Française des Jeux • Gerolsteiner • Caisse d'Epargne • Lampre-Fondital • Liquigas • Team Milram • Predictor-Lotto • Quick·Step-Innergetic • Rabobank • Saunier Duval-Prodir • T-Mobile Team • Unibet.com See also: UCI ProTour • UCI ProTour 2007   • 2006-2007 UCI Africa Tour  • 2006-2007 UCI America Tour  • 2006-2007 UCI Asia Tour   • 2006-2007 UCI Europe Tour  • 2006-2007 UCI Oceania Tour