2013 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season

2013 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season
Manager Patrick Lefevere
One-day victories 4
Stage race overall victories 7
Stage race stage victories 39
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The 2013 season for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2013 roster

As of 2 August 2013.[1][2]
Rider Date of birth
 Tom Boonen (BEL) (1980-10-15)15 October 1980 (aged 32)
 Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) (1987-08-22)22 August 1987 (aged 25)
 Mark Cavendish (GBR) (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 27)
 Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (1979-06-30)30 June 1979 (aged 33)
 Kevin De Weert (BEL) (1982-05-27)27 May 1982 (aged 30)
 Dries Devenyns (BEL) (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 29)
 Andrew Fenn (GBR) (1990-07-01)1 July 1990 (aged 22)
 Michał Gołaś (POL) (1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 28)
 Bert Grabsch (GER) (1975-06-19)19 June 1975 (aged 37)
 Iljo Keisse (BEL) (1982-12-21)21 December 1982 (aged 30)
 Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 22)
 Nikolas Maes (BEL) (1986-04-09)9 April 1986 (aged 26)
 Tony Martin (GER) (1985-04-23)23 April 1985 (aged 27)
 Gianni Meersman (BEL) (1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 27)
 Serge Pauwels (BEL) (1983-11-23)23 November 1983 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Alessandro Petacchi[N 1] (ITA) (1974-01-03)3 January 1974 (aged 38)
 Jérôme Pineau (FRA) (1980-01-02)2 January 1980 (aged 32)
 František Raboň (CZE) (1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 29)
 Pieter Serry (BEL) (1988-11-21)21 November 1988 (aged 24)
 Gert Steegmans (BEL) (1980-09-30)30 September 1980 (aged 32)
 Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) (1985-12-11)11 December 1985 (aged 27)
 Niki Terpstra (NED) (1984-05-18)18 May 1984 (aged 28)
 Matteo Trentin (ITA) (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 23)
 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 21)
 Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL) (1984-04-25)25 April 1984 (aged 28)
 Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) (1985-04-05)5 April 1985 (aged 27)
 Martin Velits (SVK) (1985-02-21)21 February 1985 (aged 27)
 Peter Velits (SVK) (1985-02-21)21 February 1985 (aged 27)
 Julien Vermote (BEL) (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 23)
 Carlos Verona (ESP) (1992-11-04)4 November 1992 (aged 20)
  1. Petacchi joined the team on 1 August, having left Lampre–Merida in April 2013.[3]

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season
Rider 2012 team
Pieter Serry[4]Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
Gianluca Brambilla[5]Colnago–CSF Bardiani
Mark Cavendish[6]Team Sky
Carlos Verona[7]Burgos BH–Castilla y Leon
Gianni Meersman[8]Lotto–Belisol

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season
Rider 2013 team
Francesco Chicchi[9]Vini Fantini–Selle Italia
Dario Cataldo[10]Team Sky
Gerald Ciolek[11]MTN–Qhubeka
Levi Leipheimer[12]Suspended
Matt Brammeier[13]Champion System
Marco Bandiera[14]IAM Cycling

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
21 January Tour de San Luis, Stage 1 UCI America Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Argentina Villa Mercedes
5 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Qatar Mesaieed
6 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Qatar Al Khor Corniche
7 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Qatar Madinat ash Shamal
8 February Tour of Qatar, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Qatar Doha Corniche
8 February Tour of Qatar, Overall UCI Asia Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Qatar
8 February Tour of Qatar, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Qatar
17 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  Portugal Tavira
17 February Volta ao Algarve, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  Portugal
1 March Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Prologue UCI Europe Tour  Vandewalle, KristofKristof Vandewalle (BEL)  Belgium Middelkerke
3 March Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Vandewalle, KristofKristof Vandewalle (BEL)  Belgium
3 March Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Belgium
6 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1 UCI World Tour Team time trial[N 2]  Italy Donoratico
9 March Paris–Nice, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)  France Nice
10 March Paris–Nice, Points classification UCI World Tour  Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)  France
12 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  Italy San Benedetto del Tronto
12 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Italy
18 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)  Spain Calella
19 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2 UCI World Tour  Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)  Spain Banyoles
27 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Belgium Koksijde
28 March Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3b UCI Europe Tour  Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Belgium De Panne
28 March Three Days of De Panne, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Belgium
28 March Three Days of De Panne, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 3]  Belgium
6 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  Spain Beasain
24 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)   Switzerland Renens
26 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)   Switzerland Payerne
28 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)   Switzerland Geneva
4 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy Naples
9 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy Margherita di Savoia
16 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy Treviso
17 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy Cherasco
24 May Tour of Belgium, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  Belgium Beveren
26 May Tour of Belgium, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  Belgium
26 May Tour of Belgium, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4]  Belgium
26 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy Brescia
26 May Giro d'Italia, Points classification UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy
26 May Giro d'Italia, Azzurri d'Italia classification UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy
26 May Giro d'Italia, Combative classification UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Italy
28 May Gullegem Koerse National event  Fenn, AndrewAndrew Fenn (GBR)  Belgium Gullegem
1 June Heistse Pijl National event  Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)  Belgium Heist-op-den-Berg
5 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  France Parc des Oiseaux
9 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classification UCI World Tour  Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)  France
16 June Ster ZLM Toer, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 5]  Netherlands
3 July Tour de France, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  France Marseille
10 July Tour de France, Stage 11 UCI World Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  France Mont Saint-Michel
12 July Tour de France, Stage 13 UCI World Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  France Saint-Amand-Montrond
13 July Tour de France, Stage 14 UCI World Tour  Trentin, MatteoMatteo Trentin (ITA)  France Lyon
21 July Tour de Wallonie, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)  Belgium Engis
4 August Danmark Rundt, Stage 6 UCI Europe Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Denmark Frederiksberg
9 August Tour de l'Ain, Prologue UCI Europe Tour  Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)  France Trévoux
14 August Eneco Tour, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)  Netherlands Brouwersdam
16 August Eneco Tour, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Netherlands Sittard-Geleen
18 August Eneco Tour, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)  Belgium Geraardsbergen
18 August Eneco Tour, Overall UCI World Tour  Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE) [N 6]
18 August Eneco Tour, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 7] [N 6]
30 August Vuelta a España, Stage 7 UCI World Tour  Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)  Spain Mairena del Aljarafe
31 August World Ports Classic, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Maes, NikolasNikolas Maes (BEL) [N 6]
31 August World Ports Classic, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Maes, NikolasNikolas Maes (BEL) [N 6]
18 September Tour of Britain, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Great Britain Llanberis
21 September Tour of Britain, Stage 7 UCI Europe Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Great Britain Guildford
22 September Tour of Britain, Stage 8 UCI Europe Tour  Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)  Great Britain London
22 September UCI Road World Championships, Team time trial UCI World Tour [N 8]  Italy Florence
20 October Chrono des Nations UCI Europe Tour  Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)  France Les Herbiers

Footnotes

References

  1. "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. "Petacchi to start with Omega Pharma-Quickstep August 1". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. "Petacchi to start with Omega Pharma-Quickstep August 1". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. "Transfers: Serry, Nieve and Ignazio Moser sign for 2013". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 23 August 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. "New Arrival at OPQS". Omega Pharma-Quick Step. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. "Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish to join Omega Pharma-Quick Step". BBC Sport (BBC). 16 March 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  7. "Omega Pharma — QuickStep add Verona to 2013 roster". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 29 October 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  8. "Gianni Meersman confirmed with Omega Pharma-Quick Step on a two-year deal". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). 19 November 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  9. "Petacchi to replace Guardini at Farnese Vini?". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 30 August 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  10. "Cataldo leaving Omega Pharma-QuickStep for Sky". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  11. Stokes, Shane (14 September 2012). "Ciolek adds firepower to MTN Qhubeka lineup for next season". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  12. "Lance Armstrong: Ex-doper Levi Leipheimer sacked by Quick-Step". BBC Sport (BBC). 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  13. "Brammeier signs with Champion System". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  14. "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.

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