This is most certainly one of the teams to watch, and watch closely. Belgian UCI World Tour cycling team Omega-Pharma Quickstep, headed up by former Belgian pro cyclist Patrick Lefevere, these guys know how to dominant a race.
The booty
This year alone the team has taken out 40 wins (last year they hit 63) and is currently placed at the top of the World Ranking. The team placed first in last year’s Team Time Trial competition in Florence, Italy. Equally impressive highlights from last year include team member Mark Cavendish’s 5-stage win at the Giro d’Italia and four Tour de France successes.
They ride…
Specialized
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Who's taking the team to the 2014 Tour de France
Allessandro Petacchi (Italy)
Jan Baeklants (Belgium)
Mark Cavendish (United Kingdom) - Cavendish down and out due to stage 1 crash dislocating his collarbone.
Mark Renshaw (Australia)
Matteo Trentin (Italy)
Michal Golas (Poland)
Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Tony Martin (Germany)
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Who rides for Omega Pharma – Quickstep
Mark Cavendish - Cavendish down and out due to stage 1 crash dislocating his collarbone.
Carlos Verona
Mark Renshaw
Rigoberto Uran
Kevin de Weert
Michal Golas
Iljo Keisse
Tony Martin (2014 delivered his third straight gold for German TT Championships)
Gianni Meersman
Alessandro Petacchi
Pieter Serry
Julian Alaphilippe
Jan Bakelants
Tom Boonen
Gianluca Brambilla
Thomas de Gendt
Andrew Fenn
Michal Kwiatkowski (2014 Polish National Time Trial Champion)
Nikolas Maes
Serge Pauwels
Wout Poels
Gert Steegmans
Zdenek Stybar (recent 2014 Czech Republic National Road Championship winner)
Niki Terpstra
Matteo Trentin
Petr Vakoc
Guillaume van Keirsbulck
Stijn Vandenbergh
Martin Velits
Julien Vermote
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Not just the pros
Omega Pharma – Quickstep also comprises two youth teams, EFC-Omega Pharma Quick-Step U23s and the Avia junior team.
Who’s Omega Pharma and who’s Quickstep
Omega Pharma is a Belgian pharmaceutical company providing innovative healthcare solutions. Hailing from Flanders, Quickstep provides myriad designs of easy-to-install flooring.
