2010 Quick-Step season

Quick-Step 2010 yes QST UCI ProTeam 16th (325 points) Patrick Lefevere Belgium 2 1 10 3 Tom Boonen (4 wins) Tom Boonen (19th) 2009 2011 The 2010 season for QST 2010 began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the ProTour. The team looks to remain as one of the world's foremost in the spring classics. Its ridership is mostly unchanged from 2009, in spite of an offseason attempt to sign reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. 2010 roster Ages as of January 1, 2010. Carlos Barredo ESP 2010 1 1 1981 6 5 Tom Boonen BEL 2010 1 1 1980 10 15 Dario Cataldo ITA 2010 1 1 1985 3 17 Sylvain Chavanel FRA 2010 1 1 1979 6 30 Kevin De Weert BEL 2010 1 1 1982 5 27 Stijn Devolder BEL 2010 1 1 1979 8 29 Dries Devenyns BEL 2010 1 1 1983 7 22 Addy Engels NED 2010 1 1 1977 6 16 Mauro Facci ITA 2010 1 1 1982 5 11 Kurt Hovelijnck BEL 2010 1 1 1981 6 2 Kevin Hulsmans BEL 2010 1 1 1978 4 11 Iljo Keisse BEL 2010 1 1 1982 12 21 Andrei Kunitski BLR 2010 1 1 1984 7 2 Thomas Kvist DEN 2010 1 1 1987 8 18 Nikolas Maes BEL 2010 1 1 1986 4 9 Davide Malacarne ITA 2010 1 1 1987 7 11 Jérôme Pineau FRA 2010 1 1 1980 1 2 Francesco Reda ITA 2010 1 1 1982 11 19 Branislau Samoilau BLR 2010 1 1 1985 5 25 Kevin Seeldraeyers BEL 2010 1 1 1986 9 12 Andreas Stauff GER 2010 1 1 1987 1 22 Matteo Tosatto ITA 2010 1 1 1974 5 14 Jurgen Van de Walle BEL 2010 1 1 1977 2 9 Kevin Van Impe BEL 2010 1 1 1981 4 19 Marco Velo ITA 2010 1 1 1974 3 9 Wouter Weylandt BEL 2010 1 1 1984 9 27 Maarten Wynants BEL 2010 1 1 1982 5 13 Riders who joined the team for the 2010 season Rider2009 teamIljo KeisseJohn Saey-Deschacht-HuyandaAndrei KunitskiAMI 2009Nikolas MaesTSV 2009Branislau SamoilauAMI 2009Andreas Stauffneo-pro Riders who left the team during or after the 2009 season Rider2010 teamDominique CornuSKS 2010Allan DavisAST 2010Steven De JonghRetiredSébastien RosselerRadioShack 2010Hubert SchwabVBG 2010 One-day races Spring classics January 2011 Fall races January 2011 Stage races After beginning their season at the Tour Down Under with no victories, Quick Step then entered the Tour of Qatar with two-time defending champion Boonen leading their squad. Boonen won two stages in the race,Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-3/results Boonen wins in Mesaieed 2010-02-09 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100212105646/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-3/results 12 February 2010 liveStephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-5/results Second win for Boonen in Qatar 2010-02-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100330033954/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-5/results 30 March 2010 live but a two-man breakaway in the race's second stage proved critical, as it afforded Wouter Mol and Geert Steurs the top two steps on the podium by more than a minute over the rest of the field. Boonen finished third overall.Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-2/results Steurs strongest as breakaway rules the day 2010-02-08 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100211180356/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-2/results 11 February 2010 liveStephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2-1/stage-6/results Chicchi sprints to another stage win in Qatar 2010-02-12 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-02-18 Grand Tours Giro d'Italia Quick Step came to the Giro with a squad headed by Cataldo. Seeldraeyers, who had won the youth classification in the 2009 Giro d'Italia, was kept off the squad in favor of the Tour de France. Weylandt was included with sprint victories in mind.Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quick-step-footon-servetto-and-androni-announce-giro-squads Quick Step, Footon-Servetto and Androni announce Giro squads Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-03 2010-05-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100506010434/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quick-step-footon-servetto-and-androni-announce-giro-squads 6 May 2010 live left|thumb|Jérôme Pineau, riding with Tom Stamsnijder and Olivier Kaisen during stage 3 of the Giro, which Quick Step rider Wouter Weylandt went on to win.|alt=Three road racing cyclists riding in a single file line. Cars follow on the road behind them, and spectators watch from the roadside. In stage 3, the second of two road race stages in the Netherlands, Weylandt was successful at avoiding crashes, including one with 30 km on left to race that made for a selection of just 29 riders finishing the stage together. Weyldant sprinted Graeme Brown and Robert Förster to take the stage win. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results Weylandt takes chaotic stage 2010-05-10 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100511190154/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results 2010-05-11 dead After the transfer to Italy, the squad finished in 16th place in the stage 4 team time trial, finishing with six riders 2'15" off the pace of stage winners LIQ 2010. Les Clarke and Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results Liquigas-Doimo fly to TTT victory 2010-05-12 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513081051/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results 2010-05-13 dead The squad was again active in stage 5. Pineau followed an early morning move from BBO 2010 rider Yukiya Arashiro, and they, along with COF 2010' Julien Fouchard formed the day's breakaway. The stage was flat, and in the final kilometers the sprinters' teams came to the front of the peloton to try to catch them. They did not time their move properly, however, and the three stayed by a margin of four seconds. Pineau won the sprint for the stage, and took the red jersey as points classification leader with this result. Peter Hymas and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-5/results Pineau nabs Quick Step's second stage 2010-05-13 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515105232/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-5/results 2010-05-15 dead The squad was largely quiet for the remainder of the Giro. Weylandt took seventh in a more full field sprint in stage 9. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-9/results Goss sprints to victory in Cava de' Tirreni 2010-05-17 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100520011030/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-9/results 2010-05-20 dead In stage 11, when 50 riders formed the day's breakaway and the favorites lost more than 13 minutes, Cataldo nearly took the squad's third victory. He and Pineau had both made the selection, but only Cataldo stayed at the front of the race toward the stage's end. Unable to bridge up to an attacking Evgeni Petrov in the stage's final kilometer, Cataldo was second on the day. Les Clarke and Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-11/results Petrov powers to victory in L'Aquila 2010-05-19 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-05-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100521120845/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-11/results 2010-05-21 dead Pineau was third in the stage 12 group sprint, taking the red jersey again for two days with this result. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results Pippo powers home in Porto Recanti 2010-05-20 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609111053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results 2010-06-09 dead Samoilau rode the Monte Grappa climb in stage 14 with the second group on the road, leading them across the finish line 2'25" back of stage winner Vincenzo Nibali, for sixth on the day. Susan Westemeyer http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-14/results Nibali solos into Asolo 2010-05-22 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100616024538/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-14/results 2010-06-16 dead Cataldo was ninth-best in the climbing time trial to Plan de Corones two stages later. Les Clarke and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results Garzelli time trials to stage win 2010-05-25 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100611160133/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results 2010-06-11 dead In stage 19, Samoilau again led his group across the line, this time the third group on the road, for ninth place.Cycling News http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-19/results Basso charges into pink with Mortirolo attack 2010-05-28 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20100620033217/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-19/results 20 June 2010 live Samoilau was the squad's highest-placed rider in the final overall standings, in 39th place at a deficit of one hour and 46 minutes to Giro champion Ivan Basso. Pineau won the Premio della Fuga classification for most kilometers spent in a breakaway of ten or fewer riders. The squad was 15th in the Trofeo Fast Team standings and 13th in the Trofeo Super Team.Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-21/results Basso wins Giro d'Italia 2010-05-30 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100623042628/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-21/results 23 June 2010 live Tour de France Boonen intended to start the Tour de France, but had to pull out with a knee injury exacerbated in the Tour de Suisse. Lefevere had hoped to replace Boonen with Weylandt, but the young sprinter was not on the 15-name list Lefevere had first submitted to Tour organizers ASO, so he was ineligible. Reda took Boonen's place at the Tour's start. The squad also included Chavanel, coming off a lackluster season to date which included a fractured skull sustained at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and Pineau, coming off a strong Giro d'Italia which included a stage win. Seeldraeyers, best young rider at the 2009 Giro d'Italia, was the team's only general classification rider, but they did not expect him to be a serious contender.Steve Jones http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/4647/Tour-de-France-Quick-Step-names-formidable-roster-will-hunt-for-stage-wins.aspx Tour de France: Quick Step names formidable roster, will hunt for stage wins 2010-06-23 VeloNation VeloNation LLC 2011-01-09VeloNews.com http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/quick-step-names-boonen-replacement-for-tour_123845 Quick Step names Boonen replacement for Tour 2010-06-29 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 2011-01-09 left|thumb|On two separate occasions in the Tour, Sylvain Chavanel won a stage and took the race leader's yellow jersey.|alt=A road racing cyclist wearing a white and blue jersey with red trim and sunglasses leads a line of other cyclists. Partially visible behind him are a cyclist in a black and white jersey and one in a white and yellow jersey. The team was very successful in stage 2, on a day when nearly every other team came away with riders nursing injuries. Chavanel made the morning breakaway and started a solo move for victory about 20 kilometers from the finish. Pineau had also made the breakaway and won the first four climbs, giving him the polka-dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification, before he pulled up and rejoined the peloton behind them. After Chavanel had attacked the leading group and gotten free, fellow breakaway rider Francesco Gavazzi crashed on the Col du Stockeu and set off a chain reaction of crashes that involved some 60 riders from just about every team in the race. Uninvolved and likely unaware, Chavanel rode to an uncontested stage win. Race leader Fabian Cancellara negotiated with Tour officials to neutralize the stage behind Chavanel, and there was no aggressive riding from the peloton for the final few kilometers of the race, and no sprint for second place. Chavanel's nearly four-minute gap over the peloton nonetheless stood, giving him the yellow jersey as well as the stage win. Points classification points for all but Chavanel were also negated, meaning the Frenchman also took the green jersey. The squad also took the lead in the teams classification with this result, making it a very successful day for them.Neal Rogers http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/the-stockeau-massacre-damage-assessment-after-the-tour-de-frances-second-stage_125976 The Stockeau Massacre: Damage assessment after the Tour de France's second stage 2010-07-05 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 2011-01-09 2010-10-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20101031071427/http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/the-stockeau-massacre-damage-assessment-after-the-tour-de-frances-second-stage_125976 deadLes Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2/results Chavanel takes stage and yellow in Spa 2010-07-05 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 2010-07-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706234029/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-2/results dead Chavanel was unable to maintain the race lead the next day in stage 3, which due to its inclusion of several cobbled sectors was expected to be very difficult and crash-ridden. He and Pineau both finished in the sixth large group on the road, losing four minutes to the stage winner. He slipped to fifth overall with this result.Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results Carnage on the cobbles! 2010-07-06 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 2010-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100707232151/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results dead After the peloton finished together in the next three mass sprint stages, Chavanel found his form again in stage 7. He and Pineau again both made the morning breakaway, with Pineau winning the first five climbs of the day before pulling up. On the fifth climb, the Col de la Croix de la Serra, the two of them forced the pace such that the leading group was fractured. Chavanel again rode to the stage win and yellow jersey alone, with a gap of nearly a minute over Rafael Valls in second. While Chavanel had hoped to retain the jersey for several days after he first won it, he freely admitted after stage 7 that he was unlikely to hold it the next day in a stage that ended with a climb to Morzine-Avoriaz in the Alps. Richard Moore http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7/results Chavanel races to victory in first mountains stage 2010-07-10 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100913224049/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7/results 2010-09-13 dead He indeed lost the jersey, finishing nearly 12 minutes back on the stage. Richard Moore http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results Advantage Schleck on first major mountain stage 2010-07-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100915234053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results 2010-09-15 dead Pineau lost the polka-dot jersey to Anthony Charteau after stage 9. The two had the same number of points, but Charteau held the tiebreaker for better placings on more difficult climbs. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results Casar claims stage win for France 2010-07-13 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100915234053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results 2010-09-15 dead Pineau took it back after stage 10, out-climbing Charteau on the Côte de Laffrey, Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10/results Paulinho gives Radioshack something to celebrate 2010-07-14 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815032321/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10/results 2010-08-15 dead but lost it back for good after stage 12. Barry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results Rodriguez powers to victory in Mende 2010-07-16 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100716175221/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results 2010-07-16 dead In stage 16, Van de Walle and Barredo both made a nine-man breakaway, one which notably also included seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, who had fallen well out of overall contention. Barredo tried a solo move from this group to get to the line first, but bonked well before the end of the stage, finishing 28 seconds back of the other eight at the finish. Van de Walle was seventh on the day. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-16/results Fedrigo prevails in Pau 2010-07-20 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064829/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-16/results 2011-03-04 dead That was as close at the team came to any further victories. Their highest-placed rider in the final overall standings was De Weert, in 18th place at a deficit of just under 22 minutes to Tour champion Alberto Contador. For his part, Seeldraeyers was 134th, nearly three and a half hours off Contador's winning time. The squad finished seventh in the teams classification. Anthony Tan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results Tres victorias de Francia para Contador! 2010-07-25 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2011-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815033234/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results 2010-08-15 dead Vuelta a España January 2011 Season victories Date Race Competition Rider Country Location February 9 Tour of Qatar, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour Tom Boonen BEL Mesaieed February 11 Tour of Qatar, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour Tom Boonen BEL Madinat Al Shamal February 18 Tour of Oman, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour Tom Boonen BEL Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (Muscat) March 11 Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 2 UCI World Ranking Tom Boonen BEL Montecatini Terme March 26 Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5 UCI ProTour Davide Malacarne ITA Cabacés May 10 Giro d'Italia, Stage 3 UCI World Ranking Wouter Weylandt BEL Middelburg May 13 Giro d'Italia, Stage 5 UCI World Ranking Jérôme Pineau FRA Novi Ligure May 30 Giro d'Italia, Premio della Fuga UCI World Ranking Jérôme Pineau FRA May 30 Tour of Belgium, Overall UCI Europe Tour Stijn Devolder BEL June 23 Halle–Ingooigem UCI Europe Tour Jurgen Van de Walle BEL Ingooigem July 5 Tour de France, Stage 2 UCI World Ranking Sylvain Chavanel FRA Spa July 10 Tour de France, Stage 7 UCI World Ranking Sylvain Chavanel FRA Les Rousses September 12 Vuelta a España, Stage 15 UCI World Ranking Carlos Barredo ESP Lagos de Covadonga October 3 Circuit Franco-Belge, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Wouter Weylandt BEL Tournai October 10 G.P. Beghelli UCI Europe Tour Dario Cataldo ITA Monteveglio National, Continental and World champions Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location dmy June 25Belarusian National Time Trial Champion center|20px Branislau Samoilau BLR dmy June 27Belgian National Road Race Champion center|20px Stijn Devolder BEL dmy August 15Belgian National Time Trial Champion center|20px Stijn Devolder BEL References 30em Category:2010 road cycling season by team 2010 Category:2010 in Belgian sport