The Wolfpack Insider: Deceuninck - Quick-Step's behind the scenes documentary
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Deceuninck – Quick-Step
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Every season you can depend on Belgian outfit Deceuninck – Quick-Step to rack up the wins. Their roster includes some of the most reliable riders in the professional peloton, riders who produce a steady stream of victories throughout the year: big names such as Philippe Gilbert, Elia Viviani, Julian Alaphilippe and emerging talent such as Yves Lampaert, Alvaro Hodeg and Remco Evenepoel.
The squad’s focus has traditionally been close to home: the spring Classics. The team can count numerous wins in races such as the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix over the years, winning Flanders as well as Ardennes Classics Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2018, with over 70 wins in total through the season.
For such a big-budget outfit packed with stars, the squad does not have a bona fide Grand Tour winner. A brief spell with Colombian contender Rigoberto Uran did not turn out as hoped, and he joined Cannondale for 2016. Irishman Daniel Martin moved in the opposite direction, joining the team from Cannondale for 2016. Subsequently, he placed ninth overall in the Tour de France – his first top 10 in the race, before leaving for UAE Team Emirates. Spaniard Enric Mas now holds overall hopes for the team, having finished on the podium at the 2018 Vuelta a España, along with Bob Jungels, who has recorded two top-10s at the Giro d’Italia.
Established sprinter Elia Viviani and rapidly emerging fast-men Alvaro Hodeg and Fabio Jakobsen lead the squad in straight-up bunch sprints, with all three riders benefiting from the team’s well-drilled lead-outs.
Julian Alaphilippe is rapidly becoming the team’s star rider however. The Frenchman confirmed his Ardennes potential with victory at the Flèche Wallonne in 2018, before taking two stages and the king of the mountains competition at the Tour de France.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step squad for 2019
Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
Elia Viviani (Ita)
Julian Alaphilippe (Fra)
Zdenek Stybar (Cze)
Bob Jungels (Lux)
Maxmilliano Richeze (Arg)
Dries Devenyns (Bel)
Yves Lampaert (Bel)
Eros Capecchi (Ita)
Florian Sénéchal (Fra)
Pieter Serry (Fra)
Petr Vakoč (Cze)
Michael Mørkøv (Den)
Remco Evenepoel (Bel)
Iljo Keisse (Bel)
Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
Enric Mas (Esp)
Fabio Jakobsen (Ned)
Davide Martinelli (Ita)
Tim Declerq (Bel)
Rémi Cavangna (Fra)
Alvaro Hodeg (Col)
Mikkel Frolich Honoré (Den)
Kasper Asgreen (Den)
James Knox (GBr)
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Sam Bennett out of Paris-Nice after crash
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Five things we learned from Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2020
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Unstoppable Kasper Asgreen scores solo glory in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2020
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Remco Evenepoel says he still wants to lose two kilograms before the Giro d’Italia
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Remco Evenepoel dedicates Algarve stage win to fellow Belgian rider whose son died last week
Remco Evenepoel dedicated his Volta ao Algarve stage victory to a fellow Belgian rider whose son died last week.
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Remco Evenepoel crowned youngest ever winner of the Vuelta a San Juan
Remco Evenepoel has become the youngest ever winner of the Vuelta a San Juan, after a composed performance in Argentina.
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Remco Evenepoel says Vuelta a San Juan stage victory felt like ‘longest time trial of his life’
Remco Evenepoel crushed his rivals in the time trial stage of the Vuelta a San Juan, taking his first victory of the year and moving comfortably into the race lead.
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Spectator causes huge crash on stage one of Vuelta a San Juan 2020
The opening stage of the Vuelta a San Juan 2020 was disrupted by a huge crash caused by a spectator in the final.
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Deceuninck - Quick-Step's Mikkel Honoré 'feeling fortunate' after hit and run during training ride
The Dane was rushed to hospital for checks after the incident
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27,000 bottles, 12,500 gels and 1,288 tonnes of CO2: The environmental cost of a WorldTour team
Deceuninck - Quick-Step have calculated their consumption and pledged to go carbon neutral
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Sam Bennett will make Quick-Step debut at Tour Down Under 2020
Sam Bennett will be making his debut in Quick-Step colours at the Tour Down Under 2020.
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Deceuninck-Quick-Step reveal new kit and new sponsor
Napoleon Games join the Belgian team's list of sponsors and find their name on the new kit
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Patrick Lefevere looks to ahead retirement as Tom Boonen could become his successor at Quick-Step
The man who has run one of the top teams in cycling over the last decade Patrick Lefevere is looking ahead to his retirement and says Tom Boonen would make a nice replacement.
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Sam Bennett officially signs with Deceuninck – Quick-Step
Sam Bennett has officially signed with Deceuninck – Quick-Step after breaking free from his former team Bora-Hansgrohe.
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Julian Alaphilippe will take on Tour of Flanders for the first time
Julian Alaphilippe will be on the hunt for another Monument next season as he makes his debut in the Tour of Flanders.
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Philippe Gilbert thought Remco Evenepoel was ‘arrogant’ at first and didn’t take him seriously
Philippe Gilbert said he thought Remco Evenepoel was “arrogant” and didn’t take him seriously on first meeting him, but quickly change his mind about the prodigy.
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Sam Bennett is now free to leave Bora-Hansgrohe after dispute, according to Patrick Lefevere
Sam Bennett is now free to leave Bora-Hansgrohe after his fight against an early agreement with the squad, according to Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere.
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Most promising US time triallist Ian Garrison signs with Deceuninck – Quick-Step
The most exciting time trial talent to emerge from the US in recent years has signed with Deceuninck - Quick-Step.
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Julian Alaphilippe ends season and skips Il Lombardia
Julian Alaphilippe has ended his season and will miss the final Monument of the season, Il Lombardia.
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Fight breaks out between Quick-Step and Sunweb riders after finish of Münsterland Giro
A video has emerged showing an altercation between a Quick-Step and Sunweb rider after the finish of the Münsterland Giro
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Rémi Cavagna makes sensational solo effort to win Vuelta a España 2019 stage 19
Primož Roglič holds on to the overall lead with two stages remaining
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Fabio Jakobsen narrowly holds off Sam Bennett on stage four of Vuelta a España 2019
Fabio Jakobsen narrowly denied a surging Sam Bennett to take his first Grand Tour stage victory on day four of the Vuelta a España 2019.
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Remco Evenepoel: If someone told me I was going to win these races in my first year, I wouldn’t believe them
Remco Evenepoel says he wouldn’t have believed the success he has achieved in his first year as a professional rider.
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Patrick Lefevere has 'handshake contract' to keep Remco Evenepoel at Deceuninck - Quick-Step until 2022
'The deal was already on paper and is now sealed with a handshake,' says Lefevere
