2015 Etixx–Quick-Step season explained

Team:Etixx–Quick-Step
Season:2015
Men:yes
Ucicode:EQS
Status:UCI ProTeam
Manager:Patrick Lefevere
Sponsor:Etixx & Quick Step
Base:Belgium
Bikes:Specialized
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:12
Stageraceoverall:6
Stageracestages:30
Natcwins:4
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 season for began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season
Rider2014 team
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Yves Lampaert
Fabio Sabatini
Maxime Bouet[1]
David de la Cruz
Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season
Rider2015 team
Andrew Fenn[2]
Serge Pauwels[3]
Thomas De Gendt[4]
Wout Poels
Alessandro Petacchi[5]
Jan Bakelants[6]
Kevin De Weert
Gert Steegmans[7]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Tour de San Luis, Stage 7 San Luis
Geelong
Dubai Tour, Stage 1 Dubai
Dubai Tour, Stage 4 Dubai
Dubai Tour, Overall
Dubai Tour, Points classification
Tour of Qatar, Stage 3 Lusail
Tour of Qatar, Overall
Tour of Qatar, Teams classification [8]
Almería
Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1 Albufeira
Volta ao Algarve, Stage 3 Cabo de São Vicente
Kuurne
Siena
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stage 1 Harelbeke
Paris–Nice, Prologue Maurepas
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Overall
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Points classification
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Young rider classification
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, West Flanders classification
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Teams classification [9]
Paris–Nice, Young rider classification
Handzame
Terneuzen
Berg en Terblijt
Tour of Turkey, Stage 1 Alanya
Tour of Turkey, Stage 2 Antalya
Tour of Turkey, Stage 7 İzmir
Tour of Turkey, Points classification
Tour de Romandie, Stage 6 Lausanne
Tour of California, Stage 1 Sacramento
Tour of California, Stage 2 Lodi
Tour of California, Stage 5 Santa Clarita
Tour of California, Stage 7 Mount Baldy
Tour of California, Stage 8 Pasadena
Tour of California, Sprints classification
Tour of California, Young rider classification
Tour of Belgium, Stage 1 Knokke-Heist
Tour of Belgium, Points classification
Giro d'Italia, Stage 21 Milan
Cologne
Tour de France, Stage 4 Cambrai
Tour de France, Stage 6 Le Havre
Tour de France, Stage 7 Fougères
Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1 Hannut
Tour de Wallonie, Overall
Eneco Tour, Stage 3 Ardooie
Czech Cycling Tour, Stage 1 Team time trial[10] Uničov
Czech Cycling Tour, Stage 2 [11] Uničov
Czech Cycling Tour, Stage 4 Dolany
Czech Cycling Tour, Overall
Czech Cycling Tour, Points classification
Czech Cycling Tour, Teams classification [12]
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 2 La Crèche
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 5 Poitiers
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Points classification
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Young rider classification
Tour of Britain, Stage 2 Colne
Tour of Britain, Stage 4 Blyth
Tour of Britain, Stage 6 Nottingham
Quebec City
Münster
Tours

National, Continental and World champions 2015

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
Mall Llanogrande
Einhausen
[13] Žilina
Emmen

Notes and References

  1. News: Maxime Bouet signs for Omega Pharma-QuickStep. Benson. Daniel. 27 August 2014. Cyclingnews.com. 7 February 2015.
  2. News: Team Sky sign Leopold König, Nicolas Roche, Wout Poels, Andy Fenn, Lars Petter Nordhaug. Sky Sports News. BSkyB. 1 October 2014. 7 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Pauwels falls for MTN-Qhubeka project . Benson . Daniel . 20 September 2014 . cyclingnews.com. 10 October 2014.
  4. News: De Gendt signs two-year deal with Lotto-Belisol. Cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2014. 25 September 2014.
  5. Web site: Alessandro Petacchi signs to Italian Southeast team for 2015 . Brown . Gregor . 6 January 2015 . . 7 January 2015.
  6. Web site: Bakelants confirms move to AG2R-La Mondiale . . 29 August 2014 . . 30 August 2014.
  7. Web site: Trek Factory Racing finalise 2015 lineup with Gert Steegmans signing . Clarke . Stuart . 1 December 2014 . . 13 December 2014.
  8. The riders on the squad were Niki Terpstra, Tom Boonen, Iljo Keisse, Nikolas Maes, Matteo Trentin, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Stijn Vandenbergh and Martin Velits
  9. The riders on the squad were Iljo Keisse, Yves Lampaert, Gianni Meersman, Petr Vakoč, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Martin Velits and Łukasz Wiśniowski
  10. The riders on the squad were Fernando Gaviria, Iljo Keisse, Zdeněk Štybar, Petr Vakoč, Łukasz Wiśniowski, Peter Serry and Rodrigo Contreras.
  11. Gaviria was riding for the team as a stagiaire
  12. The riders on the squad were Rodrigo Contreras, Fernando Gaviria, Iljo Keisse, Pieter Serry, Zdeněk Štybar, Petr Vakoč and Łukasz Wiśniowski
  13. The championships alternate each year between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.