2017 Quick-Step Floors season

Quick-Step Floors
Quick-Step Floors
2017 season
UCI code	QST
Status	UCI ProTeam
Manager	Patrick Lefevere
Main sponsor(s)	Quick-Step
Based	Belgium
Bicycles	Specialized
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	8
Stage race overall	2
Stage race stages	42
National Championships	4

The 2017 season for Quick-Step Floors began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2017 roster

	Rider	Date of birth
Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)		(1992-06-11) 11 June 1992
Jack Bauer (NZL)		(1985-04-07) 7 April 1985
Tom Boonen^{[N 1]} (BEL)		(1980-10-15) 15 October 1980
Gianluca Brambilla (ITA)		(1987-08-22) 22 August 1987
Eros Capecchi (ITA)		(1986-06-13) 13 June 1986
Rémi Cavagna (FRA)		(1995-08-10) 10 August 1995
Laurens De Plus (BEL)		(1995-09-04) 4 September 1995
David de la Cruz (ESP)		(1989-05-06) 6 May 1989
Tim Declercq (BEL)		(1989-03-21) 21 March 1989
Dries Devenyns (BEL)		(1983-07-22) 22 July 1983
Fernando Gaviria (COL)		(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994
Philippe Gilbert (BEL)		(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982
Bob Jungels (LUX)		(1992-09-22) 22 September 1992
Iljo Keisse (BEL)		(1982-12-21) 21 December 1982
Marcel Kittel (GER)		(1988-05-11) 11 May 1988

	Rider	Date of birth
Yves Lampaert (BEL)		(1991-04-10) 10 April 1991
Dan Martin (IRL)		(1986-08-20) 20 August 1986
Davide Martinelli (ITA)		(1993-05-31) 31 May 1993
Enric Mas (ESP)		(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995
Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)		(1983-03-07) 7 March 1983
Fabio Sabatini (ITA)		(1985-02-10) 10 February 1985
Maximilian Schachmann (GER)		(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994
Pieter Serry (BEL)		(1988-11-21) 21 November 1988
Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)		(1985-12-11) 11 December 1985
Niki Terpstra (NED)		(1984-05-18) 18 May 1984
Matteo Trentin (ITA)		(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989
Petr Vakoč (CZE)		(1992-07-11) 11 July 1992
Martin Velits (SVK)		(1985-02-21) 21 February 1985
Julien Vermote (BEL)		(1989-07-26) 26 July 1989

^ Boonen retired from cycling on 9 April.^[1]

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season

Rider	2016 team
Jack Bauer^[2]	Cannondale–Drapac
Eros Capecchi^[3]	Astana
Rémi Cavagna^[4]	neo-pro (Klein Constantia)
Tim Declercq^[5]	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
Dries Devenyns^[6]	IAM Cycling
Philippe Gilbert^[7]	BMC Racing Team
Enric Mas^[4]	neo-pro (Klein Constantia)
Maximilian Schachmann^[4]	neo-pro (Klein Constantia)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season

Rider	2017 team
Maxime Bouet^[8]	Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Rodrigo Contreras	Coldeportes–Zenú
Nikolas Maes^[9]	Lotto–Soudal
Tony Martin^[10]	Team Katusha–Alpecin
Gianni Meersman^[11]	Retired
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck^[12]	Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Stijn Vandenbergh^[13]	AG2R La Mondiale
Łukasz Wiśniowski^[14]	Team Sky

Season victories

As of 28 May

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
23 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Argentina	San Juan
24 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 2	UCI America Tour	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Argentina	San Juan
26 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 4	UCI America Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Argentina	San Juan
28 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Argentina	Pocito
29 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 7	UCI America Tour	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Argentina	San Juan
31 January	Dubai Tour, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
1 February	Dubai Tour, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United Arab Emirates	Ras al-Khaimah
4 February	Dubai Tour, Stage 5	UCI Asia Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai
4 February	Dubai Tour, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United Arab Emirates
4 February	Dubai Tour, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United Arab Emirates
15 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Portugal	Lagos
16 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Dan Martin (IRL)	Portugal	Alto da Fóia
24 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
26 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	United Arab Emirates
8 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France	Rhône
12 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	David de la Cruz (ESP)	France	Nice
12 March	Paris–Nice, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France
12 March	Paris–Nice, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France
12 March	Paris–Nice, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 1]}	France
13 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy	Macerata
14 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Italy
22 March	Dwars Door Vlaanderen	UCI World Tour	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Belgium	Waregem
28 March	Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Belgium	Zottegem
30 March	Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3a	UCI Europe Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Belgium	De Panne
30 March	Three Days of De Panne, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Belgium
30 March	Three Days of De Panne, Sprints classification	UCI Europe Tour	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Belgium
2 April	Tour of Flanders	UCI World Tour	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Belgium	Oudenaarde
5 April	Scheldeprijs	UCI Europe Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Belgium	Schoten
5 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	David de la Cruz (ESP)	Spain	Donostia
16 April	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Netherlands	Berg en Terblijt
7 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy	Cagliari
10 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy	Messina
14 May	Tour of California, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	United States	Sacramento
18 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy	Reggio Emilia
19 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy	Tortona
21 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 15	UCI World Tour	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Italy	Bergamo
28 May	Giro d'Italia, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy
28 May	Giro d'Italia, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Italy
28 May	Tour of Belgium, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 2]}	Belgium
11 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Switzerland	Cham
18 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Netherlands	Oss
18 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 3]}	Netherlands
2 July	Tour de France, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	Belgium	Liège
6 July	Tour de France, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	France	Troyes
7 July	Tour de France, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	France	Nuits-Saint-Georges
11 July	Tour de France, Stage 10	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	France	Bergerac
12 July	Tour de France, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Marcel Kittel (GER)	France	Pau
2 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Spain	Belorado
5 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Youth classification	UCI Europe Tour	Enric Mas (ESP)	Spain
20 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	France	Gruissan
22 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Spain	Tarragona
26 August	Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Meulebeke	UCI Europe Tour	Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Belgium	Meulebeke
26 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	Spain	Xorret de Catí
29 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 10	UCI World Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Spain	Alhama de Murcia
1 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Spain	Tomares
6 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	United Kingdom	Newark-on-Trent
10 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Spain	Madrid
15 September	Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen	UCI Europe Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Belgium	Koolskamp
16 September	Primus Classic	UCI Europe Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	Belgium	Boortmeerbeek
8 October	Paris–Tours	UCI Europe Tour	Matteo Trentin (ITA)	France	Tours
19 October	Tour of Guangxi – Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	China	Beihai
20 October	Tour of Guangxi – Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	China	Nanning
21 October	Tour of Guangxi – Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	China	Nanning
24 October	Tour of Guangxi – Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	China	Guilin

National, Continental and World champions

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
6 January	New Zealand National Time Trial Champion	Jack Bauer (NZL)	New Zealand	Napier
22 June	Belgian National Time Trial Champion	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Belgium	Chimay
25 June	Czech National Road Race Champion	Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Slovakia	Žiar nad Hronom
25 June	Luxembourgish National Road Race Champion	Bob Jungels (LUX)	Luxembourg

Footnotes

^ The riders on the squad were Dan Martin, Julian Alaphilippe, Jack Bauer, David de la Cruz, Philippe Gilbert, Marcel Kittel, Yves Lampaert and Fabio Sabatini
^ The riders on the squad were Philippe Gilbert, Rémi Cavagna, Tim Declercq, Petr Vakoč, Yves Lampaert, Niki Terpstra and Julien Vermote
^ The riders on the squad were Maximilian Schachmann, Rémi Cavagna, Laurens De Plus, Iljo Keisse, Fabio Sabatini, Marcel Kittel and Niki Terpstra

References

^ Houssain, Ronan (10 April 2017). "Boonen calls it a career: 'It was time'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Etixx-Quickstep confirm signing Bauer". cyclingnews.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Capecchi signs for Etixx-QuickStep". cyclingnews.com. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Three neo-pros join Etixx – Quick-Step for 2017". Quick-Step Floors. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Rick Zabel joins Katusha on two-year contract – News shorts". cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Dries Devenyns returns to Etixx-Quick Step". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Gilbert signs with Etixx-QuickStep". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Bouet to ride for Fortuneo Vital Concept in 2017 - Transfer shorts". cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Sondre Holst Enger to AG2R-La Mondiale, Nikolas Maes signs for Lotto Soudal – Transfer News". cyclingnews.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Tony Martin signs for Team Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Cardiac issues force Gianni Meersman into retirement". cyclingnews.com. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Guillaume Van Keirsbulck signs two-year deal with Wanty-Groupe Gobert". cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "AG2R-La Mondiale bolster Classics set-up with Vandenbergh and Naesen". cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Wisniowski signs for Team Sky". cyclingnews.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

External links

2017 Quick-Step Floors season at ProCyclingStats

[2] Boonen retired from cycling on 9 April.^[1]

[16] The riders on the squad were Dan Martin, Julian Alaphilippe, Jack Bauer, David de la Cruz, Philippe Gilbert, Marcel Kittel, Yves Lampaert and Fabio Sabatini

[17] The riders on the squad were Philippe Gilbert, Rémi Cavagna, Tim Declercq, Petr Vakoč, Yves Lampaert, Niki Terpstra and Julien Vermote

[18] The riders on the squad were Maximilian Schachmann, Rémi Cavagna, Laurens De Plus, Iljo Keisse, Fabio Sabatini, Marcel Kittel and Niki Terpstra

[1] Houssain, Ronan (10 April 2017). "Boonen calls it a career: 'It was time'". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[3] "Etixx-Quickstep confirm signing Bauer". cyclingnews.com. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[4] "Capecchi signs for Etixx-QuickStep". cyclingnews.com. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[Three_neo-pros-5] "Three neo-pros join Etixx – Quick-Step for 2017". Quick-Step Floors. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[6] "Rick Zabel joins Katusha on two-year contract – News shorts". cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[7] "Dries Devenyns returns to Etixx-Quick Step". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[8] "Gilbert signs with Etixx-QuickStep". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[9] "Bouet to ride for Fortuneo Vital Concept in 2017 - Transfer shorts". cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[10] "Sondre Holst Enger to AG2R-La Mondiale, Nikolas Maes signs for Lotto Soudal – Transfer News". cyclingnews.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[11] "Tony Martin signs for Team Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[12] "Cardiac issues force Gianni Meersman into retirement". cyclingnews.com. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[13] "Guillaume Van Keirsbulck signs two-year deal with Wanty-Groupe Gobert". cyclingnews.com. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[14] "AG2R-La Mondiale bolster Classics set-up with Vandenbergh and Naesen". cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

[15] "Wisniowski signs for Team Sky". cyclingnews.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2017.

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