2014 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season

2014 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season
Manager	Patrick Lefevere
One-day victories	9
Stage race overall victories	5
Stage race stage victories	42
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The 2014 season for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obliged to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2014 roster

As of 1 September 2014.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 11 June 1992 (aged 22)  Jan Bakelants (BEL) 14 February 1986 (aged 28)  Tom Boonen (BEL) 15 October 1980 (aged 33)  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) 22 August 1987 (aged 27)  Mark Cavendish (GBR) 21 May 1985 (aged 29)  Thomas De Gendt (BEL) 6 November 1986 (aged 27)  Kevin De Weert (BEL) 27 May 1982 (aged 32)  Andrew Fenn (GBR) 1 July 1990 (aged 24)  Michał Gołaś (POL) 29 September 1984 (aged 29)  Iljo Keisse (BEL) 21 December 1982 (aged 31)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2 June 1990 (aged 24)  Nikolas Maes (BEL) 9 April 1986 (aged 28)  Tony Martin (GER) 23 April 1985 (aged 29)  Gianni Meersman (BEL) 5 December 1985 (aged 28)  Serge Pauwels (BEL) 23 November 1983 (aged 30)

Rider Date of birth  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) 3 January 1974 (aged 40)  Wout Poels (NED) 1 October 1987 (aged 26)  Mark Renshaw (AUS) 22 October 1982 (aged 31)  Pieter Serry (BEL) 21 November 1988 (aged 25)  Gert Steegmans (BEL) 30 September 1980 (aged 33)  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 11 December 1985 (aged 28)  Niki Terpstra (NED) 18 May 1984 (aged 30)  Matteo Trentin (ITA) 2 August 1989 (aged 25)  Rigoberto Urán (COL) 26 January 1987 (aged 27)  Petr Vakoč (CZE) 11 July 1992 (aged 22)  Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) 14 February 1991 (aged 23)  Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL) 25 April 1984 (aged 30)  Martin Velits (SVK) 21 February 1985 (aged 29)  Julien Vermote (BEL) 26 July 1989 (aged 25)  Carlos Verona (ESP) 4 November 1992 (aged 21)

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season Rider 2013 team Julian Alaphilippe neo-pro (Etixx–IHNed) Jan Bakelants[2] RadioShack–Leopard Thomas De Gendt[3] Vacansoleil–DCM Wout Poels[4] Vacansoleil–DCM Mark Renshaw[5] Belkin Pro Cycling Rigoberto Urán[6] Team Sky Petr Vakoč neo-pro (Etixx–IHNed)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season Rider 2014 team Sylvain Chavanel[7] IAM Cycling Dries Devenyns[8] Giant–Shimano Bert Grabsch[9] Retired Jérôme Pineau[7] IAM Cycling František Raboň[10] Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team Kristof Vandewalle[11] Trek Factory Racing Peter Velits[12] BMC Racing Team

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
9 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Terpstra, NikiNiki Terpstra (NED)	Qatar	Dukhan Beach
10 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Qatar	Al Khor Corniche
11 February	Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Spain	Santuari de Lluc
12 February	Trofeo Muro-Port d'Alcúdia	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Spain	Alcúdia
12 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Qatar	Mesaieed
14 February	Tour of Qatar, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Terpstra, NikiNiki Terpstra (NED)	Qatar
14 February	Tour of Qatar, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Qatar
14 February	Tour of Qatar, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Van Keirsbulck, GuillaumeGuillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)	Qatar
14 February	Tour of Qatar, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	[N 1]	Qatar
20 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal	Monchique
21 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal	Sagres
23 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Portugal	Vilamoura
23 February	Volta ao Algarve, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Portugal
2 March	Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	UCI Europe Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Belgium	Kuurne
8 March	Strade Bianche	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Italy	Siena
9 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Van Keirsbulck, GuillaumeGuillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)	Belgium	Ichtegem
9 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Van Keirsbulck, GuillaumeGuillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)	Belgium
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Team time trial[N 2]	Italy	San Vincenzo
17 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Porto Sant'Elpidio
26 March	Dwars door Vlaanderen	UCI Europe Tour	Terpstra, NikiNiki Terpstra (NED)	Belgium	Waregem
3 April	Three Days of De Panne, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Van Keirsbulck, GuillaumeGuillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)	Belgium
3 April	Three Days of De Panne, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 3]	Belgium
8 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Spain	Urdazubi
10 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Poels, WoutWout Poels (NED)	Spain	Eibar
12 April	Grand Prix Pino Cerami	UCI Europe Tour	Petacchi, AlessandroAlessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Belgium	Frameries
12 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Spain	Markina-Xemein
12 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Spain
13 April	Paris–Roubaix	UCI World Tour	Terpstra, NikiNiki Terpstra (NED)	France	Roubaix
27 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Turkey	Alanya
28 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Turkey	Kemer
29 April	Tour de Romandie, Prologue	UCI World Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Switzerland	Ascona
30 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Turkey	Marmaris
4 May	Tour of Turkey, Stage 8	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Turkey	Istanbul
4 May	Tour of Turkey, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Turkey
11 May	Tour of California, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	United States	Sacramento
18 May	Tour of California, Stage 8	UCI America Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	United States	Thousand Oaks
22 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Urán, RigobertoRigoberto Urán (COL)	Italy	Barolo
28 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Belgium	Buggenhout
29 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Belgium	Knokke-Heist
30 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Belgium	Diksmuide
1 June	Tour of Belgium, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Belgium
1 June	Tour of Belgium, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 4]	Belgium
1 June	Giro d'Italia, Trofeo Super Team classification	UCI World Tour	[N 5]	Italy
13 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Bakelants, JanJan Bakelants (BEL)	France	Poisy
14 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Switzerland	Bellinzona
17 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Switzerland	Ossingen
19 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Trentin, MatteoMatteo Trentin (ITA)	Switzerland	Delémont
20 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Switzerland	Worb
11 July	Tour de France, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Trentin, MatteoMatteo Trentin (ITA)	France	Nancy
13 July	Tour de France, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	France	Mulhouse
26 July	Tour de France, Stage 20	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	France	Périgueux
30 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Belgium	Ans
30 July	Tour de Wallonie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Belgium
30 July	Tour de Wallonie, Points Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Belgium
4 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Vakoč, PetrPetr Vakoč (CZE)	Poland	Warsaw
12 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Netherlands	Nieuwkuijk
12 August	Tour de l'Ain, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	France	Saint-Amour
14 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	France	Saint-Vulbas
16 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Alaphilippe, JulianJulian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France	Arbent
16 August	Tour de l'Ain, Points Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alaphilippe, JulianJulian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France
16 August	Tour de l'Ain, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alaphilippe, JulianJulian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France
17 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Van Keirsbulck, GuillaumeGuillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)	Netherlands	Sittard-Geleen
24 August	Châteauroux Classic	UCI Europe Tour	Keisse, IljoIljo Keisse (BEL)	France	Châteauroux
26 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	France	La Ronde
27 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Niort
29 August	Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Points Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	France
2 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 10	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Spain	Borja
8 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Renshaw, MarkMark Renshaw (AUS)	United Kingdom	Llandudno
10 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	United Kingdom	Bristol
13 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 7	UCI Europe Tour	Vermote, JulienJulien Vermote (BEL)	United Kingdom	Brighton
14 September	Tour of Britain, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	United Kingdom
7 October	Binche–Chimay–Binche	UCI Europe Tour	Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Belgium	Binche
14 October	Tour of Beijing, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Gołaś, MichałMichał Gołaś (POL)	China

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Tom Boonen, Andrew Fenn, Iljo Keisse, Nikolas Maes, Gert Steegmans, Niki Terpstra, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck and Stijn Vandenbergh
2. The riders on the squad were Rigoberto Urán, Mark Cavendish, Michał Kwiatkowski, Tony Martin, Alessandro Petacchi, Wout Poels, Mark Renshaw and Matteo Trentin
3. The riders on the squad were Andrew Fenn, Martin Velits, Mark Renshaw, Gert Steegmans, Niki Terpstra, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck and Julien Vermote
4. The riders on the squad were Tony Martin, Gianni Meersman, Tom Boonen, Niki Terpstra, Jan Bakelants, Gert Steegmans, Stijn Vandenbergh and Andrew Fenn
5. The riders on the squad were Rigoberto Urán, Gianluca Brambilla, Thomas De Gendt, Iljo Keisse, Serge Pauwels, Alessandro Petacchi, Wout Poels, Pieter Serry and Julien Vermote

References

1. "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. "OPQS Signs Bakelants for 2014". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (Decolef). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
3. "Thomas de Gendt signs one-year contract with Omega Pharma – Quick-Step". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 4 October 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. "OPQS Signs Wout Poels and Janier Acevedo". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (Decolef). 1 September 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
5. "Renshaw to ride for Omega Pharma-Quick-Step in 2014". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 10 July 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
6. "OPQS signs Renshaw and Urán Urán". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (Decolef). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
7. "Chavanel, Frank among transfers to IAM Cycling". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
8. "Devenyns to Argos, G. Izagirre and Malori to Movistar". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 19 September 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
9. Westemeyer, Susan (28 October 2013). "Grabsch retires after 15 year-career". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 23 February 2014.
10. "WorldTour road racer Rabon switches to mountain bike racing". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 23 November 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
11. "Vandewalle chez Trek" [Vandewalle with Trek]. L'Équipe (in French) (Éditions Philippe Amaury). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
12. "Peter Velits leaving Omega Pharma-Quickstep for BMC Racing". Sky Sports (BSkyB). 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

External links

Media related to Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2014 at Wikimedia Commons