DECEUNINCK QUICK-STEP

The Soudal Quick-Step cycling team is a Belgian professional road cycling team. Created in 2003, it participates in...

The Soudal Quick-Step cycling team is a Belgian professional road cycling team. Created in 2003, it participates in the World Tour. It is directed by Patrick Lefevere. The team counted in its ranks Tom Boonen, winner of Paris-Roubaix (2005, 2008, 2009 and 2012), of the Tour of Flanders (2005, 2006 and 2012) and road world champion in 2005, Philippe Gilbert, Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel, Paolo Bettini, world champion in 2006 and 2007, Julian Alaphilippe, world champion in 2020 and 2021 or Remco Evenepoel winner of the Tour of Spain 2022. In total, between 2003 and 2022, the team has won 113 grand tour stages (49 at the Tour, 37 at the Vuelta and 27 at the Giro), 20 classic “Monuments” (eight Tour of Flanders, six Paris-Roubaix, three Milan-San Remo, two Tours of Lombardy and two Liège -Bastogne-Liège), as well as 12 world titles for its riders. Since 2012, the team has topped the world rankings for wins every year. During the 2017 season, the team was renamed Quick-Step Floors and recruited classics specialist Philippe Gilbert, while Tony Martin signed with Katusha-Alpecin. In 2019, it changed its name to Deceuninck-Quick Step, after the partnership signed with Deceuninck, a manufacturer of PVC windows and doors. In 2022 sponsor Deceuninck leaves and the team is renamed Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl. Sam Bennett, Alvaro Hodeg and João Almeida leave the team. It changes its name again in 2023, to become Soudal Quick-Step.