2013 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season

2013 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step season
Manager	Patrick Lefevere
One-day victories	4
Stage race overall victories	7
Stage race stage victories	39
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The 2013 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.

2013 roster

As of 2 August 2013.^[1][2]

Rider Date of birth  Tom Boonen (BEL) 15 October 1980 (aged 32)  Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) 22 August 1987 (aged 25)  Mark Cavendish (GBR) 21 May 1985 (aged 27)  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) 30 June 1979 (aged 33)  Kevin De Weert (BEL) 27 May 1982 (aged 30)  Dries Devenyns (BEL) 22 July 1983 (aged 29)  Andrew Fenn (GBR) 1 July 1990 (aged 22)  Michał Gołaś (POL) 29 September 1984 (aged 28)  Bert Grabsch (GER) 19 June 1975 (aged 37)  Iljo Keisse (BEL) 21 December 1982 (aged 30)  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) 2 June 1990 (aged 22)  Nikolas Maes (BEL) 9 April 1986 (aged 26)  Tony Martin (GER) 23 April 1985 (aged 27)  Gianni Meersman (BEL) 5 December 1985 (aged 27)  Serge Pauwels (BEL) 23 November 1983 (aged 29)

Rider Date of birth  Alessandro Petacchi[N 1] (ITA) 3 January 1974 (aged 38)  Jérôme Pineau (FRA) 2 January 1980 (aged 32)  František Raboň (CZE) 26 September 1983 (aged 29)  Pieter Serry (BEL) 21 November 1988 (aged 24)  Gert Steegmans (BEL) 30 September 1980 (aged 32)  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) 11 December 1985 (aged 27)  Niki Terpstra (NED) 18 May 1984 (aged 28)  Matteo Trentin (ITA) 2 August 1989 (aged 23)  Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL) 14 February 1991 (aged 21)  Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL) 25 April 1984 (aged 28)  Kristof Vandewalle (BEL) 5 April 1985 (aged 27)  Martin Velits (SVK) 21 February 1985 (aged 27)  Peter Velits (SVK) 21 February 1985 (aged 27)  Julien Vermote (BEL) 26 July 1989 (aged 23)  Carlos Verona (ESP) 4 November 1992 (aged 20)

1. Petacchi joined the team on 1 August, having left Lampre–Merida in April 2013.^[3]

Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season Rider 2012 team Pieter Serry[4] Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator Gianluca Brambilla[5] Colnago–CSF Bardiani Mark Cavendish[6] Team Sky Carlos Verona[7] Burgos BH–Castilla y Leon Gianni Meersman[8] Lotto–Belisol

Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season Rider 2013 team Francesco Chicchi[9] Vini Fantini–Selle Italia Dario Cataldo[10] Team Sky Gerald Ciolek[11] MTN–Qhubeka Levi Leipheimer[12] Suspended Matt Brammeier[13] Champion System Marco Bandiera[14] IAM Cycling

Season victories

The team won the team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
21 January	Tour de San Luis, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Argentina	Villa Mercedes
5 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar	Mesaieed
6 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar	Al Khor Corniche
7 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 5	UCI Asia Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar	Madinat ash Shamal
8 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 6	UCI Asia Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar	Doha Corniche
8 February	Tour of Qatar, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar
8 February	Tour of Qatar, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar
17 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Portugal	Tavira
17 February	Volta ao Algarve, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Portugal
1 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Vandewalle, KristofKristof Vandewalle (BEL)	Belgium	Middelkerke
3 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Vandewalle, KristofKristof Vandewalle (BEL)	Belgium
3 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Belgium
6 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Team time trial[N 2]	Italy	Donoratico
9 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	France	Nice
10 March	Paris–Nice, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	France
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Italy	San Benedetto del Tronto
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Kwiatkowski, MichałMichał Kwiatkowski (POL)	Italy
18 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Spain	Calella
19 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Spain	Banyoles
27 March	Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Belgium	Koksijde
28 March	Three Days of De Panne, Stage 3b	UCI Europe Tour	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Belgium	De Panne
28 March	Three Days of De Panne, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Belgium
28 March	Three Days of De Panne, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 3]	Belgium
6 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Spain	Beasain
24 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Switzerland	Renens
26 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	Switzerland	Payerne
28 April	Tour de Romandie, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Switzerland	Geneva
4 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Naples
9 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Margherita di Savoia
16 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Treviso
17 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Cherasco
24 May	Tour of Belgium, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Belgium	Beveren
26 May	Tour of Belgium, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	Belgium
26 May	Tour of Belgium, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 4]	Belgium
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Brescia
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Azzurri d'Italia classification	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy
26 May	Giro d'Italia, Combative classification	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy
28 May	Gullegem Koerse	National event	Fenn, AndrewAndrew Fenn (GBR)	Belgium	Gullegem
1 June	Heistse Pijl	National event	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Belgium	Heist-op-den-Berg
5 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	France	Parc des Oiseaux
9 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	France
16 June	Ster ZLM Toer, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 5]	Netherlands
3 July	Tour de France, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Marseille
10 July	Tour de France, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	France	Mont Saint-Michel
12 July	Tour de France, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Saint-Amand-Montrond
13 July	Tour de France, Stage 14	UCI World Tour	Trentin, MatteoMatteo Trentin (ITA)	France	Lyon
21 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Boonen, TomTom Boonen (BEL)	Belgium	Engis
4 August	Danmark Rundt, Stage 6	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Denmark	Frederiksberg
9 August	Tour de l'Ain, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Meersman, GianniGianni Meersman (BEL)	France	Trévoux
14 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Netherlands	Brouwersdam
16 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Netherlands	Sittard-Geleen
18 August	Eneco Tour, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Belgium	Geraardsbergen
18 August	Eneco Tour, Overall	UCI World Tour	Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)	[N 6]
18 August	Eneco Tour, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 7]	[N 6]
30 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Štybar, ZdeněkZdeněk Štybar (CZE)	Spain	Mairena del Aljarafe
31 August	World Ports Classic, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Maes, NikolasNikolas Maes (BEL)	[N 6]
31 August	World Ports Classic, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Maes, NikolasNikolas Maes (BEL)	[N 6]
18 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Great Britain	Llanberis
21 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 7	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Great Britain	Guildford
22 September	Tour of Britain, Stage 8	UCI Europe Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	Great Britain	London
22 September	UCI Road World Championships, Team time trial	UCI World Tour	[N 8]	Italy	Florence
20 October	Chrono des Nations	UCI Europe Tour	Martin, TonyTony Martin (GER)	France	Les Herbiers

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Kristof Vandewalle, Niki Terpstra, Mark Cavendish, František Raboň, Dries Devenyns, Julien Vermote, Iljo Keisse and Gert Steegmans
2. The riders on the squad were Mark Cavendish, Tony Martin, Michał Kwiatkowski, Zdeněk Štybar, Niki Terpstra, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Gert Steegmans and Martin Velits
3. The riders on the squad were Sylvain Chavanel, Niki Terpstra, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Mark Cavendish, Nikolas Maes, Iljo Keisse, Gert Steegmans and Tom Boonen
4. The riders on the squad were Tony Martin, Kristof Vandewalle, Niki Terpstra, Tom Boonen, Martin Velits, Andrew Fenn, Nikolas Maes and František Raboň
5. The riders on the squad were Mark Cavendish, Dries Devenyns, Andrew Fenn, Michał Gołaś, Jérôme Pineau, Gert Steegmans, Matteo Trentin and František Raboň
6. Race held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
7. The riders on the squad were Gert Steegmans, Sylvain Chavanel, Kevin De Weert, Stijn Vandenbergh, Alessandro Petacchi, Zdeněk Štybar, Niki Terpstra and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
8. The riders on the squad were Sylvain Chavanel, Michał Kwiatkowski, Tony Martin, Niki Terpstra, Kristof Vandewalle and Peter Velits

References

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6. "Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish to join Omega Pharma-Quick Step". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
7. "Omega Pharma — QuickStep add Verona to 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
8. "Gianni Meersman confirmed with Omega Pharma-Quick Step on a two-year deal". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
9. "Petacchi to replace Guardini at Farnese Vini?". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
10. "Cataldo leaving Omega Pharma-QuickStep for Sky". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
11. Stokes, Shane (14 September 2012). "Ciolek adds firepower to MTN Qhubeka lineup for next season". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
12. "Lance Armstrong: Ex-doper Levi Leipheimer sacked by Quick-Step". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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