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82-664: A "prima donna". Pozzato's performances in 2015 showed no improvement, with no top-three finishes over the season, and his best overall finish being a tenth-place result at the Dubai Tour . In December 2015, Pozzato signed a two-year contract with the Italian-based Southeast–Venezuela team from 2016, and expected to retire at the end of the 2017 season. He returned to the top ten placings with an eighth-place finish at Milan–San Remo , and followed this up with fourth place at Dwars door Vlaanderen . His best result of
123-637: A crash on the final stage of the Tour of Belgium . Ultimately, his only victory of the 2011 season came in October – when he took a solo victory at the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli , some 19 seconds clear of the next closest rider. In September 2011, and having been linked with both Lampre–ISD and Team Europcar , Pozzato signed a contract to ride with UCI Professional Continental team Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli, later renamed as Farnese Vini–Selle Italia for
164-585: A group of emerging young riders born in 1981 who were part of the Mapei TT3 development team, along with Fabian Cancellara , Bernhard Eisel and Alexandr Kolobnev . Pozzato took his first victories with the team at the 2002 Vuelta a Cuba , and took his first success in Europe at the Giro del Lago Maggiore the following month. Before the season was finished, Pozzato had taken eleven further victories, including four stages at
205-400: A larger group. In 2010 he was accused by several riders, including Björn Leukemans , Boonen and Philippe Gilbert for his "negative tactics" during key races – the previous season, Boonen had referred to Pozzato as "The Shadow". Pozzato won a stage of the Giro d'Italia for the first time; having missed out to Matthew Goss in a bunch sprint on stage nine, Pozzato won stage twelve from
246-756: A small group that had gone clear on the final climb before the finish in Porto Recanati – for Italy's first stage win of the race. He led the Italian team for the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Australia, where he missed on a medal, ending up in fourth place in the sprint finish. Following the World Championships, Pozzato's performances over the season were criticised by his team manager Andrei Tchmil . The following year, Pozzato
287-542: A third victory ultimately following at the Deutschland Tour , where he won the second stage. The 2006 season saw him win the first major classic of the year Milan–San Remo after a superb ride which saw him first work for team leader Tom Boonen , but then was forced to launch his own winning attack in the finale. He was unable to defend his victory in the renamed Vattenfall Cyclassics , finishing third behind Óscar Freire and Erik Zabel . His only other victory of
328-482: A two-year deal and on 1 September the team announced the signing of David de la Cruz on a two-year contract. In 2014 Michał Kwiatkowski won a rainbow jersey in 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in Ponferrada, Spain. In February 2015, the team announced it had signed 2015 UCI World Omnium champion, Fernando Gaviria , and fellow Colombian, Rodrigo Contreras , on two-year deals set to commence at
369-407: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Etixx-Quick-Step Soudal–Quick-Step ( UCI team code: SOQ ) is a Belgian UCI WorldTeam cycling team led by team manager Patrick Lefevere . The directeurs sportifs are Davide Bramati , Iljo Keisse , Klaas Lodewyck , Wilfried Peeters , Tom Steels and Geert Van Bondt . The team
410-505: Is nicknamed 'The Wolfpack' and has used the term in its branding since 2017. The team was created as Quick-Step–Davitamon in 2003 from staff and riders of Domo–Farm Frites and Mapei–Quick-Step when the latter disbanded after nine years in the sport. Paolo Bettini won the UCI Road World Cup in 2003 and 2004 as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics road title in 2004. In the 2005 UCI ProTour season, renamed Quick-Step–Innergetic,
451-630: Is operated by the company Decolef Lux, based in Luxembourg with branches in France and Belgium. A majority shareholder of the company is a Czech businessman Zdeněk Bakala . Title sponsors throughout its history have been Quick-Step Flooring, a division of Mohawk Industries , who had previously been co-sponsors of the Mapei team from 1999 to 2003. Belgian pharmaceutical company Omega Pharma had two spells as title co-sponsors (2003–07 and 2012–16), using either
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#1732869311009492-408: Is still CEO of Etixx as of September 2015. On 17 July 2014, the team announced that Iljo Keisse had been given a two-year contract extension. Tony Martin confirmed via his Twitter account that he had signed a two-year contract extension. On 19 August the team announced that Pieter Serry had signed a two-year contract extension, on 27 August the team announced the signing of Maxime Bouet on
533-532: The 2006 Milan–San Remo ; he finished second in the race in 2008 as well. Pozzato also won stages at the 2004 Tour de France , the 2007 Tour de France and the 2010 Giro d'Italia , and was the winner of the 2009 Italian National Road Race Championships . Born in Sandrigo , Veneto , Pozzato turned professional in 2000 with the Mapei–Quick-Step team, part of the famous classe di '81 (English: Class of '81 )
574-528: The 2006 Tour de France during stage 3–6, and Filippo Pozzato won 2006 Milan–San Remo . Paolo Bettini won the world championship in Salzburg and retained his Giro di Lombardia crown. In 2007 Tom Boonen won the points classification in the Tour de France , taking two stage wins. Bettini defended his world championship in Stuttgart . In 2008 Gert Steegmans took the final stage of the 2008 Tour de France on
615-550: The Champs-Élysées . Paolo Bettini retired after the world championship in Varese . In both 2008 and 2009 Stijn Devolder took the Tour of Flanders and Tom Boonen, Paris–Roubaix . After two seasons of disappointment, a resurgent Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Tom Boonen took four major Spring classics victories, including the four cobblestone courses E3 Harelbeke , Gent–Wevelgem , Tour of Flanders , Paris–Roubaix . In October 2012,
656-660: The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato in September. In his first European start of the 2008 season, Pozzato won the opening stage of the inaugural Giro della Provincia di Grosseto in February, going on to win the general classification at the race as well. He recorded a top-ten overall finish at Tirreno–Adriatico the following month, before finishing second at Milan–San Remo , four seconds behind race winner Fabian Cancellara . He recorded his first top-ten finish at
697-507: The Mapei–Quick-Step , Fassa Bortolo , Quick-Step–Innergetic , Liquigas , Team Katusha , Lampre–Merida , and two spells with the Farnese Vini–Selle Italia/ Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia teams. A northern classics specialist, Pozzato finished in second place at both the 2009 Paris–Roubaix and the 2012 Tour of Flanders . Pozzato finished a total of 37 Monument classics, including a victory in
738-537: The Tour de Normandie . After Mapei ended its sponsorship in 2002 Pozzato joined Giancarlo Ferretti 's Fassa Bortolo team for the 2003 season. He took early-season victories at the Trofeo Laigueglia and the Giro dell'Etna , before he won a stage and the general classification at Tirreno–Adriatico . He took one further victory during the season, at the Trofeo Matteotti . The following year, Pozzato won
779-508: The Tour du Haut Var , and Omloop Het Volk . Having finished third on the second stage of the Tour de France , Pozzato took his second career stage win three stages later, prevailing in the bunch sprint into Autun . Following the Tour de France, Pozzato took three further victories in the 2007 season; he won the Trofeo Matteotti in August, before winning the sixth stage of the Tour de Pologne and
820-556: The Tour of Flanders , finishing in sixth place, before another podium finish in the Italian National Road Race Championships with third place. After no successes at the Tour de France , Pozzato rode the Vuelta a España for the first time in his career. Liquigas won the opening team time trial stage and with Pozzato crossing the finish line first, he assumed the gold jersey of race leader. He would ultimately lose
861-467: The slipstream of official motorcycles to augment his lead. In June, Pozzato won the Italian National Road Race Championships for the first time in his professional career, prevailing in a sprint finish of around 20 riders at the Imola Circuit . He took two further victories before the end of the season – winning August's Giro del Veneto from a four-rider group, and October's Memorial Cimurri from
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#1732869311009902-453: The 2006 season came at the Tour of Britain , where he won the third stage of the race into Sheffield , having attacked from a six-rider lead group after the final categorised climb. He moved up to third overall, a position he continued to hold at the end of the race. For the 2007 season, Pozzato joined the Liquigas squad, and during the early part of the season, he won consecutive starts at
943-415: The 2012 season. In the spring classics, Pozzato took four top-ten results – two of which where he finished as part of the lead group – with a best of second place coming at the Tour of Flanders , where he was outsprinted by home rider Tom Boonen . He then won April's GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano from a small group, but this would turn out to be his only win of an injury-blighted season. He
984-590: The Italian team for the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany. Pozzato was overlooked for the Italian team to contest the road race at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Spain, with only two top-three results during the season – second at the Coppa Bernocchi , and third at Tre Valli Varesine . His lack of results did not go unnoticed as his team manager Brent Copeland referred to Pozzato as
1025-508: The breakaway and controlled the front of the leading group when Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini–Selle Italia) attacked with 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) to cover, with Pozzato jumping in his slipstream. The sprint was contested by four riders, with Pozzato getting the best of them, to take a record third victory at the race. The following month, he finished second at the Roma Maxima behind solo winner Blel Kadri , having celebrated what he thought
1066-424: The company name or one of its products. Either side of its first involvement with this team, Omega were sponsors of their Belgian rivals. Deceuninck , a manufacturer of PVC -systems windows, became the primary sponsors from 2019, with Quick-Step Floors remaining as secondary sponsor. At the Tour of Flanders in 2020 and 2021 , the team carried the name of a Deceuninck product line, Elegant, rather than that of
1107-435: The company. Deceuninck ended their sponsorship of the team following the 2021 season, while Quick-Step Floors extended their sponsorship until 2027. In 2023 Belgian company Soudal joined as a title sponsor. Filippo Pozzato Stage races One-day races and Classics Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato (born 10 September 1981) is an Italian former road racing cyclist , who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for
1148-400: The event. Personality clashes with Giancarlo Ferretti meant that Pozzato suffered poor years with Fassa Bortolo , and thus, re-established contact with several managers and directeurs sportif of Quick-Step–Innergetic . The Quick-Step–Innergetic team expressed interest and Pozzato was able to obtain a release for the 2005 UCI ProTour season, joining several former Mapei riders already on
1189-532: The final stage of the Giro della Liguria in February, before repeating his victory at the Trofeo Laigueglia. He made his first start at a Grand Tour at the Tour de France – where he was the youngest rider at the race – and won the seventh stage. He was also chosen to be part of the Italian team for the road race at the Athens Olympics – in support of team leader Paolo Bettini , who went on to win
1230-513: The following month at E3 Prijs Vlaanderen , winning a three-rider sprint against Tom Boonen and Maxim Iglinsky . He followed this up with a win on the opening stage of the Three Days of De Panne , and top-five finishes at the Tour of Flanders (fifth), and Paris–Roubaix (second); at the latter, Pozzato claimed that when avoiding a crash of Thor Hushovd he lost 4 or 5 seconds and the chance for victory and that race winner Boonen benefited from
1271-495: The jersey to Alejandro Valverde the following day, and withdrew from the race prior to stage 19. He finished the season with two further second-place finishes at the Giro del Lazio and the Coppa Sabatini . In July 2008, Pozzato was announced to be joining the new Team Katusha for the 2009 season. Having finished second to Francesco Ginanni at February's Trofeo Laigueglia , Pozzato's first victory with Team Katusha came
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1312-616: The one hand, they say they congratulate him on coming forward, [but] their action terminating him for being truthful speaks a lot louder than their words." CyclingNews reported in the same article that the team's claim to have only recently learned of Leipheimer's past doping was according to Tygart "absolutely not true... Leipheimer and a USADA attorney told the team months ago of the investigation, and of Leipheimer's role". Cyclingnews noted that Omega Pharma general manager Patrick Lefevere "had admitted in 2007 to having used doping products, including amphetamines, during his own career". Lefevere
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1394-412: The season came at September's Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli , where he finished second to Nicola Ruffoni . The following year, he recorded his first top-ten finish at the Tour of Flanders since his runner-up finish in 2012 , placing eighth. He ultimately remained with the team in 2018, before retiring from the sport at the end of the season. In 2012, Pozzato was banned from cycling for three months by
1435-425: The start of the 2016 season. In August 2015, the team signed Davide Martinelli for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. As of April 2021, the team has won more than 800 races, making it one of the most successful squads in history. With the win in 7th stage of 2024 Tour de France , the team won stages in 12 Tour de France in a row, the longest active streak and second only to TI Raleigh with 17 (1976-1992). The team
1476-491: The team fired their veteran rider Levi Leipheimer after he admitted to doping in a sworn affidavit to USADA . This was despite the team statement that "commended" Leipheimer for his "open cooperation" in the USADA investigation that exposed Lance Armstrong 's long-term cheating in cycling via doping. The team's action was described by USADA head Travis Tygart as "The classic Omertà move, right? Actions speak louder than words. On
1517-563: The team won a large number of classics: Tom Boonen won Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix , Filippo Pozzato the HEW Cyclassics , and Paolo Bettini the Züri-Metzgete and the Giro di Lombardia . In late 2005 Tom Boonen won the 2005 UCI Road World Championships in Madrid, where Michael Rogers won the time-trial. In 2006 Boonen retained the Tour of Flanders and held the yellow jersey in
1558-467: The team, such as Paolo Bettini and Davide Bramati . Having finished second at the Italian National Road Race Championships for the second time in three years in 2005, Pozzato's first victory with the Quick-Step–Innergetic team came with a win in the HEW Cyclassics , ahead of teammate Luca Paolini . He followed this up with another victory the following weekend in the Giro del Lazio , with
1599-669: Was a victory on the finish line. It was not until August that Pozzato won another race, when he won the Coppa Agostoni from a group of some 20 riders; in September, he raced the GP Ouest-France and despite not being a top favourite, he won the race, becoming just the fifth Italian to do that. He also recorded high placings at the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi (third) and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal (fifth), making
1640-528: Was also suspended for three months, backdated to June, for his links to Michele Ferrari , who had been given a lifetime ban from the sport earlier in the year. Pozzato left Farnese Vini–Selle Italia after only one season, signing a three-year contract with Lampre–Merida from the 2013 season. Pozzato earned his first victory of 2013 in the Trofeo Laigueglia , held in Liguria , Italy on mainly narrow, twisting and turning roads. His Lampre–Merida team reeled in
1681-446: Was part of the lead group at Milan–San Remo ; he chased down Philippe Gilbert 's attack in the final 2 kilometres (1.2 miles), but this effected his ability to sprint at the end, ultimately finishing in fifth place. He then finished in third place overall at the Tour de Picardie in May – tied on time with second-placed Kenny Dehaes – but he would miss two months of racing action following