Team Quick Step Innergetic

Gert Steegmans won the second stage, followed by his teammate and captain Tom Boonen in second Quickstep hammered today! Steegmans and Boonen won by a big margin ahead of Filippo Pozzato , Robert Hunter , Romain Feulli, Robbie McEwen , Erik Zabel , Heinrich Haussler, Oscar Freire and Sebastien Chavanel . Read Full Story

Well today was the Clasica San Sebastian. It was a 225 kilometer race in the north of Spain. It included six climbs within the 225 kilometers. Leonardo Bertagnolli, with only 5 days of racing total this year, made an attack with 300 meters to go and edged out Juan Manuel Garate for the victory. Here is interesting stat about the race today 168 racers started today and only 117 finished and another 11 riders failed to make it in by the time limit. Well here is the top 10 finishers. They results were provided by velonews.com The highest placed American was Christian Vande Velde. ... Read Full Story

Apologetic Tour de France green jersey champion Tom Boonen has been barred from next month's race in the wake of a positive test for cocaine. Tour director Christian Prudhomme made the decision to bar Boonen after consulting the rider and his team, although all three have said there is no implication that Boonen is a cheat. The winner of last year's green jersey for the race's points competition tested positive in an out of competition control by the ministry of the Flemish Community on May 26. The 2005 world champion and reigning Paris-Roubaix champion was given the support of his Quick Step team. However ... Read Full Story

A Belgian court dropped criminal charges Tuesday against former world cycling champion Tom Boonen for alleged cocaine use. The court, in northwestern Turnhout, said Boonen had "been punished enough" after his positive test for cocaine in an out-of-competition doping control kept him out of last year's Tour de France. "Tom has been punished in public and financially. We hope it has been a lesson for him," said Boonen's Quick-Step team leader, Patrick Lefevere. After being excluded from the Tour de France, Boonen was forced to race in minor competitions such as the Tour of Austria and the Walloon Tour. Boonen was not at Tuesday's ... Read Full Story

This is a group blog where we can all discuss the team's performance in The Tour and other races.  To post a blog entry, click here . The official roster for 2006 is: 1. De Weert Kevin 2. Wielinga Remmert 3. Vigano Davide 4. Hulsmans Kevin 5. Scarselli Leonardo 6. Chicchi Francesco 7. Bramati Davide 8. Vasseur Cédric 9. Verheyen Geert 10. Tankink Bram 11. De Jongh Steven 12. Rosseler Sebastien 13. Bettini Paolo 14. Garate Juan Manuel 15. Cretskens Wilfried 16. Boonen Tom 17. Baguet Serge 18. Garrido Jose Antonio 19. Pozzato Filippo 20. Nuyens Nick 21. Trenti Guido 22. Tosatto Matteo 23. ... Read Full Story

Got some news from Velonews Today. The Tour de France Officials have decided to not issue the number 1 jersey out this year. Over the past years the jersey number had been given to the previous years winner. Since there has been no decision yet on if Floyd Landis will be given the title or if the runner-up Oscar Pereiro will be. According to Velonews Oscar will be given the lowest number that is available. But on some better news I have got some more team rosters for the Tour. Quick Step-Innergetic Carlos Barredo Tom Boonen Juan Manuel Garate Steven De Jongh Bram Tankink ... Read Full Story