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The grapple for green: 2020 Tour de France, stage 14

The grapple for green: 2020 Tour de France, stage 14

As the Tour de France approaches its final week, the races within this beautiful race increasingly come out to play. Why Peter Sagan versus Sam...

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Zdeněk Štybar: On a decade at Deceuinck-Quick Step

Zdeněk Štybar: On a decade at Deceuinck-Quick Step

  Zdeněk Štybar is closing in on his tenth season at Patrick Lefevere’s team. Far from slowing down, the Czech rider is arguably riding better...

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Mikkel Honoré, Deceuninck Quick Step’s philosopher-in-chief

Mikkel Honoré, Deceuninck Quick Step’s philosopher-in-chief

Meet Mikkel Honoré, the young Danish rider for whom “the classics” means more than just one-day races in the spring

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Sam Bennett: No more the one team man

Sam Bennett: No more the one team man

Before his recent move to Deceuninck-Quick Step, Sam Bennett had been at Bora Hansgrohe his entire pro career. Now indisputably at the top of the...

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Elia Viviani: Confidence man

Elia Viviani: Confidence man

“If you want to win the race, you must want to be the leader.” Two years of winning with #TheWolfpack has turned Elia Viviani into...

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Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Kasper Asgreen

Top Banana: Tour de France stage 17 – Kasper Asgreen

Deceuninck’s Danish debutant has dazzled with his Tour de France workrate. At this rate of progression, he’ll be Kasper the friendly G.O.A.T

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The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Patrick Lefevere

The Cycling Hall of Fame 2019: the case for Patrick Lefevere

Nobody in modern cycling management matches Deceuninck-Quick Step’s CEO for achievement, nous and bouncebackability

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Bob Jungels Q&A: “Being versatile is not always a gift”

Bob Jungels Q&A: “Being versatile is not always a gift”

Deceuninck-Quick Step’s Liège champion on targeting cobbled Classics, his distaste for the new Doyenne parcours and his memorable post-victory afterparty

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How Deceuninck – Quick Step are trying to match their golden 2018

How Deceuninck – Quick Step are trying to match their golden 2018

Our man at their camp in Calpe thought Quick Step would underperform in 2018. He’s still digesting humble pie. The question is, can Deceuninck possibly...

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