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Michal Kwiatkowski came out swinging at the Tour, in spite of his youth and overall GC ambitions

Tony Martin smashed his pursuers on Sunday, and gave an aggressive Omega Pharma-Quick Step team its second win of the 2014 Tour

Lefevre: “I think we are a top team. We have 42 victories with 13 different riders. We tried to select the nine best riders possible to get here in the Tour”

The Manx Missile may require surgery, and certainly needs recovery time, but it's unclear if he can regain his once-stellar form

A quick conversation at the start of the Amstel Gold Race with Omega Pharma-Quick Step CEO Patrick Lefevere

Omega Pharma is traditionally thought of as a cobbled classics team, but this year the Ardennes may show another side to the Belgian squad

The Polish rider kicks off the Ardennes classics with Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race

Belgian is dreaming of a record fifth Roubaix victory as pressure mounts for Omega Pharma-Quick Step ahead of Sunday's "Hell of the North"

Go inside with Tom Boonen and Co. as they check and double check tire pressures, ride the Arenberg, and motorpace on the cobbles

The Lotto-Belisol rider will co-lead the squad with Tony Gallopin at the cobbled classic

If he wins Sunday's cobbled classic, Tom Boonen would become the most successful rider in the race's history with four victories

Zdenek Stybar, the current world champion in cyclocross, talks about his leap to the road, that day at Roubaix, and what may come next on the cobbles

The rider some call the 'next Tom Boonen' is poised for a breakout spring classics season — if he makes the team

Belgian squad confident, but disappointed after Terpstra, Vandenbergh fall short in bid to outdo Sagan in late breakaway

The Omega Pharma-Quick Step manager says the changes will alter the entire race — and the field of riders

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Belgian team rides former world champion into the leader's jersey in Italy

Omega Pharma and Sky split the weekend, Belkin and BMC have a bit of bad luck, and Cannondale and Trek are absent. But it's early days yet

Omega Pharma's breakthrough Polish rider has started 2014 where last year left off, and appears on the verge of notching a major win

Colombian will race through March before returning to South America for altitude training ahead of Romandie and the Giro

Omega Pharma general manager calls his breakout Polish rider one of the best in the world and says Kwiatkowski needs to focus on fewer races

The Belgian classics king is back and his wins in Qatar have historically foretold strong cobbled campaigns

We profile Tony Martin's rainbow-striped weapon of choice against the clock in 2014

Mark Cavendish, Tom Boonen, and Alessandro Petacchi are among the riders tuning the Belgian team's sprint train in Calpe, Spain

The 28-year-old got his start in cyclocross and only joined the road ranks full-time in 2011

The Omega Pharma-Quick Step duo wants to return to the top of their specialties: The classics and the sprints

Three former green jerseys at the Tour de France will highlight Omega Pharma's roster for Argentine season opener

Wind tunnel and track testing are crucial to optimize each rider’s physical performance, even for a team with such strength in time trials

The Belgian, who finished third in the 2012 Giro d'Italia, signs a one-year deal

Omega Pharma-Quick Step edges Orica-GreenEdge by less than a second to defend its title

Renshaw is reunited with Mark Cavendish and will serve in the sprinter's leadout train

Italian comes out of a brief retirement and will ride for the Belgian team through the 2014 season

Mark Cavendish won two stages and his teammates took two others at the 100th edition of the race

Despite his hot-headed ways, the consensus in the peloton is that Cavendish is a 'nice guy'

The team has taken four very different stage wins at this year's Tour, showing the squad's depth of talent

Check back as we update our teams list for the 2013 Tour de France

Team soigneurs handle everything from filling bottles and preparing musette bags to giving daily massages and going grocery shopping

Belgian champ says he won't take part in the 100th Tour and he may not start the race again

The "Manx Missile" will fly on Friday aboard this custom Venge, built to commemorate his 100th pro victory

Brian Holm has worked with the former world champion since he was a rookie and is convinced he'll top Merckx in the grand tours

Cavendish spreads the credit his former boss at Sky gives him over waiting for Bradley Wiggins and others after a crash on Thursday

Former world champion says the failed signing of Italian sprinter isn't a distraction, but his leadout could be impacted

"Alejet" won't be taking flight with Omega Pharma after the UCI denied his request to join the Belgian team

Belgian squad backs Manxman in his bid for stage wins

Tom Boonen will return to racing at the Amgen Tour of California in May

Fabian Cancellara and a slew of first-time winners came out on top in the classics, but who didn't?

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Chavanel has the green light — but can he go against Cancellara?

Just 22, Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) continues to impress, most recently with his ride at the Tour of Flanders

Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider says he feels strong enough to win Sunday's race

Peter Sagan's ability to win in seemingly any terrain and under any circumstance is proving difficult to manage for Omega Pharma

Manxman protects his overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico, but the dinner table should see some tense conversation on Thursday

The finishes in the week-long Italian race are notoriously technical and the Slovak champion could hold off the sprinters

Belgian champion will take Sunday off after sluggish classics start in Flanders

With the Belgian champ coming off injury, Omega Pharma will attack the weekend's Belgian semi-classics with a variety of weapons

By signing Mark Cavendish, Omega Pharma boss Patrick Lefevre has a proven winner, and has taken some pressure off of Tom Boonen

Former world champs Tom Boonen and Mark Cavendish are two of the surest bets in the sport, but can they work together?

The Lotto train is the best in the business right now, setting up what should be a great season-long battle between Greipel and Cavendish

Leipheimer says he's done the event before, adding that his suspension doesn't bar him "from training and staying fit"

The infection stemmed from a minor mountain-bike crash during training, Boonen says

Mark Cavendish lashes out at television interviewer over Armstrong questions

Graham Watson shoots the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team presentation

Former world champ unveils his rainbow-cuffed Omega Pharma kit

Driver on Mallorca throws tacks in front of training group

Longtime friends choose different paths, but Bernie Eisel says he and Mark Cavendish will remain close as the Manxman goes to Omega Pharma

Rolf Aldag expands his role at Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2013, now coordinating both technical partners and coaching and race personnel

Sky parts ways with the unhappy former world champion after a season in which the Manxman felt under-supported

USADA boss Travis Tygart says cycling's code of silence caused Levi Leipheimer's firing and that those who love cycling should take over

Belgian squad fires American over his doping admission in the Armstrong case

Lefevere says Leipheimer only informed him of his role in USADA's Armstrong case an hour before the agency published its report on Wednesday