Our team – who sits on 984 UCI wins since its inception – will aim to remain among the best in the world also this year.
Ten days before the first World Tour race of the season, Australia’s Tour Down Under, Soudal Quick-Step’s team for 2025 – our 23rd consecutive season in the peloton – was presented to the sponsors and media that assembled in the conference room of the Suitopia Sol y Mar Hotel in Calpe, but also to our many fans around the world, who had the chance to watch the event live on our YouTube channel.
The event got off by inviting former CEO Patrick Lefevere on the stage to talk about the team’s achievements in the previous year, before receiving a stunning custom-made Specialized bike whose beautifully designed frame featured some of the incredible numbers that he left behind after more than 40 years as team leader: 1578 (total wins), 195 (Grand Tour stages), 92 (National Championships) and 39 (Monuments).
New Soudal Quick-Step CEO Jürgen Foré took to the stage to speak about his experience over the past year – his first with the team – during which he acted as COO: “I enjoyed working together with Patrick, it was a good way to familiarize with the team and to discover the world of cycling. I was impressed by his care for the staff. The foundation of the Wolfpack is our experienced and committed staff. Always there to go the extra mile, and open to innovate. Patrick selected them with care, and I am blessed to continue to work with all of these people. We also focused on bringing all the expertise together in a better structured performance follow-up, while focusing on all aspects that matter in modern cycling: class material, aerodynamics, training, nutrition, sleep, mental and medical follow-up of every individual rider. Next to that, we worked hard on improving our return to the sponsors, investing more in social media and an individual plan for each partner of the team.”
“Another thing that we did last year was continuing to invest in our structure, with the growing importance of our women’s and development teams. We are proud to offer an inclusive project to our partners, offering opportunities to 88 male and female riders, and 93 staff members. An international group, with 16 different nationalities. Organized in two different companies, with strong crossovers for those activities that we do jointly”, explained Foré, before going on to talk about the team’s new faces.
This year, a total of seven riders have joined the Wolfpack, and Soudal Quick-Step’s CEO is confident they can bring an important contribution to the squad’s success: “We are pleased with our new riders, who were selected carefully by Patrick and myself. With Andrea we see a young talent of our incredible Devo team joining the World Tour squad. With Valentin and Gianmarco we have invested in young climbing talent. Dries, Pascal and Max come with a lot of experience for both Classics and Grand Tours. And we are sure that a team like ours can bring Ethan to his best level ever. We strongly believe that these new riders will strengthen our current team, which already is a successful one, and that with the fantastic support of our sponsors we can achieve some more beautiful things also this year.”
Soudal Quick-Step’s 30-man roster for the 2025 season: Ayco Bastiaens, Mattia Cattaneo, Josef Cerny, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Remco Evenepoel, Gianmarco Garofoli, Gil Gelders, Ethan Hayter, Antoine Huby, James Knox, Yves Lampaert, Luke Lamperti, Mikel Landa, Junior Lecerf, Paul Magnier, Tim Merlier, Valentin Paret-Peintre, Casper Pedersen, Andrea Raccagni, Pepijn Reinderink, Maximilian Schachmann, Pieter Serry, Martin Svrcek, Dries Van Gestel, Bert Van Lerberghe, Ilan Van Wilder, Warre Vangheluwe, Mauri Vansevenant, Louis Vervaeke, Jordi Warlop.
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