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For 2007 Quick Step - Innergetic lost Milano -San Remo winner Filippo Pozzato but Belgian star Tom Boonen and Bettini are two of the most popular riders in the peloton and will keep Quick Step-Innergetic in the headlines throughout the season.
Quick Step-Innergetic is a Belgian UCI ProTour team led by team manager Patrick Lefevere. The sports directors are Alvaro Crespi, Luca Guercilena, Serge Parsani and Wilfried Peeters. The new team was created with the name Quick Step-Davitamon in 2003 on top of the old Mapei, after their main sponsor retreated from road bicycle racing. The teams greatest victories has been Paolo Bettini winning the UCI World Cup in 2003 and 2004. In the 2005 UCI ProTour season, the team won a large number of classics: Tom Boonen won Ronde van Vlaanderen 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 World Cycling Championships in Madrid which topped of a fantastic year for both Boonen and Quick Step.In 2006 Boonen retained the Ronde van Vlaanderen and wore the yellow jersey in the Tour de France and Filippo Pozzato won Milan-San Remo.While Paolo Bettini won the World Cycling Championships and retained his Giro di Lombardia crown.This victory was an emotional one for Bettini who broke down crying at the finish having lost his brother two weeks before the race.
