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YEAR OF TOUR NAME NAT BIRTH VICTORIES APPEARANCES QUICK STEP-INNERGETIC BOONEN Tom BEL 1980 65 3 BAGUET Serge BEL 1969 11 5 BARREDO Carlos •N SPA 1981 2 0 BETTINI Paolo ITA 1974 54 4 CRETSKENS Wilfried BEL 1976 3 2 DE JONGH Steven HOL 1973 31 3 Main sponsor: Flooring manufacturing, mattress producer ENGELS Addy •N HOL 1977 0 1 Address: Kouterstraat 14, 8560 Wevelgem, Belgium FACCI Mauro •N ITA 1982 0 1 Website: www.qsi-cycling.com GARATE Juan Manuel SPA 1976 5 2 ProTour ranking (end 2006): 13th GRABOVSKYY Dmytro •N UKR 1985 0 0 2007 budget: ¤9 million HULSMANS Kevin BEL 1978 2 1 Date of team’s foundation: 2003 PRONI Alessandro •N ITA 1982 0 0 Tour record: Fifth appearance, nine stage victories, two King of the ROSSELER Sébastien BEL 1981 3 0 SANTAROMITA Ivan SWI 1984 0 0 Mountains victories (Richard Virenque 2002 and 2004) SCARSELLI Leonardo ITA 1975 2 0 Past stars: Frank Vandenbroucke, , Michael Rogers, Stefano SCHWAB Hubert SWI 1982 1 0 Zanini, Rik Verbrugghe, , Nick Nuyens, Servais Knaven SEELDRAYERS Kevin •N BEL 1986 0 0 Team manager: Patrick Lefévère STEEGMANS Gert •N BEL 1980 9 1 TANKINK Bram HOL 1978 1 2 TONTI Andrea •N ITA 1976 2 0 TOSATTO Matteo ITA 1974 7 4 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen BEL 1977 1 0 ’S ANALYSIS VAN IMPE Kevin BEL 1981 4 0 “I have said that I was expecting a lot from what VAN PETEGEM Peter •N BEL 1970 23 3 should be a historic prologue this year, and I VASSEUR Cédric FRA 1970 15 9 admit that I’m expecting the same from the sprints. VERHEYEN Geert BEL 1973 5 4 VIGANO Davide ITA 1984 0 0 After abandoning the race last year, Boonen owes VISCONTI Giovanni •N ITA 1983 1 0 us something big, but let’s hope that he doesn’t WEYLANDT Wouter BEL 1984 2 0 forget the lesson of last year’s race – you can’t WYNANTS Marteen •N BEL 1982 0 0 defend the yellow jersey while at the same time The nine riders for the Tour are selected just before the start. Statistics compiled April 1, 2007. targeting the green jersey. And I would also wager that Bettini, in his world champion’s jersey, will also give us something to get excited about.” Leader Climber Rouleur/Time triallist •N New signing

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