2022 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team season

The 2022 season for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team is the 20th season in the team's existence. The team has been a UCI WorldTeam since 2005, when the tier was first established. Long-time sponsor Quick-Step Flooring, which has been a title sponsor since the team's formation in 2003, continues its sponsorship, while Deceuninck ends its sponsorship after three years. In its place, the team will take on the name of one of Quick-Step's sub-brands, Alpha Vinyl.^[1][2] They use Specialized bicycles, Shimano drivetrain, Roval wheels and Vermarc clothing. ^[3]

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
2022 season
Davide Ballerini on Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
UCI code	QST
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Patrick Lefevere (BEL)
Main sponsor(s)	Quick-Step Flooring
Based	Belgium
Bicycles	Specialized
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	7
Stage race overall	4
Stage race stages	32
Grand Tours	1
World Championships	1
National Championships	3
Jersey
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The team are the UCI World Team Ranking champions, having won it for the third time in the past four seasons.^[4]

Team roster

As of 7 January 2022.^[5][6][7]

Rider Date of birth  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) (1992-06-11)11 June 1992 (aged 28)  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 25)  Andrea Bagioli (ITA) (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 21)  Davide Ballerini (ITA) (1994-09-21)21 September 1994 (aged 26)  Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 30)  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) (1995-08-10)10 August 1995 (aged 25)  Mark Cavendish (GBR) (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 35)  Josef Černý (CZE) (1993-05-11)11 May 1993 (aged 27)  Tim Declercq (BEL) (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 31)  Dries Devenyns (BEL) (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 37)  Remco Evenepoel (BEL) (2000-01-25)25 January 2000 (aged 20)  Mikkel Frølich Honoré (DEN) (1997-01-21)21 January 1997 (aged 23)  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) (1996-08-31)31 August 1996 (aged 24)  Iljo Keisse (BEL) (1982-12-21)21 December 1982 (aged 38)  James Knox (GBR) (1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 25)

Rider Date of birth  Yves Lampaert (BEL) (1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 29)  Fausto Masnada (ITA) (1993-11-06)6 November 1993 (aged 27)  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) (1985-04-30)30 April 1985 (aged 35)  Mauro Schmid (SUI) (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 21)  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) (1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 27)  Pieter Serry (BEL) (1988-11-21)21 November 1988 (aged 32)  Stijn Steels (BEL) (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 31)  Jannik Steimle (GER) (1996-04-04)4 April 1996 (aged 24)  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) (1985-12-11)11 December 1985 (aged 35)  Bert Van Lerberghe (BEL) (1992-09-29)29 September 1992 (aged 28)  Stan Van Tricht (BEL) (1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 21)  Ilan Van Wilder[a] (BEL) (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 20)  Mauri Vansevenant (BEL) (1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (aged 21)  Ethan Vernon (GBR) (2000-08-26)26 August 2000 (aged 20)  Louis Vervaeke (BEL) (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 27)

1. After a contractual dispute between Van Wilder and Team DSM, his contracted was terminated and he joined Deceuninck–Quick-Step with immediate effect on 18 November 2021.^[8][9]

Riders who joined the team for the 2022 season Rider 2021 team Mauro Schmid[10][11] Team Qhubeka NextHash Martin Svrček[a] neo-pro (Biesse–Carrera) Stan Van Tricht[13][14] neo-pro (SEG Racing Academy) Ilan Van Wilder[8][9] Team DSM Ethan Vernon[15][16] neo-pro (Team Inspired) Louis Vervaeke[17][18] Alpecin–Fenix

Riders who left the team during or after the 2021 season Rider 2022 team João Almeida[19][20] UAE Team Emirates Shane Archbold[21][22] Bora–Hansgrohe Sam Bennett[21][22] Bora–Hansgrohe Ian Garrison[23][24] L39ION of Los Angeles Álvaro Hodeg[25][26] UAE Team Emirates

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location	Ref.
2 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 1	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain	Torralba del Pinar	[27]
3 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 2	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Spain	Torrent	[28]
5 February	Saudi Tour, Team classification	UCI Asia Tour	[b]	Saudi Arabia		[29]
6 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 5	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Spain	Valencia	[30]
6 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Points classification	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Spain		[31]
6 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Young rider classification	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain		[32]
11 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 2	UCI ProSeries	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Oman	Suhar Corniche	[33]
13 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 4	UCI ProSeries	Fausto Masnada (ITA)	Oman	Muscat Royal Opera	[34]
13 February	Tour de la Provence, Points classification	UCI ProSeries	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	France		[35]
13 February	Tour de la Provence, Team classification	UCI ProSeries	[c]	France		[35]
16 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Portugal	Lagos	[36]
18 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 3	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Portugal	Faro	[37]
19 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 4 (ITT)	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Portugal	Tavira	[38]
20 February	Volta ao Algarve, Overall	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Portugal		[39]
20 February	Volta ao Algarve, Points classification	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Portugal		[40]
20 February	Volta ao Algarve, Young rider classification	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Portugal		[41]
21 February	UAE Tour, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi Breakwater	[42]
27 February	Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Belgium	Kuurne	[43]
7 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	France	Orléans	[44]
16 March	Milano–Torino	UCI ProSeries	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Italy	Rivoli	[45]
22 March	Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Mauro Schmid (SUI)	Italy	Riccione	[46]
25 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Ethan Vernon (GBR)	Spain	Vilanova i la Geltrú	[47]
26 March	Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Josef Černý (CZE)	Italy	Cantagrillo	[48]
27 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)	Spain	Barcelona	[49]
5 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	Spain	Viana	[50]
9 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain		[51]
24 April	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Belgium	Liège	[52][53]
8 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Hungary	Budapest	[54][55]
12 May	Tour de Hongrie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Hungary	Hajdúszoboszló	[56]
13 May	Tour de Hongrie, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Hungary	Nyíregyháza	[57]
15 May	Tour de Hongrie, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Hungary		[58]
24 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 1	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Norway	Voss	[59]
26 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 3	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Norway	Gaustatoppen	[60]
28 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 5	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Norway	Sandnes	[61]
29 May	Tour of Norway, Overall	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Norway		[62][63]
29 May	Tour of Norway, Young rider classification	UCI ProSeries	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Norway		[63]
12 June	Elfstedenronde	UCI Europe Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Belgium	Bruges
17 June	Tour of Belgium, Stage 3 (ITT)	UCI ProSeries	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Belgium	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem
19 June	Tour of Belgium, Stage 5	UCI ProSeries	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Belgium	Beringen
19 June	Tour of Belgium, Overall	UCI ProSeries	Mauro Schmid (SUI)	Belgium
19 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 8 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Liechtenstein	Vaduz
11 July	Tour de France, Stage 1 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Yves Lampaert (BEL)	Denmark	Copenhagen
12 July	Tour de France, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Denmark	Nyborg
23 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1	UCI ProSeries	Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)	Belgium	Huy
26 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 4	UCI ProSeries	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Belgium	Couvin
30 July	Clásica de San Sebastián	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain	San Sebastián
30 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 10 (ITT)	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain	Alicante
8 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 18	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain	Piornal
11 September	2022 Vuelta a España, Overall	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain
11 September	2022 Vuelta a España, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Remco Evenepoel (BEL)	Spain
13 September	Okolo Slovenska, Prologue (ITT)	UCI Europe Tour	Ethan Vernon (GBR)	Slovenia	Bratislava
14 September	Okolo Slovenska, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Ethan Vernon (GBR)	Slovenia	Trnava
16 September	Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen	UCI Europe Tour	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Belgium	Ardooie
17 September	Okolo Slovenska, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Josef Černý (CZE)	Slovenia
3 October	Coppa Bernocchi	UCI Europe Tour	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Italy	Legnano

National, Continental, and World Champions

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location	Ref.

Notes

1. Svrček will join the team on 1 July after spending the first half of the year with Biesse–Carrera.^[12]
2. The riders in the squad were Andrea Bagioli, Davide Ballerini, Tim Declercq, Iljo Keisse, Florian Sénéchal, Jannik Steimle, and Bert Van Lerberghe.
3. The riders in the squad were Julian Alaphilippe, Dries Devenyns, Pieter Serry, Ilan Van Wilder, and Louis Vervaeke.

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External links

• 2022 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team season at ProCyclingStats