Quick Step Floors 2018 Pro cycling Team

For 2018 the Belgium based cycling team will feature a full team of 27 riders instead of 31 as in 2017.

The Quick Step Floors team won 56 races in 2017, can it beat it in 2018?

The sprinter from Katusha-Alpecin Elia Viviani is replacing Marcel Kittel.
Tom Boonen retired retired after the spring 2017 classics.
Dan Martin departed to UAE Team Emirates.

Quick-Step Floors Team will race the 2018 UCI World Tour on Specialized Carbon Road bikes (Roubaix, Venge, Tarmac, Shiv (TT) ) equipped with Shimano Dura Ace R9100 groupset, Roval carbon wheels equipped with Specialized tires and tubulars, Specialized powermeter, CeramicSpeed bearings, FSA components such as stem, bar and seat post, Specialized saddle, Tacx bottle cage and bottle and K-Edge.

The Quick Step Floors 27 riders are:

Direct Energie 2018 Pro Cycling Team

For 2018 the Direct Energie Pro Cycling Team has recruited 5 new riders to the team.

Sylvain Chavanel will be racing his 18th Tour de France and retire from professional racing after it.
Lilian Calmejane is the hope of the team to get some podium finish.

Thomas Boudat, Lilian Calmejane, Romain Cardis, Jérémy Cornu, Sylvain Chavanel, Yohann Gène, Fabien Grellier, Jonathan Hivert, Bryan Nauleau, Paul Ourselin, Adrien Petit, Alexandre Pichot, Perrig Quéméneur, Romain Sicard et Angelo Tulik (tous FRA).

New Team riders : Jérôme Cousin (FRA), Damien Gaudin (FRA), Axel Journiaux (FRA), Simon Sellier (FRA), Rein Taaramae (EST)

The team Direct Energie is racing on BH bicycles (Spain) in 2018.

More updates on the team and their equipment to come...

Cofidis 2018 Pro Cycling Team

The French Team is registered in the Continental UCI Pro cycling circuit and participating in the UCI grand tours such as the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and the Vuleta Espana as wild card invitation.

After two years with Orbea the team will race on Kuota for 2018 and 2019 racing season.

For 2018 the Cofidis is racing on Kuota Khan carbon road bikes. (Khan and Excalibur models)

The 2018 Cofidis riders are:

LottoNL-Jumbo 2017 Pro Cycling Team Data

LottoNL Jumbo is based in Netherland and is competing the UCI World tour race. 

The team is racing the 2017 season on Bianchi carbon bikes equipped with Shimano Dura Ace Di2 Groupset and carbon wheels  

2017 Teams quad:
BATTAGLIN Enrico 
BENNETT George 
BOOM Lars
BOUWMAN Koen 
CAMPENAERTS Victor
CASTELIJNS Twan 
CLEMENT Stef
DE TIER Floris
GESINK Robert
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
JANSEN Amund Grondahl
KEIZER Martijn
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LAMMERTINK Steven
LEEZER Tom
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
LOBATO Juan José
MARTENS Paul
OLIVIER Daan
ROGLIC Primoz
ROOSEN Timo
TANKINK Bram
TOLHOEK Antwan
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
VAN EMDEN Jos
VAN HOECKE Gijs
VERMEULEN Alexey
WAGNER Robert
WYNANTS Maarten

Michele Scarponi Pro Cycling racer profile

Michele Scarponi was an Italian professional road racing cyclist

Michele Scarponi

25th September 1979 - 22 April 2017