(
pictured in 2015) spent almost his entire career with the team and is one of their most successful riders in terms of race wins. The team was created as Quick-Step–Davitamon in 2003 from staff and riders of
Domo–Farm Frites and
Mapei–Quick-Step when the latter disbanded after nine years in the sport.
Paolo Bettini won the
UCI Road World Cup in 2003 and 2004 as well as the
2004 Summer Olympics road title in 2004. In the
2005 UCI ProTour season, renamed Quick-Step–Innergetic, the team won a large number of classics:
Tom Boonen won
Tour of Flanders 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
2005 UCI Road World Championships in Madrid, where Michael Rogers won the time-trial. In 2006 Boonen retained the
Tour of Flanders and held the yellow jersey in the
2006 Tour de France during stage 3–6, and
Filippo Pozzato won
2006 Milan–San Remo.
Paolo Bettini won the world championship in
Salzburg and retained his
Giro di Lombardia crown. In 2007 Tom Boonen won the points classification in the
Tour de France, taking two stage wins. Bettini defended his world championship in
Stuttgart. In 2008
Gert Steegmans took the final stage of the
2008 Tour de France on the
Champs-Élysées.
Paolo Bettini retired after the world championship in
Varese. In both 2008 and 2009
Stijn Devolder took the
Tour of Flanders and Tom Boonen,
Paris–Roubaix. After two seasons of disappointment, a resurgent Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Tom Boonen took four major Spring classics victories, including the four cobblestone courses
E3 Harelbeke,
Gent–Wevelgem,
Tour of Flanders,
Paris–Roubaix. In October 2012, the team fired their veteran rider
Levi Leipheimer after he admitted to doping in a sworn affidavit to
USADA. This was despite the team statement that "commended" Leipheimer for his "open cooperation" in the USADA investigation that exposed
Lance Armstrong's long-term cheating in cycling via doping. The team's action was described by USADA head
Travis Tygart as "The classic
Omertà move, right? Actions speak louder than words. On the one hand, they say they congratulate him on coming forward, [but] their action terminating him for being truthful speaks a lot louder than their words." CyclingNews reported in the same article that the team's claim to have only recently learned of Leipheimer's past doping was according to Tygart "absolutely not true... Leipheimer and a USADA attorney told the team months ago of the investigation, and of Leipheimer's role". Cyclingnews noted that Omega Pharma general manager
Patrick Lefevere "had admitted in 2007 to having used doping products, including amphetamines, during his own career". Lefevere is still CEO of Etixx as of September 2015. On 17 July 2014, the team announced that
Iljo Keisse had been given a two-year contract extension.
Tony Martin confirmed via his
Twitter account that he had signed a two-year contract extension. On 19 August the team announced that
Pieter Serry had signed a two-year contract extension, on 27 August the team announced the signing of
Maxime Bouet on a two-year deal and on 1 September the team announced the signing of
David de la Cruz on a two-year contract. In 2014
Michał Kwiatkowski won a
rainbow jersey in
2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in Ponferrada, Spain. In February 2015, the team announced it had signed 2015 UCI World Omnium champion,
Fernando Gaviria, and fellow Colombian,
Rodrigo Contreras, on two-year deals set to commence at the start of the 2016 season. In August 2015, the team signed
Davide Martinelli for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. As of April 2021, the team has won more than 800 races, making it one of the most successful squads in history. With the win in 7th stage of
2024 Tour de France, the team won stages in 12 Tour de France in a row, the longest active streak and second only to
TI Raleigh with 17 (1976-1992).
Sponsorship and ownership The team is operated by the company Decolef Lux, based in
Luxembourg with branches in France and Belgium. A majority shareholder of the company is a Czech businessman
Zdeněk Bakala. Title sponsors throughout its history have been Quick-Step Flooring, a division of
Mohawk Industries, who had previously been co-sponsors of the Mapei team from 1999 to 2003. Belgian pharmaceutical company
Omega Pharma had two spells as title co-sponsors (2003–07 and 2012–16), using either the company name or one of its products. Either side of its first involvement with this team, Omega were sponsors of their Belgian rivals.
Deceuninck, a manufacturer of
PVC-systems windows, became the primary sponsors from 2019, with Quick-Step Floors remaining as secondary sponsor. At the
Tour of Flanders in
2020 and
2021, the team carried the name of a Deceuninck product line, Elegant, rather than that of the company. Deceuninck ended their sponsorship of the team following the 2021 season, while Quick-Step Floors extended their sponsorship until 2027. In 2023 Belgian company
Soudal joined as a title sponsor. ==Team roster==