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Quick-Step Cycling Team to Tour de Suisse

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Published on Wednesday, 08 June 2011 17:22

Written by Luca Salvatelli

Quick-Step Cycling Team has officially announced the selection that will participate in the 2011 Tour de Suisse. The race starts with a time trial prologue next Saturday on the banks of Lugano Lake and ends on Sunday, June 19th in Schaffhausen, after 9 stages and a total of 1246 kilometres.

"Once again, the route for the Tour de Suisse is very demanding this year" Sports Director Wilfried Peeters says. "It’s tailored to climbers. However there are some mixed stages that will test our training, perfect for finding the right pedalling momentum as we lead up to the Tour de France. Our team is well equipped for this race. We’re lining up for the start with athletes like Chavanel, De Weert and Devenyns, who are highly motivated after a period of intense training and ready to ride a good race; but there are also high calibre athletes like Boonen, Steegmans, Ciolek and Vandewalle who’ll be able to get into the battle for victory in some stages. Stybar will also be on the starting line. This will be an important test for him on the major climbs, and a further step in his apprenticeship period in road cycling."

11.06-19.06 Tour de Suisse (SUI)

Riders Tom Boonen (BEL)

Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)

Gerald Ciolek (GER)

Kevin De Weert (BEL)

Dries Devenyns (BEL)

Gert Steegmans (BEL)

Zdenek Stybar (CZE)

Kristof Vandewalle (BEL)

Sports Director Davide Bramati (ITA)

Wilfried Peeters (BEL)

Stages

11.06.11 Prologue Lugano - Lugano 7.3 km (ITT)

12.06.11 Stage 1 Airolo - Crans-Montana 149.0 km

13.06.11 Stage 2 Brig-Gils - Grindelwald 107.6 km

14.06.11 Stage 3 Grindelwald - Huttwil 198.4 km

15.06.11 Stage 4 Huttwil - Tobel-Tägerschen 204.2 km

16.06.11 Stage 5 Tobel - Triesenberg 157.7 km

17.06.11 Stage 6 Vaduz - Serfaus-Fiss-Landis 222.8 km

18.06.11 Stage 7 Tübach - Schaffhausen 167.3 km

19.06.11 Stage 8 Schaffhausen - Schaffhausen 32.1 km