2024 Edition
The history
Patrick Lefevère’s team has always answered the call of the Spanish race under its different names, since 2001 alongside Domo-Farm Frites. The Belgian team will take off from Lisboa for the 24th edition of a race where they have already won 42 stages. In 2017, Matteo Trentin became one of the stars of the race after winning four stage victories, showing an undeniable command of bunch sprint finales. Iron fist maintained by his compatriot Elia Viviani, with three partial triumphs in 2018. Their names appear in golden letters next to Paolo Bettini, winner of five stages between 2005 and 2008.
This mastery in Grand Tour stage victories, as well as in one-day races, led them to end 2018 with a total of 73 triumphs. One of these 73 was obtained by Enric Mas in the 20th stage of La Vuelta 18, with the arrival at Coll de la Gallina, where the Spanish rider sealed the first podium for the Belgians in the Spanish Tour.
Those in Patrick Lefevère’s team have known how to preserve their sign of identity, year after year. In La Vuelta 21, the Belgian team took home four stage victories -Three of them were obtained by Fabio Jakobsen, who proved that he was still one of the peloton’s best riders, even after his serious fall during the 2020 cycling season. Florian Sénéchal obtained victory in Villanueva de la Serena following his team’s magnificent launch. In 2022, Remco Evenepoel made his La Vuelta debut and obtained his first victory in a grand tour general classification, also taking home two stage victories. The Belgian was again a protagonist in 2023, with three stage victories and the overall in the mountains.
- Final victory0
- Stages victories42
- Red jerseys24
- Other race Won0
Overall victories: 0
Stage victories: 42
- 2001: Tomás Konecny, in Murcia
- 2005: Paolo Bettini, in Valladolid
- 2006: Paolo Bettini, in Córdoba
- 2007: Paolo Bettini, in Luarca
- 2008: Tom Boonen, in Córdoba; Paolo Bettini, in Toledo and Suances; Tom Boonen, in Zamora; Wouter Weylandt, in Valladolid
- 2010: Carlos Barredo, in Lagos de Covadonga
- 2012: Dario Cataldo, at the Cuitunigru
- 2013: Zdenek Stybar, in Mairena del Aljarafe
- 2014: Tony Martin, in Borja (I.T.T.)
- 2016: Gianni Meersman, in Baiona and Lugo; David de la Cruz, at the top of the Alto del Naranco; Gianluca Brambilla, in Aramón-Formigal
- 2017: Matteo Trentin, in Tarragona, ElPozo Alimentación, Tomares, and Madrid; Yves Lampaert, in Gruissan; Julian Alaphilippe, in Xorret de Catí
- 2018: Elia Viviani, in Alhaurín de la Torre, Fermoselle, Bermillo de Sayago, and Madrid; Enric Mas, at the top of Andorra. Coll de la Gallina
- 2019: Fabio Jakobsen, in El Puig and Madrid; Philippe Gilbert, in Bilbao and Guadalajara; Rémi Cavagna, in Toledo
- 2021: Fabio Jakobsen, in Molina de Aragón, La Manga del Mar Menor, and Santa Cruz de Bezana; Florian Sénéchal, in Villanueva de la Serena
- 2022: Remco Evenepoel, in Alicante (I.T.T.) and Piornal
- 2023: Remco Evenepoel, in Arinsal, Larra-Belagua, and Cruz de Linares
Leader jersey: 24 days
- 2011: Sylvain Chavanel, 4 days
- 2016: David de la Cruz, 1 day
- 2017: Yves Lampaert, 1 day
- 2022: Remco Evenepoel, 16 days
Victories in secondary classifications: 6
- 2005: Rik Verbrugghe (mountain)
- 2018: Enric Mas (best young rider)
- 2020: Rémi Cavagna (most aggressive rider)
- 2021: Fabio Jakobsen (points)
- 2022: Remco Evenepoel (best young rider)
- 2023: Remco Evenepoel (mountain)
IN FIGURES
15: The stages won by Deceuninck-Quick Step riders in the last five editions of La Vuelta.
KEY DATES
- August 11th, 2008: Paolo Bettini wins his 5th victory in La Vuelta, the second that same year. The Italian won at least one stage in each edition from 2005 to 2008.
- September 2nd, 2014: Tony Martin wins his second I.T.T. of La Vuelta in Borja, wearing the rainbow jersey as the world champion of the discipline.
- September 10th, 2017: Matteo Trentin wins in Madrid, the 4th stage victory for him in La Vuelta 2017.
- September 15th, 2018: Enric Mas finishes a spectacular La Vuelta participation at Coll de la Gallina, having won the stage and made it onto the La Vuelta podium at only 23 years of age.
- September 11th, 2022: Remco Evenepoel wears La Roja as he crosses the final finish line of La Vuelta 2022, thus winning his first grand tour.
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