Patrick Lefevere

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Patrick Lefevere

Lefevere at the 1997 Paris–Nice.
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Lefevere
Born	(1955-01-06) 6 January 1955 (age 67) Moorslede, Flanders, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) General manager
Professional teams
1976–1977	[ca]
1978–1979	Marc Zeepcentrale–Superia
Managerial teams
1980	Marc–Carlos–V.R.D.–Woningbouw
1981–1982	Capri Sonne–Koga Miyata
1985–1987	Lotto
1988	TVM–Van Schilt
1989–1991	Domex–Weinmann
1991–1994	GB-MG Maglificio
1995–2000	Mapei–GB–Latexco
2001–2002	Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–	Quick-Step–Davitamon
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1978)

Patrick Lefevere (born 6 January 1955) is a Belgian former professional cyclist, who currently serves as the general manager of UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team.^[1] According to the ranking site Cycling Ranking he is the most successful cycling manager in history.^[2]

Career[]

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Lefevere is from Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of the north and was a professional racer from 1976 to 1979, winning Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and the fourth stage in the Vuelta a España, both in 1978.

When his sports career ended, Lefevere began a new enterprise as a directeur sportif (team coach). In 1980, he was directeur sportif at Marc Superia and then spent time at Capri Sonne (1981–1982). From 1985 to 1987, he was with Lotto; in 1988 he joined Tvm and from 1989 until 1991 he was with Weinnman.

From 1991 to 1994, Lefevere was one of the orchestrators behind team MG-GB, with riders such as Franco Ballerini and Mario Cipollini.

Lefevere became directeur sportif of Mapei in 1995, a team which was known for its success in one-day races. Riders included Johan Museeuw and Michele Bartoli. In 2001, Lefevere returned to Belgium and created Domo-Farm Frites, with which he won several races, including two Paris–Roubaix (Knaven, Museeuw).

In 2001, Lefevere won a battle with a pancreatic tumor that had been diagnosed in September 2000. A few months later, he was back and continued leading his squad.

In July 2002, after the Mapei team announced it was withdrawing from racing, Lefevere joined with the owners of Quick-Step, , and the head of Davitamon, Marc Coucke, to announce the founding of team Quick-Step–Davitamon.

The team changed denomination several times but always had Quick-Step as its primary sponsor. The formation became a point of reference in one-day races thanks to victories by Paolo Bettini, twice World Champion, Olympic Champion and record victory holder in the Classics, along with Tom Boonen, who made his mark more than a few times at the Paris–Roubaix and in the Tour of Flanders, won a World Championship and took home the green jersey in the 2007 Tour. In the early years of 2000, the team could also count on Richard Virenque who, as part of the team, became the record-man for victories when it came to the polka dot jersey for best climber (7 times).

In October 2010, Lefevere formed a joint venture with the Czech businessman Zdeněk Bakala, who became the owner of the team. After a transitional 2011, in 2012 the team became Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, with Lefevere as CEO.

In 2012, the team won 60 official victories, including the Paris–Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders and the first edition of the World Championship Team Time Trials, 9 national titles and the World Championship Time Trial with Tony Martin.

In 2013, with the arrival of Mark Cavendish, the team had more than 50 victories to its name, including five stages at the Giro d’Italia and four stages at the Tour de France.

In 2014, Michał Kwiatkowski of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step won a rainbow jersey in 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race in Ponferrada, Spain.

Major results[]

Sources:^[3][4]

1975

1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour

1976

1st Stage 6a Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana

5th Le Samyn

9th Brussel-Ingooigem

1977

2nd

8th Overall Ronde van Nederland

10th Dwars door België

1978

1st Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España

6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen Cycliste Professionnel

1979

4th Le Samyn

8th

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Patrick Lefevere at Wikimedia Commons
• Patrick Lefevere's Team Manager page on Cycling Ranking
• Omegapharma-Quickstep
• Bicycling
• CQ Ranking
• Cycling News