Classics campaign closes without a Monument win for Etixx-QuickStep

All through the cobbled Classics, as Etixx-QuickStep’s failure to land a big win generated column inches in Flanders, manager Patrick Lefevere insisted that the final balance sheet could only be tallied after Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.