Etixx-QuickStep media day - Gallery

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Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Laurens de Plus speaks with the press on Etixx-QuickStep's media day (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel, Matteo Trentin and Dan Martin - Etixx-QuickStep media day ride (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep's media day bike ride in Calpe (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Boonen - Etixx-QuickStep media day (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Patrick Lefevere - Etixx-QuickStep manager (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Boonen getting ready for a ride - Etixx-QuickStep media day (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel getting ready for the media day ride with Etixx-QuickStep (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Boonen and Etixx-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep's Tom Boonen (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep out for a spin in Calpe, Spain (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep go for a bike ride on their media day (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep out for a ride (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep's Marcel Kittel (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Boonen attacks his Etixx-QuickStep teammates (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Klittel (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The Etixx-QuickStep is again using Specialized bikes in 2016 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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It was warm enough for some riders to wear shorts (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Matteo Trentin and Zdenek Stybar talk during the ride (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The Spanish blue sky matches the blue Etixx-QuickStep jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Marcel Kittel and Dan Martin ride side by side during the training ride (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The Etixx-QuickStep riders fill the road (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep) out of the saddle (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep) accelerates during training (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Team manager Patrick Lefevere enjoys a coffee with Zdenek Stybar (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Etixx-QuickStep has gone for blue shorts (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The riders were followed by coaches and staff on scooters (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Tony Martin in the new Etixx-Quickstep jersey (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The team is again using Specialized helmets and bikes in 2016 (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Tom Boonen has the world champion's rainbow stripes on his jersey sleeves (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Iljo Keisse enjoys a joke with photographer Tim de Waele (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The riders were greeted by a crowd of interested cycling fans (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Fabio Sabatini (left) will again be a key domestique (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Tom Boonen was the centre of attention (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Riders enjoyed the morning sun as they set off (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The Etixx-QuickStep jersey is black and blue (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Tony Martin sets off (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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A rider films the roll out of the training ride (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Marcel Kittel chats before starting his ride (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The riders were followed by the media and camera crews (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Matteo Trentin chats before setting off (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Dan Martin has the Irish stripes on his sleeves as a former Irish national champion (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Dan Martin puts on his shoes before the ride (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Riders compare their new kit (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Riders talked to the media before heading out (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Tom Boonen digs out his gloves (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Dan Martin gets ready to ride in his new colours (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Marcel Kittel steps out of the team hotel (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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It's time to check the bikes and computers before the roll out (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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The local residents watched on curiously (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

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Directeur sportif Davide Bramati follows the riders on a scooter (Image credit: Sadhbh O'Shea)

The Etixx-QuickStep team is in Calpe, Spain, for its final pre-season training camp and media day. New riders such as Daniel Martin and Marcel Kittel, plus established team leaders Tom Boonen, Tony Martin and Zdenek Stybar, showed off their new racing colours.

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Kittel looked relaxed as he set out on his ride and is expected to race in the dark blue colours for the first time at the Dubai Tour in early February. Dan Martin will lead the team in the Ardennes Classics and the Tour de France, replacing Michal Kwiatkowski and Rigoberto Urán, who have moved to Team Sky and Cannondale respectively for the 2016 season.

The European winter has been mild so far and the Etixx-QuickStep riders were greeted by the sun as they headed out for a short ride surrounded by photographers and video crews. The team will hold a formal presentation and reveal their goals and race programmes later on Friday. The team’s official presentation will take at the Gent track on January 12.

Cyclingnews will have further photo galleries, interviews and reports from the Etixx-QuickStep training camp later today.

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