TOUR·KINETIC

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Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team

Sprint stage wins and a green-jersey push with Tim Merlier, polka-dot hunting with Valentin Paret-Peintre, and a pressure-free GC ride from Ilan Van Wilder.

Country
🇧🇪 Belgium
Bike
Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8
Manager
Jurgen Foré (CEO); Tom Steels lead sports director at the Tour
Founded
2003
Division
WorldTour

The 2026 kit

Castelli-made 2026 Soudal Quick-Step jersey. Base: the team's trademark rich navy-cobalt blue, overlaid almost everywhere with ultra-fine vertical 'electric lime' neon pinstripes that give a shimmering static-like texture; the lime intensifies into wavy tiger-stripe/moire bands on the sleeves, shoulders and across the mid and lower back — a visibility feature inspired by the team's 'Shine for Safety' campaign. Front chest, centered: the full-color Soudal brand block — a white rectangle with a thick red band across the top and 'SOUDAL' in bold black capitals. Directly beneath it: three diagonal pink-red slashes above 'QUICK·STEP' in white capitals. Upper chest, rider's right side: small red oval Castelli scorpion logo near the shoulder seam with a white 'Ekopak' wordmark just below it; upper chest, rider's left side: white Specialized 'S' logo beside the zip plus a small white UCI World Team badge. White rectangular 'Safety Jogger Workwear' patches sit on top of both front shoulders. Both upper sleeves carry the red-and-white Soudal block, with 'Klein Constantia 1685' in small white capitals lower on each sleeve; a vertical white 'QUICK-STEP' wordmark runs down the jersey side panels. Plain navy collar, no contrast trim. Back: a small gold wolf-head 'Wolfpack' emblem with a gold star and tiny gold 'The Wolfpack' lettering sits centered just below the collar (the star marks the team becoming the first squad ever to reach 1,000 UCI victories); large white Specialized 'S' logos angle across each shoulder blade, and the Soudal block + slashes + QUICK·STEP lockup repeats across the upper-middle back, with a small red Castelli scorpion and a white Specialized 'S' beneath it. Bib shorts are darker plain navy: large white Specialized 'S' on each outer thigh, a large red-and-white Soudal block on the outer right thigh, small pink-red Quick-Step slashes on the left thigh, a vertical white 'QUICK-STEP FLOORS' wordmark down the outer leg, white 'Ekopak' wordmarks and small red Castelli scorpion ovals on the leg hem bands, and a large white 'Safety Jogger Workwear' panel across the rear waistband. Riders wear pale sky-blue Specialized helmets and white Specialized shoes. No special Tour de France edition kit announced for 2026.

SoudalQuick-StepSafety JoggerEkopakSpecializedKlein ConstantiaCastelli

The Car

leadership and staff shaping the Soudal Quick-Step Tour
Executive Jurgen Fore paper-collage staff portrait
Jurgen Fore
Chief executive officer
Soudal Quick-Step
Sporting Tom Steels paper-collage staff portrait
Tom Steels
Sports director
Soudal Quick-Step

The Eight

the Soudal Quick-Step Tour squad
🇧🇪 RIDER Tim Merlier paper-collage portrait
Tim Merlier
Sprinter (team leader)
33 yrsSprint
🇳🇱 RIDER Pascal Eenkhoorn paper-collage portrait
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Lead-out / rouleur-domestique
29 yrsBreakaway
🇫🇷 RIDER ★ U26 Valentin Paret-Peintre paper-collage portrait
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Climber — mountain-stage hunter and polka-dot jersey contender
25 yrsClimber
🇧🇪 RIDER Jasper Stuyven paper-collage portrait
Jasper Stuyven
Road captain / lead-out and breakaway threat
34 yrsClassics
🇳🇱 RIDER Dylan van Baarle paper-collage portrait
Dylan van Baarle
Rouleur — sprint-train navigator and tactical road captain
34 yrsClassics
🇧🇪 RIDER Bert Van Lerberghe paper-collage portrait
Bert Van Lerberghe
Lead-out (last man for Tim Merlier)
33 yrsDomestique
🇧🇪 RIDER Ilan Van Wilder paper-collage portrait
Ilan Van Wilder
GC leader
26 yrsGC
🇧🇪 RIDER Louis Vervaeke paper-collage portrait
Louis Vervaeke
Climbing domestique / breakaway hunter
32 yrsDomestique