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Omega Pharma - Quick-Step to Tour de San Luis
by Alessandro Tegner

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Published: 01/21/2012

21-Jan-2012: The Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team has officially announced the squad that will participate in the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, scheduled from January 23rd to the 29th, 2012.

The team arrived in Argentina on a flight from Paris last night. Levi Leipheimer, who was training on the roads of his hometown, joined the team from the US.

“Overall the trip went well,” explained Sports Director Davide Bramati, who will be managing the team during the transfer. “We’re facing 7 stages for a total of 1,051 km, 19.5 of which will be time trials. The squad is in good shape and can defend itself on any terrain. For the sprints we can count on the skills of Boonen and Chicchi while for the more challenging stages the team will pull together around Levi Leipheimer, who could also do well in the 4th time trial stage with Bert Grabsch. The route is demanding and the starting line up is world class. However we are ready to take on the race. Our goal is to capture a stage and to figure well in the general classification.”


23.01-29.01 Tour de San Luis (ARG) 2.1

Riders Tom Boonen (BEL)
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
Francesco Chicchi (ITA)
Bert Grabsch (GER)
Levi Leipheimer (USA)
Frantisek Rabon (CZE)

Sports Director Davide Bramati (ITA)

Website www.tourdesanluis.com

Stages
23.01.12 Stage 1 San Luis - Villa Mercedes 189.3 km
24.01.12 Stage 2 Fraga - Juana Koslay 145.3 km
25.01.12 Stage 3 Estancia Grande - Mirador del Potrero 168.2 km
26.01.12 Stage 4 San Luis - San Luis 19.5 km (ITT)
27.01.12 Stage 5 La Toma - Merlo (Mirador del Sol) 160.6 km
28.01.12 Stage 6 Luján - Quines 201.0 km
29.01.12 Stage 7 San Luis - San Luis 167.1 km

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