Quick-Step Floors team signed Davide Martinelli for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. On the second rest day of the 2014 Tour de France the team announced a change to one of their main sponsors from 2015 onwards for 3 season. Omega Pharma will be exchanged for one of its subsidiaries, Etixx, giving a new team name: Etixx–Quick-Step. Etixx is a brand of supplements and nutrition products by Omega Pharma (the previous title sponsor), while Quick-Step is a manufacturer of laminate flooring. On the eve of the 2015 Tour of Flanders Quickstep confirmed their sponsorship of the team would be extended to the
SMS Leopard duration of the conflict. After Austria-Hungary's defeat, "Leopard" was ceded to Britain as a war prize and sold to ship breakers in Italy in 1920. "Leopard" was long overall, with a beam of and a draft of . She displaced . The ship's propulsion system consisted of a pair of two-cylinder vertical compound steam engines. On trials, "Leopard" reached a speed of from . Her crew numbered 186 officers and men. The ship was armed with two 35-caliber (cal.) guns manufactured by Krupp in single mounts. These were supported by a battery of four quick-firing guns and six 47 mm