Carrara to Quick Step

Matteo Carrara will become Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini's team-mate next year at Quick.Step Innergetic, according to Sportswereld.be. Patrick Lefevere has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with the 28 year-old Italian, whose current team, Unibet.com, will be ending its sponsorship at the end of this season.

Carrara has shown this season that he can hold his own with some of the best climbers in the peloton. He was fourth in the Tour of Switzerland as well as third in both the Brixia Tour and the Euskal Bizikleta.