Lefevere awarded €500,000 by Belgian court

Quick.Step manager Lefévère at the 2006 Tour de France

Quick.Step manager Lefévère at the 2006 Tour de France (Image credit: Sirotti)

Quick Step's Patrick Lefevere has been awarded damages of 500,000 euros after a court in Brussels ruled this week that allegations made by three Belgian journalists of a long-term doping programme within the team manager's squads were based upon unreliable sources.