Despite having placed riders in the final of E3, Het Nieuwsblad and Le Samyn, Etixx-QuickStep lost all three. But Patrick Lefevere is keeping calm, not wanting his team’s performance to be judged until after Paris-Roubaix.

“Let’s talk again after Paris-Roubaix,” Lefevere told Cycling Weekly.

“We have still have 14 days left to win one of the bigs and we are still in the lead with the most victories for the 2015 season. I don’t have to look to the other teams, some of them have more to complain about than we do.”

Mark Cavendish won Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and he leads the team today in Gent-Wevelgem, where he will hope to finally win the race.

Lefevere lamented the loss of Tom Boonen, saying it’s a blow but they are more fortunate than others as they have depth whereas Trek lost everything when Cancellara crashed out.

“I won’t complain, we aren’t the only team who had bad luck. Look at team Trek, they only had one leader, Fabian Cancellara, and they lost him. On paper, they are more damaged than we are,” continued Lefevere.

“My sponsors are already happy with what we’ve done. We are there and we are playing an important role since the first race of the season. From Dubai to Paris-Nice, we’ve been playing for the wins.

“We are still in a winning mood, but just missing out. Maybe it’ll happen on Sunday in Ghent-Wevelgem or the week after.”