FDJ-BigMat

FDJ
Team information
UCI code FDJ
Based  France
Founded 1997 (1997)
Status UCI ProTeam
Bicycles Lapierre
Key personnel
General manager Marc Madiot
Team name history
1997–2002
2003–2004
2005–June 2010
July 2010–2011
2012		 La Française des Jeux
FDJeux.com
La Française des Jeux
FDJ
FDJ-BigMat
　
Jersey
Current season

FDJ-BigMat (UCI team code: FDJ) is a French cycling team, named for its title sponsor, the French national lottery. Sponsorship of the team began in 1997. The team was named FDJeux.com in 2003 and 2004, then renamed Française des Jeux, supposedly to avoid bad luck, until July 2010, when the name was simplified to its initials. Prior to the 2012 season, French building merchants BigMat joined the team as co-sponsors, contributing €2 million to the team.[1][2]

The team is managed by Marc Madiot, a former road bicycle racer and a former winner of the Paris–Roubaix classic. The team is predominantly French. In the 2003 edition of Tour de France, Australian individual time trial expert Bradley McGee won the prologue stage to wear the yellow jersey for a few days. Sprinter Baden Cooke won the green jersey for the points competition.

Contents

Major results

2004

1st  Australia Road Race Championships, Matthew Wilson
1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under, Baden Cooke
1st GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Baden Cooke
1st Stages 1 & 3 Tour Méditerranéen, Baden Cooke
1st Stage 3 Critérium des Espoirs, Bernhard Eisel
1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van De Panne, Baden Cooke
1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe, Thomas Löfkvist
1st Stage 4, Thomas Löfkvist
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie, Bradley McGee
1st Prologue Giro d'Italia, Bradley McGee
1st Overall Route du Sud, Bradley McGee
1st Stage 2, Francis Mourey
1st Stage 3, Bradley McGee
1st  Sweden Time Trial Championships, Thomas Löfkvist
1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour, Nicolas Vogondy
1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou Charentes, Sandy Casar
1st Stage 10 Tour de l'Avenir, Thomas Löfkvist
1st Overall Paris-Corrèze, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 Herald Sun Tour, Baden Cooke

2005

1st Overall Etoile de Bessèges, Freddy Bichot
1st Stage 1, Freddy Bichot
1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 4 GP Costa Azul, Bernhard Eisel
1st Stages 1 & 4 Volta ao Algarve, Bernhard Eisel
1st Tour du Haut Var, Philippe Gilbert
1st Trophée des Grimpeurs, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 2 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Philippe Gilbert
1st GP de Villers-Cotterêts, Bradley McGee
1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Bernhard Eisel
1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Bradley McGee
1st Overall Route du Sud, Sandy Casar
1st  Finland Road Race Championships, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Polynormande, Philippe Gilbert
1st Overall Paris-Corrèze, Frédéric Finot
1st Stage 3, Frédéric Finot
1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne, Baden Cooke
1st Stages 4 & 5 Herald Sun Tour, Baden Cooke

2006

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Prologue, Frédéric Guesdon
1st Stage 1, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Stage 2, Lilian Jegou
1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar, Bernhard Eisel
1st Stage 3 Etoile de Bessèges, Eric Leblacher
1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Mathieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve, Bernhard Eisel
1st Omloop Het Volk, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van De Panne, Bernhard Eisel
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Philippe Gilbert
1st  Sweden Time Trial Championships, Gustav Larsson
1st  Sweden Road Race Championships, Thomas Löfkvist
1st  Finland Road Race Championships, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Stage 7 Eneco Tour, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir, Mickael Delage
1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir, Remy Di Gregorio
1st GP de Fourmies, Philippe Gilbert
1st GP de Wallonie, Philippe Gilbert
1st Paris-Tours, Frédéric Guesdon

2007

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Frédéric Guesdon
1st Stage 4, Lilian Jegou
1st Stage 4 Etoile de Bessèges, Christophe Mengin
1st Stage 5 Etoile de Bessèges, Sébastien Chavanel
1st Stage 3 Critérium International, Thomas Löfkvist
1st Paris-Camembert, Sébastien Joly
1st GP de Denain, Sébastien Chavanel
1st Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Mathieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 5, Mathieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Sébastien Chavanel
1st  France Time Trial Championships, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Stage 18 Tour de France, Sandy Casar
1st Polynormande, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin, Lilian Jegou
1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Sébastien Chavanel
1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jean-Eudes Demaret

2008

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Lilian Jegou
1st Trofeo Mallorca, Philippe Gilbert
1st Trofeo Soller, Philippe Gilbert
1st Omloop Het Volk, Philippe Gilbert
1st Le Samyn, Philippe Gilbert
1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Tro-Bro Léon, Frédéric Guesdon
1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Sébastien Chavanel
1st Stage 4, Sébastien Chavanel
1st Stage 4 Route du Sud, Jussi Veikkanen
1st  Belarus Road Race Championships, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Finland, Road Race Championships, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Gianni Meersman
1st Polynormande, Arnaud Gérard
1st Stages 2 & 4 Vuelta a Burgos, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Stage 6 Deutschland-Tour, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Stage 3, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Paris-Tours, Philippe Gilbert
3rd Milano-Sanremo, Philippe Gilbert

2009

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Mathieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 1, Mathieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 6, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 5 Paris-Nice, Jérémy Roy
1st Brabantse Pijl, Anthony Geslin
1st Route Adélie de Vitré, Jérôme Coppel
1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Anthony Roux
1st Stage 4 Tour de Picardie, Yoann Offredo
1st Stage 2 Circuit de Lorraine, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine, Sébastien Joly
1st  Belarus Road Race Championships, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 16 Tour de France, Sandy Casar
1st Polynormande, Mathieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 2 Paris-Corrèze, Wesley Sulzberger
1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España, Anthony Roux
1st GP de la Somme, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st GP d'Isbergues, Benoît Vaugrenard

2010

1st Stage 1 & 3 Tour Méditerranéen, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Overall Tour du Haut Var, Christophe Le Mevel
1st Stage 2, Christophe Le Mevel
1st Tro-Bro Léon, Jérémy Roy
1st Stage 5 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Benoît Vaugrenard
1st Stage 1 Circuit de Lorraine, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine, Anthony Roux
1st GP de Plumelec-Morbihan, Wesley Sulzberger
1st Finland, Road Race Championships, Jussi Veikkanen
1st Stage 9 Tour de France, Sandy Casar
1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stage 2 Paris-Corrèze, Arthur Vichot
1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, Anthony Roux
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Espana, Yauheni Hutarovich

2011

1st Stage 1 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Geoffrey Soupe
1st Stage 3 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Nacer Bouhanni
1st GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Jérémy Roy
1st Stage 1 Etoile de Bessèges, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Boucles du Sud Ardèche, Arthur Vichot
1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe, Anthony Roux
1st Stage 4, Anthony Roux
1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes, Gianni Meersman
1st Stage 2, Gianni Meersman
1st Paris-Camembert, Sandy Casar
1st Overall Circuit de Lorraine, Anthony Roux
1st Stages 1 & 4, Anthony Roux
1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie, Matthieu Ladagnous
1st Overall Tour Alsace, Thibaut Pinot
1st Stage 1, Geoffrey Soupe
1st Stage 5, Thibaut Pinot
1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour de l'Ain, Thibaut Pinot
1st Coppa Bernocchi, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Stages 3 & 4 Tour du Limousin, Matthieu Ladagnous
1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Yauheni Hutarovich
1st Overall Settimana Lombarda, Thibaut Pinot
1st Stage 1, Thibaut Pinot
1st Tour du Doubs, Arthur Vichot
1st GP de la Somme, Anthony Roux
1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs, Yauheni Hutarovich

Team roster

As of 2 January 2012.[3]

Rider Date of birth
 William Bonnet (FRA) 25 June 1982 (1982-06-25) (age 29)
 David Boucher (FRA) 17 March 1980 (1980-03-17) (age 31)
 Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) 25 July 1990 (1990-07-25) (age 21)
 Sandy Casar (FRA) 2 February 1979 (1979-02-02) (age 33)
 Steve Chainel (FRA) 6 September 1983 (1983-09-06) (age 28)
 Arnaud Courteille (FRA) 13 March 1989 (1989-03-13) (age 22)
 Mickaël Delage (FRA) 6 August 1985 (1985-08-06) (age 26)
 Arnaud Démare (FRA) 26 August 1991 (1991-08-26) (age 20)
 Kenny Elissonde (FRA) 22 July 1991 (1991-07-22) (age 20)
 Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) 30 November 1978 (1978-11-30) (age 33)
 Arnaud Gerard (FRA) 6 October 1984 (1984-10-06) (age 27)
 Anthony Geslin (FRA) 9 June 1980 (1980-06-09) (age 31)
 Frédéric Guesdon (FRA) 14 October 1971 (1971-10-14) (age 40)
 Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) 29 November 1983 (1983-11-29) (age 28)
Rider Date of birth
 Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) 15 January 1986 (1986-01-15) (age 26)
 Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) 12 December 1984 (1984-12-12) (age 27)
 Francis Mourey (FRA) 8 December 1980 (1980-12-08) (age 31)
 Yoann Offredo (FRA) 12 November 1986 (1986-11-12) (age 25)
 Rémi Pauriol (FRA) 4 April 1982 (1982-04-04) (age 29)
 Cédric Pineau (FRA) 8 May 1985 (1985-05-08) (age 26)
 Thibaut Pinot (FRA) 29 May 1990 (1990-05-29) (age 21)
 Gabriel Rasch (NOR) 8 April 1976 (1976-04-08) (age 35)
 Dominique Rollin (CAN) 29 October 1982 (1982-10-29) (age 29)
 Anthony Roux (FRA) 18 April 1987 (1987-04-18) (age 24)
 Jérémy Roy (FRA) 22 June 1983 (1983-06-22) (age 28)
 Geoffrey Soupe (FRA) 22 March 1988 (1988-03-22) (age 23)
 Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA) 5 January 1982 (1982-01-05) (age 30)
 Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) 29 March 1981 (1981-03-29) (age 30)
 Arthur Vichot (FRA) 26 November 1988 (1988-11-26) (age 23)

References

  1. ^ Atkins, Ben (23 November 2011). "BigMat joins FDJ as name sponsor in 2012". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10481/BigMat-joins-FDJ-as-name-sponsor-in-2012.aspx. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
  2. ^ "BigMat joins FDJ as co-sponsor in 2012". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 24 November 2011. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bigmat-joins-fdj-as-co-sponsor-in-2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 
  3. ^ "FDJ-BigMat (FDJ) - FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTI&RefDate=01.01.2012&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. Retrieved 2 January 2012. 

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