FDJ.fr

FDJ.fr

Team information
UCI code	FDJ
Based	France
Founded	1997 (1997)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI ProTeam
Bicycles	Lapierre
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Marc Madiot
Team name history
1997–2002 2003–2004 2005–June 2010 July 2010–2011 2012 Jan–June 2013 June 2013–	La Française des Jeux FDJeux.com La Française des Jeux FDJ FDJ-BigMat FDJ FDJ.fr
Jersey
Current season

Lövkvist signing in at Tarbes during the 2006 Tour de France

FDJ.fr^[1] (UCI team code: FDJ) is a French cycling team, named for its title sponsor, the French national lottery. 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.

History

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. McGee was also able to win the prologue of next year Giro d'Italia, wore pink jersey for three days and finish the race in the top ten (eight). Sprinter Baden Cooke won the green jersey for the points competition.

On 31 October 2012, it emerged that BigMat would no longer sponsor the team, with the team choosing to focus on finding another co-sponsor for the 2014 season.^[2]

Sponsorship

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, becoming FDJ-BigMat, contributing €2 million to the team.^[3][4] Following the departure of BigMat, the team renamed itself FDJ.fr.

Team roster

As of 1 January 2014.^[5]

Rider Date of birth  William Bonnet (FRA) (1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 31)  David Boucher (BEL) (1980-03-17)17 March 1980 (aged 33)  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 23)  Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) (1983-03-21)21 March 1983 (aged 30)  Arnaud Courteille (FRA) (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 24)  Mickaël Delage (FRA) (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 28)  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 22)  Kenny Elissonde (FRA) (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 22)  Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) (1978-11-30)30 November 1978 (aged 35)  Murilo Fischer (BRA) (1979-06-16)16 June 1979 (aged 34)  Alexandre Geniez (FRA) (1988-04-16)16 April 1988 (aged 25)  Anthony Geslin (FRA) (1980-06-09)9 June 1980 (aged 33)  Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) (1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 27)  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 29)  Johan Le Bon (FRA) (1990-10-03)3 October 1990 (aged 23)

Rider Date of birth  Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (FRA) (1993-06-30)30 June 1993 (aged 20)  Laurent Mangel (FRA) (1981-05-22)22 May 1981 (aged 32)  Francis Mourey (FRA) (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 33)  Yoann Offredo (FRA) (1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 27)  Laurent Pichon (FRA) (1986-07-19)19 July 1986 (aged 27)  Cédric Pineau (FRA) (1985-05-08)8 May 1985 (aged 28)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 23)  Anthony Roux (FRA) (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 26)  Jérémy Roy (FRA) (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 30)  Geoffrey Soupe (FRA) (1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 25)  Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA) (1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 31)  Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) (1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 32)  Arthur Vichot (FRA) (1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 25)  Émilien Viennet (FRA) (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 21)

Major results

National Champions

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Française des Jeux cycling team.

• Official website (French)
• Official Site (Française des Jeux)