2012 FDJ–BigMat season

FDJ–BigMat
2012 season
The team bus at the 2012 Étoile de Bessèges
UCI code	FDJ
Status	UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank	18th (246 points)
Manager	Marc Madiot
Main sponsor(s)	Française des Jeux & BigMat
Based	France
Bicycles	Lapierre
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	5
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	16
National Championships	2
Most Wins	Arnaud Démare (6 wins)
Best ranked rider	Thibaut Pinot (60th)^[1]

The 2012 season for FDJ–BigMat began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, the team were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

After a season at Professional Continental level in 2011, FDJ were promoted back to the top tier for the 2012 season, taking one of the two vacant licences that had been made available following the conclusion of the 2011 season.^[2] Also prior to the season, French building merchants BigMat joined the team as co-sponsors, contributing €2 million to the team.^[3]

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.^[4]

	Rider	Date of birth
Sébastien Bergeret^{[N 1]} (FRA)		(1992-01-22)22 January 1992 (aged 19)
William Bonnet (FRA)		(1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 29)
David Boucher (FRA)		(1980-03-17)17 March 1980 (aged 31)
Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)		(1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 21)
Sandy Casar (FRA)		(1979-02-02)2 February 1979 (aged 32)
Steve Chainel (FRA)		(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 28)
Arnaud Courteille (FRA)		(1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 22)
Mickaël Delage (FRA)		(1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 26)
Arnaud Démare (FRA)		(1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 20)
Kenny Elissonde (FRA)		(1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 20)
Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)		(1978-11-30)30 November 1978 (aged 33)
Arnaud Gerard (FRA)		(1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 27)
Anthony Geslin (FRA)		(1980-06-09)9 June 1980 (aged 31)
Frédéric Guesdon^{[N 2]} (FRA)		(1971-10-14)14 October 1971 (aged 40)
Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)		(1983-11-29)29 November 1983 (aged 28)
Arnold Jeannesson (FRA)		(1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 25)

	Rider	Date of birth
Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA)		(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 27)
Francis Mourey (FRA)		(1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 31)
Yoann Offredo (FRA)		(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 25)
Rémi Pauriol (FRA)		(1982-04-04)4 April 1982 (aged 29)
Cédric Pineau (FRA)		(1985-05-08)8 May 1985 (aged 26)
Thibaut Pinot (FRA)		(1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 21)
Gabriel Rasch (NOR)		(1976-04-08)8 April 1976 (aged 35)
Dominique Rollin (CAN)		(1982-10-29)29 October 1982 (aged 29)
Anthony Roux (FRA)		(1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 24)
Jérémy Roy (FRA)		(1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 28)
Eduardo Sepulveda^{[N 3]} (ARG)		(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 20)
Geoffrey Soupe (FRA)		(1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 23)
Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA)		(1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 29)
Jussi Veikkanen (FIN)		(1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 30)
Arthur Vichot (FRA)		(1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 23)
Emilien Viennet^{[N 4]} (FRA)		(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 19)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season

Rider	2011 team
Arnaud Démare	neo-pro (stagiaire: FDJ)^[8]
Kenny Elissonde	neo-pro (stagiaire: FDJ)^[9]
David Boucher	Omega Pharma–Lotto^[10]
Gabriel Rasch	Garmin–Cervélo^[10]
Jussi Veikkanen	Omega Pharma–Lotto^[10]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season

Rider	2012 team
Gianni Meersman	Lotto–Belisol^[11]
Wesley Sulzberger	GreenEDGE^[12]
Olivier Bonnaire	None

Season victories

Arnaud Demare wins the final stage of the 2012 Tour of Qatar.

Yauheni Hutarovich won the National Road Race Championship of Belarus, and Nacer Bouhanni won the French National Road Race Championships on 24 June.^[13]

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location	Ref
000000002016-02-01-00001 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France	Bellegarde	^[13]
000000002016-02-10-000010 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 6	UCI Asia Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	Qatar	Doha	^[13]
000000002016-02-26-000026 February	Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche	UCI Europe Tour	Pauriol, RémiRémi Pauriol (FRA)	France	Ruoms	^[13]
000000002016-02-29-000029 February	Le Samyn	UCI Europe Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium	Dour	^[13]
000000002016-03-04-00004 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium	Ichtegem	^[13]
000000002016-03-04-00004 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium		^[14]
000000002016-03-18-000018 March	Cholet-Pays de Loire	UCI Europe Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Cholet	^[13]
000000002016-03-25-000025 March	Critérium International, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Fédrigo, PierrickPierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	France	Col de l'Ospedale	^[13]
000000002016-04-06-00006 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Courteille, ArnaudArnaud Courteille (FRA)	France		^[15]
000000002016-05-16-000016 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France	Neuves-Maisons	^[13]
000000002016-05-20-000020 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France		^[13]
000000002016-05-20-000020 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France		^[16]
000000002016-05-20-000020 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France		^[17]
000000002016-06-08-00008 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Vichot, ArthurArthur Vichot (FRA)	France	Rumilly	^[13]
000000002016-06-15-000015 June	Route du Sud, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Saint-Michel	^[13]
000000002016-06-20-000020 June	Halle–Ingooigem	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Belgium	Ingooigem	^[13]
000000002016-07-08-00008 July	Tour de France, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Pinot, ThibautThibaut Pinot (FRA)	Switzerland	Porrentruy	^[13]
000000002016-07-16-000016 July	Tour de France, Stage 15	UCI World Tour	Fédrigo, PierrickPierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	France	Pau	^[13]
000000002016-07-21-000021 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Belgium	Lessines	^[13]
000000002016-08-02-00002 August	Paris–Corrèze, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Elissonde, KennyKenny Elissonde (FRA)	France	Chaumeil	^[13]
000000002016-08-02-00002 August	Paris–Corrèze, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Elissonde, KennyKenny Elissonde (FRA)	France		^[18]
000000002016-08-07-00007 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Hutarovich, YauheniYauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	France	Trévoux	^[13]
000000002016-08-08-00008 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2a	UCI Europe Tour	Hutarovich, YauheniYauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	France	Lagnieu	^[13]
000000002016-08-11-000011 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Pinot, ThibautThibaut Pinot (FRA)	France	Lélex-Monts Jura	^[13]
000000002016-08-17-000017 August	Tour du Limousin, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Roy, JérémyJérémy Roy (FRA)	France	Limoges	^[13]
000000002016-08-17-000017 August	Tour du Limousin, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 5]}	France		^[19]^[20]
000000002016-08-19-000019 August	Vattenfall Cyclassics	UCI World Tour	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	Germany	Hamburg	^[13]
000000002016-09-30-000030 September	Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Bouhanni, NacerNacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Belgium	Tournai	^[13]

Footnotes

The team car at the 2012 Tour de France

↑ Bergeret joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from VC Toucy.^[5]
↑ Guesdon retired from the sport on 8 April, after completing Paris–Roubaix.^[6]
↑ Sepulveda joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Centre Mondial du Cyclisme.^[5]
↑ Viennet joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from CC Etupes.^[7]
↑ The riders on the squad were Arnaud Gérard, Anthony Geslin, Francis Mourey, Jérémy Roy, Anthony Roux, Sébastien Bergeret and Eduardo Sepulveda

References

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↑ "FDJ-BigMat (FDJ) - FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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↑ Brown, Gregor (8 April 2012). "Guesdon ends career with record-setting Roubaix". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). Retrieved 10 April 2012.
↑ Gachet, Nicolas (18 July 2012). "Emilien Viennet stagiaire à la FDJ-BigMat" [Emilien Viennet intern at FDJ-BigMat]. Directvelo (in French) (Association Le Peloton). Retrieved 1 August 2012.
↑ "Démare, espoir français de l’année" [Démare, French hope of the year]. Velochrono.fr (in French) (Velochrono). 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
↑ Philippon, Alexandre (10 August 2011). "Elissonde deux ans chez FDJ" [Elissonde two years with FDJ]. Velochrono.fr (in French) (Velochrono). Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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↑ "Meersman signs with Lotto-Belisol". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
↑ "Wesley Sulzberger to link up with GreenEdge in 2012". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 13 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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List of 2012 UCI ProTeams and riders

Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Euskaltel–Euskadi FDJ–BigMat Garmin–Sharp Orica–GreenEDGE Team Katusha Lampre–ISD Liquigas–Cannondale Lotto–Belisol Movistar Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Rabobank RadioShack–Nissan Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank Team Sky Vacansoleil–DCM

List of 2012 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's Acqua & Sapone Andalucía Androni Giocattoli Bretagne–Schuller Caja Rural Champion System Cofidis Colnago–CSF Inox Colombia–Coldeportes Team Europcar Farnese Vini–Selle Italia Landbouwkrediet–Euphony Team NetApp Project 1t4i RusVelo Saur–Sojasun SpiderTech–C10 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator Team Type 1–Sanofi UnitedHealthcare Utensilnord–Named

List of 2012 UCI Women's Teams and riders

Rabobank Women Cycling Team Team Specialized–lululemon AA Drink–leontien.nl GreenEDGE–AIS Hitec Products–Mistral Home Diadora–Pasta Zara Be Pink Faren Honda Team RusVelo Lotto Belisol Ladies Dolmans–Boels Cycling Team MCipollini–Giambenini Team Skil–Argos Vaiano Tepso Kleo Ladies Team TIBCO–To the Top S.C. Michela Fanini Rox Team GSD gestion Exergy TWENTY12 Vienne Futuroscope ABUS Nutrixxion Bizkaia–Durango Fassa Bortolo–Servetto Axman Team Taiwan Topsport Vlaanderen–Ridley Forno d'Asolo Colavita Lointek Sengers Ladies Cycling Team Team Ibis Cycles Team Bizhub–FCF ASPTT Dijon–Bourgogne China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling Alriksson Go:Green Scappa Speed Queens Verinlegno–Fabiani

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