FDJ (cycling team)

FDJ

Team information
UCI code	FDJ
Registered	France
Founded	1997 (1997)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles	Lapierre
Components	Shimano
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 2013–2014 2015–	La Française des Jeux FDJeux.com La Française des Jeux FDJ FDJ–BigMat FDJ FDJ.fr FDJ[1]
Jersey

Lövkvist signing in at Tarbes during the 2006 Tour de France

FDJ^[2] (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 specialist Bradley McGee won the prologue stage to wear the yellow jersey for a few days. McGee was also able to win the prologue of the following year's Giro d'Italia, wore the pink jersey for three days and finished the race in the top ten (finishing eighth). 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.^[3]

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.^[4][5] Following the departure of BigMat, the team renamed itself FDJ.fr.

Team roster

Rider Date of birth  Previous team  William Bonnet June 25, 1982 BBox Bouygues Telecom (2010) Sébastien Chavanel March 21, 1981 Europcar (2013) Arnaud Courteille March 13, 1989 UC Nantes Atlantique (2010) Mickaël Delage August 06, 1985 Omega Pharma-Lotto (2010) Arnaud Démare August 26, 1991 CC Nogent-sur-Oise (2011) Odd Christian Eiking December 28, 1994 Joker (2015) Kenny Elissonde July 22, 1991 CC Étupes (2011) Murilo Fischer June 16, 1979 Garmin-Sharp (2012) Marc Fournier November 12, 1994 CC Nogent-sur-Oise (2015) Alexandre Geniez April 16, 1988 Argos-Shimano (2012) Daniel Hoelgaard July 01, 1993 Joker (2015) Ignatas Konovalovas December 08, 1985 Marseille 13 KTM (2015) Mathieu Ladagnous December 12, 1984 Entente Sud Gascogne (2005) Johan Le Bon October 03, 1990 Bretagne-Schuller (2012) Olivier Le Gac August 27, 1993 BIC 2000 (2014) Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier June 30, 1993 Vendée U (2013) Jérémy Maison July 21, 1993 CC Étupes (2015) Lorrenzo Manzin July 26, 1994 UC Nantes Atlantique (2014) Steve Morabito January 30, 1983 BMC Racing (2014) Yoann Offredo November 12, 1986 CC Nogent-sur-Oise (2007) Laurent Pichon July 19, 1986 Bretagne-Schuller (2012) Cédric Pineau May 08, 1985 Roubaix Lille Métropole (2010) Thibaut Pinot May 29, 1990 CC Étupes (2009) Sébastien Reichenbach May 28, 1989 IAM (2015) Kévin Reza May 18, 1988 Europcar (2014) Anthony Roux April 18, 1987 UV Aube (2007) Jérémy Roy June 22, 1983 Marc Sarreau June 10, 1993 Armée de Terre (2014) Benoît Vaugrenard January 05, 1982 Arthur Vichot November 26, 1988 CR4C Roanne (2009) Fabien Doubey (Aug 01–Dec 31, trainee) October 21, 1993 CC Étupes (2016) David Gaudu (Aug 01–Dec 31, trainee) October 10, 1996 Côtes d'Armor-Marie Morin (2016) Léo Vincent (Aug 01–Dec 31, trainee) November 06, 1995

Major results

National champions

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FDJ cycling team.

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