Cofidis (cycling team)

Cofidis (cycling team)
Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne
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Team information
UCI code COF
Based  France
Founded 1997 (1997)
Status UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles Look
Key personnel
General manager Eric Boyer
Team name history
1997–present Cofidis
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Current season
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Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne (UCI team code: COF) is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofidis. It was started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard the former manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault-Elf team of the 1980s. The team's sponsor, François Migraine, the chief executive of Cofidis has supported the team despite repeated problems such as doping scandals. After it was part of the UCI ProTour for the ProTour's first five seasons, from 2010 on the team competes as a UCI Professional Continental team.

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History

Cyrille Guimard started the team in 1996 with backing from Migraine. An acquisition was Lance Armstrong, formerly of Motorola. Armstrong was dropped[1] because of his cancer and another American, Bobby Julich, became leader for stage races. Julich's place in the first three of the 1998 Tour de France brought the team to the spotlight, and Frank Vandenbroucke brought further results in classics. That year, Cofidis finished as the Top Team in the Tour.

Years of drought followed as Julich and Vandenbroucke switched teams. Vandenbroucke's Belgian compatriots, Nico Mattan, Chris Peers, Peter Farazijn, and Jo Planckaert, stayed on but were criticised for inconsistent performance. Cofidis began payng riders by results, judged by the points they won in a season-long competition run by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Belgian riders criticised the policy, saying it would lead riders to compete unadventurously to be sure of good placings at the finish. They debated the issue publicly with the manager, Alain Bondue, and left.

Cofidis rider Alexandre Usov, of Belarus, in the 2009 Cofidis racing kit at the Tour Down Under

David Millar raised the team's profile by winning the prologue of the 2000 Tour de France, taking leadership of the team. Millar criticized the points system and the team relented.

In 2004 Cofidis had three world champions – Igor Astarloa on the road, David Millar in the individual time trial and Laurent Gané on the track. However, a doping scandal involving Millar and other riders led them to stop racing until it was resolved. Astarloa left the team. The investigation decided that doping was by individual riders and that the team was not involved. However, David Millar has since suggested otherwise, in a strongly worded interview with the BBC.[2] The team then returned to competition for the 2004 Tour de France, in which Stuart O'Grady and David Moncoutié won stages, Moncoutié's on Bastille Day .

Moncoutié won on Bastille day again in the 2005 Tour de France – the only French stage win – with O'Grady's help. However, a new signing, Sylvain Chavanel failed to win a stage or to make a strong impression .

O'Grady and Matthew White left in 2006. Cédric Vasseur – often the road captain – also left. Early victory in Classic Haribo by Arnaud Coyot showed the team still had firepower. Cofidis won the first stage of the 2006 Tour de France with Jimmy Casper, in a chaotic sprint.

For 2007 the team signed Belgians Nick Nuyens and Kevin De Weert from Quick Step-Innergetic.

On 25 July 2007 Cofidis rider Christian Moreni failed his doping test after the 11th stage of the Tour de France. His blood contained traces of testosterone. Moreni acknowledged doping. The team withdrew from the Tour.[3]

On 29 September 2009, the UCI ProTour decided not to renew the ProTour licenses of Cofidis and Bbox Bouygues Telecom, due to poor results. [4]

2011 team

As of January 4, 2011.

Rider Date of birth
 Yohann Bagot (FRA) September 6, 1987 (1987-09-06) (age 24)
 Florent Barle (FRA) January 17, 1986 (1986-01-17) (age 25)
 Mickaël Buffaz (FRA) May 21, 1979 (1979-05-21) (age 32)
 Rémi Cusin (FRA) February 3, 1986 (1986-02-03) (age 25)
 Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) August 20, 1980 (1980-08-20) (age 31)
 Leonardo Duque (COL) April 10, 1980 (1980-04-10) (age 31)
 Nicolas Edet (FRA) December 2, 1987 (1987-12-02) (age 23)
 Julien El Fares (FRA) June 1, 1985 (1985-06-01) (age 26)
 Jean Eudes Demaret (FRA) July 25, 1984 (1984-07-25) (age 27)
 Julien Fouchard (FRA) June 20, 1986 (1986-06-20) (age 25)
 Tony Gallopin (FRA) May 24, 1988 (1988-05-24) (age 23)
 Kevyn Ista (BEL) November 22, 1984 (1984-11-22) (age 27)
 Jens Keukeleire (BEL) November 23, 1988 (1988-11-23) (age 22)
Rider Date of birth
 Kalle Kriit (EST) November 13, 1983 (1983-11-13) (age 28)
 Arnaud Labbe (FRA) November 3, 1976 (1976-11-03) (age 35)
 Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) March 23, 1984 (1984-03-23) (age 27)
 David Moncoutié (FRA) April 30, 1975 (1975-04-30) (age 36)
 Damien Monier (FRA) August 27, 1982 (1982-08-27) (age 29)
 Adrien Petit (FRA) September 26, 1990 (1990-09-26) (age 21)
 Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) April 8, 1982 (1982-04-08) (age 29)
 Nico Sijmens (BEL) April 1, 1978 (1978-04-01) (age 33)
 Rein Taaramäe (EST) April 24, 1987 (1987-04-24) (age 24)
 Nicolas Vogondy (FRA) August 8, 1977 (1977-08-08) (age 34)
 Tristan Valentin (FRA) February 23, 1982 (1982-02-23) (age 29) år
 Romain Zingle (BEL) January 29, 1987 (1987-01-29) (age 24)

Major results

2006

1st Tour du Haut Var, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st Classic Haribo, Arnaud Coyot
1st Stage 6 Tirreno-Adriatico, Leonardo Bertagnolli
1st GP Cholet, Chris Sutton
1st GP de Denain, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Rik Verbrugghe
1st Overall Tour de Picardie, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 3, Jimmy Casper
1st  France Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Stage 1 Tour de France, Jimmy Casper
1st Overall Tour du Limousin, Leonardo Duque
1st Stage 3, Stéphane Auge
1st Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir, Nicolas Roche
1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne, Stéphane Auge

2007

1st Overall Etoile de Bessèges, Nick Nuyens
1st Stage 3, Nick Nuyens
1st GP Cholet, Stéphane Auge
1st Stage 5 Circuit de la Sarthe, Chris Sutton
1st Stage 1 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Bradley Wiggins
1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Bradley Wiggins
1st Stage 2 GP CTT Correios de Portugal, Tyler Farrar
1st Stage 3 Route du Sud, Amaël Moinard
1st Prologue Eneco Tour, Michiel Elijzen
1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour, Nick Nuyens
1st Châteauroux Classic, Chris Sutton
1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Chris Sutton
1st Stage 4 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Bradley Wiggins
1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España, Leonardo Duque
1st Duo Normand, Bradley Wiggins & Michiel Elijzen

2008

1st GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen, Leonardo Duque
1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Stage 6 Paris-Nice, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Brabantse Pijl, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Stage 2 Circuit de la Sarthe, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Stéphane Auge
1st Stage 1, Stéphane Auge
1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Jean-Eudes Demaret
1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya, Sylvain Chavanel
1st  France Time Trial Championships, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Stage 3 Tour de France, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 19 Tour de France, Sylvain Chavanel
1st Stage 7 Deutschland-Tour, Stéphane Auge
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
1st Jersey puntosazules.png Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
1st Stages 2 & 5 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Samuel Dumoulin
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen, Nick Nuyens

2009

1st GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Rémi Pauriol
1st Stage 5 Etoile de Bessèges, Jean-Eudes Demaret
1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen, David Moncoutié
1st GP di Lugano, Rémi Pauriol
1st Stage 1 Tirreno-Adriatico, Julien El Fares
1st Stage 5 Circuit de la Sarthe, Jean-Eudes Demaret
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, David Moncoutié
1st  Estonia Road Race Championships, Rein Taaramäe
1st  Estonia Time Trial Championships, Rein Taaramäe
1st Overall Tour de Wallonie, Julien El Fares
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain, Rein Taaramäe
1st Stage 1, Mickaël Buffaz
1st Stage 4, Rein Taaramäe
1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 13 Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
1st Jersey puntosazules.png Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie, Rein Taaramäe

2010

1st Stage 2 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 3, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen, Julien El Fares
1st GP Insubria, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Le Samyn, Jens Keukeleire
1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Jens Keukeleire
1st Stage 1, Jens Keukeleire
1st Stage 7 Paris-Nice, Amaël Moinard
1st Nokere-Koerse, Jens Keukeleire
1st GP Cholet, Leonardo Duque
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Paris-Camembert, Sébastien Minard
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia, Damien Monier
1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg, Tony Gallopin
1st Overall Route du Sud, David Moncoutié
1st Stage 2b, David Moncoutié
1st  Estonia Road Race Championships, Kalle Kriit
1st Overall Paris-Corrèze, Mickaël Buffaz
1st Stage 1, Mickaël Buffaz
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
1st Jersey puntosazules.png Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya, Rein Taaramäe

2011

1st Stage 3 Etoile de Bessèges, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Overall Tour Mediterranéen, David Moncoutié
1st Stage 5, David Moncoutié
1st Stage 1 Tour du Haut Var, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stages 5 & 7 Volta a Catalunya, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Flèche d'Emeraude, Tony Gallopin
1st Tartu GP, Jean-Eudes Demaret
1st Stage 4 Route du Sud, Luis Ángel Maté
1st  Estonia Time Trial Championships, Rein Taaramäe
1st Stage 3 Österreich-Rundfahrt, Jens Keukeleire
1st Overall Paris-Corrèze, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 1, Samuel Dumoulin
1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Remy Cusin
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain, David Moncoutié
1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin, Tony Gallopin
1st Stage 11 Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié
1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España, Rein Taaramäe
1st Jersey puntosazules.png Mountains classification in the Vuelta a España, David Moncoutié

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