Groupama–FDJ

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Groupama–FDJ[1] (Template:UCI code) is a French cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Marc Madiot, a former road bicycle racer and winner of the Paris–Roubaix classic in 1985 and 1991. The team is predominantly French.

History

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Cyril Saugrain in FDJ jersey in 1999
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Philippe Gilbert riding for FDJ at the 2006 Tour de France
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Thibaut Pinot (right) and Sébastien Reichenbach (left) for FDJ at the 2018 Giro d'Italia
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FDJ team car in 2007

The team was founded on the initiative of Marc Madiot after he retired from racing in 1994 following a leg-breaking crash in that year's edition of Paris–Roubaix. After a period in the mid-1990s when the professional cycling scene in France was contracting – resulting in the 1996 French National Road Race Championships elite race being held on a pro–am basis due to the reduced number of professional riders – by the time of the team's launch in 1997 they faced competition for riders in France from fellow newcomers Template:UCI team code as well as the expanding Template:UCI team code team and the already established Template:UCI team code outfit.[2]

The team's initial lineup included younger French riders such as teenagers Nicolas Vogondy and Damien Nazon as well as more experienced foreign racers like Davide Rebellin, Mauro Gianetti, Max Sciandri and Andrea Peron. The inaugural squad also included the reigning French national champions in road racing, time trialling and cyclo-cross – Stéphane Heulot, Eddy Seigneur and Christophe Mengin respectively.[2]

In their first season the team only took a total of 13 wins and won the UCI Road World Cup – however these included several high-profile victories such as Frédéric Guesdon's triumph at Paris–Roubaix, a stage win for Mengin at the Tour de France and victories for Rebellin at the Clásica de San Sebastián and Züri-Metzgete.[2]

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

The team has been sponsored by Française des Jeux – the operator of France's national lottery – since its founding in 1997. Française des Jeux owns a majority of shares in the team, and the team is based in a warehouse owned by Française des Jeux on the outskirts of Paris: according to Madiot the team and the sponsor have a close working relationship.[2]

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. At the end of 2017, the team announced that they secured a sponsorship deal with French insurance group Groupama for the 2018 season, becoming Groupama–FDJ, contributing investment that increased the team's budget from €16 million to €20 million for next season.[6]

Doping

In February 2019, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Georg Preidler confessed to having his blood extracted for a possible transfusion. On 3 March, Preidler confessed to Austrian police, whilst also terminating his contract with the team via email. Preidler was due to race during the previous weekend, later admitting to having his blood drawn on two occasions late in 2018. The team then contacted the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the French Anti-Doping Agency (Template:Langx) and the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible (MPCC; Template:Langx).[7][8]

Team roster

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Major wins

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Continental & National champions

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1998
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Christophe Mengin
2002
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Nicolas Vogondy
2004
File:MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian Road Race Matthew Wilson
File:MaillotSuecia.PNG Swedish Time Trial Thomas Löfkvist
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Track (Individual pursuit) Nicolas Vogondy
2005
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Track (Team pursuit) Nicolas Vogondy
2006
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Cyclo-cross Jussi Veikkanen
File:MaillotSuecia.PNG Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson
File:MaillotSuecia.PNG Swedish Road Race Thomas Löfkvist
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Track (Team pursuit) Mathieu Ladagnous
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Track (Team pursuit) Mickaël Delage
2007
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial Benoît Vaugrenard
2008
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
File:MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarusian Road Race Yauheni Hutarovich
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
2009
File:MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarusian Road Race Yauheni Hutarovich
2010
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
2011
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Track (Individual pursuit) Mathieu Ladagnous
File:Jersey rainbow.svg U23 World Road Race, Arnaud Démare
2012
File:MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarusian Road Race Yauheni Hutarovich
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Nacer Bouhanni
2013
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Arthur Vichot
2014
File:MaillotFin.PNG Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Arnaud Démare
2016
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Arthur Vichot
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial Thibaut Pinot
File:MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuanian Time Trial Ignatas Konovalovas
2017
File:MaillotSuecia.PNG Swedish Time Trial Tobias Ludvigsson
File:MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuanian Time Trial Ignatas Konovalovas
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Arnaud Démare
File:MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuanian Road Race Ignatas Konovalovas
2018
File:MaillotSuecia.PNG Swedish Time Trial Tobias Ludvigsson
File:MaillotCan.PNG Canadian Road Race Antoine Duchesne
File:MaillotAustria.PNG Austrian Time Trial Georg Preidler
File:MaillotSuiza.svg Swiss Road Race Steve Morabito
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Anthony Roux
File:MaillotFra.PNG French U23 Time Trial Alexys Brunel
2019
File:MaillotSuiza.svg Swiss Time Trial Stefan Küng
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial Benjamin Thomas
File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Luxembourg U23 Time Trial Kevin Geniets
File:MaillotSuiza.svg Swiss Road Race Sébastien Reichenbach
File:MaillotSuecia.PNG Swedish Time Trial Tobias Ludvigsson
File:European champion jersey 2016.svg European Track (Omnium) Benjamin Thomas
2020
File:MaillotSuiza.svg Swiss Time Trial Stefan Küng
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race Arnaud Démare
File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Luxembourg Road Race Kevin Geniets
File:European champion jersey 2016.svg European Time Trial Stefan Küng
File:MaillotSuiza.svg Swiss Road Race Stefan Küng
2021
File:MaillotSuiza.svg Swiss Time Trial Stefan Küng
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial Benjamin Thomas
File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Luxembourg Time Trial Kevin Geniets
File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Luxembourg Road Race Kevin Geniets
File:MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuanian Road Race Ignatas Konovalovas
File:European champion jersey 2016.svg European Time Trial Stefan Küng
2022
File:MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial Bruno Armirail
File:MaillotHungary.png Hungarian Road Race Attila Valter

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Notes

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References

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External links

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