Cofidis (cycling team)
UCI Professional Continental (2010–2019) UCI WorldTeam (2005–2009, 2020–) | |
Bicycles | Kuota (–2019) De Rosa (2020–2022) Look (2009–2014, 2023–) |
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Website | Team home page |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Cédric Vasseur |
Team name history | |
1997– | Cofidis |
Cofidis Solutions Crédits (
History
Cyrille Guimard started the team in 1996 with backing from François Migraine, the chief executive of Cofidis. An early acquisition was
Years of drought followed as Julich and Vandenbroucke left the team. Vandenbroucke's Belgian compatriots, Nico Mattan, Chris Peers, Peter Farazijn, and Jo Planckaert, stayed on but were criticised for inconsistent performances. Cofidis, on the demand of Migraine, began paying 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 ride conservatively to be sure of good placings at the finish. They debated the issue publicly with the manager, Alain Bondue, and left.
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
Following the doping scandals, the team appointed Éric Boyer as team manager in 2005.[4] Moncoutié won on Bastille day again in the 2005 Tour de France – the only French stage win – with O'Grady's help. 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. An 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
On 25 July 2007 Cofidis rider Cristian 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.[5]
In 2008 the team enjoyed the most successful season of Boyer's time as manager, with Chavanel winning Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl and Chavanel and Samuel Dumoulin both taking stage wins in that year's Tour de France.[4]
On 29 September 2009, the
In 2012, the team received a wildcard invitation to the Tour de France, along with three other French-registered teams.[7] A few days before the start of the race, Boyer was sacked as manager of the team, with Migraine blaming him for poor results: he was replaced by former Festina, Astana and FDJ–BigMat directeur sportif Yvon Sanquer.[4][8]
On 10 July 2012, the first rest day in the 2012 Tour de France, French police raided the Cofidis team hotel, arresting French rider Rémy Di Gregorio[9] on suspicion of doping.[10]
For the 2015 season the team announced it had signed 2014 Giro d'Italia points classification winner, Nacer Bouhanni, along with Dominique Rollin, Geoffrey Soupe and Steve Chainel.[11]
After a 2017 season during which the team only took 13 wins, in October of that year the team announced that Sanquer had been sacked, and that he would be replaced as manager by former Cofidis rider Vasseur.[8]
The team returned to UCI WorldTour status in the 2020 season, and the team will using De Rosa bikes beginning from the 2020 season, ending their contract with Kuota.[12]
Starting with the 2023 season the team will be riding Look bicycles.[13]
Team roster
- As of 9 January 2024.[14]
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Major wins
National champions
- 2000
- Luxembourgish Time Trial, Stève Fogen
- 2001
- Estonian Road Race, Janek Tombak
- 2003
- Australian Road Race, Stuart O'Grady
- Estonian Road Race, Janek Tombak
- 2005
- French Time Trial, Sylvain Chavanel
- 2006
- French Time Trial, Sylvain Chavanel
- 2008
- French Time Trial, Sylvain Chavanel
- 2009
- Estonian Road Race, Rein Taaramäe
- Estonian Time Trial, Rein Taaramäe
- 2010
- Estonian Road Race, Kalle Kriit
- 2011
- Estonian Time Trial, Rein Taaramäe
- 2012
- Latvian Road Race, Aleksejs Saramotins
- Estonian Time Trial, Rein Taaramäe
- 2013
- Estonian Road Race, Rein Taaramäe
- 2014
- French U23 Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini
- Estonian Time Trial, Gert Jõeäär
- 2015
- Estonian Time Trial, Gert Jõeäär
- Estonian Road Race, Gert Jõeäär
- 2016
- Estonian Time Trial, Gert Jõeäär
- 2017
- French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini
- 2018
- Eritrean Time Trial, Daniel Teklehaimanot
- 2019
- Eritrean Road Race, Natnael Berhane
See also
References
- ^ It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
- ^ "Millar recalls EPO doping trauma". BBC News. 3 July 2010.
- independent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "Cofidis sacks manager Boyer". cyclingnews.com. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ With cycling in crisis, Tour de France organizers revamp race for 2008 – Cycling – Yahoo! Sports Archived March 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Новости велоспорта – Командам Cofidis и BBox Bouygues Telecom отказано в продлении лицензии ПроТура". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
- Cycling News. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Cofidis replaces team manager after poor results in 2017". cyclingnews.com. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Politie valt hotel Cofidis binnen, di Grégorio gearresteerd".
- ^ "Cofidis rider arrested as police raid team hotel | SBS World News". www.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10.
- ^ "Latest news from the world of cycling | Cycling Weekly".
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (22 November 2019). "Viviani back in the saddle and preparing for 2020 with Cofidis". Cycling News. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Daniel Ostanek (2022-10-26). "Cofidis switch back to Look bikes for 2023". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Retrieved 9 January 2024.