Groupama-FDJ

Groupama-FDJ
Team data
UCI code	GFC
nationality	France
License	UCI WorldTeam
operator	Société de Gestion de L'Echappée
First season	1997
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Lapierre
General manager	Marc Madiot
Sportl. ladder	Yvon Madiot
Name story
Years	Surname
1997–2002 2003–2004 2005–06 / 10 07 / 10–2011 2012 2013–06 / 13 06 / 13–2014 2015–03 / 2018 03 / 2018-	La Française des Jeux FDJeux.com La Française des Jeux FDJ FDJ-Big Mat FDJ FDJ.fr FDJ Groupama-FDJ
Team photo
Website
www.equipecycliste-groupama-fdj.fr

Groupama-FDJ is a French cycling team founded in 1997 and based in Moussy-le-Vieux .

organization

Team manager Marc Madiot's team was sponsored from the start by the French state lottery Française des Jeux . In March 2018, the insurance group Groupama became the first name sponsor. The bike outfitter is the frame manufacturer Lapierre . Wheelsets and groupsets are provided by Shimano . The team had a budget of around 6.5 million euros in the 2006 season.

After the team had a ProTeam license from 2005 to 2010 , it took part in the races of the UCI WorldTour and the UCI Continental Circuits in 2011 as a Professional Continental Team . For the seasons 2012 to 2014 the team was licensed again as a ProTeam.

The team is a member of the Mouvement Pour un Cyclisme Crédible (MPCC for short; German movement for credible cycling). Until 2010, this team also included a track cycling team.

2020 season

Success in the UCI ProSeries

date	run	driver
5th of August	Milan-Turin	Arnaud Démare
17th August	2nd stage Tour de Wallonie	Arnaud Démare
August 19th	4th stage Tour de Wallonie	Arnaud Démare
16. – 19. August	Overall ranking Tour de Wallonie	Arnaud Démare

Success in the UCI Continental Circuits

date	run	Cat.	driver
February 5th	1st stage of the Étoile de Bessèges	2.1	Alexys Brunel

National road cycling champions

date	run	winner
July 13th	Swiss Championship - Individual Time Trial	Stefan Küng
August 23	French championship - road racing	Arnaud Démare
August 23	Luxembourg Championship - Road Race	Kevin Geniets

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Bruno Armirail	April 11, 1994	France	Occitane CF (2017)
William Bonnet	June 25, 1982	France	BBox Bouygues Telecom (2010)
Alexys Brunel	October 10, 1998	France
Mickael Delage	August 6, 1985	France	Omega Pharma Lotto (2010)
Arnaud Démare	August 26, 1991	France	CC Nogent-sur-Oise (2011)
Antoine Duchesne	September 12, 1991	Canada	Direct Energy (2017)
Kilian Frankiny	January 26, 1994	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team (2018)
David Gaudu	October 10, 1996	France	Côtes d'Armor-Marie Morin (2016)
Kevin Geniets	January 9, 1997	Luxenburg
Jacopo Guarnieri	August 14, 1987	Italy	Katusha (2016)
Simon Guglielmi	July 1, 1997	France	Groupama-FDJ Continental (2019)
Ignatas Konovalovas	December 8, 1985	Lithuania	Marseille 13 KTM (2015)
Stefan Küng	November 16, 1993	Switzerland	BMC Racing Team (2018)
Matthieu Ladagnous	December 12, 1984	France	Entente Sud Gascony (2005)
Olivier Le Gac	August 27, 1993	France
Fabian Lienhard	3rd September 1993	Switzerland	IAM Excelsior (2019)
Tobias Ludvigsson	February 22, 1991	Sweden	Giant-Alpecin (2016)
Valentin Madouas	July 12, 1996	France	BIC 2000 (2016)
Rudy Molard	17th September 1989	France	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (2016)
Thibaut Pinot	May 29, 1990	France	CC Étupes (2009)
Sébastien Reichenbach	May 28, 1989	Switzerland	IAM (2015)
Anthony Roux	April 18, 1987	France	UV Aube (2007)
Marc Sarreau	June 10, 1993	France	Armée de terre (2014)
Miles Scotson	January 18, 1994	Australia	BMC Racing Team (2018)
Romain Seigle	October 11, 1994	France	CC Étupes (2017)
Ramon Sinkeldam	February 9, 1989	Netherlands	Sunweb (2017)
Benjamin Thomas	September 12, 1995	France	Armée de terre (2017)
Léo Vincent	November 6, 1995	France	CC Étupes (2016)
Source: UCI

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI world rankings (until 2004)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
1997	8th.	Davide Rebellin (17.)
1998	19th	Emmanuel Magnien (22.)
1999	19th	Jean-Cyril Robin (48th)
2000	21st	Lars Michaelsen (80.)
2001	6. (GSII)	Bradley McGee (128th)
2002	21st	Baden Cooke (21.)
2003	14th	Baden Cooke (29.)
2004	17th	Bradley McGee (32nd)

UCI ProTour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005	20th	Thomas Lövkvist (66.)
2006	20th	Frédéric Guesdon (45th)
2007	19th	Christophe Mengin (93.)
2008	12.	Mickaël Delage (43.)

UCI World Calendar

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	16.	Christophe Le Mével (79th)
2010	22nd	Sandy Casar (69th)

UCI Africa Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2011	7th	Geoffrey Soupe (23rd)

UCI Asia Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2011	55.	Dominique Rollin (216.)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2011	1.	Jauheni Hutarowitsch (2nd)

UCI WorldTour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2012	18th	Arnaud Démare (59.)
2013	17th	Thibaut Pinot (33.)
2014	16.	Thibaut Pinot (32nd)
2015	15th	Thibaut Pinot (10.)
2016	11.	Thibaut Pinot (17th)
2017	17th	Thibaut Pinot (22.)
2018	14th	Thibaut Pinot (17th)

UCI World Ranking

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2019	12.	David Gaudu (47th)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Insurance group Groupama becomes the main sponsor of FDJ -. In: radsport-news.com. December 6, 2017, accessed March 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Groupama-FDJ wants to greet the new sponsor at Paris-Nice -. In: radsport-news.com. March 3, 2018, accessed March 18, 2018 . 
3. ↑ velonation.com of March 8, 2012: GreenEdge joins MPCC, movement wants international sanctioning body introduced

Web links

• Official website
• Groupama-FDJ in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Groupama-FDJ in the UCI database