B&B Hotels-Vital Concept

B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
Team data
UCI code	VCB
nationality	France
License	ProTeam
operator	Vital Concept Cycling Club
First season	2018
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	KTM
staff
Team manager	Jérôme Pineau
Sportl. ladder	Didier Rous
Name story
Years	Surname
2018 2019 2020-	Vital Concept Cycling Club Vital Concept-B & B Hotels B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
Website
www.vital-concept-cycling-club.bzh

The B&B Hotels-Vital Concept is a French cycling team based in Theix, Brittany .

The team was founded by the former professional cyclist Jérôme Pineau and started racing in the 2017 season with a license as a Professional Continental Team . The main sponsor Vital Concept , an agricultural product seller, was the second name sponsor of the Fortuneo-Vital Concept team in 2016 and 2017 . Team captain was sprinter Bryan Coquard , who hoped to take part in the 2018 Tour de France by moving from Direct Énergie . The team was not invited by the organizer Amaury Sport Organization .

2020 season

Success in the UCI Continental Circuits

date	run	Cat.	driver
February 15th	Malaysian International Classic Race	1.1	Johan Le Bon
August 1st	1st stage Route d'Occitanie	2.1	Bryan Coquard
6th of August	3rd stage Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc	2.2	Pierre Rolland

team

Team roster
Surname	Date of birth	country	Previous team
Frederik Backaert	March 13, 1990	Belgium	Wanty-Gobert (2019)
Cyril Barthe	February 14, 1996	France	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias (2019)
Kris Boeckmans	February 13, 1987	Belgium	Lotto-Soudal (2017)
Maxim Cam	July 9, 1992	France	VC Pays de Loudéac (2018)
Maxime Chevalier	1924	France
Bryan Coquard	April 25, 1992	France	Direct Energy (2017)
Arnaud Courteille	March 13, 1989	France	FDJ (2017)
Bert De Backer	April 2, 1984	Belgium	Sunweb (2017)
Jens Debusschere	August 28, 1989	Belgium	Katusha-Alpecin (2019)
Adrien Garel	March 12, 1996	France
Cyril Gautier	September 26, 1987	France	AG2R La Mondiale (2018)
Johan Le Bon	3rd October 1990	France	FDJ (2017)
Jérémy Lecroq	April 7, 1995	France	Roubaix Lille Métropole (2017)
Julien Morice	July 20, 1991	France	Direct Energy (2017)
Justin Mottier	September 14, 1993	France	VC Pays de Loudéac (2017)
Luca Mozzato	February 15, 1998	Italy	Dimension Data for Qhubeka (2019)
Quentin Pacher	January 6, 1992	France	Delko-Marseille Provence-KTM (2017)
Kévin Réza	May 18, 1988	France	FDJ (2017)
Pierre Rolland	October 10, 1986	France	EF Education First-Drapac (2018)
Sebastian Schönberger	May 14, 1994	Austria
Tom Slagter	July 1, 1989	Netherlands	Dimension Data (2019)
Jimmy Turgis	August 10, 1991	France	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (2018)
Jonas Vangenechten	September 16, 1986	Belgium	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (2017)
Arthur Vichot	November 26, 1988	France	Groupama-FDJ (2018)
Source: UCI

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI Europe Tour (until 2018)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2018	11.	Lorrenzo Manzin (75th)

UCI World Ranking

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2019	26th	Bryan Coquard (71st)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pineau to establish new French team as of 2018. In: cyclingnews.com. July 16, 2017, accessed February 7, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Coquard has to tremble about participating in the tour with Vital Concept. In: radsport-news.com. December 31, 2017, accessed February 7, 2018 . 

Web links

• Official website
• B&B Hotels-Vital Concept in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• B&B Hotels-Vital Concept in the UCI database