2016 Direct Énergie season

The 2016 season for the Direct Énergie cycling team began in January at the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Team Europcar is a French-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.

Direct Énergie
2016 season
UCI codeDEN
StatusUCI Professional Continental
ManagerJean-René Bernaudeau
BasedFrance
BicyclesColnago
Season victories
One-day races1
Stage race overall6
Stage race stages18
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The sponsor on jerseys is Poweo in the cycling races taking place in Belgium.

Team roster

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Rider Date of birth
  Ryan Anderson (CAN) (1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 28)
  Thomas Boudat (FRA) (1994-02-24)24 February 1994 (aged 21)
  Lilian Calmejane (FRA) (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 23)
  Romain Cardis (FRA) (1992-08-12)12 August 1992 (aged 23)
  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (1979-06-30)30 June 1979 (aged 36)
  Bryan Coquard (FRA) (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 23)
  Jérémy Cornu (FRA) (1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (aged 24)
  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 24)
  Yohann Gène (FRA) (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 (aged 34)
  Fabien Grellier (FRA) (1994-10-31)31 October 1994 (aged 21)
  Romain Guillemois (FRA) (1991-03-28)28 March 1991 (aged 24)
Rider Date of birth
  Tony Hurel (FRA) (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 28)
  Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) (1984-12-04)4 December 1984 (aged 31)
  Julien Morice (FRA) (1991-07-20)20 July 1991 (aged 24)
  Bryan Nauleau (FRA) (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 27)
  Adrien Petit (FRA) (1990-09-26)26 September 1990 (aged 25)
  Alexandre Pichot (FRA) (1983-01-06)6 January 1983 (aged 32)
  Perrig Quéméneur (FRA) (1984-04-26)26 April 1984 (aged 31)
  Romain Sicard (FRA) (1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 28)
  Guillaume Thévenot (FRA) (1993-09-13)13 September 1993 (aged 22)
  Angelo Tulik (FRA) (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 25)
  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) (1979-06-22)22 June 1979 (aged 36)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
20 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 3 UCI Africa Tour   Adrien Petit (FRA)   Gabon Ndjolé
22 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 5 UCI Africa Tour   Adrien Petit (FRA)   Gabon Oyem
23 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 6 UCI Africa Tour   Adrien Petit (FRA)   Gabon Stade de l'Amitié
24 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Overall UCI Africa Tour   Adrien Petit (FRA)   Gabon
24 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Teams classification UCI Africa Tour [N 1]   Gabon
3 February Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Beaucaire
4 February Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Méjannes-le-Clap
5 February Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)   France Bessèges
7 February Étoile de Bessèges, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France
14 February La Méditerranéenne, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Lilian Calmejane (FRA)   Spain  France  Italy
23 February Tour La Provence, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Thomas Voeckler (FRA)   France Cassis
25 February Tour La Provence, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Thomas Voeckler (FRA)   France Marseille
13 March Paris–Nice, Mountains classification UCI World Tour   Antoine Duchesne (CAN)   France
1 April Route Adélie de Vitré UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Vitré
6 April Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2a UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Angers
1 May Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour   Thomas Voeckler (FRA)   United Kingdom Scarborough
1 May Tour de Yorkshire, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Thomas Voeckler (FRA)   United Kingdom
4 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Gravelines
5 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Aniche
6 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
8 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France
8 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France
8 May Four Days of Dunkirk, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France
2 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Prologue UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Laval
4 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Villaines-la-Juhel
5 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France
5 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France
5 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Thomas Boudat (FRA)   France
5 June Boucles de la Mayenne, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2]   France
16 June Route du Sud, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Bessières
17 June Route du Sud, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Bryan Coquard (FRA)   France Albi
23 August Vuelta a España, Stage 4 UCI World Tour   Lilian Calmejane (FRA)   Spain San Andrés de Teixido
25 August Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)   France Châtellerault
26 August Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)   France

National, Continental and World champions 2016

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
21 August French National Under–23 Road Championships
 
  Paul Ourselin (FRA)   France Civaux

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Direct Energie replaces Europcar as sponsor". VeloNews. 15 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Bernaudeau announces Direct Energie as new sponsor". cyclingnews.com. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Gautier to AG2R-La Mondiale for three years". cyclingnews.com. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Pierre Rolland signs for Cannondale-Garmin title". cyclingnews.com. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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