2020 Groupama–FDJ season

The 2020 cycling season for Groupama–FDJ began in January at the Tour Down Under in Australia.

Groupama-FDJ
2020 season
UCI codeGFC
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerMarc Madiot
Main sponsor(s)Française des Jeux
BasedFrance
BicyclesLapierre
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races1
Stage race overall2
Stage race stages13
National Championships3
Most WinsArnaud Démare (17)
Best ranked riderArnaud Démare
Jersey
← 2019
2021 →

Team roster edit

As of 1 October 2020.[1][2]
Rider Date of birth
  Bruno Armirail (FRA) (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 25)
  William Bonnet (FRA) (1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 37)
  Alexys Brunel (FRA) (1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 21)
  Mickaël Delage (FRA) (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 34)
  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 28)
  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 28)
  Kilian Frankiny (SUI) (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 25)
  David Gaudu (FRA) (1996-10-10)10 October 1996 (aged 23)
  Kévin Geniets (LUX) (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22)
  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 32)
  Simon Guglielmi (FRA) (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 22)
  Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) (1985-12-08)8 December 1985 (aged 34)
  Stefan Küng (SUI) (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 26)
  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 35)
  Olivier Le Gac (FRA) (1993-08-27)27 August 1993 (aged 26)
Rider Date of birth
  Fabian Lienhard (SUI) (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 26)
  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28)
  Valentin Madouas (FRA) (1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 23)
  Rudy Molard (FRA) (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 30)
  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 29)
  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 30)
  Anthony Roux (FRA) (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 32)
  Marc Sarreau (FRA) (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 26)
  Miles Scotson (AUS) (1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 25)
  Romain Seigle (FRA) (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 25)
  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 30)
  Jake Stewart[N 1] (GBR) (1999-10-02)2 October 1999 (aged 20)
  Benjamin Thomas (FRA) (1995-09-12)12 September 1995 (aged 24)
  Léo Vincent (FRA) (1995-11-06)6 November 1995 (aged 24)
  1. ^ Stewart was promoted from the development team on 1 October.

Season victories edit

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
5 February Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Alexys Brunel (FRA)   France Bellegarde
9 February Étoile de Bessèges, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour   Alexys Brunel (FRA)   France
5 August Milano–Torino UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Italy Torino
17 August Tour de Wallonie, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Belgium Wavre
19 August Tour de Wallonie, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Belgium Érezée
19 August Tour de Wallonie, Overall UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Belgium
19 August Tour de Wallonie, Points classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Belgium
27 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   France Royan
28 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   France Échiré
30 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   France Poitiers
30 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   France
30 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   France
16 September Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Luxembourg Hesperange
6 October Giro d'Italia, Stage 4 UCI World Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Italy Villafranca Tirrena
8 October Giro d'Italia, Stage 6 UCI World Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Italy Matera
9 October Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Italy Brindisi
14 October Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 UCI World Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Italy Rimini
25 October Giro d'Italia, Points classification UCI World Tour   Arnaud Démare (FRA)   Italy
31 October Vuelta a España, Stage 11 UCI World Tour   David Gaudu (FRA)   Spain Alto de la Farrapona
7 November Vuelta a España, Stage 17 UCI World Tour   David Gaudu (FRA)   Spain Alto de la Covatilla

National, Continental and World champions edit

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
12 July Swiss National Time Trial Championships
 
  Stefan Küng (SUI)   Switzerland Belp
23 August French National Road Race Championships
 
  Arnaud Démare (FRA)   France Grand-Champ
23 August Luxembourg National Road Race Championships
 
  Kevin Geniets (LUX)   Luxembourg Mamer
24 August European Time Trial Champion
 
  Stefan Küng (SUI)   France Plouay

Footnotes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Groupama–FDJ WorldTour Team". Groupama–FDJ. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Groupama-FDJ present 2020 squad as Pinot targets Tour de France". CyclingNews. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "GROUPAMA-FDJ RECRUTE FABIAN LIENHARD COMME «LANCEUR»" [Groupama-FDJ recruit Fabian Lienhard as a lead-out man] (in French). Le Figaro. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (15 December 2020). "Transfer Mechanics: Analysing teams 2021 – part 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ^ @UnoXteam (August 16, 2019). "💥New Riders @UnoXteam💥 @DanielHoelgaard from @GroupamaFDJ will return to home ground and has signed a 2-year contract for @UnoXteam. @erlendblikra from @TeamCoopSykkel has signed a 2-year neo-pro contract for @UnoXteam. Welcome guys! 🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (11 October 2019). "Morabito takes final bow as Gaudu leads FDJ at Il Lombardia". CyclingNews. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  7. ^ a b Long, Jonny (12 October 2019). "Here are all the riders retiring at the end of the 2019 season". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. ^ Ballinger, Alex (4 March 2019). "Groupama-FDJ rider Georg Preidler quits team over blood doping". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

External links edit