Cofidis

The Cofidis cycling team is a French professional road cycling team created in 1996. It participated in the ProTour...

The Cofidis cycling team is a French professional road cycling team created in 1996. It participated in the ProTour from 2005 to 2009. Sponsored by the Cofidis credit institution, it is located like this one in the Nord department (its head office is located in Bondues). In 2020, the team returns to the first division, obtaining a UCI WorldTeam licence. Cofidis notably recruits the climber Guillaume Martin, as well as the prolific Italian sprinter Elia Viviani who has scored 38 successes in the last three seasons. The latter does not meet expectations and does not achieve any success over the whole season, a first for him since his professional debut in 2010. The team's record is disappointing, since it totals only two victories and one 19th place in the UCI ranking. However, this season confirms the emergence of Guillaume Martin. After finishing third overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné, he finished in eleventh place in the Tour de France and at the end of the event, the team confirmed its investment in him. On the Tour of Spain, he is trapped in a border and removed from the race in the general classification. On the attack throughout the event, he finished second behind Tim Wellens on the fifth stage, then won the classification of the best climber. Sixth in the Tour of Flanders, Dimitri Claeys obtained the best result of the team on a classic. The results are improving in 2021. The team has 12 successes and ranks 15th in the UCI ranking. Always consistent, Guillaume Martin is sixth in Paris-Nice, eighth in the Tour de France and ninth in the Tour of Spain. Christophe Laporte won four times and finished second in Through Flanders, as well as sixth in Paris-Roubaix. For his part, Victor Lafay won a stage in the Tour of Italy, a first for the team since 2010. The 2022 season will see the departures of Christophe Laporte and Elia Viviani, as well as the creation of a women's team with a budget of one million euros.