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Cofidis is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the insurance company Cofidis. It was started in 1997 by Cyrille Guimard the legendary former coach/manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault-Elf team of the 1980s. The current manager is Alain Bondue. Since 2005, the team is one of 20 teams that compete in the new UCI ProTour. Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ...
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races of any kind, whether they are recreational or professional. ...
Cyrille Guimard is a French former professional racing cyclist who became famous as the directeur sportif for two famous French cyclists and Tour de France winners: Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon. ...
Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. ...
Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. ...
Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
UCI may stand for: the International Cycling Union Union Cycliste Internationale University of California, Irvine United Cinemas International Universal Chess Interface This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The UCI ProTour is a system of a set of professional cycling teams and road bicycle races, in which all of these teams are required to, and guaranteed to, participate. ...
History
In 1997 legendary coach/manager Cyrille Guimard started the new team with financial backing from François Migraine the CEO of insurance company Cofidis. One of the earliest acquisitions was the young American Lance Armstrong formerly of team Motorola, at the time known as a one-day race specialist. Armstrong's cancer case prevented him from riding for the team, and fellow American Bobby Julich became the designated team leader for the stage races. Julich's breakthrough podium placing in the 1998 Tour de France brought the new team to the spotlight, and victories in the classics thanks to Belgian Frank Vandenbroucke brought further strong results. Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ...
Armstrong on the cover of Sports Illustrated shortly before the 2005 Tour de France. ...
Bobby Julich is an American professional cyclist. ...
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The 1998 Tour de France was marred by doping scandals throughout, starting with the arrest of Willy Voet a soigneur in the French Festina team. ...
The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ...
The Classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional cycling road races in Europe. ...
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However, these results were followed by a few years of drought as Julich and Vandenbroucke switched teams. Brit rider David Millar again raised the team's profile by winning the prologue of the 2000 Tour de France. Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French: God and my right)2 Anthem: God Save the Queen3 Capital London 51°30′ N 0°7′ W Largest city London Official languages None; English de facto 4 Government Queen Prime Minister Constitutional monarchy Elizabeth II Tony Blair Establishment 18015 Area • Total...
David Millar (born January 4, 1977 in Malta, and grew up in many places including Hong Kong, although claiming Scottish nationality) is, or until mid-2004 was, Britains finest road racing cyclist. ...
The 2000 Tour de France was won by Lance Armstrong. ...
The beginning of the 2004 season saw Cofidis field its most promising lineup yet, with 3 World Champions Igor Astarloa on the road, David Millar in the individual time trial and Laurent Gane on the track. However, the team became embroiled in a doping scandal involving its star rider David Millar. The team decided to self-impose a racing ban until it was resolved. During the investigation, Astarloa decided to switch out of the team. The investigation showed that the doping was done by individual riders, and that the team itself was not involved. The team then returned to competition in time for the 2004 Tour de France in which it won two stages courtesy of Stuart O'Grady and David Moncoutié. The professional World Cycling Championship is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and is a single massed start road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. ...
David Millar (born January 4, 1977 in Malta, and grew up in many places including Hong Kong, although claiming Scottish nationality) is, or until mid-2004 was, Britains finest road racing cyclist. ...
An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ...
Track cycling is a form of bicycle racing usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow). ...
David Millar (born January 4, 1977 in Malta, and grew up in many places including Hong Kong, although claiming Scottish nationality) is, or until mid-2004 was, Britains finest road racing cyclist. ...
The 91st Tour de France (July 3 - July 25, 2004). ...
Stuart OGrady is an Australian cyclist, born 6 August 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia. ...
// Biography David Moncoutié (born April 30 1975 in Provins, France) is a professional cyclist. ...
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Crédit Agricole is the main sponsor of a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay. ...
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Sylvain Chavanel is a French professional bicycle racer. ...
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Crédit Agricole is the main sponsor of a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay. ...
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- The Cofidis Affair
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