Equipe Cycliste Groupama FDJ
For English speakers it's pronounced eff-dee-jhee, because this French mainstay of the peloton has been visiting Australia since the earliest days of the Santos Tour Down Under.
Resplendent in the French tricolours, there are few more parochial teams than this predominantly Gallic outfit. That said, the team's best result - third in 2004 - came at the feet of Aussie Baden Cooke. The team was pne of the first to visit the Santos Tour Down Under in the race's earliest years, debuting in 2000 and enjoying stage wins in the early 2000s with Cooke and Phillipe Gilbert.
Victory at Il Lombardia with Thibaut Pinot was the highlight for the team in 2018.
Quick profile
- Based: Moussy-le-Vieux, France
- Established: 1997
- Website: http://www.equipecycliste-groupama-fdj.fr/
- Other notable wins: 1x Paris-Roubaix (1997), Milano-Sanremo (2016), Il Lombardia (2018), Paris-Tours (2006, 2008)
At the Santos Tour Down Under
- Debut: 2000
- Starts: 16
- Best GC result: 3rd (2004)
- Stage wins: 4
- Best Team Classification: 1st (2008, 2009)
- Other awards: Young Rider (2000, 2004), King of the Mountain (2008)
Suppliers
- Principal Sponsors: Groupama (French insurer), FDJ (French national lottery)
- Bikes: Lapierre
- Groupset: Shimano
- Wheels: Shimano
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