Arkéa–Samsic

Arkéa–Samsic is a Professional Continental cycling team based in Rennes, France that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and UCI World Tour races when receiving a wild card. The team was founded in 2005 and in 2013 the main sponsor became Séché Environnement, a French waste treatment company.[4]

Arkéa–Samsic

Team information
UCI code	ARK
Registered	France
Founded	2005 (2005)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles	BH (–2019) Canyon (2020–)
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Emmanuel Hubert[1]
Team manager(s)	Sébastien Hinault Roger Trehin[2]
Team name history
2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–2012 2013–2015 2016–2017 2017 2018 2019–	Bretagne–Jean Floc'h Bretagne–Armor Lux Bretagne–Schuller Bretagne–Séché Environnement Fortuneo–Vital Concept Fortuneo–Oscaro Fortuneo–Samsic Arkéa–Samsic[3]
Arkéa–Samsic jersey Jersey

History

In 2014 they received a wildcard invitation to the 2014 Tour de France.[5] In September, of the same year, the team announced they had formed a partnership with the amateur cycling team Brest Iroise Cyclisme 2000 (BIC 2000) which will now act as its reserve team.[6] The team took part in the 2015 Tour de France and again in 2016, having been selected as a wildcard once again.[7]

For 2016 and 2017 the team was named Fortuneo Vital Concept.[8][9] On 1 June 2017 Vital Concept announced that it will cease sponsorship after 30 June. Oscaro stepped in as naming sponsor and the team became known as Fortuneo–Oscaro from 1 July.[10] After six months Oscaro stepped aside, being replaced by Samsic, with both naming sponsors signing deals through to the end of the 2020 season.[11] For the 2018 season onwards, the team signed the WorldTour rider Warren Barguil and built the team around him. The team is running under the name of Arkéa–Samsic starting with the 2019 season.[3]. For the 2020 season, the team signed former Movistar rider Nairo Quintana.[12]

The team will launch a women’s team in 2020.[13]

Team roster

As of 11 January 2020.[14]

Rider Date of birth  Winner Anacona (COL) (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988  Warren Barguil (FRA) (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991  Franck Bonnamour (FRA) (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995  Thomas Boudat (FRA) (1994-02-24) 24 February 1994  Maxime Bouet (FRA) (1986-11-03) 3 November 1986  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990  Benjamin Declercq (BEL) (1994-02-04) 4 February 1994  Anthony Delaplace (FRA) (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989  Élie Gesbert (FRA) (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995  Donavan Grondin (FRA) (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000  Thibault Guernalec (FRA) (1997-07-31) 31 July 1997  Romain Hardy (FRA) (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988  Benoît Jarrier (FRA) (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988  Romain Le Roux (FRA) (1992-07-03) 3 July 1992

Rider Date of birth  Kévin Ledanois (FRA) (1993-07-13) 13 July 1993  Matis Louvel (FRA) (1999-07-19) 19 July 1999  Daniel McLay (GBR) (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992  Christophe Noppe (BEL) (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994  Łukasz Owsian (POL) (1990-02-24) 24 February 1990  Laurent Pichon (FRA) (1986-07-19) 19 July 1986  Dayer Quintana (COL) (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992  Nairo Quintana (COL) (1990-02-04) 4 February 1990  Alan Riou (FRA) (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997  Diego Rosa (ITA) (1989-03-27) 27 March 1989  Clément Russo (FRA) (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995  Connor Swift (GBR) (1995-10-30) 30 October 1995  Florian Vachon (FRA) (1985-01-02) 2 January 1985  Bram Welten (NED) (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997

Major wins

Main article: List of wins by Bretagne–Jean Floc'h and its successors

The team in 2015

Pierre-Luc Périchon in Tour de France 2015.

The team car

National champions

2009

France Road Race Championship, Dimitri Champion

2019

France Road Race Championship, Warren Barguil

References

1. McGrath, Andy. "Dan McLay: Britain's next Classics star". Rouleur. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
2. "Sébastien Hinault directeur sportif" [Sébastien Hinault sporting director]. L'Équipe (in French). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
3. "Fortuneo-Samsic to become Arkéa-Samsic in 2019". Cycling News. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
4. "Bretagne-Schuller to become Bretagne-Séché Environnement". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
5. "IAM Cycling, NetApp Endura, Cofidis and Bretagne – Séché Environnement given Tour de France wildcards". Velonation.com. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
6. "Bretagne-Séché Environnement announces partnership with BIC 2000". Cycling News.
7. "ASO announces five wildcard teams invited to 2015 Tour de France". VeloNews. 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2015-07-14.
8. ProCyclingStats. "Fortuneo - Vital Concept 2016".
9. "Look Cycle - Bretagne-Séché Environnement will become Fortuneo Vital Concept - News - About Look".
10. "Fortuneo-Vital Concept loses sponsorship | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
11. "Fortuneo confirm new name Fortuneo-Samsic and unveil 2018 jersey". Cycling News. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
12. "Quintana targets Tour with new team Arkea-Samsic". Velonews. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
13. Long, Jonny (23 November 2019). "Arkéa-Samsic launch female team and call women's cycling the 'future of this sport'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
14. "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

External links

• Official website