2010 Française des Jeux season
The 2010 season for the Française des Jeux cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Chrono des Nations. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every ProTour event.
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| One-day victories | 2 | ||
| Stage race overall victories | 1 | ||
| Stage race stage victories | 13 | ||
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Personnel-wise, the team was mostly unchanged from the 2009 season. Its manager, as it has been since its inception in 1997, was former cyclist Marc Madiot.
On 2 July, the eve of the Tour de France, the team announced that the French national lottery would extend its sponsorship of the team for four years, and the team would immediately change its name to FDJ.[1] For the 2011 season, the team will ride as a UCI Professional Continental team. Only the top 20 teams from 2010 in the UCI's points system were eligible for ProTeam status, and FDJ finished 21st in that ranking.
2010 roster
Ages as of January 1, 2010.
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One-day races
Spring classics
Fall races
Stage races
The team scored three victories at the Tour Méditerranéen, with Hutarovich in stages 1 and 3[2][3] and Veikkanen in stage 2.[4] Veikkanen's stage win gave him the overall race lead, but he was unable to hold it through the conclusion of the race, losing it on the final day to Alejandro Valverde.[5] Française des Jeux' early season successes continued at the Tour du Haut Var, when Le Mével won the second stage of the two-day event, and with it the overall.[6]
Grand Tours
As they did in 2009, Française des Jeux declined to participate in the Giro d'Italia.[7]
Tour de France
FDJ, as they became known shortly before the Tour de France began, entered the race with a squad led by Le Mével, tenth-place finisher and best French rider in 2009. In stage 1, the first road race stage after the prologue time trial, several crashes took place in the final few kilometers, meaning only five riders were at the front of the race to contest the sprint finish. Ladagnous avoided crashing and made this little selection, though he was last of the five riders in the kick to the finish.[8] Ladagnous took a meaningless ninth place the next day, as the peloton decided not to race to the finish, neutralizing the results for all but stage winner Sylvain Chavanel.[9] In stage 9, Casar made a breakaway of 10 riders, including such big names as Luis León Sánchez, Damiano Cunego, and Jens Voigt. All of them figured into the day's results. Race favorites Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck broke away from the other top riders in the race on this day. Voigt dropped back and paced them so long and so strenuously that they joined the leaders on the road, now a five-rider group including Casar, Sánchez, and Cunego. Contador and Schleck finished sixth and seventh on the day, not seeking the stage win. For their parts, Sánchez, Cunego, and Casar finished 2 seconds ahead as the three of them did aggressively seek the win. Cunego started his sprint early and had a gap for a moment, but Casar perhaps knew the course better, taking an aggressive line on the course's final left-hand turn. The finish line was just after that turn, so Casar made it across first and won the stage.[10]
In stage 13, Geslin finished seventh on the stage, sixth in the sprint behind solo winner Alexander Vinokourov.[11] Three days later in stage 16, Casar came close to a second victory. He was part of a day-long breakaway, that included Lance Armstrong, and finished second behind Pierrick Fédrigo in the sprint finish.[12] Casar finished the race in 25th place, the team's best finisher, just under 46 minutes behind Tour champion Alberto Contador. Le Mével was 42nd, more than an hour and 22 minutes back. The squad finished 15th in the teams classification.[13]
Vuelta a España
Season victories
| Date | Race | Competition | Rider | Country | Location |
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| February 10 | Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour |  |  | Souvain |
| February 11 | Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour |  | | Trets |
| February 12 | Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 3 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Six-Fours-les-Plages |
| February 17 | Volta ao Algarve, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | |  | Albufeira |
| February 21 | Tour du Haut Var, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Montauroux |
| February 21 | Tour du Haut Var, Overall | UCI Europe Tour | | | |
| April 9 | Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, Youth classification | UCI Europe Tour | | | |
| April 9 | Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | [N 1] | | |
| April 19 | Tro-Bro Léon | UCI Europe Tour | | | Brittany |
| May 2 | Tour de Romandie, Mountains classification | UCI ProTour | |  | |
| May 9 | Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Dunkirk |
| May 19 | Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Jarny |
| May 23 | Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 5 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Hayange |
| May 29 | Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan | UCI Europe Tour | .svg.png){kind=small} | | Brittany |
| June 20 | Route du Sud, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | .svg.png){kind=small} | | |
| July 13 | Tour de France, Stage 9 | UCI World Ranking | | | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| August 3 | Tour de Pologne, Stage 3 | UCI World Ranking | |  | Katowice |
| August 5 | Paris–Corrèze, Stage 2 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Chaumeil |
| August 5 | Paris–Corrèze, Points classification | UCI Europe Tour | | | |
| August 5 | Paris–Corrèze, Mountains classification | UCI Europe Tour | | | |
| August 5 | Paris–Corrèze, Teams classification | UCI Europe Tour | [N 2] | | |
| August 24 | Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 1 | UCI Europe Tour | | | Royan |
| August 29 | Vuelta a España, Stage 2 | UCI World Ranking | |  | Marbella |
Footnotes
- The riders on the squad were Sébastien Chavanel, Anthony Roux, Arthur Vichot, Thibaut Pinot, and Jérémy Roy
- The riders on the squad were Pierre Cazaux, Olivier Bonnaire, Mikael Cherel , Gianni Meersman, Thibaut Pinot, Arthur Vichot, and trainee riders Nacer Bouhanni and Nicolas Capdepuy
References
- "Tour de France 2010". FDJ. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- Cycling News (2010-02-10). "Hutarovich opens FDJ's season account". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- Cycling News (2010-02-12). "Hutarovich wins his second stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- Cycling News (2010-02-11). "Veikkanen continues Francaise des Jeux run on stage 2". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- Cycling News (2010-02-14). "Masciarelli magnificent at Mont Faron". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- Cycling News (2010-02-21). "Le Mevel wins Haut Var". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- Cycling News (2010-03-22). "BMC confirmed for Giro d'Italia". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
- Laura Weislo (2010-07-04). "Petacchi emerges from chaos in Brussels". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Les Clarke (2010-07-05). "Chavanel takes stage and yellow in Spa". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Les Clarke (2010-07-13). "Casar claims stage win for France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Richard Moore (2010-07-17). "Take two: Vinokourov revels in victory". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Les Clarke (2010-07-20). "Fedrigo prevails in Pau". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- Anthony Tan (2010-07-25). "Tres victorias de Francia para Contador!". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2010-12-19.