2014 Cofidis season

Cofidis
2014 season
Romain Zingle, Christophe Laporte and Stéphane Poulhiès on 2014 Tour de France
UCI code	COF
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Manager	Éric Boyer
Main sponsor(s)	Cofidis
Based	France
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	5
National Championships	2
Most wins	Rein Taaramäe (2 wins)

The 2014 season for the Cofidis cycling team began in January at the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. The team participated in UCI Europe Tour races and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.

2014 roster

As of 27 January 2014.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Yoann Bagot (FRA) (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 37)  Jérémy Bescond (FRA) (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33)  Edwig Cammaerts (BEL) (1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 37)  Jérôme Coppel (FRA) (1986-08-06) 6 August 1986 (age 38)  Nicolas Edet (FRA) (1987-12-02) 2 December 1987 (age 37)  Julien Fouchard (FRA) (1986-06-20) 20 June 1986 (age 38)  Egoitz García (ESP) (1986-03-31) 31 March 1986 (age 38)  Romain Hardy (FRA) (1988-08-24) 24 August 1988 (age 36)  Gert Jõeäär (EST) (1987-07-09) 9 July 1987 (age 37)  Christophe Laporte (FRA) (1992-12-11) 11 December 1992 (age 32)  Christophe Le Mével (FRA) (1980-09-11) 11 September 1980 (age 44)  Romain Lemarchand (FRA) (1987-07-26) 26 July 1987 (age 37)  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 41)

Rider Date of birth  Guillaume Levarlet (FRA) (1985-07-25) 25 July 1985 (age 39)  Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) (1984-03-23) 23 March 1984 (age 40)  Rudy Molard (FRA) (1989-09-17) 17 September 1989 (age 35)  Daniel Navarro (ESP) (1983-07-08) 8 July 1983 (age 41)  Adrien Petit (FRA) (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34)  Stéphane Poulhies (FRA) (1985-06-26) 26 June 1985 (age 39)  Florian Sénéchal (FRA) (1993-07-10) 10 July 1993 (age 31)  Julien Simon (FRA) (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985 (age 39)  Rein Taaramäe (EST) (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 37)  Clément Venturini (FRA) (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 31)  Louis Verhelst (BEL) (1990-08-28) 28 August 1990 (age 34)  Romain Zingle (BEL) (1987-01-29) 29 January 1987 (age 37)

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season Rider 2013 team Christophe Laporte neo-pro (AVC Aix-en-Provence) Cyril Lemoine[2] Sojasun Florian Sénéchal neo-pro (Etixx–IHNed) Julien Simon[3] Sojasun Clément Venturini neo-pro (Vulco-VC Vaulx en Velin) Louis Verhelst neo-pro (Etixx–IHNed)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season Rider 2014 team Florent Barle Cyril Bessy Retired Jan Ghyselinck[4] Wanty–Groupe Gobert Arnaud Labbe[5] CC Périgueux Dordogne Nico Sijmens[6] Wanty–Groupe Gobert Tristan Valentin

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
19 January	La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Young rider classification	UCI Africa Tour	Florian Sénéchal (FRA)	Gabon
7 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Gert Jõeäär (EST)	Belgium	Middelkerke
9 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Gert Jõeäär (EST)	Belgium
20 April	Tro-Bro Léon	UCI Europe Tour	Adrien Petit (FRA)	France	Lannilis
29 April	Tour of Turkey, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	Turkey	Elmalı
4 May	Tour of Turkey, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 1]	Turkey
17 May	Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Nicolas Edet (FRA)	France	Saint-Maurice-l'Exil
18 May	Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Clément Venturini (FRA)	France	Charvieu-Chavagneux
18 May	Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Clément Venturini (FRA)	France
31 May	Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan	UCI Europe Tour	Julien Simon (FRA)	France	Plumelec
8 June	Tour de Luxembourg, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Rudy Molard (FRA)	Luxembourg
5 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Daniel Navarro (ESP)	Spain	Obregón, Parque de Cabárceno
14 September	Tour du Doubs	UCI Europe Tour	Rein Taaramäe (EST)	France	Pontarlier

National, Continental and World champions

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
27 June	Estonian Time Trial Champion		Gert Jõeäär (EST)	Estonia
	French U23 Cyclo-cross Champion		Clément Venturini (FRA)	France

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Yoann Bagot, Jérémy Bescond, Nicolas Edet, Romain Hardy, Christophe Le Mével, Romain Lemarchand, Rein Taaramäe and Louis Verhelst

References

1. "Cofidis, Solutions Credits (COF) – FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 27 January 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Cofidis boucle son recrutement avec les arrivées de Simon et Lemoine" [Cofidis complete recruitment with the arrival of Simon and Lemoine]. Yahoo! Eurosport (in French). TF1 Group. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
3. "Julien Simon chez Cofidis" [Julien Simon at Cofidis]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
4. Shu, Matt (13 November 2013). "Ghyselinck joins Wanty-G(r)oupe Gobert". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
5. Gachet, Nicolas (18 November 2013). "Arnaud Labbe au CC Périgueux Dordogne" [Arnaud Labbe with CC Périgueux Dordogne]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
6. "Nico Sijmens en Michel Kreder tekenen voor Wanty-Groupe Gobert" [Nico Sijmens and Michel Kreder sign for Wanty-Groupe Gobert]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Corelio. Belga. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.