2020 Groupama–FDJ season

Groupama-FDJ
2020 season
UCI code	GFC
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Marc Madiot
Main sponsor(s)	Française des Jeux
Based	France
Bicycles	Lapierre
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	1
Stage race overall	2
Stage race stages	13
National Championships	3
Most wins	Arnaud Démare (17)
Best ranked rider	Arnaud Démare
Jersey

The 2020 cycling season for Groupama–FDJ began in January at the Tour Down Under in Australia.

Team roster

As of 1 October 2020.^[1][2]

Rider Date of birth  Bruno Armirail (FRA) (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 25)  William Bonnet (FRA) (1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 37)  Alexys Brunel (FRA) (1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 21)  Mickaël Delage (FRA) (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 34)  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 28)  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) (1991-09-12)12 September 1991 (aged 28)  Kilian Frankiny (SUI) (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 25)  David Gaudu (FRA) (1996-10-10)10 October 1996 (aged 23)  Kévin Geniets (LUX) (1997-01-09)9 January 1997 (aged 22)  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 32)  Simon Guglielmi (FRA) (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 22)  Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) (1985-12-08)8 December 1985 (aged 34)  Stefan Küng (SUI) (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 26)  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 35)  Olivier Le Gac (FRA) (1993-08-27)27 August 1993 (aged 26)

Rider Date of birth  Fabian Lienhard (SUI) (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 26)  Tobias Ludvigsson (SWE) (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 28)  Valentin Madouas (FRA) (1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 23)  Rudy Molard (FRA) (1989-09-17)17 September 1989 (aged 30)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 29)  Sébastien Reichenbach (SUI) (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 30)  Anthony Roux (FRA) (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 32)  Marc Sarreau (FRA) (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 (aged 26)  Miles Scotson (AUS) (1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 25)  Romain Seigle (FRA) (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 25)  Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 30)  Jake Stewart[N 1] (GBR) (1999-10-02)2 October 1999 (aged 20)  Benjamin Thomas (FRA) (1995-09-12)12 September 1995 (aged 24)  Léo Vincent (FRA) (1995-11-06)6 November 1995 (aged 24)

1. Stewart was promoted from the development team on 1 October.

Riders who joined the team for the 2020 season Rider 2019 team Alexys Brunel[2] neo-pro (Groupama–FDJ Continental Team) Simon Guglielmi[2] neo-pro (Groupama–FDJ Continental Team) Fabian Lienhard[2][3] neo-pro (IAM–Excelsior) Jake Stewart[4] neo-pro (Groupama–FDJ Continental Team)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2019 season Rider 2020 team Daniel Hoelgaard[2][5] Uno-X Norwegian Development Team Steve Morabito[2][6][7] Retired Georg Preidler[8] Suspended Benoît Vaugrenard[2][7] Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
5 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Alexys Brunel (FRA)	France	Bellegarde
9 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alexys Brunel (FRA)	France
5 August	Milano–Torino	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Italy	Torino
17 August	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium	Wavre
19 August	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium	Érezée
19 August	Tour de Wallonie, Overall	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium
19 August	Tour de Wallonie, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium
27 August	Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Royan
28 August	Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Échiré
30 August	Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Poitiers
30 August	Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France
30 August	Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France
16 September	Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour UCI ProSeries	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Luxembourg	Hesperange
6 October	Giro d'Italia, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Italy	Villafranca Tirrena
8 October	Giro d'Italia, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Italy	Matera
9 October	Giro d'Italia, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Italy	Brindisi
14 October	Giro d'Italia, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Italy	Rimini
25 October	Giro d'Italia, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Italy
31 October	Vuelta a España, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	David Gaudu (FRA)	Spain	Alto de la Farrapona
7 November	Vuelta a España, Stage 17	UCI World Tour	David Gaudu (FRA)	Spain	Alto de la Covatilla

National, Continental and World champions

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
12 July	Swiss National Time Trial Championships		Stefan Küng (SUI)	Switzerland	Belp
23 August	French National Road Race Championships		Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Grand-Champ
23 August	Luxembourg National Road Race Championships		Kevin Geniets (LUX)	Luxembourg	Mamer
24 August	European Time Trial Champion		Stefan Küng (SUI)	France	Plouay

Footnotes

References

1. "Groupama–FDJ WorldTour Team". Groupama–FDJ. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
2. "Groupama-FDJ present 2020 squad as Pinot targets Tour de France". CyclingNews. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
3. "GROUPAMA-FDJ RECRUTE FABIAN LIENHARD COMME «LANCEUR»" [Groupama-FDJ recruit Fabian Lienhard as a lead-out man] (in French). Le Figaro. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. Ostanek, Daniel (15 December 2020). "Transfer Mechanics: Analysing teams 2021 – part 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
5. @UnoXteam (16 August 2019). "💥New Riders @UnoXteam💥 @DanielHoelgaard from @GroupamaFDJ will return to home ground and has signed a 2-year contract for @UnoXteam. @erlendblikra from @TeamCoopSykkel has signed a 2-year neo-pro contract for @UnoXteam. Welcome guys! 🔥" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. Fletcher, Patrick (11 October 2019). "Morabito takes final bow as Gaudu leads FDJ at Il Lombardia". CyclingNews. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
7. Long, Jonny (12 October 2019). "Here are all the riders retiring at the end of the 2019 season". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
8. Ballinger, Alex (4 March 2019). "Groupama-FDJ rider Georg Preidler quits team over blood doping". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

External links

• Official website
• 2020 Groupama–FDJ season at ProCyclingStats