Ville de Charleroi

Ville de Charleroi

Team information
UCI code	CHO
Registered	Belgium
Founded	1995
Disbanded	2004
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Trade Team II (1996–2003) Trade Team I (2004)
Key personnel
General manager	Didier Paindavaine Joseph Braeckevelt
Team manager(s)	Denis Gonzalez Alain De Roo Johan Capiot
Team name history
1995 1996–1997 1998–1999 2000–2001 2002 2003 2004	Cédico–Sunjets–Ville de Charleroi Cédico–Ville de Charleroi Home Market–Ville de Charleroi Ville de Charleroi–New Systems Marlux–Ville de Charleroi Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf Chocolade Jacques–Wincor Nixdorf

Ville de Charleroi was a Belgian professional road cycling team that existed from 1995 until 2004 under several different names.^[1]

The team was selected to compete in the 2004 Giro d'Italia.

The team folded in 2004 after competing in the first division for its final season.^[2] Chocolade Jacques, one of the primary sponsors at the time, sponsored Chocolade Jacques–T Interim the following year.

UCI ranking history

Season	Team rank[3]	Top ranked rider
1995	46th	Mika Hietanen (354)
1996	48th	Frank Van Den Abeele (295)
1997	50th	Mika Hietanen (334)
1998	60th	Sébastien Demarbaix (413)
1999	15th (GSII)	Ludovic Capelle (228)
2000	22nd (GSII)	Ludovic Capelle (198)
2001	38th (GSII)	Bart Heirewegh (597)
2002	26th (GSII)	Christian Poos (584)
2003	4th (GSII)	Dave Bruylandts (35)
2004	25th (GSI)	Gerben Löwik (75)

References

1. "Cedico - Sunjets - Ville de Charleroi". Memoire-du-cyclisme. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
2. "Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf (TT1)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
3. UCI Classifications.