Nat.	Name	Age	Avg.	Specialisation
	Ryan Anderson	28	70	Sprinter
	Thomas Boudat	21	71	Sprinter
	Lilian Calmejane	23	72	Puncheur
	Romain Cardis	23	70	Sprinter
	Sylvain Chavanel	36	74	Baroudeur
	Bryan Coquard	23	79	Sprinter
	Jeremy Cornu	24	70	Sprinter
	Antoine Duschene	24	70	Baroudeur
	Fabien Grellier	21	67	Baroudeur
	Romain Guillemois	24	69	Baroudeur
	Yohann Gene	34	72	Sprinter
	Tony Hurel	28	72	Sprinter
	Fabrice Jeandesboz	31	71	Stage Races
	Julien Morice	24	66	Time Trial
	Bryan Nauleau	27	68	Sprinter
	Adrien Petit	25	76	Sprinter
	Alexandre Pichot	33	71	Baroudeur
	Perriq Quemeneur	31	69	Baroudeur
	Romain Sicard	28	74	Stage Races
	Guillaume Thevenot	22	68	Baroudeur
	Angelo Tulik	25	70	Sprinter
	Thomas Voeckler	36	74	Baroudeur

Jan
31	GP Cycliste La Marseillaise	France
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Feb
3-7	Etoiles des Besseges	France
14	Clasica de Almeria	Spain
17-22	Ruta del Sol	Spain
20-21	Tour du Haut Var	France
23-25	Tour de la Provence	France
27	Classic Sud Ardeche	France
28	La Drome Classic	France
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Mar
4-6	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen	Belgium
6-13	Paris-Nice**	France
16	Nokere Koerse	Belgium
19	Classic Loire Atlantique	France
20	Chloet - Pays de Loire	France
23	Dwars door Vlaanderen	Belgium
25	Classica Corsica	France
25	E3 Harelbeke**	Belgium
26-28	Criterium International	France
27	Ghent-Wevelgem**	Belgium

Subject to Wildcard acceptance

1st

Bryan Coquard

GP Cycliste La Marseillaise

Our first race of the year, and we come with one of the favourites - Bryan Coquard. Our Sprinter will be looking for early success, as he targets the early season French races as part of his build up to Paris-Nice.

A strong squad is built around him, with Adrien Petit, Fabrice Jeandesboz and Sylvain Chavanel all present. Chavanel will also ride as Plan B, should anything happen to Bryan.

A strong field took to the start line in Marseille, with John Degenkolb (TGA), Giovanni Visconti (MOV) and Tom-Jelte Slagter (CPT) all present for the first European race of the season.


The day's break took a while to form, with a number of early attacks chased down by the likes of Giant-Alpecin and Movistar. Eventually, representatives from Auber93, Roubaix and Fortuneo - Vital Concept managing to break the elastic of the peleton.

Bryan was our leader for today, with any attacks by the favourites quickly brought back over the hills around Marseille. It gave the break no chance of surviving, with the break being plled back into the main bunch on the last climb of the day.


Over the top of the climb, attacks began to happen with Coquard following them all. The descent was too fast to try and go again, so the possibility of a mass sprint was looking more and more likely. Advantage to Coquard.

The run-in to the line was fast, and we had to let Bryan surf the wheels instead of providing him with a lead-out. Taking the wheel of Alexis Vuillermoz (ALM), we were confident of the outcome in the sprint. Degenkolb had cracked on the last climb, and Visconti wasn't looking any better either.


The sprint was a formality in the end, and Coquard looked very comfortable in victory. No one could get anywhere near him, as he came out from behind Vuillermoz with 150m to go. The AG2R rider took second place, with Maciej Paterski (CCC) in third. Fantastic start to the season for the team!

After La Marseillaise, we stay in the region for the Etoiles des Besseges race. We come to the race with an almost identical squad the season's opener, but with Antoine Duchesne coming in to replace Fabrice Jeandesboz.

Bryan Coquard will lead the team in the sprints, hoping to add to his victory in La Marseillaise, whilst Sylvain Chavanel will target the ITT on the final stage and with any luck a good place on GC as well.