2020 Cofidis season

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Cofidis
2020 season
Mont Ventoux Denivele Challenges 2020 - voiture Cofidis.jpg
UCI codeCOF
Status UCI WorldTeam
Manager Yvon Sanquer
Main sponsor(s) Cofidis
BasedFrance
Bicycles De Rosa
Season victories
Stage race stages2
Most Wins Guillaume Martin (2)
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Jersey
  2019
2021  

The 2020 season for the Cofidis road cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. Cofidis stepped up to the UCI WorldTeam status this season after spending the last 10 years as a UCI Professional Continental team. [1]

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Roster

As of 1 January 2020. [2]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Piet Allegaert  (BEL) (1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 24)
Flag of Spain.svg  Fernando Barceló  (ESP) (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 23)
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Natnael Berhane  (ERI) (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 28)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dimitri Claeys  (BEL) (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 32)
Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Consonni  (ITA) (1994-09-12)12 September 1994 (aged 25)
Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Edet  (FRA) (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 32)
Flag of France.svg  Eddy Finé  (FRA) (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 22)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nathan Haas  (AUS) (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 30)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Jesper Hansen  (DEN) (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 29)
Flag of Spain.svg  Jesús Herrada  (ESP) (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 29)
Flag of Spain.svg  José Herrada  (ESP) (1985-10-01)1 October 1985 (aged 34)
Flag of France.svg  Victor Lafay  (FRA) (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 (aged 23)
Flag of France.svg  Christophe Laporte  (FRA) (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 27)
Flag of France.svg  Mathias Le Turnier  (FRA) (1995-03-14)14 March 1995 (aged 24)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of France.svg  Cyril Lemoine  (FRA) (1983-03-03)3 March 1983 (aged 36)
Flag of France.svg  Guillaume Martin  (FRA) (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 (aged 26)
Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Ángel Maté  (ESP) (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 35)
Flag of Germany.svg  Marco Mathis  (GER) (1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 25)
Flag of France.svg  Emmanuel Morin  (FRA) (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 24)
Flag of France.svg  Anthony Perez  (FRA) (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 28)
Flag of France.svg  Pierre-Luc Périchon  (FRA) (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 32)
Flag of France.svg  Stéphane Rossetto  (FRA) (1987-04-06)6 April 1987 (aged 32)
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Sabatini  (ITA) (1985-02-08)8 February 1985 (aged 34)
Flag of France.svg  Damien Touzé  (FRA) (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 (aged 23)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kenneth Vanbilsen  (BEL) (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 29)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Julien Vermote  (BEL) (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 30)
Flag of Italy.svg  Attilio Viviani  (ITA) (1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 23)
Flag of Italy.svg  Elia Viviani  (ITA) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 30)

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
20 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 1 UCI Africa Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Attilio Viviani  (ITA)Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Ebolowa
2 February Vuelta a San Juan, Mountains classification UCI America Tour
UCI ProSeries
Flag of France.svg  Guillaume Martin  (FRA)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
21 February Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Anthony Perez  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  France Grasse
14 March Paris–Nice, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Flag of France.svg  Nicolas Edet  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  France
8 November Vuelta a España, Mountains classification UCI World Tour Flag of France.svg  Guillaume Martin  (FRA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

National, Continental and World champions

DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation


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