Cofidis Solutions Crédits is a French professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by a money-lending company, Cofidis. It was started in 1996 by Cyrille Guimard, the former manager of Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon of the Renault–Elf–Gitane team of the 1980s. The team's sponsor has supported the team despite repeated problems such as doping scandals. After it was part of the UCI ProTour for the ProTour's first five seasons, from 2010 the team competed as a UCI Professional Continental team. The team joined the UCI World Tour for the 2020 season.
Kalle is a masculine given name of North Germanic origin, a variation of Karl. In Sweden, people named Karl are commonly nicknamed Kalle. The name is also found in Finland and Estonia Notable people with the name include:
Rene Mandri is an Estonian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2006 and 2012, with the Auber 93, Ag2r–La Mondiale and Endura Racing teams. He has been working as cycling coach since 2014 and he is a recognized Sports Organisation Leader with an IOC diploma. He created Cycling Tartu, a club to develop cycling in the Baltics.
Tanel Kangert is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.
Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.
Matthias Brändle is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. Brändle is a seven-time winner of the Austrian National Time Trial Championships, and also won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.
Alo Jakin is an Estonian cyclist and coach, who currently rides for Estonian amateur team Peloton. Jakin rode professionally between 2006 and 2007 and from 2014 to 2019; in his final professional season, Jakin won his second Estonian National Road Race Championships title and also won a silver medal in the road race at the European Games.
Martin Mortensen is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally from 2007 to 2019.
Maciej Paterski is a Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Voster ATS Team.
Gert Jõeäär is an Estonian road bicycle racer, who rides for Estonian amateur team CFC Spordiklubi. From 2013 to 2016, Jõeäär competed with UCI Professional Continental cycling team Cofidis.
Evaldas Šiškevičius is a Lithuanian former professional road bicycle racer and mountain biker, who competed professionally from 2011 to 2022.
Eduard-Michael Grosu is a Romanian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski. He is the first Romanian to ride professionally.
Andris Smirnovs is a Latvian former professional cyclist.
Martin Laas is an Estonian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.
Paweł Franczak is a Polish former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2021 for Team Wibatech–Brzeg, Verva ActiveJet, Team Hurom, CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice and the Voster ATS Team. During his career, he took one professional victory – the general classification at the 2019 Belgrade–Banja Luka.
Lucas Eriksson is a Swedish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Tudor Pro Cycling Team. His brother Jacob is also a professional cyclist on the same team.
Norman Vahtra is an Estonian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole. He competed in the road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships. In 2019, Vahtra won 8 UCI races for Cycling Tartu, an under-23 development team led by ex-pro Rene Mandri.
Rait Ärm is an Estonian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole. He finished 3rd in the under-23 road race at the 2019 European Road Championships.
Aidi Gerde Tuisk is an Estonian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team Eneicat–RBH Global–Martín Villa.
Yanina Kuskova is an Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI Women's Team Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team.
