Sojasun (cycling team)

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Sojasun
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Team information
UCI codeSOJ
Registered France
Founded2009 (2009)
Disbanded2013 (2013)
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Professional Continental
BicyclesBH Bikes
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Stéphane Heulot
Team name history
2009
2010–2012
2013
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun
Saur-Sojasun (SAU)
Sojasun (SOJ)
Sojasun (cycling team) jersey Saur-Sojasun jersey.jpg
Sojasun (cycling team) jersey
Jersey

Sojasun was a French cycling team registered at UCI Professional Continental level. They were founded in 2009 as Besson Chaussures-Sojasun. [1] The team rode BH bicycles. [2] Their sponsor Sojasun is a company which manufactures soya-based foods. [3]

Contents

In 2012, the team received a wildcard invitation to the Tour de France, along with three other French-registered teams. [4]

The professional cycling team Sojasun will not be present in the professional peloton in 2014, after the team was unable to find a new title sponsor. [5]

Final team roster

As of 1 January 2013. [6]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Daniel  (FRA) (1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 29)
Flag of France.svg  Anthony Delaplace  (FRA) (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989 (age 31)
Flag of France.svg  Julien El Fares  (FRA) (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 35)
Flag of France.svg  Jimmy Engoulvent  (FRA) (1979-12-07) 7 December 1979 (age 41)
Flag of France.svg  Brice Feillu  (FRA) (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 35)
Flag of France.svg  Jérémie Galland  (FRA) (1983-04-08) 8 April 1983 (age 37)
Flag of France.svg  Jonathan Hivert  (FRA) (1985-03-23) 23 March 1985 (age 35)
Flag of France.svg  Fabrice Jeandesboz  (FRA) (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 (age 36)
Flag of France.svg  Christophe Laborie  (FRA) (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 34)
Flag of France.svg  David Lelay  (FRA) (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 (age 41)
Flag of France.svg  Cyril Lemoine  (FRA) (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 37)
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Marc Marino  (FRA) (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 37)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of France.svg  Rony Martias  (FRA) (1980-08-04) 4 August 1980 (age 40)
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Mederel  (FRA) (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 40)
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Lou Paiani  (FRA) (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988 (age 32)
Flag of France.svg  Rémi Pauriol  (FRA) (1982-04-04) 4 April 1982 (age 38)
Flag of France.svg  Paul Poux  (FRA) (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 36)
Flag of France.svg  Fabien Schmidt  (FRA) (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 31)
Flag of France.svg  Julien Simon  (FRA) (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985 (age 35)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Evaldas Šiškevičius  (LTU) (1988-12-30) 30 December 1988 (age 32)
Flag of France.svg  Yannick Talabardon  (FRA) (1981-07-06) 6 July 1981 (age 39)
Flag of France.svg  Etienne Tortelier  (FRA) (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 30)
Flag of France.svg  Alexis Vuillermoz  (FRA) (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 32)

Major wins

2009
1st Stage 1 & 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 2 3 Jours de Vaucluse, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Paris–Troyes, Yannick Talabardon
1st Classic Loire Atlantique, Cyril Bessy
1st Stage 1 Critérium International, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 3 Circuit de la Sarthe, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Paris–Camembert, Jimmy Casper
1st Grand Prix de Denain, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 3 Tour de Bretagne, Laurent Mangel
1st Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Jérémie Galland
1st Stage 2 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 4 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Oise, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 3 Circuito Montañés, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 1 Boucles de la Mayenne, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 4 Tour Alsace, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Casper
1st Châteauroux Classic, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 2 Tour du Gévaudan, Laurent Mangel
2010
1st GP d'Ouverture, Jonathan Hivert
1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman, Jimmy Casper
1st Classic Loire Atlantique, Laurent Mangel
1st Stage 4 Tour de Normandie, Jimmy Casper
1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Jérôme Coppel
1st Stage 1, Jérôme Coppel
1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium, Jimmy Casper
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Val d'Ille U Classic 35, Jimmy Casper
1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Jérémie Galland
1st Prologue, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 1, Laurent Mangel
1st Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Laurent Mangel
1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Cyril Bessy
1st Prologue Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Casper
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain, Stéphane Poulhiès
1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Jérémie Galland
1st Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 5, Jimmy Casper
1st Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel
1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan, Jérôme Coppel
1st Stage 1, Guillaume Levarlet
1st Stage 2, Jérôme Coppel
2012
1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel
1st Stage 5a, Stéphane Poulhies
1st Stage 5b, Jérôme Coppel
1st Stages 5 & 7 Volta a Catalunya, Julien Simon
1st Tour du Finistère, Julien Simon
1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Jonathan Hivert
1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Paul Poux
1st Stage 1, Paul Poux
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Julien Simon
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 1 Route du Sud, Stéphane Poulhies
1st Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne, Paul Poux
1st Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie, Julien Simon
2013
1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jonathan Hivert
1st Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a Andalucía, Jonathan Hivert
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
1st Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Maxime Daniel

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References

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