Crédit Agricole (cycling team)
Team information | ||
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UCI code | C.A | |
Registered | France | |
Founded | 1987 | |
Disbanded | 2008 | |
Discipline | Road | |
Status | ProTour | |
Key personnel | ||
General manager | Roger Legeay | |
Team name history | ||
1987 1988–89 1990 1991–92 1993–98 1998–2008 |
Vétements Z-Peugeot Z-Peugeot Z-Tomasso Z GAN Crédit Agricole | |
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Crédit Agricole (UCI Team Code: C.A) was a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay. From 1997 to 2008, the team was sponsored by the French bank Crédit Agricole. Prior to 1997, the team was known as Vétements Z-Peugeot (1987), Z-Peugeot (1988-89), Z-Tomasso (1990), Z (1991–92) and GAN (1993–96). In 1990, the team's leading cyclist, the American Greg LeMond, won the Tour de France. The team also won the team title at the Tour de France that year. Crédit Agricole announced that they would cease to sponsor the team after 2008,[1] and the team was subsequently disbanded.
History
The team was born out of the Peugeot cycling team, which existed from the early 1900s to 1986. Roger Legeay was the Peugeot team's last manager, and he created Vétements Z-Peugeot in 1987 (taking its name from the children's clothing brand Z and the car manufacturer Peugeot). That year, the team made its appearance at the Tour de France, with Frenchman Pascal Simon as its leading cyclist.
In 1988, under the name of Z-Peugeot, the team achieved its first stage win at the Tour de France when Jérôme Simon (Pascal Simon's brother) won stage 9 of the tour. The team's second stage win came in 1989, when the Scottish rider Robert Millar took a mountain stage.
In 1990, the Tour's defending champion, Greg LeMond, moved to the team, which had been renamed Z-Tomasso. Riding for the team, LeMond won his third Tour title that year, coming in 2 minutes and 16 seconds ahead of the second-placed rider, the Italian Claudio Chiappucci. LeMond credited strong team support and tactics for his third Tour victory. And the team also won the team title at the year's Tour, coming in just 16 seconds ahead of the ONCE cycling team (the closest margin for the team classification in the Tour's history).
In 1991, with the team renamed simply Z, LeMond wore the yellow jersey for five stages in the earlier part of the Tour, but faded as the event progressed and eventually finished in seventh place, 13 minutes behind the new champion, the Spanish rider Miguel Indurain.
In 1992, LeMond struggled and eventually abandoned the Tour on the 14th stage. However the team picked up one stage win that year, with Jean-Claude Colotti winning stage 17.
In 1993, the team was renamed GAN. LeMond did not ride in the 1993 Tour. He returned in 1994, but withdrew after the six stages.
Just prior to LeMond's departure the team acquired the British track cyclist Chris Boardman, a time trial specialist. Riding for the team, Boardman won the Prologue of the Tour de France in 1994, 1997 and 1998.[2]
The team also acquired a young Australia track rider, Stuart O'Grady, in the mid-1990s. He won several Tour stages and nearly took the Green Jersey in the 2000 Tour de France. O'Grady held on to the Yellow Jersey for many days during that same tour.
The team was renamed Crédit Agricole in 1997.
German rider Jens Voigt joined the team until the 2003 season, winning a Tour stage and spending a day in the yellow jersey in 2000.
The 2000 and 2001 seasons saw Americans Bobby Julich and Jonathan Vaughters in the team, making it the team with the most English speakers. The team also won the 2001 Tour de France team time trial in front of the ONCE and U.S. Postal teams. Julich and Vaughters left after one and two seasons respectively.
The 2003 season saw the emergence of Thor Hushovd of Norway as the main sprinter of the team. At the end of 2003 O'Grady and Voigt left for Cofidis and Team CSC respectively.
2005 was successful for the team. Pietro Caucchioli finished in the top ten of the Giro d'Italia and Christophe Le Mével took a breakaway stage win. In the 2005 Tour de France Christophe Moreau was the highest-placed French rider (11th) and Thor Hushovd secured the green jersey points classification.
In 2006, Crédit Agricole captured the team classification at the Tour de Pologne. Hushovd took stage wins and two days in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, won the Gent–Wevelgem classic, and a stage win and the points classification at the Vuelta a España.
From 2005 to 2008, the team was one of the 20 which competed in the UCI ProTour.
The team disbanded at the end of the 2008 season when Crédit Agricole ended their sponsorship.
Major results
Z - Peugeot
- 1988
- Route du Sud
- 1st Overall, Ronan Pensec
- 1st GP de la Ville de Rennes, Ronan Pensec
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 9, Jerome Simon
- 1989
- 1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Jerome Simon
- Route du Sud
- 1st Overall, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- Paris - Nice
- 1st Stage 4, Bruno Cornillet
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4, Robert Millar
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 6b, Robert Millar
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 10, Robert Millar
Z
- 1990
- 1st Cholet - Pays De Loire, Kim Andersen
- 1st Tour de Vendée, François Lemarchand
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4, Robert Millar
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 11, Eric Boyer
- 1st Stage 14, Eric Boyer
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Overall , Robert Millar
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 11, Kim Andersen
- Tour de France
- 1st Overall , Greg LeMond
Z - Peugeot
- 1991
- 1st A Travers le Morbihan, Bruno Cornillet
- 1st Route Adélie, Jerome Simon
- 1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- 1st Overall, Bruno Cornillet
- Tour du Poitou Charentes
- 1st Overall, Kim Andersen
- 1st GP de la Ville de Rennes, Kim Andersen
- 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs, Atle Kvalsvoll
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1, Philippe Casado
- 1st Stage 4, Eric Boyer
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Bruno Cornillet
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5, Robert Millar
Z - Cycles LeMond
- 1992
- Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Overall, Pascal Lance
- Tour du Limousin
- 1st Overall, Eric Boyer
- 1st Paris - Roubaix, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- Tour de Vendée
- 1st Overall, Bruno Cornillet
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 8, Eric Boyer
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 17, Jean-Claude Colotti
GAN
- 1993
- 1st GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Didier Rous
- Route du Sud
- 1st Overall, Eric Boyer
- Tour du Haut Var
- 1st Overall, Thierry Claveyrolat
- 1st GP de la Ville de Rennes, Eddy Seigneur
- 1st Paris - Roubaix, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs, Thierry Claveyrolat
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 2, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- 1st GP Ouest France-Plouay, Thierry Claveyrolat
- 1st Paris - Bruxelles, Francis Moreau
- 1994
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 3, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 7, Chris Boardman
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 6, Chris Boardman
- Tour de France
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 21, Eddy Seigneur
- 1st Chrono des Nations, Pascal Lance
- 4 Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Overall, Eddy Seigneur
- 1st World Time Trial Championships, Chris Boardman
- 1995
- Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 1st Stage 2, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Chrono des Nations, Pascal Lance
- 1st A Travers le Morbihan, Francis Moreau
- Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Overall, Nicolas Aubier
- 1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Francis Moreau
- 1st France Road Race Championships, Eddy Seigneur
- 1996
- Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 1st Stage 4, Didier Rous
- Critérium International
- 1st Overall, Chris Boardman
- 1st Chrono des Nations, Chris Boardman
- Tour de Picardie
- 1st Overall, Philippe Gaumont
- GP Eddy Merckx, Chris Boardman
- 1st La Côte Picarde, Philippe Gaumont
- 4 Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Overall, Philippe Gaumont
- Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Overall, Eddy Seigneur
- Paris - Nice
- 1st Stage 1, Frédéric Moncassin
- 1st Stage 8b, Chris Boardman
- 1st Cholet - Pays De Loire, Stéphane Heulot
- Tour de Vendée
- 1st Overall, Laurent Desbiens
- 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs, Stéphane Heulot
- 1st France Road Race Championships, Stéphane Heulot
- 1st France Time Trial Championships, Eddy Seigneur
- Critérium du Dauphiné,
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 2, François Simon
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1, Frédéric Moncassin
- 1st Stage 19, Frédéric Moncassin
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations, Chris Boardman
- 1997
- Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana
- 1st Stage 5b, Chris Boardman
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 6, Chris Boardman
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st prologue, Chris Boardman
- Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 1b, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 5, Chris Boardman
- 1st France Time Trial Championships, Francisque Teyssier
- Tour de France
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 5, Cédric Vasseur
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage, Yvon Ledanois
Crédit Agricole
- 1998
- 1st Stage 5a, Jens Voigt
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 4, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 1b, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 5, Chris Boardman
- 1st Prologue, Chris Boardman
- 1st Stage 14, Stuart O'Grady
- 1st Stage 19, Magnus Backstedt
- 1999
- 1st Overall, Jens Voigt
- 1st Stage 3, Chris Boardman
- 1st Overall, Stuart O'Grady
- 1st Stage 3, Stuart O'Grady
- 1st Stage 5, Stuart O'Grady
- 1st Stage 1, Chris Boardman
- Classic Haribo Stuart O'Grady
- Joseph Vögeli Memorial Chris Boardman
- Breitling GP Jens Voigt and Chris Boardman
- Duo Normand Jens Voigt and Chris Boardman
- 1st Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Thor Hushovd
- Tour of Norway
- 1st Overall, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Australia Road Race Championships, Henk Vogels
- 1st France Road Race Championships, François Simon
- 1st Annemasse-Bellegarde et retour, Thor Hushovd
- Tour of Sweden
- 1st Stage 5, Thor Hushovd
- 2000
- 1st Overall, Jens Voigt
- Cholet-Pays de Loire Jens Voigt
- Tour du Finistère
- 1st Overall, Sébastien Hinault
- Melbourne to Sorrento Stuart O'Grady
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 2, Fabrice Gougot
- 2001
- 1st Stage 5 TTT, Crédit Agricole
- 1st Stage 16, Jens Voigt
- 1st Overall Stuart O'Grady
- Grand Prix des Nations Jens Voigt
- Paris–Corrèze Thor Hushovd
- Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Overall, Jens Voigt
- 1st Stage 2, Jens Voigt
- 1st Overall, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 1a, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 3, Thor Hushovd
- Tour du Poitou-Charentes Jens Voigt
- Tour de Normandie Thor Hushovd
- Tour of Wellington Christopher Jenner
- Duo Normand Jens Voigt and Jonathan Vaughters
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 4, Jonathan Vaughters
- 1st Stage 6, Jens Voigt
- Profronde van Oostvoorne, Stuart O'Grady
- Gouden Pijl Emmen, Stuart O'Grady
- Ronde de l´Isard d´Ariège, Christophe Le Mével
- 2002
- 1st, Stage 18, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 3, Jens Voigt
- 1st Stage 4, Christophe Moreau
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Thor Hushovd
- Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 2, Thor Hushovd
- Boucles de l´Aulne - GP Le Télégramme, Christopher Jenner
- 2003
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 6, Stuart O'Grady
- 1st Stage 8, Stuart O'Grady
- Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste - Trophée des Granitiers, Dmitriy Muravyev
- Australia Road Race Championships, Stuart O'Grady
- 4 Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Overall, Christophe Moreau
- 1st Stage 4, Christophe Moreau
- 1st Stage 5, Christophe Moreau
- Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Overall, Jens Voigt
- 1st Stage 4, Jens Voigt
- GP Jef Scherens Leuven, Thor Hushovd
- Paris-Bourges, Jens Voigt
- Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 4 Sébastien Hinault
- 2004
- Sachsen-Tour International, Andrey Kashechkin
- Flèche Ardennaise, Jeremy Yates
- Etoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3, Thor Hushovd
- Classic Haribo, Thor Hushovd
- GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut, Thor Hushovd
- Tour de Vendée, Thor Hushovd
- Trophée des Grimpeurs - Polymultipliée, Christophe Moreau
- Norway Road Race Championships, Thor Hushovd
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Thor Hushovd
- Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 4, Sébastien Hinault
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 1, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 8, Thor Hushovd
- Tour du Limousin
- 1st Overall, Pierrick Fedrigo
- 1st Stage 2, Pierrick Fedrigo
- GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord, Andrey Kashechkin
- 2005
- Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire
- 1st Stage 3, Damien Nazon
- La Côte Picarde
- 1st Jean Marc Marino
- Circuit de Lorraine Professionnels
- 1st Stage 2, Bradley Wiggins
- 4 Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 1, Thor Hushovd
- Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 4, Damien Nazon
- Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 7, Damien Nazon
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 16, Christophe Le Mével
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Overall, Laszlo Bodrogi
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 1, Thor Hushovd
- Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 1, Nicolas Vogondy
- 1st Stage 4, Patrice Halgand
- Norway Time Trial Championships, Thor Hushovd
- Kazakhstan Time Trial Championships, Dmitriy Muravyev
- Estonia Road Race Championships, Jaan Kirsipuu
- Estonia Time Trial Championships, Jaan Kirsipuu
- Tour de France
- 1st, Points Classification, Thor Hushovd
- European Championship, Apeldoorn (NED)
- 2nd, Track, Team sprint, Nicolas Salomon
- 3rd, 250mm Sprint, Nicolas Salomon
- Tour du Limousin
- 1st Overall, Sébastien Joly
- 1st Stage 1, Sébastien Joly
- 1st Stage 4, Thor Hushovld
- Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Stage 3, Jaan Kirsipuu
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 5, Thor Hushovd
- Tour de l´Avenir
- 1st Stage 8, Bradley Wiggins
- Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 3, Jaan Kirsipuu
- Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stage 2, Sébastien Hinault
- 2006
- Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
- 1st Stage 5, Mark Renshaw
- Etoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 2, Jaan Kirsipuu
- 1st Stage 5, Jaan Kirsipuu
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 3, Saul Raisin
- 1st Stage 8, Sébastien Hinault
- Tirreno - Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4, Thor Hushovd
- Gent-Wevelgem, Thor Hushovd
- Tro-Bro Léon, Mark Renshaw
- Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 4, Sébastien Hinault
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 7, Thor Hushovd
- Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 4, Patrice Halgand
- 1st Prologue, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 20, Thor Hushovd
- Estonia Time Trial Championships, Jaan Kirsipuu
- Hungary Time Trial Championships, Laszlo Bodrogi
Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 6, Laszlo Bodrogi
- Tour de l´Ain
- 1st Stage 4, Patrice Halgand
- Prix d Armorique, Pierre Rolland
- Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 4, Sébastien Hinault
- Châteauroux Classic de l´Indre Trophée Fenioux, Nicolas Vogondy
- Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st Stage 5, Nicolas Vogondy
- 1st Points Classification, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 6 Thor Hushovd
- 1st Points Classification, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 3 Thor Hushovd
- 2007
- Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
- 1st Overall, Mark Renshaw
- 1st Porlogue, Mark Renshaw
- New Zealand Road Race Championships, Julian Dean
- 1st, Down Under Classic, Mark Renshaw
- La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba
- 1st Prologue, Jimmy Engoulvent
- 1st Stage 1, Pierre Roland
- 1st Stage 3, Sébastien Hinault
- 1st, General Classification, Anthony Charteau
- 1st Stage 3, Anthony Charteau
- Etoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 1, Angelo Furlan
- 1st, Route Adélie, Rémi Pauriol
- Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- 1st Stage 1, Angelo Furlan
- Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2, Mark Renshaw
- Ronde de l´Isard d´Ariège
- 1st Stage 4, Ignatas Konovalovas
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Prologue, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Hungary Time Trial Championships, Laszlo Bodrogi
- Ireland Time Trial Championships, Nicholas Roche
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4, Thor Hushovd
- Tour de la Wallonne
- 1st Stage 4, Rémi Pauriol
- Tour de l´Ain
- 1st Stage 4, Patrice Halgand
- Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 2, Pierre Roland
- 1st Chrono des Nations, Laszlo Bodrogi
- 2008
- Jayco Bay Cycling Classic
- 1st Overall, Mark Renshaw
- 1st Stage 3, Mark Renshaw
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 1, Mark Renshaw
- Etoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 4, Angelo Furlan
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 2, Jeremy Hunt
- Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Overall, Alexander Bocharov
- 1st Stage 1, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 3, Alexander Bocharov
- Paris - Nice
- 1st Prologue, Thor Hushovd
- Tour ivoirien de la Paix
- 1st Stage 4, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
- 1st Stage 2, Angelo Furlan
- Critérium International
- 1st Stage 2, Simon Gerrans
- 4 Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 6, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Points Classification, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Prologue, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 1, Thor Hushovd
- Circuit de Lorraine Professionnels
- 1st Stage 1, Johnathan Hivert
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2, Ignatas Konovalovas
- Lithuania Time Trial Championships, Ignatas Konovalovas
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 7, Dmitriy Fofonov
- Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 1, Simon Gerrans
- 1st Stage 2, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Stage 15, Simon Gerrans
- Tour de la Wallonne
- 1st Stage 5, Patrice Halgand
- Tour du Limousin
- 1st Overall, Sébastien Hinault
- 1st Stage 1, Nicholas Roche
- 1st Stage 3, Sébastien Hinault
- 1st Stage 10, Sébastien Hinault
- Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 3, Angelo Furlan
- 1st Grand Prix de la Somme, William Bonnet
- 1st GP d´Isbergues, William Bonnet
- Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stage 2, Mark Renshaw
National Champions
- 1994
- 1st World Time Trial Championships, Chris Boardman
- 1995
- 1st French Road Race Championships, Eddy Seigneur
- 1996
- 1st French Road Race Championships, Stéphane Heulot
- 1st French Time Trial Championships, Eddy Seigneur
- 1997
- 1st French Time Trial Championships, Francisque Teyssier
- 1999
- 1st Australian Road Race Championships, Henk Vogels
- 1st French Road Race Championships, François Simon
- 2002
- 1st Norwegian Time Trial Championships, Thor Hushovd
- 2003
- 1st Australian Road Race Championships, Stuart O'Grady
- 2004
- 1st Norwegian Road Race Championships, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Norwegian Time Trial Championships, Thor Hushovd
- 2005
- 1st Norwegian Time Trial Championships, Thor Hushovd
- 1st Kazakhstan Time Trial Championships, Dimitry Muravyev
- 1st Estonia Road Race Championships, Jaan Kirsipuu
- 1st Estonia Time Trial Championships, Jaan Kirsipuu
- 2006
- 1st Estonia Time Trial Championships, Jaan Kirsipuu
- 1st Hungary Time Trial Championships, Laszlo Bodrogi
- 2007
- 1st New Zealand Road Race Championships, Julian Dean
- 1st Hungary Time Trial Championships, Laszlo Bodrogi
- 1st Ireland Time Trial Championships, Nicolas Roche
- 2008
- 1st Lithuania Time Trial Championships, Ignatas Konovalovas
References
- ↑ Credit Agricole stops team sponsoring
- ↑ MacLeary, John (3 July 2014). "British riders to have worn the leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de France: Chris Boardman in 1994, 1997 and 1998". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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