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]
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | SOJ | |
| Registered | France | |
| Founded | 2009 | |
| Disbanded | 2013 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | UCI Professional Continental | |
| Bicycles | BH 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) | |
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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
edit- As of 1 January 2013.[6]
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Major wins
edit- 2009
- Stage 1 & 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 2 3 Jours de Vaucluse, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Paris–Troyes, Yannick Talabardon
- Classic Loire Atlantique, Cyril Bessy
- Stage 1 Critérium International, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 3 Circuit de la Sarthe, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Paris–Camembert, Jimmy Casper
- Grand Prix de Denain, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 3 Tour de Bretagne, Laurent Mangel
- Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Jérémie Galland
- Stage 2 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 4 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 1 Ronde de l'Oise, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 3 Circuito Montañés, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 1 Boucles de la Mayenne, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 4 Tour Alsace, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Casper
- Châteauroux Classic, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 2 Tour du Gévaudan, Laurent Mangel
- 2010
- GP d'Ouverture, Jonathan Hivert
- Stage 1 Tour of Oman, Jimmy Casper
- Classic Loire Atlantique, Laurent Mangel
- Stage 4 Tour de Normandie, Jimmy Casper
- Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 1, Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 3 Tour of Belgium, Jimmy Casper
- Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Val d'Ille U Classic 35, Jimmy Casper
- Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Jérémie Galland
- Prologue, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 1, Laurent Mangel
- Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Laurent Mangel
- Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Cyril Bessy
- Prologue Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Casper
- Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain, Stéphane Poulhiès
- Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Jérémie Galland
- Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 5, Jimmy Casper
- Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel
- Overall Tour du Gévaudan, Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 1, Guillaume Levarlet
- Stage 2, Jérôme Coppel
- 2012
- Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel
- Stage 5a, Stéphane Poulhies
- Stage 5b, Jérôme Coppel
- Stages 5 & 7 Volta a Catalunya, Julien Simon
- Tour du Finistère, Julien Simon
- Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Jonathan Hivert
- Overall Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Paul Poux
- Stage 1, Paul Poux
- Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Julien Simon
- Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 1 Route du Sud, Stéphane Poulhies
- Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne, Paul Poux
- Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel
- Grand Prix de Wallonie, Julien Simon
- 2013
- Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jonathan Hivert
- Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a Andalucía, Jonathan Hivert
- Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
- Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Maxime Daniel
References
edit- ^ CQ
- ^ "Sojasun on BH for two years". BikeRadar. Future Publishing Limited. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Report: Sojasun to sponsor Cannondale in 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation". Cycling News. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Sojasun will not race in 2014". Special Broadcasting Service. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Sojasun (SOJ) - FRA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.