2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season

2010 Bbox Bouygues Telecom season Manager Jean-René Bernaudeau One-day victories 2 Stage race overall victories 2 Stage race stage victories 11 Previous season • Next season The 2010 season for BBO 2010 began in January with La Tropicale Amissa Bongo and ended in October at the Japan Cup. It is the team's first season as a UCI Professional Continental team, after being relegated from UCI ProTour status after the 2009 season. The team had been part of the ProTour since the ProTour's inception in 2005. The team carries wildcard status in 2010, meaning they are eligible to be invited to any ProTour event should the organizers wish to include them. The team's manager is former cyclist Jean-René Bernaudeau, who has led the team since its origination. The team nearly folded at the end of 2010, after a search for a title sponsor to replace the outgoing Bouygues group proved very difficult. Europcar came forward at the last moment to save the team. 2010 roster Ages as of January 1, 2010. Yukiya Arashiro JPN 2010 1 1 1984 9 22 Freddy Bichot FRA 2010 1 1 1979 9 9 Giovanni Bernaudeau FRA 2010 1 1 1983 8 25 William Bonnet FRA 2010 1 1 1983 5 6 Franck Bouyer FRA 2010 1 1 1974 3 17 Steve Chainel FRA 2010 1 1 1983 9 6 Anthony Charteau FRA 2010 1 1 1979 6 4 Mathieu Claude FRA 2010 1 1 1983 3 17 Jérôme Cousin FRA 2010 1 1 1989 6 5 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA 2010 1 1 1978 11 30 Damien Gaudin FRA 2010 1 1 1986 8 20 Cyril Gautier FRA 2010 1 1 1987 9 26 Yohann Gène FRA 2010 1 1 1981 6 25 Saïd Haddou FRA 2010 1 1 1982 11 23 Vincent Jérôme FRA 2010 1 1 1984 11 26 Guillaume Le Floch FRA 2010 1 1 1985 2 16 Laurent Lefèvre FRA 2010 1 1 1976 7 2 Alexandre Pichot FRA 2010 1 1 1983 1 6 Perrig Quéméneur FRA 2010 1 1 1984 4 26 Pierre Rolland FRA 2010 1 1 1986 10 10 Matthieu Sprick FRA 2010 1 1 1981 9 29 Yuri Trofimov RUS 2010 1 1 1984 1 26 Johann Tschopp SUI 2010 1 1 1982 7 1 Sébastien Turgot FRA 2010 1 1 1984 4 11 Thomas Voeckler FRA 2010 1 1 1979 6 22 Nicolas Vogondy FRA 2010 1 1 1977 8 8 Riders who joined the team for the 2010 season Rider2009 teamFreddy BichotAGR 2009Anthony CharteauGCE 2009Jérôme Cousinneo-proNicolas VogondyAGR 2009 Riders who left the team during or after the 2009 season Rider2010 teamJulien BelgyFree agentOlivier BonnaireFDJ 2010Arnaud LabbeFree agentRony MartiasSaur-SojasunEvgeny SokolovFree agent One-day races Spring classics January 2011 Fall races January 2011 Stage races The team opened their season in Africa, at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, in the nation of Gabon. After first taking the overall lead in stage 3,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-3/results Rousseau continues French success 2010-01-21 Cycling News 2010-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100125152540/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-3/results 25 January 2010 live Charteau backed it up with a stage win from a breakaway the next day, padding his lead.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-4/results Charteau backs up overall lead with stage win 2010-01-22 Cycling News 2010-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100126072948/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-4/results 26 January 2010 live Gène and Bernaudeau finished in the top two positions in a mass sprint finish to stage 5 a day later.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-5/results Gene gets another for Bbox 2010-01-23 Cycling News 2010-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100126075453/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-5/results 26 January 2010 live Charteau won the race overall the next day by finishing with the peloton in a stage conquered by a breakaway.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-6/results Reihs rules Tropicale final stage 2010-01-24 Cycling News 2010-01-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100128102717/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-tabo-2-1/stage-6/results 28 January 2010 live Grand Tours Giro d'Italia Bbox was one of 22 teams in the Giro d'Italia. They sent a squad headed by Voeckler and there with the express goal of trying for stage wins.Greg Johnson http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bbox-bouygues-telecom-to-chase-giro-stage-wins BBox-Bouygues Telecom to chase Giro stage wins Cycling News 2010-04-23 2010-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20100426140826/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bbox-bouygues-telecom-to-chase-giro-stage-wins 26 April 2010 live The team was not competitive in the Giro's opening stages in the Netherlands. They did not have any riders contesting the sprint finishes to the first two road race stages, and their highest-placed man in the overall standings prior to the transfer to Italy was Bonnet in 40th place. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results Weylandt takes chaotic stage 2010-05-10 Cycling News 2010-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100511190154/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results 2010-05-11 dead Their fortunes changed little in the stage 4 team time trial, when they finished 17th. Les Clarke and Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results Liquigas-Doimo fly to TTT victory 2010-05-12 Cycling News 2010-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513081051/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results 2010-05-13 dead In stage 5, Arashiro instigated the day's principal breakaway 25 km on into the stage. He and two of the three riders who first broke away with him stayed away to the finish line, coming home 4 seconds ahead of a fast-charging peloton that had just mistimed the catch. Arashiro was last of the three in the sprint for the stage win, but received much praise for his combativity on the stage in starting the break and in his pacemaking, which helped them stay away.Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc-columbia-director-credits-giro-break HTC–Columbia director credits Giro break 2010-05-14 Cycling News 2010-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517125507/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc-columbia-director-credits-giro-break 17 May 2010 live Peter Hymas and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-5/results Pineau nabs Quick Step's second stage 2010-05-13 Cycling News 2010-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515105232/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-5/results 2010-05-15 dead The next day's stage featured a depleted group sprint for the high stage placings available to the peloton after a two-man breakaway stayed away to the finish. Bonnet took sixth in this stage. Peter Hymas and Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-6/results Lloyd solos to stage win 2010-05-14 Cycling News 2010-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100517125524/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-6/results 2010-05-17 dead The team was then quiet until stage 12. With a field sprint seemingly shaping up as the stage neared its conclusion, a counterattack made as the day's principal breakaway was caught got ten riders to the finish line 10 seconds ahead of the peloton. Voeckler made this split, but just missed out on the stage win, finishing second to Filippo Pozzato in the sprint. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results Pippo powers home in Porto Recanti 2010-05-20 Cycling News 2010-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20100609111053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results 2010-06-09 dead Voeckler said after the stage that he was satisfied with his ride even though he narrowly missed a victory, stating that Pozzato is simply the better sprinter.Jean-François Quénet http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/voeckler-not-frustrated-by-missed-giro-opportunity Voeckler not frustrated by missed Giro opportunity 2010-05-21 Cycling News 2010-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20100624213835/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/voeckler-not-frustrated-by-missed-giro-opportunity 24 June 2010 live The next day's stage featured a winning morning breakaway. Claude was part of this group, though he was only seventh out of nine in the sprint for the stage win. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-13/results Belletti sprints to hometown win in Cesenatico 2010-06-11 Cycling News 2010-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20100523074901/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-13/results 2010-05-23 dead The team claimed their only win of the Giro in the queen stage, stage 20. Tschopp and Gilberto Simoni were the day's principal escape group. After Tschopp beat Simoni to the top of the Passo di Gavia for the prize money that went along with winning the Cima Coppi, the Giro's tallest climb, he rode an aggressive descent of the mountain and was out front for the entirety of the stage. Tschopp climbed the Passo del Tonale alone en route to victory 16 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans in second place. He was the first Swiss rider to win a stage at the Giro since Alex Zülle in 1998.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-20/results Tschopp nets first Swiss stage win since Zulle 2010-05-29 Cycling News 2010-06-15 The team's highest-placed rider in the final overall standings was Voeckler in 23rd. They finished tenth in the Trofeo Fast Team standings and 15th in the Trofeo Super Team.Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-21/results Basso wins Giro d'Italia 2010-05-30 Cycling News 2010-06-15 2010-06-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20100623042628/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-21/results dead Tour de France right|thumb|The Bbox team car at the start of stage 1 in Rotterdam.|alt=A powder blue automobile with several bicycles attached to its roof. Spectators at the roadside are looking behind the car to something out of the frame. Voeckler led the squad sent to the Tour de France, again seeking stage wins. The squad was combative in the Tour's early flat stages, making morning breakaways in stages 2, 3, 4, and 6. Turgot took fifth place in back-to-back field sprints, in stages 5 and 6. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results Cavendish vindicated in Montargis! 2010-07-08 Cycling News 2010-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100913042530/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-5/results 2010-09-13 dead Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results Cavendish sprints for second consecutive stage win 2010-07-09 Cycling News 2010-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100709045150/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-6/results 2010-07-09 dead After taking mountains points in morning breakaways in several previous stages, Charteau took the polka-dot jersey after stage 9, again making the breakaway. This one stayed away to decide the stage, though Charteau did not contest the sprint, finishing in fifth place two seconds behind Sandy Casar, Luis León Sánchez, and Damiano Cunego. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9/results Casar claims stage win for France 2010-07-13 Cycling News 2010-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064049/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9/results 2011-03-04 dead He lost it to Jérôme Pineau the next day, Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10/results Paulinho gives Radioshack something to celebrate 2010-07-14 Cycling News 2010-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815032321/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-10/results 2010-08-15 dead but took it back again after stage 12. Barry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results Rodriguez powers to victory in Mende 2010-07-16 Cycling News 2010-11-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100716175221/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results 2010-07-16 dead From this point on, there was not much competition in the mountains classification. The race's elite riders took some of the more difficult climbs, like the Col du Tourmalet, while other breakaways involving riders who had not yet scored many points took place on other climbs. Christophe Moreau came close to challenging Charteau for the jersey, but Charteau clinched it after stage 17 when he and Moreau both failed to score further Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-17/results Schleck takes stage win atop Col du Tourmalet 2010-07-22 Cycling News 2010-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064940/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-17/results 2011-03-04 dead – none of the stages after 17 had any categorized climbs, so Charteau needed only to finish the race to win the classification, which he did. Anthony Tan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results Tres victorias de Francia para Contador! 2010-07-25 Cycling News 2010-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815033234/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results 2010-08-15 dead The team also had consecutive stage wins in the race's final week. Voeckler soloed to victory in stage 15 up the Port de Balès and arrived in Bagneres-de-Luchon with a comfortable margin of a minute and a half over the remnants of the morning breakaway he had left behind and nearly three minutes over the race's elite riders. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-15/results Voeckler victorious in Bagneres-de-Luchon 2010-07-19 Cycling News 2010-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100819075548/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-15/results 2010-08-19 dead The next day, Fédrigo won in Pau on a stage that had been targeted by Lance Armstrong. Eight of nine riders from an early breakaway, Fédrigo and Armstrong among them, finished together after riding over the hors catégorie Col du Tourmalet and Col d'Aspin climbs. Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-16/results Fedrigo prevails in Pau 2010-07-20 Cycling News 2010-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110304064829/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-16/results 2011-03-04 dead Charteau was the team's highest-placed rider in Paris, finishing the Tour in 44th place, at a deficit of 1 hour, 24 minutes, and 12 seconds to Tour champion Alberto Contador. The squad was tenth in the teams classification. Anthony Tan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results Tres victorias de Francia para Contador! 2010-07-25 Cycling News 2010-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100815033234/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results 2010-08-15 dead Vuelta a España Bbox attended the Vuelta a España, but was shut out of any noteworthy results. Tschopp's third place from a breakaway in stage 8 on the Xorret de Catí was the only time they so much as finished in the top ten of a stage. Barry Ryan http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-8/results Moncoutie takes solo victory 2010-09-04 Cycling News 2011-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100905220351/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-8/results 2010-09-05 dead The squad's highest-placed rider in the final overall standings was Sprick in 54th, at a deficit of an hour and 45 minutes to Vuelta champion Vincenzo Nibali. The squad was 19th in the teams classification, better only than the small Spanish teams ACG 2010 and GEO 2010. Stephen Farrand http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-21/results Nibali seals Vuelta a España win 2010-09-19 Cycling News 2011-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922030211/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-21/results 2010-09-22 dead Season victories Date Race Competition Rider Country Location January 22 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 4 UCI Africa Tour Anthony Charteau FRA Lambaréné January 23 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 5 UCI Africa Tour Yohann Gène FRA Kango January 24 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Overall UCI Africa Tour Anthony Charteau FRA March 9 Paris–Nice, Stage 2 UCI World Ranking William Bonnet FRA France Limoges March 27 Critérium International, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Pierrick Fédrigo FRA France Col de l'Ospedale March 28 Critérium International, Overall UCI Europe Tour Pierrick Fédrigo FRA France March 28 Critérium International, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Pierrick Fédrigo FRA France March 28 Critérium International, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Pierre Rolland Pierre Rolland (cyclist) FRA France March 30 Three Days of De Panne, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Steve Chainel FRA Belgium Oudenaarde March 31 Three Days of De Panne, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour Sébastien Turgot FRA Belgium Saint-Idesbald April 2 Route Adélie de Vitré UCI Europe Tour Cyril Gautier FRA France Vitré May 22 Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Pierre Rolland Pierre Rolland (cyclist) FRA France Belleville-sur-Meuse May 23 Circuit de Lorraine, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour The riders on the squad were Freddy Bichot, Steve Chainel, Cyril Gautier, Matthieu Sprick, Laurent Lefèvre, Nicolas Vogondy, and Pierre Rolland France May 29 Giro d'Italia, Stage 20 UCI World Ranking Johann Tschopp SWI Italy Passo del Tonale June 10 Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 4 UCI World Ranking Nicolas Vogondy FRA France Risoul July 19 Tour de France, Stage 15 UCI World Ranking Thomas Voeckler FRA France Bagnères-de-Luchon July 20 Tour de France, Stage 16 UCI World Ranking Pierrick Fédrigo FRA France Pau July 25 Tour de France, Mountains classification UCI World Ranking Anthony Charteau FRA France September 10 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec UCI ProTour Thomas Voeckler FRA Canada Quebec City Footnotes N References 30em Category:2010 road cycling season by team 2010 Category:2010 in French sport