2016 Direct Énergie season explained

Team:Direct Énergie
Season:2016
Men:yes
Ucicode:DEN
Status:UCI Professional Continental
Manager:Jean-René Bernaudeau
Base:France
Bikes:Colnago
Onedaywins:1
Stageraceoverall:6
Stageracestages:18
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 season for the cycling team began in January at the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Team Europcar is a French-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participated in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events.

The sponsor on jerseys is Poweo in the cycling races taking place in Belgium.

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season
Rider2015 team
Romain Cardisneo-pro (Vendée U)
Lilian Calmejaneneo-pro (Vendée U)
Adrien Petit[1]
Sylvain Chavanel[2]
Fabien Grellierneo-pro (Vendée U)
Jérémy Cornuneo-pro (Vendée U)
Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season
Rider2016 team
Maxime MéderelRetired
Yannick Martinez
Jérôme Cousin
Jimmy EngoulventRetired
Morgan LamoissonRetired
Giovanni BernaudeauRetired
Dan Craven
Vincent JérômeRetired
Cyril Gautier[3]
Pierre Rolland[4]
Yukiya Arashiro

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 3 Ndjolé
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 5 Oyem
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 6 Stade de l'Amitié
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Overall
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Teams classification [5]
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1 Beaucaire
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 2 Méjannes-le-Clap
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 3 Bessèges
Étoile de Bessèges, Points classification
La Méditerranéenne, Young rider classification
Tour La Provence, Stage 1 Cassis
Tour La Provence, Overall Marseille
Paris–Nice, Mountains classification
Vitré
Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 2a Angers
Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3 Scarborough
Tour de Yorkshire, Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 1 Gravelines
Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 2 Aniche
Four Days of Dunkirk, Stage 3 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Four Days of Dunkirk, Overall
Four Days of Dunkirk, Points classification
Four Days of Dunkirk, Young rider classification
Boucles de la Mayenne, Prologue Laval
Boucles de la Mayenne, Stage 2 Villaines-la-Juhel
Boucles de la Mayenne, Overall
Boucles de la Mayenne, Points classification
Boucles de la Mayenne, Young rider classification
Boucles de la Mayenne, Teams classification [6]
Route du Sud, Stage 1 Bessières
Route du Sud, Stage 2 Albi
Vuelta a España, Stage 4 San Andrés de Teixido
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Stage 4 Châtellerault
Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Overall

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Direct Energie replaces Europcar as sponsor . . 15 September 2015 . 20 April 2017 . 31 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331121130/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/09/news/direct-energie-replaces-europcar-as-sponsor_384916 . dead .
  2. Web site: Bernaudeau announces Direct Energie as new sponsor . . 15 September 2015 . 20 April 2017 .
  3. Web site: Gautier to AG2R-La Mondiale for three years . 22 August 2015 . . 20 April 2017 .
  4. News: Pierre Rolland signs for Cannondale-Garmin title . . 27 August 2015 . 20 April 2017.
  5. The riders on the squad were Thomas Voeckler, Yohann Gène, Tony Hurel, Bryan Nauleau, Adrien Petit and Alexandre Pichot
  6. The riders on the squad were Thomas Boudat, Bryan Coquard, Yohann Gène, Alexandre Pichot, Adrien Petit and Angelo Tulik