Ville de Charleroi explained

Ville de Charleroi
Code:CHO
Registered:Belgium
Founded:1995
Disbanded:2004
Discipline:Road
Status:Trade Team II (1996–2003)
Trade Team I (2004)
Generalmanager:Didier Paindavaine
Joseph Braeckevelt
Teammanager:Denis Gonzalez
Alain De Roo
Johan Capiot
Season:1995
1996–1997
1998–1999
2000–2001
2002
2003
2004
Oldname:Cédico–Sunjets–Ville de Charleroi
Cédico–Ville de Charleroi
Home Market–Ville de Charleroi
Ville de Charleroi–New Systems
Marlux–Ville de Charleroi
Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
Chocolade Jacques–Wincor Nixdorf

Ville de Charleroi was a Belgian professional road cycling team that existed from 1995 until 2004 under several different names.[1]

The team was selected to compete in the 2004 Giro d'Italia.

The team folded in 2004 after competing in the first division for its final season.[2] Chocolade Jacques, one of the primary sponsors at the time, sponsored the following year.

UCI ranking history

width=80Seasonwidth=120Team rank[3] width=220Top ranked rider
1995 46th Mika Hietanen (354)
1996 48th Frank Van Den Abeele (295)
1997 50th Mika Hietanen (334)
1998 60th Sébastien Demarbaix (413)
1999 15th (GSII) Ludovic Capelle (228)
2000 22nd (GSII) Ludovic Capelle (198)
2001 38th (GSII) Bart Heirewegh (597)
2002 26th (GSII) Christian Poos (584)
2003 4th (GSII) Dave Bruylandts (35)
2004 25th (GSI) Gerben Löwik (75)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cedico - Sunjets - Ville de Charleroi . Memoire-du-cyclisme . 7 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf (TT1) . ProCyclingStats . 7 April 2020.
  3. http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/uci.asp?page=rankings&discipline=roa&ryear=2008&ridercategory=me&l=eng UCI Classifications