Sojasun (cycling team) explained

Sojasun
Code:SOJ
Registered:France
Bicycles:BH Bikes
Website:http://www.equipe-sojasun.com/
Generalmanager:Stéphane Heulot
Discipline:Road
Status:UCI Professional Continental
Season:2009
2010–2012
2013
Oldname:Besson Chaussures-Sojasun
Saur-Sojasun (SAU)
Sojasun (SOJ)
Kitimage:Saur-Sojasun jersey.jpg

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]

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

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Major wins

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

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/team.asp?year=2010&teamcode=SAU CQ
    2. News: Sojasun on BH for two years. 3 December 2012. 2 January 2013. BikeRadar. Future Publishing Limited.
    3. Web site: Report: Sojasun to sponsor Cannondale in 2014. 3 December 2013 . Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 February 2014.
    4. News: Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation. 5 July 2012. Cycling News. 6 April 2012.
    5. Web site: Sojasun will not race in 2014. 1 October 2013 . . 22 February 2014.
    6. Web site: Sojasun (SOJ) - FRA. 1 January 2013. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale.

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