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:'' '''Bouygues Télécom''', the sponsor of this team, is primarily a [[France|French]] [[mobile phone]] company, part of the [[Bouygues]] group.''

The '''Bouygues Télécom''' (IPA: {{IPA|/bujɡtelekɔm/}}is a [[France|French]] [[mobile phone]] company, part of the [[Bouygues]] group. Along with [[SFR]] and [[Orange SA]], it has been condemned to pay 535 millions Euros for forming an illegal [[cartel]] (see ''[[Le Canard Enchaîné]]''). 

== Cycling Team ==
The '''Bouygues Télécom''' (''UCI Team Code:'' '''BTL''') cycling team of the same name that it sponsors (formerly ''[[Brioches La Boulangère]]'') is a [[France|French]] professional [[Road bicycle racing|road racing]] [[Cycling team|team]] and is part of the [[UCI ProTour]].

===History===
The team was founded in [[1984]] under the name of "'System U'".  The team disbanded in 1985 but returned in [[1986]] under new management.  Legendary [[coach]] [[Cyrille Guimard]] became the [[directeur sportif]], bringing aboard his protégé [[Laurent Fignon]] who nearly won the [[1989 Tour de France|1989 edition]] of the [[Tour de France]].  Due to a change of principal sponsor in 1990, the team takes the name of '''Castorama'''. 

In 1992 Cyrille Guimard became the [[manager]] of the team, and Quilfen takes over the role of directeur sportif.  In 1995, [[Jean-Rene Bernardeau]], a former professional racer, becomes director of the team.  From 1996 to 1999, the team withdrew from top level professional competition and instead focused on its role as a development team:  Bernaudeau then devotes himself to set up a structure of formation in the [[Vendée]] region called '''Vendée U''' which was primarily an elite-level [[amateur]] team.  

===Current formation===
In 2000, the team again became a professional team '''Bonjour''', still under the control of the [[sporting director]] Jean-Rene Bernardeau.  In 2003, the team becomes "Brioches La Boulangère", then "Bouygues Télécom" in 2005.  The amateur team '''Vendée U''' is still affiliated with the current professional team, and acts as a feeder team from which the professional team recruits its riders.

As '''Bonjour''' and [[Brioches La Boulangère]] the team gained prominence with promising young stars [[Fabrice Salanson]], [[Thomas Voeckler]] and [[Sylvain Chavanel]].  Salanson's untimely death due to heart disease in 2003 was a blow to the team.  However, Voeckler wore the [[Maillot jaune]] for 10 days in the [[2004 Tour de France]] while wearing the ''French National Champion jersey'' and became a national hero.  The team competes mainly in French races and has had a near-monopoly of the French National Championship for several years.  Chavanel left the team in the 2005 season to join [[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]].

===Roster for the 2006 Season===
Per January 4 2006, Bouygues Télécom has 28 riders under contract for 2006 which, under the [[UCI ProTour]] rules for the season, is two riders short of the maximum 30 riders allowed on UCI ProTour teams. 

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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" 
| '''Name'''
| '''Birthdate''' 
| '''Nationality'''
| '''Team 2005'''  
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Walter Beneteau]]||[[28 July]] [[1972]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- 
|[[Giovanni Bernaudeau]]||[[25 August]] [[1983]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Olivier Bonnaire]]||[[2 March]] [[1983]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- 
|[[Franck Bouyer]]||[[17 March]] [[1974]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Laurent Brochard]]||[[26 March]] [[1968]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- 
|[[Sébastien Chavanel]]||[[21 March]] [[1981]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Mathieu Claude]]||[[17 March]] [[1983]] ||{{FRA}}||
|-
|[[Stef Clement]]||[[24 September]] [[1982]]||{{NED}}||''neo-pro''
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Pierre Drancourt]]||[[10 May]] [[1982]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- 
|[[Pierrick Fédrigo]]||[[30 November]] [[1978]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Andy Flickinger]]|| [[4 November]] [[1978]] ||{{FRA}}||[[AG2R Prévoyance]]
|- 
|[[Xavier Florencio]]||[[26 December]] [[1979]] ||{{ESP}}||[[Relax Fuenlabrada]]
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|[[Yohann Gene]]||[[25 June]] [[1981]] ||{{FRA}}||
|-  
|[[Anthony Geslin]]||[[9 June]] [[1980]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|[[Maryan Hary]]||[[27 May]] [[1980]] ||{{FRA}}||
|-
|[[Vincent Jérôme]]||[[26 November]] [[1984]] ||{{FRA}}||''neo-pro''
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Christophe Kern]]||[[18 January]] [[1981]] ||{{FRA}}||
|-  
|[[Arnaud Labbe]]||[[3 November]] [[1976]] ||{{FRA}}||[[Auber 93]]
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|[[Yoann Le Boulanger]]||[[4 November]] [[1975]] ||{{FRA}}||[[R.A.G.T. Semences]]
|-
|[[Laurent Lefevre]]||[[2 July]] [[1976]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Rony Martias]]||[[4 August]] [[1980]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- 
|[[Alexandre Pichot]]||[[6 January]] [[1983]] ||{{FRA}}||''neo-pro'' 
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Jérôme Pineau]]||[[2 January]] [[1980]] ||{{FRA}}|| 
|- 
|[[Anthony Ravard]]||[[28 September]] [[1983]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef" 
|[[Franck Renier]]||[[11 April]] [[1974]] ||{{FRA}}||
|-
|[[Didier Rous]]||[[18 September]] [[1970]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- bgcolor="#efefef"  
|[[Matthieu Sprick]]||[[29 September]] [[1981]] ||{{FRA}}||
|- 
|[[Thomas Voeckler]]||[[22 June]] [[1979]] ||{{FRA}}||
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr/ Official website of team Bouygues Télécom]

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