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Revision as of 10:51, 25 August 2006
- Bouygues Télécom, the sponsor of this team, is primarily a French mobile phone company, part of the Bouygues group.
The Bouygues Télécom (IPA: /bujɡtelekɔm/is a 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 French professional road racing 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 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.
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.
