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The team has faced controversy over the years, with doping largely at the centre of those issues. In 2009, the UCI ProTour then decided not to renew Cofidis' license for the follow season, leaving the French team to compete as a UCI Professional Continental team for the following decade. The team joined the UCI WorldTour for the 2020 season.
Once a successful outfit winning Classics and top-level stage races, Cofidis are now in search of a long-awaited reprieve with victory at cycling's most prestigious events. In recent years, the team has enjoyed success more often at French Cup level races, but they have also managed three Grand Tour stage wins in the past four seasons.
With 12 wins in 2021, Cofidis finished fifteenth on the UCI team world ranking. However, nine of those wins came from departing riders Elia Viviani and Christophe Laporte, meaning the squad for the upcoming season is fraught of race winning experience.
Guillaume Martin remains though, one of Cofidis' three outstanding performers last season. Team boss Cédric Vasseur is also hopeful new signing Bryan Coquard can replicate the form from Laporte displayed, though that is a sizeable task given the disparity between each riders' fortunes in recent times.
The team will also welcome a women's professional squad in 2022, becoming the eighth side from the men's WorldTour to put investment into the women's side of the sport.
Cofidis 2022 squad
Piet Allegaert (BEL)
Sander Armée (BEL)
François Bidard (FRA)
Tom Bohli (SWI)
Andre Carvalho (POR)
Thomas Champion (FRA)
Davide Cimolai (ITA)
Simone Consonni (ITA)
Bryan Coquard (FRA)
Alexandre Delettre (FRA)
Rubén Fernández (SPA)
Eddy Finé (FRA)
Simon Geschke (GER)
Jesús Herrada (SPA)
José Herrarda (SPA)
Ion Izagirre (SPA)
Wesley Kreder (NED)
Victor Lafay (FRA)
Guillaume Martin (FRA)
Anthony Perez (FRA)
Pierre-Luc Périchon (FRA)
Alexis Renard (FRA)
Rémy Rochas (FRA)
Szymon Sajnok (POL)
Benjamin Thomas (FRA)
Hugo Toumire (FRA)
Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL)
Davide Villella (ITA)
Jelle Wallays (BEL)
Max Walscheid (GER)
Axel Zingle (FRA)
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11 bikes stolen from French team Cofidis at Tour de France
Team's truck broken into overnight, police investigation underway
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'Nobody wants to end their career like this' - French WorldTour pro forced to retire at 27
Cofidis rider Eddy Finé underwent three surgeries for an iliac artery issue
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British climber holds on to Tour de France dream after car collision
Simon Carr needed knee surgery after a training incident in Spain
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British pro left feeling 'confused' after being dropped by WorldTour team
Harrison Wood will ride at Continental level for Sabgal–Anicolor next year after leaving Cofidis
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Heart issue forces pro cyclist into early retirement
Wesley Kreder's doctor told him the wisest option was to end his career
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'I woke up in hospital' - 32-year-old Cofidis rider recovering from heart attack
Wesley Kreder spent a week in hospital after suffering myocarditis
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'We'll continue fighting for stages': Buoyant Cofidis target yet more Tour de France success
The French team claim their second victory of this year's race, well and truly ending their status as the Tour's whipping boys
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Simon Geschke: The most under the radar rider of the year?
The German Cofidis rider came third at the Tour de Romandie and almost won the mountains jersey at the Tour de France
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Teams target up to four races a day in relegation points scramble
For Lotto-Soudal and Cofidis, the racing is only just beginning
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‘It’s always the same, the rider who wins the Tour, no one believes it’: Christophe Laporte says nothing changes with suspicion in cycling
Laporte won stage 19 at the Tour de France but says some are still quick to doubt his progress
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The Giro Donne starts on Monday for German climber Koppenburg
The Cofidis rider is looking to banish nerves after returning from a serious crash at last year’s race
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'There is no other option left for me': Jempy Drucker retires from cycling
Luxembourger posts emotional announcement, says he would have liked to continue in the sport
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Decathlon returns to professional cycling as Cofidis kit sponsor
Decathlon's cycling brand, Van Rysel, will be the official supplier of performance cycling apparel and activewear for the Cofidis teams
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Belgian pro criticises Elia Viviani's lead-out after he was 'sandwiched' in sprint
The Belgian came out of Viviani's wheel late to dart for the line but had to brake to avoid Consonni
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What is it like to ride in a team time trial? Cofidis shows you (video)
On-bike cameras capture the action for Cofidis during the 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné's team time trial stage
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Elia Viviani's transfer to Cofidis confirmed
Elia Viviani is on the move and will sign with Cofidis, the French outfit have confirmed.
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Simon Yates cedes overall lead as Alexandre Geniez wins Vuelta a España 2018 stage 12
Jesus Herrada is the new leader of the Vuelta after getting in the day's breakaway
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Christophe Laporte takes stage one of Étoile de Bessèges 2021 in rapid uphill finish
Christophe Laporte of Cofidis battled with Nacer Bouhanni or Arkéa-Samisc to the line before taking his first win of the 2021 season in Bellegarde
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French WorldTour team Cofidis set to launch women's team in 2022
Cofidis announce that they will be launching a women's team in 2022 to go alongside their WorldTour and Paracycling teams
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Man who was 'punched' by Nacer Bouhanni gives his side of the story
Albert Kuntz, 57, tells a French newspaper that he was kicked and punched by Nacer Bouhanni before being kicked in the head by his brother
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Nacer Bouhanni canters to second stage win at the Volta a Catalunya
Cofidis sprinter Nacer Bouhanni easily took stage two at the Volta a Catalunya ahead of Gianni Meersman and Philippe Gilbert
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Jesús Herrada beats Romain Bardet to victory in inaugural Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
The Frenchman was unable to follow Herrada in the final dash to the line on the race to the summit of Ventoux
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‘I’m not naive, I couldn’t say the whole peloton is clean,’ says Guillaume Martin
Guillaume Martin couldn’t say the whole peloton is clean after the Tour de France 2020.
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Nacer Bouhanni's Cofidis lead-out train debuts on Twitter
French team Cofidis assembles a strong lead-out train for its new sprinter, Nacer Bouhanni
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Hand injury caused by fight forces Nacer Bouhanni out of Tour de France
A hand injury suffered in a fight with a drunken hotel guest at the weekend will keep Nacer Bouhanni out of the Tour de France
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Anthony Perez suffered multiple injuries after colliding with team car and hitting cliff wall at Tour de France
Anthony Perez has revealed the extent of his injuries after he crashed into his team car during stage three of the Tour de France 2020.
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‘There’s security guards, all the doors are shut': Three teams still locked down in quarantine after UAE Tour
Riders are still being held in quarantine in their hotel rooms over concerns about coronavirus at the UAE Tour.
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Nacer Bouhanni reportedly involved in 'violent altercation' with Cofidis DS on team bus after race
Nacer Bouhanni's has reportedly been involved in a "violent altercation" with one of the Cofidis' sports directors on the team bus after a recent race.
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Nacer Bouhanni takes Tour de Yorkshire stage two victory in Harrogate
Caleb Ewan takes overall lead after stage two of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire in Harrogate
