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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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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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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 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
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Ben Swift second in first stage of Volta a Catalunya as Nacer Bouhanni takes win
Nacer Bouhanni takes the win on the first stage of the Volta a Catalunya ahead of Ben Swift and Daryl Impey
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Tour de France 2017 wildcard teams announced
Three French teams and one Belgian squad will join the 18 WorldTour squads in the 2017 Tour de France
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Nacer Bouhanni wins Critérium du Dauphiné stage one
Nacer Bouhanni beats Jens Debusschere and Sam Bennett to the line in Saint Vulbas to win his third Critérium du Dauphiné stage
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Nacer Bouhanni 'hugely disappointed' after Cofidis management decide he's too ill to race Milan-San Remo
Nacer Bouhanni has expressed his disappointment at the decision of the Cofidis team management to withdraw him from Saturday's Milan-San Remo.
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Vuelta a Espana wildcards announced
MTN-Qhubeka, Caja Rural-Seguro, Europcar, Cofidis and Team Colombia all receive invitations to the Vuelta a Espana between August 22 and September 13
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Riders quarantined in UAE finally get bikes and turbo trainers with 10 days still left on lockdown
Riders still quarantined in the UAE can now get back to training after they had bikes and turbo trainers delivered to their rooms.
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Elia Viviani leaves Cofidis training camp due to heart concerns, according to report
Elia Viviani has reportedly left the Cofidis winter training camp due to heart concerns, according to Italian media.
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Nacer Bouhanni's 'sticky bottle' punishment was a lot less severe than Vincenzo Nibali's
Sprinter Nacer Bouhanni fined 100 CHF after a sticky bottle infringement on stage three of the Vuelta a España, where he held on for 12 seconds after a crash
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LottoNL-Jumbo claim first win of season through Groenewegen's Valenciana sprint
Dylan Groenewegen gets LottoNL-Jumbo's first win of the season, beating Nacer Bouhanni to the line on stage three of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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Former Cofidis rider Robert Sassone dies aged 37
Former Cofidis rider and 2001 Madison world champion Robert Sassone has died at the age of 37, following a long battle with cancer
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Nacer Bouhanni wins stage four of Paris-Nice; Michael Matthews retains race lead
Cofidis sprinter Nacer Bouhanni sprints clear of Edward Theuns, Andre Greipel and Alexander Kristoff to win stage four of Paris-Nice
