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• Tour de France Wild Card Spots Reserved For French Teams
  January 20th, 2011
  

  PARIS – The four wildcard invitations for this year’s Tour de France have been reserved for French teams, race organizers Amaury Sports Organisation (ASO) announced on Thursday. French teams Cofidis, [...]

• Didier Rous New Director of Cofidis
  January 5th, 2011
  

  PARIS – Didier Rous, who resigned from his post as sports director of the cycling team Europcar (former BBox), joined the team Cofidis in the same position. Aged 40 years [...]

• French Teams Hint At Tour Fireworks On Bastille Day
  July 13th, 2010
  

  SAINT-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE, France, July 13, 2010 – For some French teams on the Tour de France, it has been a comparatively disastrous campaign so far. But at the halfway stage and [...]

• Giro d’Italia – The French Teams Speak
  May 6th, 2010
  

  AMSTERDAM (Netherlands), May 6, 2010 – Three French teams will line up on Saturday for the Giro, the second national tour of the year. Officials of three teams (AG2R, Bbox, [...]

• Cofidis Replaces Valentin With Monier Giro d’Italia
  May 4th, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 4, 2010 (AFP) – Damien Monier replaces Tristan Valentin who is struggling to recover from bronchitis.The Cofidis team selected Monier for the Giro d’Italia (May 8 to 30). [...]

• Cofidis Extends Team Cycling Sponsorship
  March 26th, 2010
  

  Cofidis on Friday has announced that they would continue its primary sponsorship of the cycling team of the same name for another two years, that will take then to the [...]

• UCI Decides No ProTour License For Bouygues and Cofidis
  September 29th, 2009
  

  French cycling teams Bougyues Telecom and Cofidis will not race on the ProTour circuit next season after the UCI, world cycling’s governing body, refused to renew their licenses. The license [...]

• Team Cofidis Line Up The Climbers For Tour de France
  June 16th, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 15, 2009 (AFP) – French cycling team Cofidis unveiled a nine-man Tour de France team Monday which manager Eric Boyer has shaped principally for success in the mountains. [...]

• Chavanel Dedicates Stage 19 Win To Lost Friend
  July 25th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Knowing he is racing in the red and white of Cofidis for perhaps the last time was not the only [...]

• Sylvain Chavanel Wins Tours 19th Stage, Carlos Sastre Still In Yellow
  July 25th, 2008
  

  MONTLUCON, France, July 25, 2008 (AFP) – Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel finally handed his Cofidis team a well-deserved leaving gift by winning the 19th stage of the Tour de France between [...]

• ‘End of the Pro Tour’ As Top Teams Ditch License
  July 15th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 15, 2008 (AFP) – Seventeen of the world’s top cycling teams said on Tuesday they would not be seeking a Pro Tour license for 2009, according to [...]

• French Cycling Fans Left Frustrated After Another Futile attack
  July 6th, 2008
  

  SAINT BRIEUC, France, July 6, 2008 (AFP) – Breakaway optimism gave way to frustration at the finish for the second day in a row for the hosts at the Tour [...]

• Herve Duclos-Lassalle Of The Cofidis Team Was Forced Out Of The Tour de France After A Crash On The First Stage
  July 5th, 2008
  

  Frenchman’s Tour ends on first stage PLUMELEC, France, July 5, 2008 (AFP) – Herve Duclos-Lassalle of the Cofidis team was forced out of the Tour de France after a crash [...]

• Team Cofidis To Opt Out Of UCI Pro Tour Series
  July 3rd, 2008
  

  BREST, France, July 3, 2008 (AFP) – France’s number one cycling team Cofidis announced Thursday it would opt out of cycling’s elite Pro Tour series next season. The Pro Tour [...]

• Cofidis Chooses Four Tour de France Newcomers For Squad
  June 30th, 2008
  

  SEMUR-EN-AUXOIS, France, June 28, 2008 (AFP) – French outfit Cofidis on Saturday announced that Sylvain Chavanel would lead its team, which includes four Tour novices, at next month’s Tour de [...]