Armée de terre, officially Équipe cycliste Armée de terre, (UCI team code:ADT)[1] was a French UCI Continental cycling team. It was sponsored by the French Army and all the cyclists were professional soldiers. After competing with success in the French amateur structure, the team was registered as a Continental-level team from the beginning of the 2015 road cycling season until its disbandment at the end of the 2017 season.[2]
The team was founded in 2010 by David Lima Da-Costa following a long history of the French Army supporting soldiers in their cycling careers, with the team's first season of racing being the 2012 cycling season. It was founded with the intention of aiding in the Army's recruitment efforts. The team offered unusual benefits to its riders, such as a potential career in the Army, accommodation and training facilities rarely provided by a domestic team. The team received approximately 40 applications from riders wishing to join it for its first season, which included top-level amateurs and some professional riders. The hiring process was made more complicated by the requirement to enlist the riders as soldiers.[3]
The team had a budget that would have supported a Continental team, but the management initially chose to set the team up to compete in the French domestic championship, the Division Nationale.[3] In the team's first season, it finished fourth in the second division of the Division Nationale and was promoted to the first division for the 2012 season.[4] After 22 victories in 2012, the team finished a close second in the 2013 Coupe de France Division Nationale 1, finishing behind Vendée U despite leading for three quarters of the season.[5][6] The team went on to dominate the 2014 domestic racing season in France, winning 61 races as they won the amateur Coupe de France.[5][7]
Continental teamedit
Having received continued support from the military leadership for another four years, the team began exploring promotion to become a UCI Continental team, with support from civilian sponsors.[8] The success of this application was announced in December 2014, with the team finding out through a leak to the press. This promotion was complicated by the rules about French cyclists. Riders on UCI Continental teams are not considered professionals by the UCI, but the rules of French cycling mandate professional contracts for them. Since the riders on Armée de terre are soldiers rather than professional cyclists, a special exception had to be made to allow the team to compete.[9] The team retained several of its riders from the 2014 season into the international ranks, including French under-23 champion Yann Guyot.[9] The riders continued to live in the team's base, two to each room; if a race did not provide accommodation to the riders, they stayed in the nearest military barracks. Each rider did military training in the two months of the off-season, learning a military specialism as well as training as a cyclist.[10]
The team's jersey in this as in previous years is a camouflage design promoting the team's military foundation. The team's bicycles, provided by Mario Cipollini's company, are also decorated with a camouflage pattern.[11]
As the members of the Armée de terre team were all soldiers as well as cyclists, they all had military ranks. Most of them were graded as soldat de deuxième classe, the lowest rank in the French Army. Barbas, Le Roux and Levasseur were soldats de première classe, the next highest rank; Combaud and Guyot were caporaux, while Sinner held the equivalent rank of brigadier; Canal was a caporal-chef. The highest-ranked rider was Julien Gonnet, who was a sergent-chef.[17]
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^. equipearmeedeterre.fr. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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Armee de terre officially Equipe cycliste Armee de terre UCI team code ADT 1 was a French UCI Continental cycling team It was sponsored by the French Army and all the cyclists were professional soldiers After competing with success in the French amateur structure the team was registered as a Continental level team from the beginning of the 2015 road cycling season until its disbandment at the end of the 2017 season 2 Armee de terreTeam informationUCI codeADTRegisteredFranceFounded2011 2011 Disbanded2017Discipline s RoadStatusUCI ContinentalBicyclesCipolliniWebsiteTeam home pageTeam name history2011 2017Armee de terreArmee de terre cycling team jerseyJersey Contents 1 History 1 1 Amateur racing 1 2 Continental team 2 Team roster 2 1 Riders military ranks 3 Major wins 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAmateur racing edit The team was founded in 2010 by David Lima Da Costa following a long history of the French Army supporting soldiers in their cycling careers with the team s first season of racing being the 2012 cycling season It was founded with the intention of aiding in the Army s recruitment efforts The team offered unusual benefits to its riders such as a potential career in the Army accommodation and training facilities rarely provided by a domestic team The team received approximately 40 applications from riders wishing to join it for its first season which included top level amateurs and some professional riders The hiring process was made more complicated by the requirement to enlist the riders as soldiers 3 nbsp Armee de terre riders at the 2013 Tour Alsace The team had a budget that would have supported a Continental team but the management initially chose to set the team up to compete in the French domestic championship the Division Nationale 3 In the team s first season it finished fourth in the second division of the Division Nationale and was promoted to the first division for the 2012 season 4 After 22 victories in 2012 the team finished a close second in the 2013 Coupe de France Division Nationale 1 finishing behind Vendee U despite leading for three quarters of the season 5 6 The team went on to dominate the 2014 domestic racing season in France winning 61 races as they won the amateur Coupe de France 5 7 Continental team edit Having received continued support from the military leadership for another four years the team began exploring promotion to become a UCI Continental team with support from civilian sponsors 8 The success of this application was announced in December 2014 with the team finding out through a leak to the press This promotion was complicated by the rules about French cyclists Riders on UCI Continental teams are not considered professionals by the UCI but the rules of French cycling mandate professional contracts for them Since the riders on Armee de terre are soldiers rather than professional cyclists a special exception had to be made to allow the team to compete 9 The team retained several of its riders from the 2014 season into the international ranks including French under 23 champion Yann Guyot 9 The riders continued to live in the team s base two to each room if a race did not provide accommodation to the riders they stayed in the nearest military barracks Each rider did military training in the two months of the off season learning a military specialism as well as training as a cyclist 10 The team s jersey in this as in previous years is a camouflage design promoting the team s military foundation The team s bicycles provided by Mario Cipollini s company are also decorated with a camouflage pattern 11 The team made its debut at this level in the 2 1 ranked Etoile de Besseges They then rode the 2015 Tour du Haut Var where Quentin Pacher finished fifteenth overall and won the white jersey for the best young rider 12 13 The following weekend the team achieved top 10 results in two French races eighth place in the Classic Sud Ardeche for Romain Combaud and seventh in the La Drome Classic for Yann Guyot who was the leading group behind the race winner Samuel Dumoulin AG2R La Mondiale 14 15 The team s first victory came at the Tour du Loir et Cher where Guyot won stage 3 in a two man sprint 16 Team roster editRider Date of birth nbsp Bryan Alaphilippe FRA 1995 08 17 August 17 1995 age 28 nbsp Romain Campistrous FRA 1992 07 16 July 16 1992 age 31 nbsp Fabien Canal FRA 1989 04 04 April 4 1989 age 35 nbsp Bastien Duculty FRA 1992 11 28 November 28 1992 age 31 nbsp Thibault Ferasse FRA 1994 09 12 September 12 1994 age 29 nbsp Damien Gaudin FRA 1986 08 20 August 20 1986 age 37 nbsp Yann Guyot FRA 1986 02 26 February 26 1986 age 38 nbsp Morgan Kneisky FRA 1987 08 31 August 31 1987 age 36 nbsp Romain Le Roux FRA 1992 07 03 July 3 1992 age 31 nbsp Kevin Lebreton FRA 1993 10 30 October 30 1993 age 30 Rider Date of birth nbsp Jordan Levasseur FRA 1995 05 29 May 29 1995 age 28 nbsp Julien Loubet FRA 1985 01 11 January 11 1985 age 39 nbsp Jerome Mainard FRA 1986 08 25 August 25 1986 age 37 nbsp Stephane Poulhies FRA 1985 06 26 June 26 1985 age 38 nbsp Jimmy Raibaud FRA 1991 11 13 November 13 1991 age 32 nbsp Thomas Rostollan FRA 1986 03 18 March 18 1986 age 38 nbsp Kevin Sireau FRA 1987 04 18 April 18 1987 age 37 nbsp Benjamin Thomas FRA 1995 09 12 September 12 1995 age 28 nbsp Steven Tronet FRA 1986 10 14 October 14 1986 age 37 nbsp Yannis Yssaad FRA 1993 06 25 June 25 1993 age 30 Riders military ranks edit As the members of the Armee de terre team were all soldiers as well as cyclists they all had military ranks Most of them were graded as soldat de deuxieme classe the lowest rank in the French Army Barbas Le Roux and Levasseur were soldats de premiere classe the next highest rank Combaud and Guyot were caporaux while Sinner held the equivalent rank of brigadier Canal was a caporal chef The highest ranked rider was Julien Gonnet who was a sergent chef 17 Major wins edit2014 Stage 1 Kreiz Breizh Elites Kevin Lebreton Grand Prix des Marbriers Yann Guyot 2015 Stage 3 Tour du Loir et Cher Yann Guyot 2016 Stage 4 Rhone Alpes Isere Tour Yannis Yssaad Stage 6 Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste trophee harmonie Mutuelle Thomas Rostollan Stage 4 Tour de Normandie Benoit Sinner 2017 Paris Troyes Yannis Yssaad Stage 6 Tour de Normandie Damien Gaudin Tour du Finistere Julien Loubet Tro Bro Leon Damien Gaudin Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne Damien Gaudin Paris Mantes en Yvelines Fabien Canal Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk Benjamin Thomas Overall Paris Arras Tour Jordan LevasseurStage 3 Jordan Levasseur dd Stage 6 An Post Ras Yannis Yssaad Prologue Tour de Luxembourg Damien Gaudin Stage 2 Ronde de l Oise Yannis Yssaad Stage 4 Ronde de l Oise Jordan Levasseur Stage 1 Route du Sud Julien Loubet Stages 1 amp 3a Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho Yannis Yssaad Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie Benjamin Thomas Prologue Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Damien Gaudin Stage 3 Volta a Portugal Bryan AlaphilippeReferences edit EQUIPE CYCLISTE DE L ARMEE DE TERRE ADT FRA uci ch Union Cycliste Internationale Archived from the original on 27 February 2015 Retrieved 27 February 2015 CQ Ranking Armee de Terre 2017 a b Attention l Armee de terre debarque cyclismag com in French 4 August 2010 Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 27 February 2015 L actu amateur du 14 novembre velo101 in French 14 November 2011 Retrieved 27 February 2015 a b ARMEE DE TERRE Equipe DirectVelo com Retrieved 27 February 2015 Armee de terre Il y a toujours ce regret DirectVelo in French 21 September 2013 Retrieved 27 February 2015 COUPE DE FRANCE LOOK DES CLUBS 2014 PDF cyclisme poitou charentes fr Retrieved 27 February 2015 permanent dead link Pruneta Laurent 13 August 2014 David Lima Da Costa Notre projet d equipe professionnelle avance leparisien fr in French Retrieved 27 February 2015 a b Armee de terre Interview de David Lima Da Costa Velo101 in French 16 December 2014 Archived from the original on 3 February 2015 Retrieved 27 February 2015 L Azou Mathilde 28 January 2015 L Armee de terre l equipe ou les cyclistes sont avant tout des soldats France TV Sport in French Retrieved 27 February 2015 Pruneta Laurent 10 January 2015 CYCLISME Auber 93 et l Armee de terre devoilent leurs maillots Le Parisien in French Retrieved 27 February 2015 Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var matin 2015 ProCyclingStats Retrieved 27 February 2015 Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var matin 2015 Youth classification ProCyclingStats Retrieved 27 February 2015 Classic Sud Ardeche Souvenir Francis Delpech 2015 Classic ProCyclingStats Retrieved 6 March 2015 Yann Guyot J ai couru pour gagner Direct Velo 3 March 2015 Retrieved 6 March 2015 Yann Guyot revient dans le jeu DirectVelo 17 April 2015 Retrieved 17 April 2015 Les coureurs Equipe cycliste de l Armee de terre equipearmeedeterre fr Archived from the original on 1 March 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Armee de terre cycling team amp oldid 1199137606, wikipedia, wiki, 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