- Française des Jeux
Cycling team infobox
teamname= Française des Jeux
code=FDJ
base= FRA
founded=1997
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manager=Marc Madiot
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discipline=Road
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kitFrançaise des Jeux (UCI code|FDJ) is a French
cycling team , sponsored by the French national lottery. Sponsorship of the team began in 1997. The team was named FDJeux.com in 2003 and 2004, then renamed Française des Jeux, supposedly to avoid bad luck.The team is managed by
Marc Madiot , a formerroad bicycle racer and(a former winner of theParis-Roubaix classic). The team is predominantly French. In the 2003 edition ofTour de France , Australianindividual time trial expertBradley McGee won the prologue stage to wear theyellow jersey for a few days. SprinterBaden Cooke won thegreen jersey for the points competition.Major results
2006
In the
2006 Tour de France , team memberBenoît Vaugrenard wore thewhite jersey for the best young rider for the first two stages.Frenchman
Frédéric Guesdon captured the 100th edition ofParis-Tours , a one-day sprinters' classic on the UCI ProTour.2007
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January 7 :Francis Mourey : FRA National Cyclo-cross Championship
*April 19 :Sébastien Chavanel :Grand Prix de Denain
*May 13 :Mathieu Ladagnous :4 Jours de Dunkerque (overall and young rider classification)2008
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January 27 :Philippe Gilbert : Mountains classification, Tour Down Under
*January 27 : Team classification, Tour Down Under
*February 10 :Philippe Gilbert : Stage 1, Volta a Mallorca
*March 1 :Philippe Gilbert : Omloop Het Volk
*September 4 :Jussi Veikkanen : Stage 6, Deutschland Tour [ [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/aug08/germany08/?id=results/germany086 Veikkanen sprints ahead] www.cyclingnews.com 4.9.2008]Team roster
As of
February 2 ,2008 . [cite web |title= Française Des Jeux (FDJ) - FRA Riders |url=http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTI&RefDate=02.02.2008&MenuId=MTY5Ng&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY5Ng |accessdate=2008-02-02 |work=uciprotour.com |publisher=UCI]ee also
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List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France
*2008 Tour de France
*Tour de France References
External links
*Official|http://www.fdjeux.com/institutionnel/cyclisme/actualites/ fr icon
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