The 2020 season for the Cofidis road cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. Cofidis stepped up to the UCI WorldTeam status this season after spending the last 10 years as a UCI Professional Continental team.[1]

Cofidis
2020 season
UCI codeCOF
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerYvon Sanquer
Main sponsor(s)Cofidis
BasedFrance
BicyclesDe Rosa
Season victories
Stage race stages2
Most winsGuillaume Martin (2)
Jersey
← 2019
2021 →

Roster

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As of 1 January 2020.[2]
Rider Date of birth
  Piet Allegaert (BEL) (1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 24)
  Fernando Barceló (ESP) (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 23)
  Natnael Berhane (ERI) (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 28)
  Dimitri Claeys (BEL) (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 32)
  Simone Consonni (ITA) (1994-09-12)12 September 1994 (aged 25)
  Nicolas Edet (FRA) (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 (aged 32)
  Eddy Finé (FRA) (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 22)
  Nathan Haas (AUS) (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 30)
  Jesper Hansen (DEN) (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 29)
  Jesús Herrada (ESP) (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 29)
  José Herrada (ESP) (1985-10-01)1 October 1985 (aged 34)
  Victor Lafay (FRA) (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 (aged 23)
  Christophe Laporte (FRA) (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 27)
  Mathias Le Turnier (FRA) (1995-03-14)14 March 1995 (aged 24)
Rider Date of birth
  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) (1983-03-03)3 March 1983 (aged 36)
  Guillaume Martin (FRA) (1993-06-09)9 June 1993 (aged 26)
  Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) (1984-03-23)23 March 1984 (aged 35)
  Marco Mathis (GER) (1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 25)
  Emmanuel Morin (FRA) (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 24)
  Anthony Perez (FRA) (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 28)
  Pierre-Luc Périchon (FRA) (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 32)
  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) (1987-04-06)6 April 1987 (aged 32)
  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) (1985-02-08)8 February 1985 (aged 34)
  Damien Touzé (FRA) (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 (aged 23)
  Kenneth Vanbilsen (BEL) (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 29)
  Julien Vermote (BEL) (1989-07-26)26 July 1989 (aged 30)
  Attilio Viviani (ITA) (1996-10-18)18 October 1996 (aged 23)
  Elia Viviani (ITA) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 30)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
20 January La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Stage 1 UCI Africa Tour   Attilio Viviani (ITA)   Gabon Ebolowa
2 February Vuelta a San Juan, Mountains classification UCI America Tour
UCI ProSeries
  Guillaume Martin (FRA)   Argentina
21 February Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour   Anthony Perez (FRA)   France Grasse
14 March Paris–Nice, Mountains classification UCI World Tour   Nicolas Edet (FRA)   France
8 November Vuelta a España, Mountains classification UCI World Tour   Guillaume Martin (FRA)   Spain

National, Continental and World champions

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Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location


References

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  1. ^ "Cofidis set to become 19th team in 2020 WorldTour". 24 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Cofidis finalise 2020 roster". 28 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Piet Allegaert at Cofidis". news1.news. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Fernando Barceló: "Puedo tener mis oportunidades en Cofidis"". Ciclismoafondo.es. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Cofidis sign Consonni to strengthen Viviani's 2020 sprint squad". Cyclingnews.com. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Cofidis sign Attilio Viviani and Eddy Finé for 2020". Cyclingnews.com. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Nathan Haas signs for Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Guillaume Martin: It's time for Cofidis to win a Tour de France stage". Cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Cofidis confirms signings of Elia Viviani and Fabio Sabatini". Cyclingpub.com. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Vermote signs for Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Arkéa-Samsic sign Nacer Bouhanni, Dan McLay". Cyclingnews.com. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Loïc Chetout retires from cycling after failing to get new contract". Cyclingpub.com. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Transfer Mechanics: Analysing teams 2020 – Part 4". Cyclingnews.com. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Cataford extends with Israel Cycling Academy". Cyclingnews.com. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Giro d'Italia organiser asks Total Direct Energie to decline invite". Cyclingweekly.com. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Total Direct Energie re-sign Niccolò Bonifazio, add Geoffrey Soupe and Leonardo Bonifazio for 2020". Cyclingnews.com. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Deceuninck-QuickStep sign Van Lerberghe and Stijn Steels". Cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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