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2009 Cofidis season
Manager Eric Boyer
One-day victories 2
Stage race overall victories 1
Stage race stage victories 7
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The 2009 season for the Cofidis cycling team is ongoing. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the UCI ProTour. They have also been invited to every event in the inaugural UCI World Calendar, though they declined to send a squad to the Giro d'Italia.

Most of Cofidis' victories in 2009 have been lesser classifications in stage races. Their one overall win in a stage race came from Julien El Fares in the Tour de Wallonie. They won the mountains classification of the Vuelta al País Vasco with Rein Taaramäe, the sprint classification of the Volta a Catalunya with Samuel Dumoulin, the points classification of Tirreno-Adriatico with El Fares, and the mountains classification of the Vuelta a España with David Moncoutié. They also have two victories in single-day races on the season. The team's manager, as it has been for the last five seasons, is Eric Boyer.

Cofidis' 2009 season is largely a rebuilding year, as several notable cyclists left the team after 2008, with few joining. Their application for renewal of their ProTour license for 2010 was declined on 29 September, on the basis that they have not been competitive enough to merit it.

2009 team roster[edit]

Ages as of January 1, 2009

Rider Date of birth
 Stéphane Augé (FRA) (1974-12-06)December 6, 1974 (aged 34)
 Alexandre Blain (FRA) (1981-03-07)March 7, 1981 (aged 27)
 Guillaume Blot (FRA) (1985-03-28)March 28, 1985 (aged 23)
 Florent Brard (FRA) (1976-02-07)February 7, 1976 (aged 32)
 Mickaël Buffaz (FRA) (1979-05-21)May 21, 1979 (aged 29)
 Jean Eudes Demaret (FRA) (1984-07-25)July 25, 1984 (aged 24)
 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) (1979-12-24)December 24, 1979 (aged 29)
 Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) (1980-08-20)August 20, 1980 (aged 28)
 Leonardo Duque (COL) (1980-04-10)April 10, 1980 (aged 28)
 Julien El Fares (FRA) (1985-06-01)June 1, 1985 (aged 23)
 Bingen Fernández (ESP) (1972-12-15)December 15, 1972 (aged 36)
 Maryan Hary (FRA) (1980-05-27)May 27, 1980 (aged 28)
Rider Date of birth
 Christophe Kern (FRA) (1981-01-18)January 18, 1981 (aged 27)
 Sébastien Minard (FRA) (1982-06-12)June 12, 1982 (aged 26)
 Amaël Moinard (FRA) (1982-02-02)February 2, 1982 (aged 26)
 David Moncoutié (FRA) (1975-04-30)April 30, 1975 (aged 33)
 Damien Monier (FRA) (1982-08-27)August 27, 1982 (aged 26)
 Rémi Pauriol (FRA) (1982-04-04)April 4, 1982 (aged 26)
 Sébastien Portal (FRA) (1982-06-04)June 4, 1982 (aged 26)
 Nico Sijmens (BEL) (1978-04-01)April 1, 1978 (aged 30)
 Rein Taaramäe (EST) (1987-04-24)April 24, 1987 (aged 21)
 Alexandre Usov (BLR) (1977-08-27)August 27, 1977 (aged 31)
 Tristan Valentin (FRA) (1982-02-23)February 23, 1982 (aged 26)
 Romain Villa (FRA) (1985-04-27)April 27, 1985 (aged 23)

One-day races[edit]

Spring classics[edit]

Fall races[edit]

Stage races[edit]

Grand Tours[edit]

Tour de France[edit]

Vuelta a España[edit]

Away from competition[edit]

Non-renewal of UCI ProTour license[edit]

Season victories[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Rider transfers for 2008-2009". Cycling News. 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2009-07-07.