2012 FDJ–BigMat season

The 2012 season for FDJ–BigMat began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, the team were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

FDJ–BigMat
2012 season
The team bus at the 2012 Étoile de Bessèges
UCI code	FDJ
Status	UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank	18th (246 points)
Manager	Marc Madiot
Main sponsor(s)	Française des Jeux & BigMat
Based	France
Bicycles	Lapierre
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	5
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	16
National Championships	2
Most wins	Arnaud Démare (6 wins)
Best ranked rider	Thibaut Pinot (60th)[1]
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After a season at Professional Continental level in 2011, FDJ were promoted back to the top tier for the 2012 season, taking one of the two vacant licences that had been made available following the conclusion of the 2011 season.^[2] Also prior to the season, French building merchants BigMat joined the team as co-sponsors, contributing €2 million to the team.^[3]

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.^[4]

Rider Date of birth  Sébastien Bergeret[N 1] (FRA) (1992-01-22)22 January 1992 (aged 19)  William Bonnet (FRA) (1982-06-25)25 June 1982 (aged 29)  David Boucher (FRA) (1980-03-17)17 March 1980 (aged 31)  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (1990-07-25)25 July 1990 (aged 21)  Sandy Casar (FRA) (1979-02-02)2 February 1979 (aged 32)  Steve Chainel (FRA) (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 28)  Arnaud Courteille (FRA) (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 22)  Mickaël Delage (FRA) (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 26)  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 20)  Kenny Elissonde (FRA) (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 20)  Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) (1978-11-30)30 November 1978 (aged 33)  Arnaud Gérard (FRA) (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 27)  Anthony Geslin (FRA) (1980-06-09)9 June 1980 (aged 31)  Frédéric Guesdon[N 2] (FRA) (1971-10-14)14 October 1971 (aged 40)  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) (1983-11-29)29 November 1983 (aged 28)  Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) (1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 25)

Rider Date of birth  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) (1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 27)  Francis Mourey (FRA) (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 31)  Yoann Offredo (FRA) (1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 25)  Rémi Pauriol (FRA) (1982-04-04)4 April 1982 (aged 29)  Cédric Pineau (FRA) (1985-05-08)8 May 1985 (aged 26)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA) (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 21)  Gabriel Rasch (NOR) (1976-04-08)8 April 1976 (aged 35)  Dominique Rollin (CAN) (1982-10-29)29 October 1982 (aged 29)  Anthony Roux (FRA) (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 (aged 24)  Jérémy Roy (FRA) (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 28)  Eduardo Sepúlveda[N 3] (ARG) (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 20)  Geoffrey Soupe (FRA) (1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 23)  Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA) (1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 29)  Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) (1981-03-29)29 March 1981 (aged 30)  Arthur Vichot (FRA) (1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 23)  Emilien Viennet[N 4] (FRA) (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 19)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season Rider 2011 team Arnaud Démare neo-pro (stagiaire: FDJ)[8] Kenny Elissonde neo-pro (stagiaire: FDJ)[9] David Boucher Omega Pharma–Lotto[10] Gabriel Rasch Garmin–Cervélo[10] Jussi Veikkanen Omega Pharma–Lotto[10]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season Rider 2012 team Gianni Meersman Lotto–Belisol[11] Wesley Sulzberger GreenEDGE[12] Olivier Bonnaire None

Season victories

Arnaud Démare wins the final stage of the 2012 Tour of Qatar.

Yauheni Hutarovich won the National Road Race Championship of Belarus, and Nacer Bouhanni won the French National Road Race Championships on 24 June.^[13]

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location	Ref
1 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France	Bellegarde	[13]
10 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 6	UCI Asia Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Qatar	Doha	[13]
26 February	Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche	UCI Europe Tour	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	France	Ruoms	[13]
29 February	Le Samyn	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium	Dour	[13]
4 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium	Ichtegem	[13]
4 March	Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Belgium		[14]
18 March	Cholet-Pays de Loire	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Cholet	[13]
25 March	Critérium International, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	France	Col de l'Ospedale	[13]
6 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Courteille (FRA)	France		[15]
16 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France	Neuves-Maisons	[13]
20 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France		[13]
20 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France		[16]
20 May	Circuit de Lorraine, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	France		[17]
8 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Arthur Vichot (FRA)	France	Rumilly	[13]
15 June	Route du Sud, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	France	Saint-Michel	[13]
20 June	Halle–Ingooigem	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Belgium	Ingooigem	[13]
8 July	Tour de France, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	Switzerland	Porrentruy	[13]
16 July	Tour de France, Stage 15	UCI World Tour	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	France	Pau	[13]
21 July	Tour de Wallonie, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Belgium	Lessines	[13]
2 August	Paris–Corrèze, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Kenny Elissonde (FRA)	France	Chaumeil	[13]
2 August	Paris–Corrèze, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Kenny Elissonde (FRA)	France		[18]
7 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	France	Trévoux	[13]
8 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 2a	UCI Europe Tour	Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	France	Lagnieu	[13]
11 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Thibaut Pinot (FRA)	France	Lélex–Monts Jura	[13]
17 August	Tour du Limousin, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Jérémy Roy (FRA)	France	Limoges	[13]
17 August	Tour du Limousin, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	[N 5]	France		[19][20]
19 August	Vattenfall Cyclassics	UCI World Tour	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Germany	Hamburg	[13]
30 September	Tour de l'Eurometropole, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Belgium	Tournai	[13]

Footnotes

The team car at the 2012 Tour de France

1. Bergeret joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from VC Toucy.^[5]
2. Guesdon retired from the sport on 8 April, after completing Paris–Roubaix.^[6]
3. Sepulveda joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from the Centre Mondial du Cyclisme.^[5]
4. Viennet joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from CC Etupes.^[7]
5. The riders on the squad were Arnaud Gérard, Anthony Geslin, Francis Mourey, Jérémy Roy, Anthony Roux, Sébastien Bergeret and Eduardo Sepúlveda