Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico

Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico was a French professional road cycling team that existed only for the 1994 season.^[1] Sean Kelly notably rode for the team for his final professional season. Marc Madiot the main directeur sportif of UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ also ended his career at Catavana.^[2]

Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico

Franck Boucanville wearing the team's jersey
Team information
Registered	France
Founded	1994
Disbanded	1994
Discipline(s)	Road
Bicycles	Fondriest
Key personnel
General manager	Didier Paindavaine
Team manager(s)	Alain Gallopin Guy Gallopin Antoine Vayer
Team name history
1994	Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico

The team was established by successful amateur team AS Corbeil–Essonnes, who wanted to create a new professional team. Catavana, a garden tool company, was the main sponsor of the team. Another major sponsor was supermarket chain Cédico [fr].^[3]

Team roster

Rider Date of birth  Miguel Arroyo[N 1] (MEX) (1966-12-06)6 December 1966 (aged 27)  Akira Asada (JPN) (1967-11-28)28 November 1967 (aged 26)  Franck Boucanville (FRA) (1966-01-01)1 January 1966 (aged 28)  Christian Chaubet (FRA) (1961-07-19)19 July 1961 (aged 32)  Jérôme Chiotti (FRA) (1972-01-18)18 January 1972 (aged 21)  Michel Dubreuil (FRA) (1966-04-07)7 April 1966 (aged 27)  Patrice Esnault (FRA) (1961-06-12)12 June 1961 (aged 32)  Benoît Farama[N 2] (FRA) (1970-06-28)28 June 1970 (aged 23)  Pierrick Gillereau (FRA) (1968-10-25)25 October 1968 (aged 25)

Rider Date of birth  Franck Jarno (FRA) (1970-07-07)7 July 1970 (aged 23)  Sean Kelly (IRE) (1956-05-24)24 May 1956 (aged 37)  Gérard Liévin[N 3] (FRA) (1970-11-21)21 November 1970 (aged 23)  Marc Madiot (FRA) (1959-04-16)16 April 1959 (aged 34)  Yvon Madiot (FRA) (1962-06-21)21 June 1962 (aged 31)  Jean-Luc Masdupuy (FRA) (1969-05-14)14 May 1969 (aged 24)  Erwann Menthéour[N 4] (FRA) (1973-06-29)29 June 1973 (aged 20)  Lars Michaelsen (DEN) (1969-03-13)13 March 1969 (aged 24)  Jean-Michel Monin (FRA) (1967-09-07)7 September 1967 (aged 26)

1. Arroyo joined the team on 1 May and left on 30 June.
2. Farama joined the team on 1 September as a stagiaire.
3. Liévin joined the team on 1 September as a stagiaire.
4. Menthéour joined the team on 1 September as a stagiaire.

Major wins

1994

Overall International Cycling Classic, Lars Michaelsen

Paris–Bourges, Lars Michaelsen

Tour de l'Oise

Stage 3, Lars Michaelsen

Stage 4b, Franck Boucanville

Stage 3b Tour de l'Ain, Franck Jarno