Sojasun (cycling team)

Sojasun was a French cycling team registered at UCI Professional Continental level. They were founded in 2009 as Besson Chaussures-Sojasun.^[1] The team rode BH bicycles.^[2] Their sponsor Sojasun is a company which manufactures soya-based foods.^[3]

Sojasun

Team information
UCI code	SOJ
Registered	France
Founded	2009 (2009)
Disbanded	2013 (2013)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles	BH Bikes
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Stéphane Heulot
Team name history
2009 2010–2012 2013	Besson Chaussures-Sojasun Saur-Sojasun (SAU) Sojasun (SOJ)
Sojasun (cycling team) jersey Jersey

In 2012, the team received a wildcard invitation to the Tour de France, along with three other French-registered teams.^[4]

The professional cycling team Sojasun will not be present in the professional peloton in 2014, after the team was unable to find a new title sponsor.^[5]

Final team roster

As of 1 January 2013.^[6]

Rider Date of birth  Maxime Daniel (FRA) (1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 34)  Anthony Delaplace (FRA) (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989 (age 36)  Julien El Fares (FRA) (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 40)  Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) (1979-12-07) 7 December 1979 (age 45)  Brice Feillu (FRA) (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 40)  Jérémie Galland (FRA) (1983-04-08) 8 April 1983 (age 42)  Jonathan Hivert (FRA) (1985-03-23) 23 March 1985 (age 40)  Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 (age 40)  Christophe Laborie (FRA) (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 39)  David Lelay (FRA) (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 (age 45)  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 42)  Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 42)

Rider Date of birth  Rony Martias (FRA) (1980-08-04) 4 August 1980 (age 45)  Maxime Mederel (FRA) (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 45)  Jean-Lou Paiani (FRA) (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988 (age 36)  Rémi Pauriol (FRA) (1982-04-04) 4 April 1982 (age 43)  Paul Poux (FRA) (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 41)  Fabien Schmidt (FRA) (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 36)  Julien Simon (FRA) (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985 (age 40)  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) (1988-12-30) 30 December 1988 (age 36)  Yannick Talabardon (FRA) (1981-07-06) 6 July 1981 (age 44)  Etienne Tortelier (FRA) (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 35)  Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 37)

Major wins

2009

Stage 1 & 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Jimmy Casper

Stage 2 3 Jours de Vaucluse, Jimmy Engoulvent

Paris–Troyes, Yannick Talabardon

Classic Loire Atlantique, Cyril Bessy

Stage 1 Critérium International, Jimmy Casper

Stage 3 Circuit de la Sarthe, Jimmy Engoulvent

Paris–Camembert, Jimmy Casper

Grand Prix de Denain, Jimmy Casper

Stage 3 Tour de Bretagne, Laurent Mangel

Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent

Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Jérémie Galland

Stage 2 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Casper

Stage 4 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 1 Ronde de l'Oise, Jimmy Casper

Stage 3 Circuito Montañés, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 1 Boucles de la Mayenne, Jimmy Casper

Stage 4 Tour Alsace, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Casper

Châteauroux Classic, Jimmy Casper

Stage 2 Tour du Gévaudan, Laurent Mangel

2010

GP d'Ouverture, Jonathan Hivert

Stage 1 Tour of Oman, Jimmy Casper

Classic Loire Atlantique, Laurent Mangel

Stage 4 Tour de Normandie, Jimmy Casper

Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Jérôme Coppel

Stage 1, Jérôme Coppel

Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Jimmy Casper

Stage 3 Tour of Belgium, Jimmy Casper

Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent

Val d'Ille U Classic 35, Jimmy Casper

Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Jérémie Galland

Prologue, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 1, Laurent Mangel

Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Laurent Mangel

Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Cyril Bessy

Prologue Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Casper

Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain, Stéphane Poulhiès

Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Jérémie Galland

Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 5, Jimmy Casper

Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel

Overall Tour du Gévaudan, Jérôme Coppel

Stage 1, Guillaume Levarlet

Stage 2, Jérôme Coppel

2012

Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel

Stage 5a, Stéphane Poulhies

Stage 5b, Jérôme Coppel

Stages 5 & 7 Volta a Catalunya, Julien Simon

Tour du Finistère, Julien Simon

Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Jonathan Hivert

Overall Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent

Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Paul Poux

Stage 1, Paul Poux

Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Julien Simon

Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 1 Route du Sud, Stéphane Poulhies

Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne, Paul Poux

Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel

Grand Prix de Wallonie, Julien Simon

2013

Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jonathan Hivert

Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a Andalucía, Jonathan Hivert

Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent

Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Maxime Daniel