Presentation of Team Europcar 2011

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Presentation of Team Europcar 2011
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Content
Editorial by Philippe Guillemot,
Chief Executive Officer of Europcar Groupe
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Q&A with Jean-René Bernaudeau
General Manager of Team Europcar
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Team Europcar Jersey
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Presentation of Team Europcar
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Team Europcar career highlights
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Partners
Pages 21 à 23
Contacts
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Edito
Team Europcar is also the perfect incarnation of the values of cycling,
values which we espouse: discipline, team effort along with individual
performance, team spirit and togetherness.
Philippe Guillemot
Chief Executive Officer
of Europcar Groupe
These are many of the values and goals that Team Europcar
will transmit throughout the 2011 season, at each of the
races around the world, supported on a daily basis by our
6,500 employees and franchise holders acting as so many
ambassadors.
I wish lots of success and a wonderful season to all the
Team Europcar riders. We are delighted to see them wearing
our colours.
Dear fans,
Today we are proud to present Team Europcar, to reveal the
teams’ roster, its riders and the programme for a season that
is sure to be full of enthusiasm.
Philippe Guillemot
Since 2004, Europcar has been committed to Jean-René
Bernaudeau and his team and it is with pride that we now
invest in the next three seasons as title Sponsor. The
Europcar brand now features on the jerseys of a team that
we respect, support and encourage for the challenges of
2011. Mutual trust and respect lie at the heart of this
great sporting adventure that we share as a team.
The popularity of cycling around the world and the
straightforward complicity that exists between
the public and our riders perfectly reflect the
positioning and the strategy of Europcar, a
company that listens to the travel needs
of its customers, respects the environment
and invests in the development of the rental
services solutions of tomorrow.
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Q&A with Jean-René Bernaudeau
General Manager of Team Europcar
1. What does the arrival of Europcar as the Team’s
main sponsor mean to you?
We are delighted to welcome the Europcar Group as title sponsor.
Today, this partnership, which is built on the close and trusting
relationship established since 2004, gives us the means to realise our
ambitions and to pursue the human and sporting adventure that so
drives us. Europcar cultivates the values of service, of closeness and
of team spirit that we also share. I hope that the Group’s employees
will take pride in supporting Team Europcar not only in France, but
also around the world, including from the end of January, the Tour of
Gabon – la Tropicale Amissa Bongo –, before moving on with the Tour
of Langkawi in Malaysia and the Tour of South Africa.
The alliance with Europcar, a major brand recognised by consumers and present in 150 countries, is a perfect fit
with the current globalisation of cycling, which is becoming ever closer to its growing audience.
2. What will be the major challenges for Team Europcar in the 2011 season?
Our main objective in 2011 is to position Team Europcar in the world rankings and to aim for the first division in
2012. This obviously means winning races and sealing victories. There will be plenty of opportunities as we have
received numerous invitations and the calendar for the 2011 season already includes 250 race days. If 2010 was
the year of the 18 victories that enabled us to almost reach the world top 15, 2011 will be the year we go even
further and beat that record.
Team Europcar
Jersey
Races like the Paris-Nice, which we are expecting to be invited to and would be a first major objective – as well
as other classics in France and Belgium, but also in Malaysia (Tour of Langkawi), South Africa and Gabon (Amissa
Bongo), will enable us to continue the team’s gradual progress and to improve on its performances during these
first key moments of the year. Team Europcar is very together and we have the means to do great things this
season.
3. What are special qualities of Team Europcar?
For ten years our trade mark has always been to provide our riders with both technical and physical training,
as well as ethical, which has always been beyond reproach. We are counting on some sure bets such as our two
excellent road riders, Thomas Voeckler and Anthony Charteau, really top level sportsmen and individuals. As well
as having one of the best track records in France, Thomas is a charismatic rider, whose moral values of discipline,
team spirit and generosity reflect the quality of his performances. As for Anthony, by winning the jersey for the
best climber in the Tour de France last year, he demonstrated that the French have no reason to be shy in that area
and that everything is possible.
Then we have a good group of “classics” who will continue to mature, including Sébastien Chavanel and Saïd
Haddou, but also some very promising riders such as Cyril Gautier and Pierre Rolland. Finally, there is a very good
crop from our Vendée U amateur team, champions of France in 2010, and from which we have brought in three
riders for the 2011 season: Jérôme Cousin, Tony Hurel and Kevin Reza. With this hotbed of talent we are always
able to keep an eye on the future and to contribute to the development of Team Europcar.
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Team Europcar
career highlights
Presentation of Team Europcar
YUKIYA ARASHIRO
DOB: 09/29/1984 in Ishigaki (Japan)
Yukiya Arashiro
Mathieu Claude
Saïd Haddou
Alexandre Pichot
Giovanni Bernaudeau
Jérôme Cousin
Tony Hurel
Perrig Quemeneur
Franck Bouyer
Damien Gaudin
Vincent Jérôme
Kévin Reza
Anthony Charteau
Cyril Gautier
Christophe Kern
Pierre Rolland
Sébastien Chavanel
2010 • 3rd
• 3rd
• 5th
• 9th
Giro d’Italia, third stage
Tour de France, 12th stage
Paris-Tours
Japan Cup
2009 • 4th
• 5th
Japan Road Race Championships
Tour de France, first stage
2008 • 1st
• 3rd
• 1st
Tour du Limousin, one stage
Tour du Limousin
Okinawa Tour
2007 • 1st
Japan Cycle Cup Road Race
Yohann Gène
Guillaume Le Floch
Sébastien Turgot
GIOVANNI BERNAUDEAU
DOB: 08/25/1983 in Fontenay-le-Comte (France)
2010 • 2nd
• 2nd
Tour of Gabon first stage
Tour of Gabon fifth stage
2008 • 6th
• 4th
• 2nd
Tour of Gabon
Tour of Poland, one stage
Bavarian Tour, one stage
2006 • 6th Chinese Tour, one stage
2004 • 1st
• 1st
• 2nd
David Veilleux
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L’Essor Mayennais
L’Essor Mayennais, one stage
U23 Paris-Tours
Thomas Voeckler
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FRANCK BOUYER
SÉBASTIEN CHAVANEL
DOB: 03/17/1974 in Beaupréau (France)
DOB: 03/21/1981 in Châtellerault (France)
2010 • 6th
• 6th
• 1st
• 7th
2010 • 4th
• 4th
• 6th
Criterium du Dauphiné, one stage
Tour of Poland, one stage
La Vuelta, one stage
2009 • 2nd
• 3th
L’Etoile de Bessèges, one stage
Nokere-Koerse
Tour de Bretagne, first stage
Tour de Bretagne, sixth stage
Tour de Bretagne
Boucles de la Mayenne, first stage
2004 • Circuit de la Sarthe Pays de Loire, one stage
• 2nd Circuit de la Sarthe Pays de Loire
• 1st Paris-Camembert
2008 • Tour de Picardie
• 2nd Tour de France, one stage
• 2nd Critérium du Dauphiné, one stage
2007 • 1st
• 1st
• 1st
ANTHONY CHARTEAU
MATHIEU CLAUDE
DOB: 06/04/1979 in Nantes (France)
DOB: 03/17/1983 in Niort (France)
2010 • Tour de France 2010 Best Climber
• 1st Tour of Gabon, fourth stage
• 1st Tour of Gabon
• 5th Tour de France, 10th stage
2010 • 4th
Tour de Bretagne, fifth stage
2008 • 9th
Tour Ivoirien de La Paix
2007 • 6th
Boucles de l’Aulne
2006 • 7th
Châteauroux Classic de l’Indre
2005 • 6th
Grand Prix d’Isbergues
2003 • 1st
• 1st
U23 Paris-Tours
Côte Picarde
st
2009 • 1
rd
2008 • 3
st
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L’Etoile de Bessèges, one stage
Grand Prix de Denain
National French Cup
Mediterranean Tour Team Time Trial
Paris-Bourges
2007 • 1
• 1st
• 2nd
Langkawi Tour overall
Langkawi Tour, one stage
Paris-Camembert
2006 • 1st
Polynormande
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Team Europcar career highlights
JÉRÔME COUSIN
CYRIL GAUTIER
DOB: 06/05/1989 in Nantes (France)
DOB: 09/26/1987 in Guingamp (France)
Track • Five time French Track Champion
• U23 Individual Pursuit Vice European Champion
2010 • 3rd
• 1st
Boucles Sud Ardèche
Route Adélie
2010 • 1st
• 1st
• 1st
• 2nd
• 2nd
Plages Vendéennes, second stage
Ronde de l’Izard, first stage
Chambord-Vailly
U23 Vienne Classic race
Plages Vendéennes, overall
2009 • 2nd
• 7th
Circuit de Lorraine, fifth stage
Tour du Limousin, overall
2008 • 1st
• 1st
• 2nd
U23 European Road Race Championship
Kreiz Breizh Elites, one stage
Grand Prix Plumelec
2009 • 1st
• 1st
Catalan Buckles
Mareuil and Vertillac, third stage
2007 • 3rd
Grand Prix de Rennes
2008 • 1st
U23 Loire Atlantique race
DAMIEN GAUDIN
YOHANN GÈNE
DOB: 08/20/1986 in Beaupréau (France)
DOB: 06/25/1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)
2010 • 1st
French Team Championship and American
Pursuit
2009 • 1st
French Individual Track Pursuit
Championship
2010 • 1st
• 5th
• 2nd
• 2nd
Tour of Gabon, fifth stage
Tour of Gabon overall standing
Trois Jours des Flandres, third stage
Val d’Ille Classic U 35
• 1st
French Track Championship Team pursuit
• 2nd
French American track Championship
2009 • 1st
Langkawi Tour, seventh stage
French Championship of American track
2008 • 6th
Route du Sud, one stage
2007 • 5th
Tour de la Somme
2006 • 4th
Tour de l’Avenir, one stage
2008 • 1st
•1
st
French Track Championship Team Pursuit
• Participation in Beijing Olympic Games
2007 • 1st
•1
st
• 1st
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Paris-Roubaix U23 race
French Pursuit Championship
Deux Jours de Machecoul
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Team Europcar career highlights
SAÏD HADDOU
VINCENT JÉRÔME
DOB: 11/23/1982 in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
DOB: 11/26/1984 in Château-Gontie (France)
2010 • 4th
• 4th
2010 • 9th
Boucles de la Mayenne, second stage
2009 • 6th
Grand Prix d’Alméria
2008 • 3rd
Tour du Doubs
2007 • 1st
Tour du Doubs
2006 • 5th
Australian Tour, one stage
Tour de Bretagne, fourth stage
Boucles de l’Aulne
st
2009 • 1
Tro-Bro-Léon
th
• 10 Tour de France, ninth stage
2007 • 1st
• 4th
• 2nd
• 3rd
• 5th
Tro-Bro-Léon
Grand Prix de Denain
Boucles de l’Aulne
Tour of Poland, one stage
Paris-Bourges
2006 • 1st
Tour de Poitou-Charentes one stage
2005 • 1st Lys de Lannoy
• 10th U23 Paris-Roubaix race
2004 • 1st
U23 Paris-Tours race
TONY HUREL
CHRISTOPHE KERN
DOB: 11/01/1987 in Lisieux (France)
DOB: 01/18/1981 in Wissembourg (France)
2010 • 1st
• 1st
• 1st
• 1st
• 2nd
• 2nd
2010 • 6th French National Time Trial Championship
• 10th Turkey Tour
2009 • 1st
• 1st
• 1st
• 4th
Circuit des Plages Vendéennes
Pays de Loire Championship
Paris-Connerré
National French Cup Team Time Trial
Manche-Océan
Classic Champagne-Ardenne
Circuit de la vallée de la Loire
Tour de Martinique eighth Time Trial stage
Trophée des Champions
Pays de Loire Championship
2009 • 2nd
Tour de France Barcelone-Andorre
Arcalis seventh stage
• Polka-dot Jersey during the Tour de France
ninth stage
2008 • 2nd
• 2nd
• 2nd
French National Time Trial Championship
Tour du Doubs
Mountains Classification in La Vuelta
2007 • 3th
• 2nd
Giro d’Italia, sixth stage
Tour de Wallonie, fifth stage
2006 • French National Time Trial Championship
• Selection for the World Time Trials in Salzbourg
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GUILLAUME LE FLOCH
PERRIG QUEMENEUR
DOB: 02/16/1985 in Saint-Brieuc (France)
DOB: 04/26/1984 in Landerneau (France)
2009 • 6th
• 6th
• 9th
2010 • 8th
• 8th
Tro-Bro-Léon
Tour de Bretagne, first stage
2008 • 4th
Tour Ivoirien de La Paix, one stage
th
2008 • 7
2006 • 6th
Tour of Gabon, first stage
Tour of Gabon, second stage
Tour of Gabon, overall
Grand Prix Marseillaise
Prix des Blés d’Or
ALEXANDRE PICHOT
KÉVIN REZA
DOB: 01/06/1983 in Caen (France)
DOB: 05/18/1988 in Versailles (France)
2010 • 6th
• 7th
• 9th
2010 • 1st /3rd Time of the Deux Jours Leclerc
• 1st Boucle de la Loire
• 3rd Volta ao Alentejo, third stage
• 1st Team Time of the National French Cup
of DN1
• 2nd Ronde Mayennaise
Mediterranean Tour, third stage
Tour de Picardie, overall
Boucles de la Mayenne, overall
2009 • 11th Tour des Flandres
• 3th Cholet Pays de Loire
2008 • 6th
• 5th
Tour of Qatar
Paris-Camembert
2007 • 8th
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Qatar, white jersey
2006 • 2nd
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2007 • 1st Grand Prix de Buxerolles
• 10th Tour du Limousin
• 4th Tour de Bretagne
2009 • Best climber U23 Haut-Anjou UCI
• Three victories in the Tour de la Martinique
• 13th U23 Paris-Tours race
2008 • 2nd
• 1st
Plages Vendéennes, second stage
U23 Vuelta de Madrid race, second stage
Tour de l’Avenir, one stage
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PIERRE ROLLAND
DAVID VEILLEUX
DOB: 10/10/1986 in Gien (France)
DOB: 11/ 26/1987 in Cap-Rouge (Canada)
2010 • 1st
• 2nd
• 5th
• 4th
2010 • 1st
• 1st
• 1st
• 2nd
Canadian Elite Criterium Championship
US National Criterium Championships
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, overall
Elk Grove Tour, overall
2009 • 1st
Canadian U23 Time Trial Championship
2008 • 1st
• 1st
Canadian U23 Time Trial Championship
Canadian U23 Road Race Championship
2007 • 1st
Canadian U23 Time Trial Championship
2006 • 1st
• 1st
Canadian U23 Road Race Championship
Canadian U23 Time Trial Championship
Circuit de Lorraine, fourth stage
Circuit de Lorraine, overall
Boucles de l’Aulne
Tour de France, 11th stage
2009 • 22th Tour de France, overall
• 3rd Tour of Gabon, overall
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2008 • 2nd
• 6th
Dauphiné Libéré, one stage
National French Road racing Championship
2007 • 1st
• 1st
Tour of Gabon, one stage
Tour du Limousin, one stage
SÉBASTIEN TURGOT
THOMAS VOECKLER
DOB: 04/11/1984 in Limoges (France)
DOB: 06/22 1979 in Schiltigheim (France)
2010 • 1st
• 2nd
• 6th
• 6th
• 6th
Trois jours de la Panne, second stage
Boucles de la Mayenne, fourth stage
Tour de France, fifth stage
Tour de France, sixth stage
Tour de France, seventh stage
2009 • 3rd
Circuit de Lorraine, third stage
2010 • 5th
• 2nd
• 11th
• 2nd
• 1st
• 1st
• 1st
Paris-Nice, fifth stage
Paris-Nice, eighth stage
Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Giro d’Italia, 12th stage
French National Road Race Championship
Tour de France, 16th stage
Grand Prix du Québec
2008 • 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd
Tour Ivoirien de La Paix, one stage
Tour Ivoirien de La Paix, overall
Paris-Tours
2007 • 1st
• 1st
Trois Jours du Vaucluse
Tour des Landes
2009 • 1st
• 1st
• 1st
• 2nd
• 1st
Etoile de Bessèges, overall
Haut Var General, overall
Trophée des Grimpeurs
Giro d’Italia, 19th stage
Tour de France, fourth stage
2008 • 1st
Circuit de la Sarthe, overall
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About Europcar
Europcar is the European leader in vehicle rental
access to the world’s largest car rental network.
Partners
services, providing its customers with
Thanks to its franchise holders and partners Europcar is present in over 150 countries and,
through its portfolio of brands, has enjoyed revenues of almost €3 billion in 2009 of which
1.85 billion euros is consolidated turnover.
6,500 employees committed to customer satisfaction and a fleet of almost
200,000 vehicles, Europcar is also a company that takes its responsibilities to society seriously
and this year once again won the World Travel Award for being “the World’s Leading Green
Transport Solution Company”.
With its
The Vendée General Council has supported Team Europcar since
its creation. The values of team spirit and fair play embraced
by the riders under the leadership of Jean-René Bernaudeau are
indeed an example for the many young sportsmen active in our
department.
Team Europcar knows that it can count on the support and
enthusiasm of all the people of Vendée during the coming year.
Europcar is held by the investment company, Eurazeo.
For more information: www.europcar.com/corporate
Accorhotels.com, special sponsor of Team Europcar, is the
bookings portal for the 4,000 hotels of the Accor Group. Present
in 90 countries and ranging from luxury to budget, you can
book your hotels on Accorhotels.com, the leading hotel booking
site in France with more than 6.5 million visits per month.
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