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From the Côte de Granit Rose in the Côtes d´Armor, Alan Riou is a young 100% Breton runner. He proved himself among the cadets during the French Future Championship in Albi where he ranked 4th in the sprint in 2013, at the same time as Elie Gesbert achieved the double in the juniors. The two men do their training in the same club: at Team Pays de Dinan. Alan joined the Brittany club for our team last year. In 2017, he ranked third at the Grand Prix D’Isbergues and provided valuable points to help the team win the French Cup. Last year he won more than ten amateur races & won the "Tour de l'Avenir". He starts 2019 as a professional in the Arkea Samsic Team, with the desire to learn alongside big names & perform as quickly as possible.

Her profile Trained and coached by Guillaume Benoist, uncle of Antoine Benoist, no one needs to say that Amandine Fouquenet is a cyclocrosswoman! A flagship discipline for men and which has put the champions of tomorrow on the road in recent months! The same may also be said for female cyclists. French junior cyclo-cross champion last year in Besançon, the 19-year-old Breton also finished third in the 2019 French Junior Women Road Championships in Beauvais. This demonstrates its complete versatility. This year, she also won the Brittany Elite Women's Cyclo-cross Championship. Youngest member of the Arkéa-Samsic team, like Léa Curinier, Amandine Fouquenet is an aspiring rider, with strong potential that only asks to be polished in the future. In 16 questions WHO INSPIRED YOU OF THE BIKE? My godfather and my cousin YOUR FIRST BIKE ? My first bike a BH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU IN CYCLING, ALL PERIODS ? What struck me the most was the day I won my first road race, I had to be happy to win but since I didn't know anything about the road and the girls didn't know me. Criticized me on arrival so at the same time I was happy to win but a part of disappointment following the behavior of the girls. WHAT DO YOU PREFER ABOUT CYCLING ? What I like best is being able to have a good time after sacrifices, hours of training and also surpassing yourself. WHAT BICYCLES HAVE BROUGHT TO YOUR LIFE ? Cycling brings me lots of things like organization, knowing how to manage, leading a double project, this sport has also allowed me to be able to open up to others and to be less withdrawn, shy. YOUR FAVORITE RACE ? My favorite race, I don't know, but my dream is to be able to participate in the By le Tour race. YOUR NICKNAME IN THE PELOTON ? My nickname I don't really have, but otherwise Foukfouk. YOUR BEST FEMININE FRIEND ON THE BIKE ? My best friend in the bike Pasquine, and also this year I got to know Kristina and Léa well, we got along very well this season on the road. YOUR BEST MEMORY ON A BIKE ? My best memory on a bike, last winter when I became French cyclo cross champion. FAVORITE SINGER OR BAND ? I really like soprano and the group coldplay THE MOST KNOWN PERSON IN YOUR PHONE DIRECTORY ? The most famous person in my repertoire Steve Chainel YOUR FAVORITE DISH ? My favorite dish, a good galette or chili con carne THE CAR OF YOUR DREAMS ? BMW X 6 dream car YOU WILL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CAREER, IF ... I will have succeeded in my career if I can make my sport my profession for a long time to help others and go and try to win. WHAT IS BRITTANY FOR YOU ? Brittany for me is a very regional region with its own customs, a land of cycling, and my native region so I'm happy to be part of a Breton team.

Demanding, perfectionist, Anthony has made his place in the professional peloton since 2010. Generous puncher, he proved it by winning twice the price of combativeness on the Tour de France (2015 &2016). 2017, he was deprived of his 7th Tour de France following a broken collarbone. A few months earlier, Anthony had returned to victory at home on the Tour of Normandy. He impressed by winning solo on the first stage & keeping his yellow leader's jersey all week. It was already on his land, where he had won the Polynormande 6 years earlier. To believe hat his region is successful for him : He won in 2017 on the Duo Normand with his teammate Pierre-Luc Périchon. To stop with the bike, it is towards gastronomy that the Norman turns. Maybe one day he will be a restaurateur, but by then he has set himself the goal of winning at least once far from Normandy.

Awards 2019 - Cofidis, Credit Solution 2nd of the Normand Duo 6th of the 4th stage of the Tour Poitou-Charentes in New Aquitaine 9th of the prologue stage of the Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg

Awards 2019 - Cofidis, Credit Solution (intern) Winner of the Schaal Sels Merksem / Johan Museeuw Classic 8th on stage 7 of Vuelta San Juan 4th best young rider in Belgrade Banjaluka 2nd on stage 2 of the Tour of Hungary 5th on stage 5 of the Tour of Hungary

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Tim Declercq's brother, also professional cyclist, Benjamin Declercq, the Belgian is a former champion of West Flanders beginners, professional since 2017, he finished second and 2019 in the Grand Prix Pino Cerami & 3rd the previous season. He also has a master's degree in economics.

In society, Benoît Jarrier is not the loudest. Yet he is a go-getter. Legacy, perhaps, of a double sporting culture: cycling in the family, 24 Hours of Le Mans on the doorstep, 300 meters from his parents. So he attacks. 200 kilometers of breakaway in April 2014 on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. And first striker of his first Tour de France three months later, as soon as the flag was lowered on leaving Leeds! Benoît wanted to complete this Tour,despite the suffering of a persistent sinusitis in the Alps. Fan of Novak Djokovic, he can show a formidable finish in a small group  

Great Dutch guy, Bram Welten is a good sprinter who wants to become one of the best. He also won in the Tour of Britain last season. At 23, Bram also wants to perform well on the classics ; he distinguished himself in 2015, winning Paris Roubaix Espoirs. His professional start was a sporting but also a personal challenge because Bram had to learn French and, like in sprints, he goes fast.

Caleb Ewan is a world class Australian sprinter. He is known for his remarkable way of sprinting as he keeps a very low position on the bike. Junior, Caleb finished second at the 2012 World Championships and a year later, he finished 4th at the U23 World Championships. In his first year as a professional cyclist, he won 11 races, including a stage in the Vuelta. He has already won races like Cyclassics Hamburg, 1 stage of the 2017 Giro and 10 stages of the Down Under Tour. After riding for 5 years for an Australian team, Caleb signed for Lotto Soudal in 2019, immediately winning one UAE Tour stage and 2 Tour of Turkey stages. The 2019 Giro d'Italia marked the first Grand Tour in Lotto Soudal colors for Caleb Ewan. It was a very successful start for Ewan as he scored 2 impressive sprint victories in Pesaro and Novi Ligure. In 2019, Ewan contributed to the success of the Tour de France for Lotto Soudal by securing three victories. With a victory on the Champs Élysées as the icing on the cake.

Awards 2018 - Cofidis, Credit Solutions Winner of Tro Bro Leon Winner of the 1st stage of the Tour du Luxembourg Winner of the 3rd stage of the Tour de Belgique Winner of the 1st and 3rd stages of the Tour La Provence Winner of the 2nd stage of the Etoile de Besseges 2nd in the general classification of the Etoile de Besseges 2nd of the Grand Prix d'Isbergues 2nd of the 18th stage of the Tour de France 2nd of the 5th stage of the Tour de Belgique 2nd of the 1st stage of the Route d'Occitanie 3rd in Paris-Bourges 3rd of the 1st stage of Paris-Nice 3rd of the prologue and of the 4th stage of the Tour of Slovakia 3rd in the Tour La Provence prologue 4th in Gand-Wevelgem 4th of the 3rd stage of the Tour de Slovaquie 4th of the 2nd stage of the Route d'Occitanie 4th of the 1st and 5th stages of Etoile de Besseges 5th in the Grand Prix de Fourmies 5th of the 1st, 7th and 21st stages of the Tour de France 6th of the 1st stage of the Tour de Belgique 6th of the 5th stage of Paris-Nice 7th of the 3rd stage of Etoile de Besseges 13th in Milan-SanRemo

A solid Belgian rider, Christophe Noppe has a sporting dream to compete in the classic “Paris-Roubaix”. He could of course achieve it within the Arkéa-Samsic team. He has the Coastal Flèche to his professional record in 2017, and the following year finished 3rd in the Sels Cup, then 3rd in 2019, at the Grand Prix of the city of Zottegem.

Embarrassed by a knee problem in early 2018, Clement Russo was unable to fully express himself in his first season with the professionals. Skillful on a bike, generous in his efforts Clément wants to continue learning his trade from the older ones. Cyclo-cross specialist, double French champion (Juniors and Espoirs), 3rd in the 2017 Under-21 World Cup, the Arkea Samsic team encouraged him to continue his discipline this winter. For his first French championship among professionals, Clément signed a fourth place, and made an appointment to win the tricolor outfit in future years. The three words that, according to him, define him: Smiling, Determined, Impatient

Originally from Yorkshire, the current British champion, winner of a stage of the Kreiz Breizh Elites in 2018, joined the Arkea Samsic team at mid-season to support the sprinters! Connor completed his first race with the team during the 4 Dunkerque Days.