Bbox Bouygues Telecom (UCI team code: BBO) is a professional road bicycle racing team that competes on the UCI ProTour. Its sponsor, Bouygues Télécom, is a French mobile phone company. In previous years, the team was known as Brioches La Boulangère, Bonjour, and Bouygues Télécom.
The team was founded in 1984 as System U. The team disbanded in 1985 but returned in 1986 under new management. Cyrille Guimard became the directeur sportif, bringing hi...
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Bbox Bouygues Telecom (UCI team code: BBO) is a professional road bicycle racing team that competes on the UCI ProTour. Its sponsor, Bouygues Télécom, is a French mobile phone company. In previous years, the team was known as Brioches La Boulangère, Bonjour, and Bouygues Télécom.
The team was founded in 1984 as System U. The team disbanded in 1985 but returned in 1986 under new management. Cyrille Guimard became the directeur sportif, bringing his protégé Laurent Fignon who nearly won the 1989 edition of the Tour de France. A change of sponsor in 1990 renamed the team Castorama.
In 1992 Guimard became manager of the team. In 1995, Jean-René Bernaudeau, a former professional racer, became director of the team. From 1996 to 1999, the team withdrew from top-level competition. Bernaudeau set up a development team in the Vendée region called Vendée U.
In 2000, the team again became a professional team Bonjour, still under the control of the sporting director Bernardeau. In 2003, the team...
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