Groupama-FDJ United
Groupama–FDJ United is a French UCI WorldTour professional cycling team led by Tierry Cornec. Established in 1997 as La Française des Jeux, the team has maintained a strong national identity while developing into a consistent performer at the WorldTour level. Key riders include David Gaudu and Romain Gregoire.
Full official team name and common short name
Groupama-FDJ United; most outlets shorten it to Groupama-FDJ. Their UCI identifier is FDJ.
Primary disciplines
Men’s elite road racing across Grand Tours, one‑week stage races and one‑day classics, with a strong French development pipeline feeding climbers, rouleurs and time triallists into the WorldTour.
Next to a men's team, there is also a women's team performing at the highest level.
Country of registration and base location
The team is registered and based in France, with its service course in Villepinte.
Founding year and origin story
The organisation dates back to 1997, when it launched under the FDJ banner, and it was renamed Groupama FDJ in 2018. In 2026, the squad adopts the name Groupama FDJ United, bringing the WorldTeam and its development pathway under a single identity while keeping its French roots at the core.
Current title sponsor and key partners
Title partners are Groupama and La Française des Jeux. The team rides Wilier Triestina bikes, using the Filante SLR for aero focused stages, the Verticale SLR for climbing, and the Supersonica SLR for time trials, paired with Shimano Dura Ace Di2 groupsets, Miche wheels, Continental tyres, and Prologo saddles. Their race setup is fully integrated, with a clear preference for tubeless systems.
Previous team names and sponsor history
The team has raced as FDJ from 1997 to 2017, as Groupama-FDJ from 2018 to 2025, and as Groupama-FDJ United from 2026 onward.
Key achievements (team lineage)
The team’s palmarès includes a Milan San Remo win in 2016 through Arnaud Démare, plus a steady run of Tour de France stage victories from Démare, Thibaut Pinot and others.
Pinot also delivered a Monument with Il Lombardia in 2018, while the squad has collected French national titles on the road and in time trials, along with world and European time trial podium finishes. O
ver the years, it has repeatedly placed riders inside the Tour de France top 10 and even the top 5 with leaders developed in house. Behind the WorldTeam, the development programme has produced multiple Tour de l’Avenir winners and Under 23 World Championship medallists, underlining the strength of the pipeline.
2026 riders
Groupama-FDJ United’s 2026 spine is built around David Gaudu for Tour de France GC, with Valentin Madouas leading on hilly classics and week long stage races, and Guillaume Martin offering a second GC option for mountainous routes alongside stage hunting. Romain Grégoire steps up as a punchy finisher on Ardennes style terrain, while Rémi Cavagna underpins the time trial engine and long range breakaway threat. P
aul Penhoët fronts the sprint chances on flatter finales, supported by the positioning and lead out work of Kevin Geniets and Johan Jacobs. In the mountains, Gaudu and Martin can lean on Clément Berthet, Rémy Rochas, Ewen Costiou and Enzo Paleni for depth and durability, with Rudy Molard as the road captain and late stage fixer and Quentin Pacher as a reliable puncheur for reduced group finishes.
Behind them, Lewis Bower, Titouan Fontaine, Maxime Decomble, Brieuc Rolland and Thibaud Gruel represent the next wave, while Lorenzo Germani and Josh Kench add versatile domestique horsepower, and Cyril Barthe, Clément Russo and Bastien Tronchon round out a roster built to chase GC, win on punchy profiles, and convert breakaways across the WorldTour calendar.
Who are the leadership and key staff?
Groupama FDJ United is led by general manager Thierry Corvec, with Philippe Mauduit directing race operations, following the long Marc Madiot era in which he shaped the team’s identity through to the end of 2025 before stepping back into a more advisory position.
A strong group of assistant sports directors adds depth across the calendar, with Frédéric Guesdon and Thierry Bricaud strengthening the classics blocks, Benoît Vaugrenard and Jussi Veikkanen adding time trial, lead out and stage race experience, and Julien Pinot and Jérôme Gannat supporting performance planning and climbing focused programmes.
Who are the key alumni of Groupama-FDJ?
Groupama FDJ United’s alumni trace nearly three decades of French WorldTour history, mixing homegrown leaders with Grand Tour stage winners and classics specialists.
Thibaut Pinot defined the modern era with Il Lombardia in 2018 and a Tour de France podium in 2014, while Arnaud Démare delivered Milan San Remo in 2016 and added multiple stage wins across the Giro and the Tour. They sit alongside Nacer Bouhanni, a Grand Tour stage winner, and Stefan Küng, whose time trial pedigree and classics strength made him a constant reference point.
Further back, Bradley McGee brought early Tour de France prologue success and Baden Cooke claimed the 2003 Tour points classification, with Sandy Casar later becoming a reliable Tour stage hunter. Arthur Vichot twice wore the French tricolour as national road champion, and Anthony Geslin earned bronze in the elite road race at the 2005 World Championships.