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'We want to be in tune with Peter Sagan to achieve great things together': Says TotalEnergies sports director on balancing Sagan and team identity
The French team are keen to keep their own characteristics while also allowing the Slovakian to do his thing
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Peter Sagan wants Niki Terpstra to continue at TotalEnergies rather than retire
The three-time world champion says he wants to talk to the two-time Monument winner if he wishes to continue riding
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Peter Sagan: 'TotalEnergies not in the WorldTour is not a problem for me'
The three-time world champion appears to be stepping down from WorldTour level next season
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Peter Sagan will ride for Team TotalEnergies in 2022
The three-time world champion also brings riders and staff as well as new bike and clothing brands
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Total Direct Energie change name and kit design after sponsor rebrand
The new design brings a bit of a tropical colour feel to the professional peloton in 2021
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BMC's Darwin Atapuma takes Vuelta lead after classy win by Lilian Calmajane
Fourth red jersey holder in four days after Atapuma and Calmajane capitalise on 20-man breakaway
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Owain Doull set to sign for Europcar
Highly-rated British Cycling Olympic Academy Programme rider to step up to WorldTour level in 2015.
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Video: Kevin Reza picks up fan's camera during Tour de France and makes film
Europcar rider Kevin Reza scoops up a spectator's dropped camera, films himself riding along - and the camera is later returned to fan
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Europcar could see rider exodus after losing WorldTour licence
Riders free to leave French team Europcar after it loses its WorldTour licence
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Europcar boss announces name of new title sponsor
Direct Energie will replace Europcar as title sponsor of the French Pro Continental team in 2016
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Niki Terpstra out of hospital after high-speed motor-pacing crash
Niki Terpstra is out of hospital after a high-speed motor-pacing crash.
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Petrol company Total to take over sponsorship Direct Energie, according to reports
Direct Energie will be replaced by gas and oil giant Total as the main sponsor before Paris-Roubaix, according to French media.
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Britain’s Chris Lawless leaves Ineos Grenadiers to join Total Direct Energie
Britain’s Chris Lawless will be leaving Ineos Grenadiers after three seasons to join Total Direct Energie.
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Europcar find replacement sponsor for 2016 season, reports suggest
French team were at risk of folding with lead sponsor Europcar pulling out, but team manager Jean-Rene Bernaudeau says he has found a new sponsor
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Teams cast doubts on whether disc brakes caused Francisco Ventoso's Paris-Roubaix injury
Direct Energie and Lampre-Merida, the only teams using discs at Paris-Roubaix, say that their riders did not witness an incident with Ventoso
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Europcar to stop team sponsorship after 2015
French WorldTour team will lose its title sponsor at end of 2015 season
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Thomas Voeckler plans to retire after the 2017 Tour de France
Direct Energie's French star Thomas Voeckler will retire from professional cycling after the 2017 Tour de France, he reveals on Twitter
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The secret life of Thomas Voeckler
Our revealing interview with the French star, first published in Cycle Sport April 2012.
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Pierre Rolland interview: the song of Rolland
Cycle Sport interviewed the La Toussuire stage winner at the start of the season and found an engaging and ambitious rider, who has the unusual distinction of having won his first professional race
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Niki Terpstra left in intensive care after high-speed training crash
Niki Terpstra was left in intensive care after a high-speed training crash.
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Michael Albasini accused of making racist comment to Kevin Reza at Tour de France
Alleged incident occurred when Michael Albasini and Kevin Reza were in the escape group during stage 16 of the 2014 Tour de France
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Niccolò Bonifazio powers clear of peloton to deny rivals on stage two of Saudi Tour 2020
Niccolò Bonifazio charged clear of the peloton in the final kilometre to deny his rivals on stage two of the Saudi Tour.
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Total Direct Energie confirm they will decline invite to Giro d'Italia 2020
Race organisers had asked the French team to decline their invite to make space for more Italian squads
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Niki Terpstra hoping experience can help drive on Direct Energie's Classics campaign
After eight years with Quick-Step, the Dutchman is now sole leader for the French team's cobbled hopes
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Lilian Calmejane: ‘I started cycling admiring Thomas Voeckler and now I get to share this moment with him’
LIlian Calmejane's victory on stage eight of the Tour de France would have made his former boyhood hero and current Direct Energie team-mate proud.
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Lilian Calmejane takes breakaway victory on fast and hectic Tour de France stage eight
Chris Froome retained his overall lead as Lillian Calmejane wins on the first day in the mountains at the Tour de France
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Jérôme Cousin puts in ruthless display to win Paris-Nice stage five as Sanchez holds lead
Cousin refused to work with breakaway partner Nils Politt before sprinting round him in the final 200 metres of stage five of Paris-Nice
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Michael Albasini and Kevin Reza racism dispute a 'misunderstanding'
Michael Albasini says that he did not make a racist remark to Kevin Reza during stage 16 of the Tour de France
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Bryan Coquard omitted from Direct Energie Tour de France squad after contract snub
The French sprinter has come closest to a stage win at the Tour for Direct Energie, but won't go to the 2017 edition after rejecting a new contract with the team
