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Presentation of Team Europcar 2011

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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

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Contacts

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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.

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 refl ect 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.

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.

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.

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Philippe GuillemotChief Executive Offi cerof Europcar Groupe

Philippe Guillemot

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 fi t 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 fi rst 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.

Races like the Paris-Nice, which we are expecting to be invited to and would be a fi rst 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 fi rst 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 refl ect 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.


Q&A with

Team EuropcarJersey

Jean-René BernaudeauGeneral Manager of Team Europcar

YUKIYA ARASHIRODOB: 09/29/1984 in Ishigaki (Japan)

2010 • 3rd Giro d’Italia, third stage

• 3rd Tour de France, 12th stage

• 5th Paris-Tours

• 9th Japan Cup

2009 • 4th Japan Road Race Championships

• 5th Tour de France, fi rst stage

2008 • 1st Tour du Limousin, one stage

• 3rd Tour du Limousin

• 1st Okinawa Tour

2007 • 1st Japan Cycle Cup Road Race

GIOVANNI BERNAUDEAUDOB: 08/25/1983 in Fontenay-le-Comte (France)

2010 • 2nd Tour of Gabon fi rst stage

• 2nd Tour of Gabon fi fth stage

2008 • 6th Tour of Gabon

• 4th Tour of Poland, one stage

• 2nd Bavarian Tour, one stage

2006 • 6th Chinese Tour, one stage

2004 • 1st L’Essor Mayennais

• 1st L’Essor Mayennais, one stage

• 2nd U23 Paris-Tours


Presentation of Team EuropcarTeam Europcarcareer highlights

Yukiya Arashiro

Saïd Haddou

Mathieu Claude

Alexandre Pichot

David Veilleux

Giovanni Bernaudeau

Tony Hurel

Jérôme Cousin

Perrig Quemeneur

Thomas Voeckler

Franck Bouyer

Vincent Jérôme

Damien Gaudin

Kévin Reza

Anthony Charteau

Christophe Kern

Cyril Gautier

Pierre Rolland

Sébastien Chavanel

Guillaume Le Floch

Yohann Gène

Sébastien Turgot

SÉBASTIEN CHAVANELDOB: 03/21/1981 in Châtellerault (France)

2010 • 4th Criterium du Dauphiné, one stage

• 4th Tour of Poland, one stage

• 6th La Vuelta, one stage

2009 • 2nd L’Etoile de Bessèges, one stage

• 3th Nokere-Koerse

2008 • Tour de Picardie

• 2nd Tour de France, one stage

• 2nd Critérium du Dauphiné, one stage

2007 • 1st L’Etoile de Bessèges, one stage

• 1st Grand Prix de Denain

• 1st National French Cup

FRANCK BOUYERDOB: 03/17/1974 in Beaupréau (France)

2010 • 6th Tour de Bretagne, fi rst stage

• 6th Tour de Bretagne, sixth stage

• 1st Tour de Bretagne

• 7th Boucles de la Mayenne, fi rst stage

2004 • Circuit de la Sarthe Pays de Loire, one stage

• 2nd Circuit de la Sarthe Pays de Loire

• 1st Paris-Camembert

MATHIEU CLAUDEDOB: 03/17/1983 in Niort (France)

2010 • 4th Tour de Bretagne, fi fth 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 U23 Paris-Tours

• 1st Côte Picarde

ANTHONY CHARTEAUDOB: 06/04/1979 in Nantes (France)

2010 • Tour de France 2010 Best Climber

• 1st Tour of Gabon, fourth stage

• 1st Tour of Gabon

• 5th Tour de France, 10th stage

2009 • 1st Mediterranean Tour Team Time Trial

2008 • 3rd Paris-Bourges

2007 • 1st Langkawi Tour overall

• 1st Langkawi Tour, one stage

• 2nd Paris-Camembert

2006 • 1st Polynormande



CYRIL GAUTIER DOB: 09/26/1987 in Guingamp (France)

2010 • 3rd Boucles Sud Ardèche

• 1st Route Adélie

2009 • 2nd Circuit de Lorraine, fi fth stage

• 7th Tour du Limousin, overall

2008 • 1st U23 European Road Race Championship

• 1st Kreiz Breizh Elites, one stage

• 2nd Grand Prix Plumelec

2007 • 3rd Grand Prix de Rennes

JÉRÔME COUSINDOB: 06/05/1989 in Nantes (France)

Track • Five time French Track Champion

• U23 Individual Pursuit Vice European Champion

2010 • 1st Plages Vendéennes, second stage

• 1st Ronde de l’Izard, fi rst stage

• 1st Chambord-Vailly

• 2nd U23 Vienne Classic race

• 2nd Plages Vendéennes, overall

2009 • 1st Catalan Buckles

• 1st Mareuil and Vertillac, third stage

2008 • 1st U23 Loire Atlantique race

YOHANN GÈNE DOB: 06/25/1981 in Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe)

2010 • 1st Tour of Gabon, fi fth stage

• 5th Tour of Gabon overall standing

• 2nd Trois Jours des Flandres, third stage

• 2nd Val d’Ille Classic U 35

2009 • 1st Langkawi Tour, seventh stage

2008 • 6th Route du Sud, one stage

2007 • 5th Tour de la Somme

2006 • 4th Tour de l’Avenir, one stage

DAMIEN GAUDIN DOB: 08/20/1986 in Beaupréau (France)

2010 • 1st French Team Championship and American Pursuit

2009 • 1st French Individual Track Pursuit Championship

• 1st French Track Championship Team pursuit

• 2nd French American track Championship

2008 • 1st French Championship of American track

• 1st French Track Championship Team Pursuit

• Participation in Beijing Olympic Games

2007 • 1st Paris-Roubaix U23 race

• 1st French Pursuit Championship

• 1st Deux Jours de Machecoul



VINCENT JÉRÔME DOB: 11/26/1984 in Château-Gontie (France)

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

2005 • 1st Lys de Lannoy

• 10th U23 Paris-Roubaix race

2004 • 1st U23 Paris-Tours race

SAÏD HADDOU DOB: 11/23/1982 in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)

2010 • 4th Tour de Bretagne, fourth stage

• 4th Boucles de l’Aulne

2009 • 1st Tro-Bro-Léon

• 10th Tour de France, ninth stage

2007 • 1st Tro-Bro-Léon

• 4th Grand Prix de Denain

• 2nd Boucles de l’Aulne

• 3rd Tour of Poland, one stage

• 5th Paris-Bourges

2006 • 1st Tour de Poitou-Charentes one stage

CHRISTOPHE KERN DOB: 01/18/1981 in Wissembourg (France)

2010 • 6th French National Time Trial Championship

• 10th Turkey Tour

2009 • 2nd Tour de France Barcelone-Andorre

Arcalis seventh stage

• Polka-dot Jersey during the Tour de France

ninth stage

2008 • 2nd French National Time Trial Championship

• 2nd Tour du Doubs

• 2nd Mountains Classifi cation in La Vuelta

2007 • 3th Giro d’Italia, sixth stage

• 2nd Tour de Wallonie, fi fth stage

2006 • French National Time Trial Championship

• Selection for the World Time Trials in Salzbourg

TONY HURELDOB: 11/01/1987 in Lisieux (France)

2010 • 1st Circuit des Plages Vendéennes

• 1st Pays de Loire Championship

• 1st Paris-Connerré

• 1st National French Cup Team Time Trial

• 2nd Manche-Océan

• 2nd Classic Champagne-Ardenne

2009 • 1st Circuit de la vallée de la Loire

• 1st Tour de Martinique eighth Time Trial stage

• 1st Trophée des Champions

• 4th Pays de Loire Championship



PERRIG QUEMENEUR DOB: 04/26/1984 in Landerneau (France)

2010 • 8th Tro-Bro-Léon

• 8th Tour de Bretagne, fi rst stage

2008 • 4th Tour Ivoirien de La Paix, one stage

2007 • 1st Grand Prix de Buxerolles

• 10th Tour du Limousin

• 4th Tour de Bretagne

GUILLAUME LE FLOCH DOB: 02/16/1985 in Saint-Brieuc (France)

2009 • 6th Tour of Gabon, fi rst stage

• 6th Tour of Gabon, second stage

• 9th Tour of Gabon, overall

2008 • 7th Grand Prix Marseillaise

2006 • 6th Prix des Blés d’Or

KÉVIN REZA DOB: 05/18/1988 in Versailles (France)

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

2009 • Best climber U23 Haut-Anjou UCI

• Three victories in the Tour de la Martinique

• 13th U23 Paris-Tours race

2008 • 2nd Plages Vendéennes, second stage

• 1st U23 Vuelta de Madrid race, second stage

ALEXANDRE PICHOT DOB: 01/06/1983 in Caen (France)

2010 • 6th Mediterranean Tour, third stage

• 7th Tour de Picardie, overall

• 9th Boucles de la Mayenne, overall

2009 • 11th Tour des Flandres

• 3th Cholet Pays de Loire

2008 • 6th Tour of Qatar

• 5th Paris-Camembert

2007 • 8th Tour of Qatar

Tour of Qatar, white jersey

2006 • 2nd Tour de l’Avenir, one stage



DAVID VEILLEUX DOB: 11/ 26/1987 in Cap-Rouge (Canada)

2010 • 1st Canadian Elite Criterium Championship • 1st US National Criterium Championships • 1st Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, overall • 2nd Elk Grove Tour, overall

2009 • 1st Canadian U23 Time Trial Championship


• 1st Canadian U23 Road Race Championship


2006 • 1st Canadian U23 Road Race Championship

• 1st Canadian U23 Time Trial Championship

PIERRE ROLLAND DOB: 10/10/1986 in Gien (France)

2010 • 1st Circuit de Lorraine, fourth stage

• 2nd Circuit de Lorraine, overall

• 5th Boucles de l’Aulne

• 4th Tour de France, 11th stage

2009 • 22th Tour de France, overall

• 3rd Tour of Gabon, overall

2008 • 2nd Dauphiné Libéré, one stage

• 6th National French Road racing Championship

2007 • 1st Tour of Gabon, one stage

• 1st Tour du Limousin, one stage

THOMAS VOECKLER DOB: 06/22 1979 in Schiltigheim (France)

2010 • 5th Paris-Nice, fi fth stage • 2nd Paris-Nice, eighth stage • 11th Liège-Bastogne-Liège • 2nd Giro d’Italia, 12th stage • 1st French National Road Race Championship • 1st Tour de France, 16th stage • 1st Grand Prix du Québec

2009 • 1st Etoile de Bessèges, overall • 1st Haut Var General, overall • 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs • 2nd Giro d’Italia, 19th stage • 1st Tour de France, fourth stage

2008 • 1st Circuit de la Sarthe, overall

SÉBASTIEN TURGOT DOB: 04/11/1984 in Limoges (France)

2010 • 1st Trois jours de la Panne, second stage

• 2nd Boucles de la Mayenne, fourth stage

• 6th Tour de France, fi fth stage

• 6th Tour de France, sixth stage

• 6th Tour de France, seventh stage

2009 • 3rd Circuit de Lorraine, third stage

2008 • 1st Tour Ivoirien de La Paix, one stage

• 2nd Tour Ivoirien de La Paix, overall

• 3rd Paris-Tours

2007 • 1st Trois Jours du Vaucluse

• 1st Tour des Landes




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.

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.

Europcar is the European leader in vehicle rental services, providing its customers with

access to the world’s largest car rental network.

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.

With its 6,500 employees committed to customer satisfaction and a fl eet 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”.

Europcar is held by the investment company, Eurazeo.

For more information: www.europcar.com/corporate

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