# Sojasun (cycling team)

Sojasun was a French cycling team registered at UCI Professional Continental level. They were founded in 2009 as Besson Chaussures-Sojasun. The team rode BH bicycles. Their sponsor Sojasun is a company which manufactures soya-based foods.
In 2012, the team received a wildcard invitation to the Tour de France, along with three other French-registered teams.
The professional cycling team Sojasun will not be present in the professional peloton in 2014, after the team was unable to find a new title sponsor.

## Final team roster

    As of 1 January 2013.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Maxime Daniel (FRA) | Maxime Daniel (FRA) | (1991-06-05) 5 June 1991 (age 33) |
| Anthony Delaplace (FRA) | Anthony Delaplace (FRA) | (1989-09-11) 11 September 1989 (age 35) |
| Julien El Fares (FRA) | Julien El Fares (FRA) | (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39) |
| Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) | Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) | (1979-12-07) 7 December 1979 (age 44) |
| Brice Feillu (FRA) | Brice Feillu (FRA) | (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 39) |
| Jérémie Galland (FRA) | Jérémie Galland (FRA) | (1983-04-08) 8 April 1983 (age 41) |
| Jonathan Hivert (FRA) | Jonathan Hivert (FRA) | (1985-03-23) 23 March 1985 (age 39) |
| Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) | Fabrice Jeandesboz (FRA) | (1984-12-04) 4 December 1984 (age 39) |
| Christophe Laborie (FRA) | Christophe Laborie (FRA) | (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 38) |
| David Lelay (FRA) | David Lelay (FRA) | (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 (age 44) |
| Cyril Lemoine (FRA) | Cyril Lemoine (FRA) | (1983-03-03) 3 March 1983 (age 41) |
| Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) | Jean-Marc Marino (FRA) | (1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Rony Martias (FRA) | Rony Martias (FRA) | (1980-08-04) 4 August 1980 (age 44) |
| Maxime Mederel (FRA) | Maxime Mederel (FRA) | (1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 44) |
| Jean-Lou Paiani (FRA) | Jean-Lou Paiani (FRA) | (1988-12-23) 23 December 1988 (age 35) |
| Rémi Pauriol (FRA) | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) | (1982-04-04) 4 April 1982 (age 42) |
| Paul Poux (FRA) | Paul Poux (FRA) | (1984-09-07) 7 September 1984 (age 40) |
| Fabien Schmidt (FRA) | Fabien Schmidt (FRA) | (1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 35) |
| Julien Simon (FRA) | Julien Simon (FRA) | (1985-10-04) 4 October 1985 (age 39) |
| Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) | Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) | (1988-12-30) 30 December 1988 (age 35) |
| Yannick Talabardon (FRA) | Yannick Talabardon (FRA) | (1981-07-06) 6 July 1981 (age 43) |
| Etienne Tortelier (FRA) | Etienne Tortelier (FRA) | (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 34) |
| Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) | Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) | (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 36) |

## Major wins
### 2009

    Stage 1 & 2 Étoile de Bessèges, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 2 3 Jours de Vaucluse, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Paris–Troyes, Yannick Talabardon
    Classic Loire Atlantique, Cyril Bessy
    Stage 1 Critérium International, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 3 Circuit de la Sarthe, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Paris–Camembert, Jimmy Casper
    Grand Prix de Denain, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 3 Tour de Bretagne, Laurent Mangel
    Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Jérémie Galland
    Stage 2 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 4 Tour de Gironde, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 1 Ronde de l'Oise, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 3 Circuito Montañés, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 1 Boucles de la Mayenne, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 4 Tour Alsace, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Casper
    Châteauroux Classic, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 2 Tour du Gévaudan, Laurent Mangel

### 2010

    GP d'Ouverture, Jonathan Hivert
    Stage 1 Tour of Oman, Jimmy Casper
    Classic Loire Atlantique, Laurent Mangel
    Stage 4 Tour de Normandie, Jimmy Casper
    Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Jérôme Coppel
       Stage 1, Jérôme Coppel
    Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 3 Tour of Belgium, Jimmy Casper
    Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Val d'Ille U Classic 35, Jimmy Casper
    Overall Boucles de la Mayenne, Jérémie Galland
       Prologue, Jimmy Engoulvent
       Stage 1, Laurent Mangel
    Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie, Laurent Mangel
    Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Cyril Bessy
    Prologue Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 3 Volta a Portugal, Jimmy Casper
    Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain, Stéphane Poulhiès
    Stage 1 Tour du Limousin, Jérémie Galland
    Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jimmy Engoulvent
       Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent
       Stage 5, Jimmy Casper
    Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel
    Overall Tour du Gévaudan, Jérôme Coppel
       Stage 1, Guillaume Levarlet
       Stage 2, Jérôme Coppel

### 2012

    Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jérôme Coppel
       Stage 5a, Stéphane Poulhies
       Stage 5b, Jérôme Coppel
    Stages 5 & 7 Volta a Catalunya, Julien Simon
    Tour du Finistère, Julien Simon
    Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Jonathan Hivert
    Overall Four Days of Dunkirk, Jimmy Engoulvent
       Stage 3, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Paul Poux
       Stage 1, Paul Poux
    Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Julien Simon
    Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 1 Route du Sud, Stéphane Poulhies
    Prologue Boucles de la Mayenne, Paul Poux
    Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel
    Grand Prix de Wallonie, Julien Simon

### 2013

    Overall Étoile de Bessèges, Jonathan Hivert
    Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a Andalucía, Jonathan Hivert
    Prologue Tour de Luxembourg, Jimmy Engoulvent
    Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Maxime Daniel