Groupama–FDJ United () is a French cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Marc Madiot, a former road bicycle racer and winner of the Paris–Roubaix classic in 1985 and 1991. The team is predominantly French.
History
thumb|[[Cyril Saugrain in FDJ jersey in 1999]]
thumb|[[Philippe Gilbert riding for FDJ at the 2006 Tour de France]]
thumb|[[Thibaut Pinot (right) and Sébastien Reichenbach (left) for FDJ at the 2018 Giro d'Italia]]
thumb|FDJ team car in 2007
The team was founded on the initiative of Marc Madiot after he retired from racing in 1994 following a leg-breaking crash in that year's edition of Paris–Roubaix. After a period in the mid-1990s when the professional cycling scene in France was contracting – resulting in the 1996 French National Road Race Championships elite race being held on a pro–am basis due to the reduced number of professional riders – by the time of the team's launch in 1997 they faced competition for riders in France from fellow newcomers as well as the expanding team and the already established outfit.
In their first season the team only took a total of 13 wins and won the UCI Road World Cup – however these included several high-profile victories such as Frédéric Guesdon's triumph at Paris–Roubaix, a stage win for Mengin at the Tour de France and victories for Rebellin at the Clásica de San Sebastián and Züri-Metzgete.
Sponsorship
The team has been sponsored by Française des Jeux – the operator of France's national lottery – since its founding in 1997. Française des Jeux owns a majority of shares in the team, and the team is based in a warehouse owned by Française des Jeux on the outskirts of Paris: according to Madiot the team and the sponsor have a close working relationship.
Following the departure of BigMat, the team renamed itself FDJ.fr. At the end of 2017, the team announced that they secured a sponsorship deal with French insurance group Groupama for the 2018 season, becoming Groupama–FDJ, contributing investment that increased the team's budget from €16 million to €20 million for next season.
Doping
In February 2019, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the 2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Georg Preidler confessed to having his blood extracted for a possible transfusion. On 3 March, Preidler confessed to Austrian police, whilst also terminating his contract with the team via email. Preidler was due to race during the previous weekend, later admitting to having his blood drawn on two occasions late in 2018. The team then contacted the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the French Anti-Doping Agency () and the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible (MPCC; ).
Team roster
Major wins
Continental & National champions
;1998
:20px French Cyclo-cross Christophe Mengin
;2002
:20px French Road Race Nicolas Vogondy
;2004
:20px Australian Road Race Matthew Wilson
:20px Swedish Time Trial Thomas Löfkvist
:20px French Track (Individual pursuit) Nicolas Vogondy
;2005
:20px French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
:20px Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
:20px French Track (Team pursuit) Nicolas Vogondy
;2006
:20px Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
:20px Finnish Cyclo-cross Jussi Veikkanen
:20px Swedish Time Trial Gustav Larsson
:20px Swedish Road Race Thomas Löfkvist
:20px French Track (Team pursuit) Mathieu Ladagnous
:20px French Track (Team pursuit) Mickaël Delage
;2007
:20px French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
:20px French Time Trial Benoît Vaugrenard
;2008
:20px French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
:20px Belarusian Road Race Yauheni Hutarovich
:20px Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
;2009
:20px Belarusian Road Race Yauheni Hutarovich
;2010
:20px Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
;2011
:20px French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
:20px French Track (Individual pursuit) Mathieu Ladagnous
:20px U23 World Road Race, Arnaud Démare
;2012
:20px Belarusian Road Race Yauheni Hutarovich
:20px French Road Race Nacer Bouhanni
;2013
:20px Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
:20px French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
:20px French Road Race Arthur Vichot
;2014
:20px Finnish Road Race Jussi Veikkanen
:20px French Cyclo-cross Francis Mourey
:20px French Road Race Arnaud Démare
;2016
:20px French Road Race Arthur Vichot
:20px French Time Trial Thibaut Pinot
:20px Lithuanian Time Trial Ignatas Konovalovas
;2017
:20px Swedish Time Trial Tobias Ludvigsson
:20px Lithuanian Time Trial Ignatas Konovalovas
:20px French Road Race Arnaud Démare
:20px Lithuanian Road Race Ignatas Konovalovas
;2018
:20px Swedish Time Trial Tobias Ludvigsson
:20px Canadian Road Race Antoine Duchesne
:20px Austrian Time Trial Georg Preidler
:20px Swiss Road Race Steve Morabito
:20px French Road Race Anthony Roux
:20px French U23 Time Trial Alexys Brunel
;2019
:20px Swiss Time Trial Stefan Küng
:20px French Time Trial Benjamin Thomas
:20px Luxembourg U23 Time Trial Kevin Geniets
:20px Swiss Road Race Sébastien Reichenbach
:20px Swedish Time Trial Tobias Ludvigsson
:20px European Track (Omnium) Benjamin Thomas
;2020
:20px Swiss Time Trial Stefan Küng
:20px French Road Race Arnaud Démare
:20px Luxembourg Road Race Kevin Geniets
:20px European Time Trial Stefan Küng
:20px Swiss Road Race Stefan Küng
;2021
:20px Swiss Time Trial Stefan Küng
:20px French Time Trial Benjamin Thomas
:20px Luxembourg Time Trial Kevin Geniets
:20px Luxembourg Road Race Kevin Geniets
:20px Lithuanian Road Race Ignatas Konovalovas
:20px European Time Trial Stefan Küng
;2022
:20px French Time Trial Bruno Armirail
:20px Hungarian Road Race Attila Valter