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Sojasun (cycling team)

Field	Value
name	Sojasun
image	[[File:Sojasun logo.svg	250px]]
code	SOJ
registered	France
bicycles	BH Bikes
website	http://www.equipe-sojasun.com/
founded
disbanded
generalmanager	Stéphane Heulot
discipline	Road
status	UCI Professional Continental
season	2009
2010–2012
2013
oldname	Besson Chaussures-Sojasun
Saur-Sojasun (SAU)
Sojasun (SOJ)
kitimage	Saur-Sojasun jersey.jpg

2010–2012 2013 Saur-Sojasun (SAU) Sojasun (SOJ) 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

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 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](2012-volta-a-catalunya), Julien Simon : Tour du Finistère, Julien Simon : Stage 2 [Tour de Romandie](2012-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](2012-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](2013-volta-a-portugal), Maxime Daniel ## References ## References 1. [http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/team.asp?year=2010&teamcode=SAU CQ] 2. (3 December 2012). ["Sojasun on BH for two years"](http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/sojasun-on-bh-for-two-years-35880/). *Future Publishing Limited*. 3. (3 December 2013). ["Report: Sojasun to sponsor Cannondale in 2014"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-sojasun-to-sponsor-cannondale-in-2014). *[[Future plc]]*. 4. (6 April 2012). ["Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/argos-shimano-receives-tour-de-france-wildcard-invitation). *Cycling News*. 5. (1 October 2013). ["Sojasun will not race in 2014"](http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/51561/sojasun-will-not-race-in-2014). 6. ["Sojasun (SOJ) - FRA"](http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2013&teamnameid=3798&npage=&search=&l=ENG). *[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojasun_(cycling_team)) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojasun_(cycling_team)?action=history). ::

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