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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

: 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

: Tour du Doubs, Jérôme Coppel : Overall Tour du Gévaudan, Jérôme Coppel

;2012 : Overall Étoile de Bessèges, 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

: Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, 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

References

[http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/team.asp?year=2010&teamcode=SAU CQ]
(3 December 2012). "Sojasun on BH for two years". Future Publishing Limited.
(3 December 2013). "Report: Sojasun to sponsor Cannondale in 2014". [[Future plc]].
(6 April 2012). "Argos-Shimano receives Tour de France wildcard invitation". Cycling News.
(1 October 2013). "Sojasun will not race in 2014".
"Sojasun (SOJ) - FRA". [[Union Cycliste Internationale]].

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