DATA DOMESTIQUE
WorldTeam ·season

Crédit Agricole

Team rating
779
#8 of 18 WorldTeams
Depth
662
riders 8 to 12
Wins
27
14 winners

The season ·

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Peak 768
Tour 17th
Vuelta 13th
SanremoFlandersRoubaixLiègeWorlds TTWorlds
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WonPodiumTop 10RacedA bar is a stage race, colored by the team's best GC; ◆ its stage wins and podiumsZone: the WorldTeams from the median team (dashed) to the best

Honors

No Grand Tour, Monument or championship wins this season.

Its riders' season awards
1
Breakaway rider
Best results
3
Grand Tour stage win
1
WorldTour GC podium
1
Award podium
1
Grand Tour stage podium
6
.Pro win or GC podium
15
.1 win
What its riders won riding for it; the Worlds and Olympics count for the trade team. Best results fill a season with fewer honors, from Monument podiums down to .2 wins, U23 races a class up. Hover a badge for the riders and races.

2008 awards

The 2008 season ›
Team awards
7thTeam of the yearof 18 WorldTeams
Rating91
Results41
66
4thSprint teamof 18 WorldTeams
Rating93
Results20
57
13thClassics teamof 18 WorldTeams
Rating92
Results21
57
8thGC teamof 18 WorldTeams
Rating83
Results27
55
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25
1stBreakaway riderSimon Gerrans100
3rdSprinterThor Hushovd71
4thBreakout starPierre Rolland100
8thBreakout starNicolas Roche67
9thSprinterSébastien Hinault56
10thTime trialistThor Hushovd47
10thBreakaway riderDmitriy Fofonov42
11thTop U23 riderPierre Rolland33
12thClimberSimon Gerrans49
A team award: half the team's rating over the season, half its class-weighted results in the award's races, each a share of the best WorldTeam. 7 more rider places.

How good, at what

vs 18 WorldTeams
Overall59779 · #8
One-Day47683 · #10
GC18664 · #15
Flat47739 · #10
Hilly24655 · #14
Mountain35661 · #12
Time Trial59666 · #8
Sprint71833 · #6
Cobbles41592 · #11
Long24591 · #14
Team weighted: each rating from its best riders' margins above the WorldTour median rider, its leader counting most; Sprint takes in the lead-outs. The bar is its percentile among the 18 WorldTeams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallThor Hushovd810Mark Renshaw769Sébastien Hinault748
One-DayThor Hushovd710Sébastien Hinault670Nicolas Roche661
GCDmitriy Fofonov675Alexandre Botcharov666Christophe Le Mével659
FlatThor Hushovd762Jimmy Engoulvent758Jeremy Hunt699
HillyPierre Rolland659Alexandre Botcharov654Nicolas Roche652
MountainNicolas Roche670Simon Gerrans664Christophe Le Mével655
Time TrialLászló Bodrogi725Thor Hushovd627William Bonnet611
SprintThor Hushovd850Mark Renshaw830Sébastien Hinault786
CobblesThor Hushovd638Sébastien Hinault565William Bonnet534
LongNicolas Roche596Pietro Caucchioli595Alexandre Botcharov593
Its three best on each rating, by their 2008 peak.

Season highlights

Tour de France · 2 stagesThor Hushovd, Simon Gerrans
Vuelta a España · 1 stageSébastien Hinault
Volta a Catalunya · 2 stagesThor Hushovd ×2
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré · 1 stageDmitriy Fofonov
Paris-Nice · 1 stageThor Hushovd
Tour de Pologne · 1 stageAngelo Furlan
Tour Down Under · 1 stageMark Renshaw
Tour du Limousin-Périgord-Nouvelle Aquitaine · overallSébastien Hinault
La Méditerranéenne · overallAlexandre Botcharov
4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de Fra · 1 stageThor Hushovd
Critérium International · 1 stageSimon Gerrans
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

27
wins
14
different winners
22%
of the wins: Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd6
Simon Gerrans3
Angelo Furlan3
Mark Renshaw2
Nicolas Roche2
Sébastien Hinault2
William Bonnet2
Ignatas Konovalovas1
Jeremy Hunt1
Alexandre Botcharov1
Wins by rider, and 4 more with fewer. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

Climber830%
Sprinter622%
GC519%
Puncheur415%
Rouleur415%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

27 ridersAverage age 27.8
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Nationalities · 9
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Ins and outs

Since 2007: 8 in, 8 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: +12 a rider
In · 8from
→ Jeremy Hunt699Unibet.com
→ Simon Gerrans652AG2R Prévoyance
→ Gabriel Rasch594Maxbo - Bianchi
→ Ignatas Konovalovas590new to the level
→ Eric Berthou553Caisse d'Epargne
→ Maxime Méderel530Auber 93
→ Julien Simon522new to the level
→ Cyril Bessy494new to the level
Out · 8to
← Julian Dean678new to the level
← Francesco Bellotti613Barloworld
← Anthony Charteau605Caisse d'Epargne
← Christophe Laurent592new to the level
← Benoît Poilvet542Bretagne Armor Lux
← Christophe Edaleine534AG2R La Mondiale
← Mads Kaggestad520new to the level
← Yoann Bagot510new to the level
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

Thor Hushovd30Sprinter810710522762628483627851638573
Mark Renshaw25Sprinter769609435621508409512830527449
Sébastien Hinault34Puncheur748670481654606486470786565545
Angelo Furlan31Sprinter715592390598508371419765491419
Jimmy Engoulvent28Rouleur708574507758518505560687504426
Jeremy Hunt34Sprinter699614347699537313402717516438
László Bodrogi31Rouleur690562586621571467725501501536
Nicolas Roche23Puncheur667661632554652670488681523596
William Bonnet26Rouleur663616535561576475611685534546
Dmitriy Fofonov31Climber663619675650645644546605490568
Alexandre Botcharov33Climber661633667443654615488621489593
Christophe Le Mével27Climber654531659392618655472439421524
Simon Gerrans28Puncheur652600625569617664501559475535
Pierre Rolland21Climber645613579532659572539571489510
Pietro Caucchioli32Climber637604560562652479488533462595
Patrice Halgand34Climber637564606649604586463516406515
Rémi Pauriol26GC626564613312634612569468444537
Gabriel Rasch32Puncheur594525429614558418392489449460
Ignatas Konovalovas22Rouleur59051229041954469564610401408
Cyril Lemoine25Sprinter565498490460531469531581412399
Yannick Talabardon26Climber561523540402576545422512447471
Eric Berthou28GC553513492521570466501427397497
Jonathan Hivert23Sprinter546545362541548247532540452446
Jean-Marc Marino24Climber537481491338540540398360361426
Maxime Méderel27GC53047726738255266481470383409
Julien Simon22GC522464336546498247444372372396
Christophe Kern27GC520474504436533521522398382445

Stats

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