Cycling: Paul Ourselin joins the Cofidis team

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After 8 years spent under the colors of the TotalEnergies team, Paul Ourselin joined You trust in 2025. The northern team announced its signing for one season, Tuesday November 5, 2024.

“A historic French team”

The runner Saint-Pierre-en-Auge (Calvados), aged 30, will play in a team ranked at World Tour level. He reacts, on the Team Cofidis website:

“I am very happy to join Cofidis, which is a historic French team. I want to discover the UCI World Tour and the races that I don't know yet. Being part of the Cofidis workforce is great progression in my career. »

“After eight seasons among professionals, I am starting to clearly understand my abilities,” continues the cyclist trained atES Livarot. I enjoy stage races and where I express myself best is in a teammate role to support our leaders and our sprinters. Afterwards, I remain a competitor and I will do everything to seize opportunities if they present themselves. I know several riders on the team: Bryan (Coquard) with whom I was at Direct Énergie, Valentin (Ferron) who arrives like me from TotalEnergies or even Anthony Pérez. I would like to thank Cédric Vasseur for placing his trust in me and for reaching out to me. »

“The habit of high level”

With his arrival and that of Jan Maas, the Cofidis squad is complete for next season. “These are two riders who are used to high level and who will be able to meet the needs of the team both in one-day races and in stage races,” underlines Cedric Vasseur.

The general manager of Team Cofidis announces that they “will both have the opportunity to start their season in Australia at the Tour Down Under”: “Their experience and their work will be appreciated by our leaders. »

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