Ville de Charleroi was a Belgian professional road cycling team that existed from 1995 until 2004 under several different names.[1]

Ville de Charleroi
Team information
UCI codeCHO
RegisteredBelgium
Founded1995
Disbanded2004
Discipline(s)Road
StatusTrade Team II (1996–2003)
Trade Team I (2004)
Key personnel
General managerDidier Paindavaine
Joseph Braeckevelt
Team manager(s)Denis Gonzalez
Alain De Roo
Johan Capiot
Team name history
1995
1996–1997
1998–1999
2000–2001
2002
2003
2004
Cédico–Sunjets–Ville de Charleroi
Cédico–Ville de Charleroi
Home Market–Ville de Charleroi
Ville de Charleroi–New Systems
Marlux–Ville de Charleroi
Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
Chocolade Jacques–Wincor Nixdorf

The team was selected to compete in the 2004 Giro d'Italia.

The team folded in 2004 after competing in the first division for its final season.[2] Chocolade Jacques, one of the primary sponsors at the time, sponsored Chocolade Jacques–T Interim the following year.

UCI ranking history

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Season Team rank[3] Top ranked rider
1995 46th   Mika Hietanen (354)
1996 48th   Frank Van Den Abeele (295)
1997 50th   Mika Hietanen (334)
1998 60th   Sébastien Demarbaix (413)
1999 15th (GSII)   Ludovic Capelle (228)
2000 22nd (GSII)   Ludovic Capelle (198)
2001 38th (GSII)   Bart Heirewegh (597)
2002 26th (GSII)   Christian Poos (584)
2003 4th (GSII)   Dave Bruylandts (35)
2004 25th (GSI)   Gerben Löwik (75)

References

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  1. ^ "Cedico - Sunjets - Ville de Charleroi". Memoire-du-cyclisme. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Chocolade Jacques - Wincor Nixdorf (TT1)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ UCI Classifications.