Women's cycling club · Occitanie — between Nîmes and Montpellier

The club

Team Grand Sud Cyclisme Féminin — the only women's cycling team in Division Nationale 1 Élite based in the south of France.

The Grand Sud Cyclisme women's cycling team

From local to international

Building without
betraying its DNA

Founded in 2022 within Vélo Club Métropolitain Urbanbike, Team Grand Sud Cyclisme Féminin is a women's cycling club based between Montpellier and Nîmes, in Occitanie. It was built around one strong conviction: to build a competitive team without ever losing its identity.

In just a few seasons, the Team rose from Division Nationale 2 to Division Nationale 1 Élite, driven by one same ambition: to spot, develop and bring through women's cycling talent, in a caring, structured and demanding environment.

2022: Year founded
DN1 Élite: National division
FFC label: French Cycling Federation
Occitanie: Nîmes · Montpellier

Our journey

Key milestones

2022
The founding
Team Grand Sud Cyclisme Féminin is born within the Vélo Club Métropolitain Urbanbike. The team quickly earns the French Cycling Federation label and moves up to Division Nationale 2.
2025
A talent emerges
Developed within the Team, Émilie Morier wins the individual DN2 French Cup and becomes amateur runner-up national champion, before joining a professional UCI Women's Tour team.
2026
Reaching the elite
The Team moves up to Division Nationale 1 Élite: the only women's team at this level based in the south of France. A new phase of structuring, visibility and development.

On the road

Sporting record

2026

Division Nationale 1 Élite — mid-season review (January → June)

Results

🥇 Justine Aymé — Grand Prix de la Ville de Fontaine
🥈 Cynthia Boivinet — Grand Prix de la Ville de Fontaine
4th Coralie Savina — Grand Prix de la Ville de Fontaine
7th Yuliia Nilova — La Montoirienne Ladies
3rd in the sprints classification — Yuliia Nilova, Les Reines de la Cisse

Appearances

Tour du Haut-Limousin Féminin (UCI race)
Alpes Grésivaudan Classic (against WorldTour, ProTeam and Continental teams)
French Road and Time-Trial Championships
Rounds of the Coupe de France

In its first season in DN1 Élite, the Team confirms its progress: learning at the very highest level, building its sporting structure and a rising collective.

2025

Reserve team — Division Nationale 2

9
wins: 12
podiums: 24
Top 10

National rankings

9th French team in the FFC national ranking
11th in the DirectVelo Challenge (399 points)
1st team in the N2 Coupe de France (624 points)

Coupe de France N2

1st team in the overall standings
Émilie Morier — individual winner (256 points)
Laura Poncet 5th · Guiseppin 28th · Vachet 31st

Major performances

🥇 Émilie Morier — Grand Prix d'Ouverture d'Albi
🥇 Tour de l'Orne — 2 stages + overall classification
🥇 Classic Féminine Vienne Nouvelle-Aquitaine
🥈 Amateur Élite runner-up national champion — Émilie Morier

The 2025 season illustrates the Team's role as a springboard: Émilie Morier, developed at the club, then joined a professional UCI Women's Tour team.

She came through the Team

Émilie Morier

Developed within Team Grand Sud Cyclisme Féminin, Émilie Morier won the individual 2025 DN2 French Cup and became amateur runner-up national champion, before signing with a professional UCI Women's Tour team (Saint-Michel – Préférence Home – Auber 93). Living proof of our development pathway, from the local level to the very top.

Émilie Morier in the St Michel – Préférence Home professional jersey — Today · St Michel – Préférence Home

Behind the project

The founders

Bruno Bonniol

Co-manager · DN Director · Founder

Founder of the project and a central figure in its development, Bruno Bonniol embodies the Team's experience, structure and sporting vision. Coming from the world of semi-professional and professional cycling — as a rider, director, coach and organiser — he brings a solid grounding in sport, in running a non-profit and in regional development. Well known in the sporting ecosystem of the Gard and the City of Nîmes, he carries a vision: to grow a top-level women's team in the south of France.

Muriel Cossard

Co-manager · President · Psychologist

President of the Vélo Club Métropolitain / Team Grand Sud Cyclisme Féminin, Muriel Cossard combines a dual expertise: that of a committed leader and that of a psychologist attentive to human balance. She plays a major role in structuring the club and its rise to DN1 Élite. Her approach places people at the heart of performance and champions an inclusive vision of sport, built on development, gender equality, listening, kindness and high standards.

The staff

Staff

Behind every rider, a committed collective: sports management, partnerships, communications, mechanics and logistics.

Sports management

Pauline Allin

DN1 Sports Director

Damien Cousinié

DN1 Sports Director

Partnerships & development

Alexandre Duran

Partner activations

Julien Bellot

Partner activations

Logistics & equipment

Sébastien Aigon

Head mechanic

Philippe Ledu

Mechanic

Alain Calas

Assistant

Alexis Bonniol

Logistics assistant

Our DNA

Our values

Closeness

A team rooted in its region, built like a family.

Development

Spotting and growing young talent, from the U17 and U19 categories.

High standards

A structured, rigorous environment in the service of performance.

Commitment

Gender equality, health and empowerment through sport.

Our roadmap 2026 — 2030

From development
to the ProTeam

The Team was built on a conviction: women's cycling needs structures able to spot, develop and bring through talent. For a long time, developing riders meant preparing them to move on elsewhere. The ambition now is to take a further step — to capitalise on its own talents within the project, to build its own professional team.

1
Spot
Young riders with potential in the region, from the U17 and U19 categories.
2
Develop
Athletically, personally and mentally: training, physical preparation, nutrition, medical monitoring and immersion with the elite riders.
3
Integrate
The best riders into an in-house professional pathway, in the Team's colours.

The goal is clear: to build a strong, international and committed team, on a path towards the UCI Women's ProTeam category — with the 2030 Tour de France Femmes firmly in sight.

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