The past few weeks have been busy for FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope. Just as they unveiled a bold new jersey design, three days later they unveiled a new bike, and a few hours later they opened a brand new dedicated service course.

The team's new home covers 670 square meters and represents an investment of nearly one million euros in the team. According to team manager Stephen Delcourt, the new home will be a "performance center" for the team. In addition to the bike storage area, the service course includes a general store, a workshop for mechanics, a room dedicated to bike fitting, changing rooms, offices, and even a "Zwift room" for indoor training.

"It has been our dream to build this facility," Delcourt told Cycling News. "We've been planning it for three years, and when we got our WorldTeam license, we decided now was the time to grow. It's not just a service course. It's a place for everyone, a place where our fans can come and meet the team, see our brand showroom, attend Zwift events, have a coffee, or watch the women's race live on TV."[5

This investment and infrastructure is a step toward further professionalization of the team and is highly appreciated by the athletes; Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, who just signed a contract to stay with the team until 2022, says, "No other women's team has this kind of infrastructure I'm sure. The boys have it, but even they would be surprised."

The bikes in question are the same Lapierre Zelius model used in 2020, but in a completely new navy blue livery. The bike's frame shines in a metallic navy base coat, complemented by a white logo and white bar tape, with a pattern designed into the fork.

The Française des Jeux team has a longstanding and deep partnership with Shimano, and the bikes are equipped with a variety of components from the Japanese brand. The wheels are the brand's Dura-Ace C60 carbon tubulars, and the seatpost, stem, handlebars, and tape are from Shimano's component subsidiary PRO. 2021 will see the arrival of a new Dura-Ace groupset, but the bikes are equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace R9170 Di2 disc brake groupset, and the R9170-P crankset with integrated power meter is used for power measurement.

Tires are the popular Continental Pro Ltd tubulars, pedals are Shimano's Dura-Ace series, and PRO manufactures its own saddles, but the Italian company Prologo supplies the team's saddles. Bottle cages are handled by Italy's Elite, and outside of bikes, Elite also supplies Turbo Trainers.