Caisse d'Epargne

Caisse d'Epargne (UCI Team Code: GCE) is professional road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI ProTour and has achieved twelve General Classification (GC) victories in Grand Tours. The title sponsor, Caisse d'Epargne, is a French semi-cooperative banking group. The team traces its history back to the Banesto team that included 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain, 2-time winner of Vuelta a Espana Alex Zulle and legendary climber Jose Maria Jimenez. The team offices are based in Egues a municipality of Navarre, Spain, in the metropolitan area of Pamplona.
Team Caisse d'Epargne uses Pinarello bikes with Campagnolo parts. Since 2008 Eusebio Unzue has been the manager of the team after the long running manager, Miguel Echavarri, retired from the sport. Directeurs sportifs of the team include Neil Stephens, Alfonso Galilea and Luis Jaimerena.