Although a small team,[1] directeur sportif Jean de Gribaldy directed the team to success in various classic races and in stage races such as Paris–Nice and the Tour de France as well as the French championships.

The highlight of the year for the team was when Serge Bucherie became road race champion of France.

During the summer of 1981, Sean Kelly got in touch with his former directeur sportif about joining the team.

Kelly continued that success by winning the points classification of the 1982 Tour de France.

In 1983, he again won Paris–Nice and the points classification of the 1983 Tour de France, and, at the end of the season, triumphed in the Giro di Lombardia, one of the five monument races in cycling, his first.