Sandy Dujardin will join Groupama-FDJ United for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, bringing an end to five years with TotalEnergies as the Frenchman makes the move to the WorldTour. The 29-year-old has agreed a two-year contract with the team, which announced his arrival on Monday 26 October.
Dujardin has become a regular contender in French one-day racing and recorded the biggest win of his career at the 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic. The move comes after a disrupted 2026 season in which he was affected by an iliac artery problem and underwent surgery, leaving his new team with a proven finisher but also a rider working his way back towards full fitness.
A WorldTour opportunity after five years at TotalEnergies
Dujardin joined TotalEnergies for 2022 after a successful spell with Vendée U, where he had established himself as a fast finisher capable of coping with rolling terrain. He has remained with Jean-René Bernaudeau’s organisation throughout his professional career, developing from a young rider into one of its dependable options for French one-day events.
His 2025 victory at the Maryland Cycling Classic gave him an international result to go with his consistent performances at home. Dujardin made the decisive breakaway in Baltimore and beat Jonas Abrahamsen and Marius Mayrhofer in a sprint from a seven-rider group, securing victory after an aggressive and rain-affected race.
He had been close to adding more wins on the French calendar. Dujardin finished second at the Tour du Finistère in 2023 and second at La Polynormande in 2025, and he also took fifth place at the 2024 French national road championships. Those results reflect a rider who can survive a selective race before using his finishing speed rather than relying solely on a straightforward bunch sprint.
Iliac artery surgery interrupted his 2026 season
Dujardin’s final appearance of 2026 came at La Polynormande in August, where he again finished second. His TotalEnergies team reported nine top-10 results for the season, but also revealed that he had been dealing with a problem affecting his iliac artery since the opening months of the year.
The condition led him to end his season early and undergo surgery. French reporting in October indicated that he had resumed riding after the operation, although there has been no confirmed date for his competitive return. His next race will depend on his recovery and how his training progresses ahead of the new campaign.
The setback is relevant to his transfer because Groupama-FDJ United are recruiting him after an enforced interruption, not simply at the end of a full racing programme. His record before the operation offers evidence of what he can contribute, while the months ahead will determine when he can return to that level.
Another TotalEnergies rider heads to Groupama-FDJ United
Dujardin follows TotalEnergies teammates Émilien Jeannière and Alexandre Delettre in joining Groupama-FDJ United for 2027. Jeannière has signed a three-year deal, while Delettre will also race for the WorldTour squad over the next two seasons. Their arrivals give the French team several riders familiar with the same racing programme but with different strengths.
Jeannière provides a more conventional sprint option, Delettre can work across tougher one-day races and stage-race terrain, while Dujardin’s results suggest he is most effective when a race is hard enough to reduce the number of fast finishers. That combination provides depth rather than requiring all three to pursue the same opportunities.
For TotalEnergies, the move adds to a lengthy list of departures as the team works towards 2027. Mathieu Burgaudeau has joined Burgos Burpellet BH, while Anthony Turgis is heading to XDS Astana. Several other established riders are also moving on, changing the make-up of Bernaudeau’s squad considerably.
Dujardin’s agreement gives him a first WorldTour contract at 29 and keeps him within a French team structure. After surgery and a shortened 2026 season, his immediate priority will be to recover the form that made him a regular contender in difficult one-day races. Groupama-FDJ United will then have another rider capable of turning those opportunities into results.
