Just prior to LeMond's departure the team acquired the British track cyclist Chris Boardman, a time trial specialist. Riding for the team, Boardman won the Prologue of the Tour de France in 1994, 1997 and 1998. The team also acquired a young Australian track rider, Stuart O'Grady, in the mid-1990s. He won several Tour stages and nearly won the points classification in the 2000 Tour de France. O'Grady held on to the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for many days during that same tour. The team was renamed Crédit Agricole in 1997. German rider Jens Voigt joined the team until the 2003 season, winning a Tour stage and spending a day in the yellow jersey in 2001. The 2000 and 2001 seasons saw Americans Bobby Julich and Jonathan Vaughters in the team, making it the team with the most English speakers. The team also won the 2001 Tour de France team time trial in front of the ONCE and U.S. Postal teams. Julich and Vaughters left after one and two seasons respectively. The 2003 season saw the emergence of Thor Hushovd of Norway as the main sprinter of the team. At the end of 2003 O'Grady and Voigt left for Cofidis and Team CSC respectively. 2005 was successful for the team. Pietro Caucchioli finished in the top ten of the Giro d'Italia and Christophe Le Mével took a breakaway stage win. In the 2005 Tour de France Christophe Moreau was the highest-placed French rider (11th) and Thor Hushovd secured the green jersey points classification. In 2006, Crédit Agricole captured the team classification at the Tour de Pologne. Hushovd took stage wins and two days in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, won the Gent–Wevelgem classic, and a stage win and the points classification at the Vuelta a España. From 2005 to 2008, the team was one of the 20 which competed in the UCI ProTour. The team disbanded at the end of the 2008 season when Crédit Agricole ended their sponsorship. Major wins 1988 Overall Route du Sud, Ronan Pensec GP de la Ville de Rennes, Ronan Pensec Stage 9 Tour de France, Jérôme Simon 1989 Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Jérôme Simon Overall Route du Sud, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle Stage 4 Paris–Nice, Bruno Cornillet Stage 4 Tour de Romandie, Robert Millar Stage 6b Critérium du Dauphiné, Robert Millar Stage 10 Tour de France, Robert Millar