The team is based in the French region of Vendée and is affiliated with the U23 team Vendée U, which was founded in 1991 by the former rider Jean-René Bernaudeau and also the one who founded the professional cycling team in 2000 and has since acted as general manager. In 2000 Bonjour-Toupargel was the sponsor name, from 2001-2002 only Bonjour. Subsequent sponsor names were Brioches La Boulangère (2003-2004), Bouygues Télécom (2005-2008), Bbox Bouygues Télécom (2009-2010), Team Europcar (2011-2015), Direct Energie (2016-2019) and Total Direct Energie ( 2019-2021) and the current name Team TotalEnergies as of June 2021.