aimar left bic, which had a new leader in luis ocaña, a spaniard long resident in france. he joined the new sonolor-lejeune team, run by jean stablinski with lucien van impe and bernard guyot as leaders. aimar won the critérium de la polymultipliée, then came 17th in the tour de france in support of van impe. he finished his season with second place in bordeaux–paris behind the specialist herman van springel.