for his last season, aimar rejoined raphaël géminiani, who had persuaded a nightclub dancer called miriam de kova to sponsor a team, de kova–lejeune, for the publicity it would give her. the team made little impression other than the pink jerseys it wore. the team provided the last five in that year's tour de france, in which aimar finished 17th. after team's money ran out at the end of the race, aimar stopped racing to become a technical adviser for cycling in provence-côte d'azur and then organizer of the tour méditerranéen.