FDJ team manager Marc Madiot has set his charges the task of winning the Tour de France within five years.
Speaking at the team's official launch in Paris, the 55-year-old was confident his squad could build on Thibaut Pinot's third place in the 2014 race.
"The Tour has been unreachable for years, for reasons you know as well as I do. But now we have the potential. This can be done in the next four to five years, if we continue to progress and if fate is in our favour," Madiot told French sports newspaper l'Equipe.
"2014 was a continuation of what was expected. Year after year, we're trying to build the foundations. We were lucky to find talented young racers and give them the time to assert themselves. As a result the team has grown."
FDJ won 28 races in the 2014 season, including the French national road race title courtesy of Arnaud Démare, and Madiot has moved quickly to strengthen his roster in time for 2015.
Although star sprinter Nacer Bouhanni has departed for Cofidis, Kévin Reza and Steve Morabito have arrived from Europcar and BMC respectively.
Team leader Pinot's season will begin at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise on Sunday, and the 24-year-old is eager to get back into competitive action.
"I'm happy to pin a number on my jersey again even if I enjoy training. Winter went well, even if it went quick, But it's time to race on Sunday and that's feels good," he said in an interview with FDJ's website.
"Last year I finished second four times; when you really focused on the classification it's not as easy to win. But I want to enjoy raising my arms in victory. My programme has been decided: La Marseillaise, Etoile de Bessèges, Tour of Oman and Tirreno-Adriatico. Tirreno is my first big objective.
"Then I'll ride Critérium International in Corsica, the Tour of the Basque Country, the Tour de Romandie and perhaps the Critérium du Dauphiné depending on the course."
"I'll study the Huy finish of the Tour de France by riding Flèche Wallonne and the day after I'll study the cobbled stage. Then I'll head to the Alps and Pyrenees as I usual do in May to study and training in the mountains."