 They jumped back to the top tier in 1998 but went down again in 2000 and played in Division 2 for most of the next decade.In 2001 the rugby section split off from the general sports club to merge with the rugby section of US Métro, the Paris public transport sports club, to form the current professional concern, known as Racing Métro 92.Both Racing Club de France and US Métro retained their other amateur general sports sections.