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| UCI code | DAT | ||||||||||||||||
| Registered | France | ||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1992 (1992) | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline(s) | Road | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycles | Factor (To 2018) Eddy Merckx Cycles (2019–2020) BMC (2021–2023) Van Rysel (2024–) | ||||||||||||||||
| Components | Shimano | ||||||||||||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||||||
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| General manager | Dominique Serieys | ||||||||||||||||
| Team manager(s) | Laurent Biondi | ||||||||||||||||
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Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale (UCI team code:DAT) is a Frenchcycling team withUCI WorldTeam status. Its title sponsors are French sporting goods retailerDecathlon and French insurance firmAG2R La Mondiale. The team is predominantly French.
In 1992Vincent Lavenu, who had just retired from professional cycling, started a professional cycling team with Chazal as the main sponsor. Lavenu had previously organised sponsorship from Chazal of his last professional team. This sponsor stayed from 1992 to 1995. In 1996 Petit Casino, a chain of coffee shops in supermarkets, took over the sponsorship of the team. At this time the team was a second division team that relied on the public to sponsor the team. The team had the saying "Petit Casino- c’est votre equipe" – "it's your team", which signified this involvement of the public.[1]
In 1997 Casino, the supermarket chain that contained the Petit Casino coffee shops, took over the sponsorship of the team and the budget increased substantially. Lavenu's team could compete in the big races such as theclassics.[2] The team obtained successes withAlexander Vinokourov,Jaan Kirsipuu andLauri Aus.
The insurance company Ag2r Prevoyance took over as the main sponsor in 2000.[3] The team obtained further successes withLaurent Brochard,Jaan Kirsipuu andJean-Patrick Nazon. In 2006, the team joined theUCI ProTour, following the signings of big cycling namesFrancisco Mancebo andChristophe Moreau.Fassa Bortolo's exit from the competition had freed a licence and AG2R was the only team left vying for the license, asComunidad Valenciana voluntarily withdrew, while the proposed new team of former Fassa Bortolo sporting directorGiancarlo Ferretti turned out to be without financial backing. Ag2r obtained success in the2006 Tour de France with a stage win bySylvain Calzati, and a day in the yellow jersey as leader of thegeneral classification byCyril Dessel.
Rinaldo Nocentini took theyellow jersey afterstage 7 of the2009 Tour de France after a successful breakaway in which fellow Ag2r-La Mondiale riderChristophe Riblon also took part and earned the dailycombativity award. Nocentini retained the race leadership for eight stages, and Ag2r-La Mondiale also led the team classification from stage 7 to stage 11 and for one further day after stage 14.
In 2014, the team had great results at theTour de France, winning a stage and havingJean-Christophe Péraud taking second place in the overall classification. In October of that year, it was announced that AG2R would continue to sponsor the team through 2018,[4] at the2016 Tour de France the sponsorship was extended a further two years – into the 2020 season.[5]
In September 2020, the team signed a contract with BMC as their bike supplier from 2021 for three years. The team will also be known under the name AG2RCitroën Team from the 2021 season after the French car company announced that they had become the co-sponsor of the team.[6]
The team experienced further success during the2021 Tour de France, when Tour debutantBen O'Connor ascended to victory on Stage 9 in the Alpine village of Tignes.[7]
In November 2023,Decathlon was announced as the co-title sponsor of the team in a five-year deal. The team will be called Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale from 2024. Decathlon will also be replacing BMC as the bike supplier of the team, with the team using Decathlon'sVan Rysel bikes withShimano components. Citroën will stay on as the team's official car supplier.[8]
On 21 September 2012Steve Houanard tested positive forEPO in an out-of-competition test and was provisionally suspended.[9][10][11]
On 15 May 2013Sylvain Georges tested positive for the banned stimulantHeptaminol and failed to start stage 11 of the2013 Giro d'Italia.[12][13] Georges blamed the positive result on the freely available product 'Ginkor Fort' (made fromGinkgo biloba).[14] On 21 May Georges 'B Sample' also tested positive for the stimulant[15] causing the team to voluntarily remove itself from the2013 Critérium du Dauphiné in accordance with MPCC rules.[16] As a result of the positive Georges was banned by the French Cycling Federation for 6 months.[17]
On 10 March 2015 the UCI announced thatLloyd Mondory had tested positive for EPO on 17 February in an out-of-competition test. As a result, Mondory was suspended pending the outcome of his B sample analysis.[18][19]
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French Road Race, Stéphane Barthe
Belgian Road Race, Marc Streel
Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu French Time Trial, Gilles Maignan Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu Estonian Road Race, Lauri Aus Estonian Time Trial, Lauri Aus Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Belgian Road Race, Ludovic Capelle Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu
Irish Road Race, Mark Scanlon Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Irish Road Race, Mark Scanlon Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
Spanish Time Trial, Inigo Bernardez Estonian Road Race, Erki Putstep Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
Ukrainian Time Trial, Yuriy Krivtsov Estonian Road Race, Erki Pütsep French Road Race, Christophe Moreau Estonian Time Trial, Tanel Kangert
Moldovan Road Race, Alexandre Pliușchin Irish Road Race, Nicolas Roche
Swiss Road Race, Martin Elmiger
Luxembourg Time Trial, Ben Gastauer
Belarusian Road Race, Yauheni Hutarovich
Canada Time Trial, Hugo Houle
World U23 Road Race, Benoît Cosnefroy French Time Trial, Pierre Latour Belgian Road Race, Oliver Naesen
Lithuania Road Race, Gediminas Bagdonas Lithuania Time Trial, Gediminas Bagdonas French Time Trial, Pierre Latour French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini Lithuania Time Trial, Gediminas Bagdonas French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels
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