Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

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Team information
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
Key personnel
General manager	Vincent Lavenu
Team manager(s)	Laurent Biondi
Team name history
1992–1995 Chazal 1996 Petit Casino 1997–1999 Casino–AG2R Prévoyance 2000–2007 AG2R Prévoyance 2008–2014 AG2R–La Mondiale 2015–2020 AG2R La Mondiale 2021–2023 AG2R Citroën Team 2024– Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale (UCI team code: DAT) is a French cycling team with UCI WorldTeam status. Its title sponsors are French sporting goods retailer Decathlon and French insurance firm AG2R La Mondiale. The team is predominantly French.

History

An AG2R Prévoyance team photo at the sign-in during stage 11 of the 2006 Tour de France

In 1992 Vincent 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.

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 the classics. The team obtained successes with Alexander Vinokourov, Jaan Kirsipuu and Lauri Aus.

The insurance company Ag2r Prevoyance took over as the main sponsor in 2000. The team obtained further successes with Laurent Brochard, Jaan Kirsipuu and Jean-Patrick Nazon. In 2006, the team joined the UCI ProTour, following the signings of big cycling names Francisco Mancebo and Christophe Moreau. Fassa Bortolo's exit from the competition had freed a licence and AG2R was the only team left vying for the license, as Comunidad Valenciana voluntarily withdrew, while the proposed new team of former Fassa Bortolo sporting director Giancarlo Ferretti turned out to be without financial backing. Ag2r obtained success in the 2006 Tour de France with a stage win by Sylvain Calzati, and a day in the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification by Cyril Dessel.

Rinaldo Nocentini took the yellow jersey after stage 7 of the 2009 Tour de France after a successful breakaway in which fellow Ag2r-La Mondiale rider Christophe Riblon also took part and earned the daily combativity 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 the Tour de France, winning a stage and having Jean-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, at the 2016 Tour de France the sponsorship was extended a further two years – into the 2020 season.

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 AG2R Citroën Team from the 2021 season after the French car company announced that they had become the co-sponsor of the team.

The team experienced further success during the 2021 Tour de France, when Tour debutant Ben O'Connor ascended to victory on Stage 9 in the Alpine village of Tignes.

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's Van Rysel bikes with Shimano components. Citroën will stay on as the team's official car supplier.

Doping

On 21 September 2012 Steve Houanard tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test and was provisionally suspended.

On 15 May 2013 Sylvain Georges tested positive for the banned stimulant Heptaminol and failed to start stage 11 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia. Georges blamed the positive result on the freely available product 'Ginkor Fort' (made from Ginkgo biloba). On 21 May Georges 'B Sample' also tested positive for the stimulant causing the team to voluntarily remove itself from the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné in accordance with MPCC rules. As a result of the positive Georges was banned by the French Cycling Federation for 6 months.

On 10 March 2015 the UCI announced that Lloyd 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.

Team roster

Ben O'Connor at the 2022 Tour de France As of 16 January 2024.

Rider Date of birth  Bruno Armirail (FRA) (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994  Alex Baudin (FRA) (2001-05-25) 25 May 2001  Clément Berthet (FRA) (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (1987-05-17) 17 May 1987  Franck Bonnamour (FRA) (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995  Geoffrey Bouchard (FRA) (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992  Sam Bennett (IRL) (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995  Dries De Bondt (BEL) (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991  Sander De Pestel (BEL) (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998  Stan Dewulf (BEL) (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997  Felix Gall (AUT) (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998  Pierre Gautherat (FRA) (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003  Dorian Godon (FRA) (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996  Jaakko Hänninen (FIN) (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997

Rider Date of birth  Jordan Labrosse (FRA) (2002-09-15) 15 September 2002  Victor Lafay (FRA) (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996  Paul Lapeira (FRA) (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000  Oliver Naesen (BEL) (1990-09-16) 16 September 1990  Ben O'Connor (AUS) (1995-11-25) 25 November 1995  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996  Valentin Paret-Peintre (FRA) (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001  Nans Peters (FRA) (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994  Gianluca Pollefliet (BEL) (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002  Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA) (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997  Valentin Retailleau (FRA) (2000-06-18) 18 June 2000  Damien Touzé (FRA) (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996  Bastien Tronchon (FRA) (2002-03-29) 29 March 2002  Andrea Vendrame (ITA) (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994  Larry Warbasse (USA) (1990-01-28) 28 January 1990

Major wins

World & National champions

1997 French Road Race, Stéphane Barthe Belgian Road Race, Marc Streel 1998 Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu 1999 French Time Trial, Gilles Maignan Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu 2000 Estonian Road Race, Lauri Aus Estonian Time Trial, Lauri Aus 2001 Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Belgian Road Race, Ludovic Capelle 2002 Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu Irish Road Race, Mark Scanlon Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu 2003 Irish Road Race, Mark Scanlon Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Spanish Time Trial, Inigo Bernardez 2004 Estonian Road Race, Erki Putstep Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu Ukrainian Time Trial, Yuriy Krivtsov 2006 Estonian Road Race, Erki Pütsep 2007 French Road Race, Christophe Moreau 2008 Estonian Time Trial, Tanel Kangert Moldovan Road Race, Alexandre Pliușchin 2009 Irish Road Race, Nicolas Roche 2010 Swiss Road Race, Martin Elmiger 2012 Luxembourg Time Trial, Ben Gastauer 2014 Belarusian Road Race, Yauheni Hutarovich 2015 Canada Time Trial, Hugo Houle 2017 World U23 Road Race, Benoît Cosnefroy French Time Trial, Pierre Latour Belgian Road Race, Oliver Naesen 2018 Lithuania Road Race, Gediminas Bagdonas Lithuania Time Trial, Gediminas Bagdonas French Time Trial, Pierre Latour 2019 French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini Lithuania Time Trial, Gediminas Bagdonas 2020 French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini 2021 French Cyclo-cross, Clément Venturini 2022 Luxembourg Time Trial, Bob Jungels

References

1. ^ "Hung Up in Picardy, Hoping for Bigger Things". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
2. ^ "Cycling team rolls on to the big time". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
3. ^ "Histoire de l'equipe cycliste Ag2r Prevoyance". Ag2r non official supporters. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
4. ^ "News shorts: AG2R renews through 2018, Androni on Kuota". Cyclingnews.com. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
5. ^ "AG2R la Mondiale extends sponsorship through 2020 - News Shorts".
6. ^ Branquinho, Lance (14 September 2020). "AG2R Citroën team to ride BMC in 2021". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
7. ^ "Australian Ben O'Connor wins stage nine of the Tour de France, moves to second behind yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar".
8. ^ Decathlon (2023-11-27). "DECATHLON x AG2R LA MONDIALE". Decathlon United. Archived from the original on 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
9. ^ "Houanard provisionally suspended for EPO". Cyclingnews.com.
10. ^ "Steve Houanard provisionally suspended after A-sample positive for EPO". velonation.com.
11. ^ "Ag2r suspends Houanard after positive EPO test". VeloNews.com.
12. ^ "Sylvain Georges positive for Heptaminol". Cyclingnews.com.
13. ^ "Sylvain Georges returns positive A sample for Heptaminol, out of Giro d'Italia". velonation.com.
14. ^ "Georges takes blame for positive doping control". Cyclingnews.com.
15. ^ "Georges' B Sample also positive, UCI confirms". Cyclingnews.com.
16. ^ Peter Cossins. "Ag2r confirm they won't ride Dauphiné". Cyclingnews.com.
17. ^ "UCI wants Georges' ban extended to two years". Cyclingnews.com.
18. ^ "Ag2r's Lloyd Mondory positive for EPO – VeloNews.com". VeloNews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
19. ^ "Mondory returns adverse analytical finding for EPO". Cyclingnews.com.
20. ^ "Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team". UCI. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

External links

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v t e Riders on Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

Bruno Armirail Alex Baudin Sam Bennett Clément Berthet Edvald Boasson Hagen Franck Bonnamour Geoffrey Bouchard Benoît Cosnefroy Dries De Bondt Sander De Pestel Stan Dewulf Felix Gall Pierre Gautherat Dorian Godon Jaakko Hänninen Jordan Labrosse Victor Lafay Paul Lapeira Oliver Naesen Ben O'Connor Aurélien Paret-Peintre Valentin Paret-Peintre Nans Peters Gianluca Pollefliet Nicolas Prodhomme Valentin Retailleau Damien Touzé Bastien Tronchon Andrea Vendrame Larry Warbasse Manager: Vincent Lavenu

v t e Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale seasons
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e UCI WorldTeams
2024 WorldTeams	Alpecin–Deceuninck Arkéa–B&B Hotels Astana Qazaqstan Team Bora–Hansgrohe Cofidis Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale EF Education–EasyPost Groupama–FDJ Ineos Grenadiers Intermarché–Wanty Lidl–Trek Movistar Team Soudal–Quick-Step Team Bahrain Victorious Team dsm–firmenich PostNL Team Jayco–AlUla Visma–Lease a Bike UAE Team Emirates
Former teams (WorldTeams or ProTeams)	CCC Pro Team Crédit Agricole Cycle Collstrop De Nardi Total Direct Énergie Euskaltel–Euskadi Fassa Bortolo Gerolsteiner HTC–Highroad IAM Cycling Israel–Premier Tech Team Katusha–Alpecin Liquigas Lotto–Soudal Team Milram ONCE Phonak Saunier Duval–Prodir Team Qhubeka NextHash Team RadioShack Tinkoff U.S. Postal Service Vacansoleil–DCM
Teams by year	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
UCI tours (2024)	UCI World Tour 2024 UCI ProSeries 2024 UCI Africa Tour 2024 UCI America Tour 2024 UCI Asia Tour 2024 UCI Europe Tour 2024 UCI Oceania Tour 2024

v t e Tour de France team classification winners
Team classification	1962–1963: Saint-Raphaël–Helyett–Hutchinson 1964: Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune 1965: Kas–Kaskol 1966: Kas–Kaskol 1969: Faema 1970: Salvarani 1971: Bic 1972: Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson 1973: Bic 1974: Kas–Kaskol 1975: Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson 1976: Kas–Campagnolo 1977: TI–Raleigh 1978: Miko–Mercier–Vivagel 1979: Renault–Gitane 1980: Miko–Mercier–Vivagel 1981: Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 1982: COOP–Mercier–Mavic 1983: TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo 1984: Renault–Elf 1985: La Vie Claire 1986: La Vie Claire 1987: Système U 1988–1989: PDM–Ultima–Concorde 1990: Z–Tomasso 1991: Banesto 1992–1993: Carrera Jeans–Vagabond 1994: Festina–Lotus 1995: ONCE 1996: Festina–Lotus 1997: Team Telekom 1998: Cofidis 1999: Banesto 2000–2001: Kelme–Costa Blanca 2002: ONCE–Eroski 2003: Team CSC 2004–2006: T-Mobile Team 2007: Discovery Channel 2008: CSC–Saxo Bank 2009: Astana 2010: Team RadioShack 2011: Garmin–Cervélo 2012: RadioShack–Nissan 2013: Saxo–Tinkoff 2014: Ag2r–La Mondiale 2015–2016: Movistar Team 2017: Team Sky 2018–2020: Movistar Team 2021: Team Bahrain Victorious 2022: Ineos Grenadiers 2023: Team Jumbo–Visma
Team points classification	1973–1976: Gan–Mercier–Hutchinson 1977: Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 1978: TI–Raleigh–McGregor 1979: Renault–Gitane 1980: TI–Raleigh–Creda 1981: Peugeot–Esso–Michelin 1982–1983: TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo 1984: Panasonic–Raleigh 1985: La Vie Claire 1986: Panasonic–Merckx–Agu 1987: Système U 1988: PDM–Ultima–Concorde

v t e Giro d'Italia team classification winners
Team classification	1909–10: Atala–Dunlop 1911: Bianchi 1912: Atala–Dunlop 1913: Maino 1914–19: Stucchi–Dunlop 1920–21: Bianchi 1922–23: Legnano–Pirelli 1924: unknown 1925–29: Legnano–Pirelli 1930: Bianchi 1931–33: Legnano–Hutchinson 1934: Gloria 1935: Fréjus 1936: Legnano–Wolsit 1937: Fréjus 1938: Gloria–Ambrosiana 1939: Fréjus 1940: Gloria 1946: Legnano–Pirelli 1947: Welter 1948–49: Wilier Triestina 1950: Fréjus–Superga 1951: Taurea 1952: Bianchi–Pirelli 1953: Ganna–Ursus 1954: Girardengo 1955–56: Atala 1957: Legnano 1958: Carpano 1959: Atala–Pirelli–Lygi 1960: Ignis 1961–62: Faema 1963: Carpano 1964: Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop 1965: Salvarani 1966: Molteni 1967: Kas–Kaskol 1968–70: Faema 1971–73: Molteni 1974: Kas–Kaskol 1975–76: Brooklyn 1977: Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni 1978: Bianchi–Faema 1979: Scic–Bottecchia 1980–82: Bianchi–Piaggio 1983: Zor–Gemeaz Cusin 1984: Renault 1985: Alpilatte–Olmo–Cierre 1986: Supermercati Brianzoli 1987: Panasonic–Isostar 1988: Carrera Jeans–Vagabond 1989: Fagor–MBK 1990: ONCE 1991: Carrera Jeans–Tassoni 1992: GB–MG Maglificio 1993: Lampre–Polti 1994: Carrera Jeans–Tassoni 1995: Gewiss–Ballan 1996: Carrera Jeans–Tassoni 1997: Kelme–Costa Blanca 1998: Mapei–Bricobi 1999: Vitalicio Seguros 2000: Mapei–Quick-Step 2001: Alessio 2002: Alessio 2003: Lampre 2004: Saeco 2005: Liquigas–Bianchi 2006: Phonak 2007: Saunier Duval–Prodir 2008: CSF Group–Navigare 2009: Astana 2010: Liquigas–Doimo 2011: Astana 2012: Lampre–ISD 2013: Team Sky 2014: Ag2r–La Mondiale 2015–16: Astana 2017: Movistar Team 2018: Team Sky 2019: Movistar Team 2020–21: Ineos Grenadiers 2022–23: Team Bahrain Victorious 2024: Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
Team points classification (1993–2017)	1993: Ariostea 1994: Team Polti–Vaporetto 1995: Gewiss–Ballan 1996: Panaria–Vinavil 1997: Saeco–Estro 1998–99: Team Polti 2000–01: Fassa Bortolo 2002: Alessio 2003: Fassa Bortolo 2004: Alessio–Bianchi 2005: Davitamon–Lotto 2006: Phonak 2007: Lampre–Fondital 2008: Liquigas 2009: Team Columbia–High Road 2010: Liquigas–Doimo 2011: Lampre–ISD 2012: Garmin–Barracuda 2013: Movistar Team 2014: Omega Pharma–Quick-Step 2015: Astana 2016: Etixx–Quick-Step 2017: Quick-Step Floors

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