AG2R La Mondiale

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AG2R La Mondiale
Ag2r-La Mondiale logo.png
Team information
UCI code ALM
Registered France
Founded 1992 (1992)
Discipline Road
Status UCI WorldTeam
Bicycles Factor
Components SRAM
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Vincent Lavenu
Team manager(s) Laurent Biondi
Team name history
1992–1995
1996
1997–1999
2000–2007
2008–2014
2015–		 Chazal
Petit Casino
Casino–AG2R Prévoyance
AG2R Prévoyance
Ag2r–La Mondiale
AG2R La Mondiale
AG2R La Mondiale jersey
Jersey
Current season

AG2R La Mondiale (UCI team code: ALM) is a French cycling team with UCI ProTour team status. Its title sponsors are the AG2R Group, which is a French-based interprofessional insurance and supplementary retirement fund group, and the La Mondiale Group, which is a French-based international group for supplementary pension and estate planning insurance. The team is predominantly French.

History

Ag2r team photo at 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.[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 the classics.[2] 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.[3] 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,[4] at the 2016 Tour de France the sponsorship was extended a further two years - into the 2020 season.[5]

Doping

On September 21, 2012, Steve Houanard tested positive for EPO in an out-of-competition test and was provisionally suspended.[6][7][8]

On May 15, 2013, Sylvain Georges tested positive for the banned stimulant Heptaminol and failed to start stage 11 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.[9][10] Georges blamed the positive result on the freely available product 'Ginkor Fort' (made from Ginkgo biloba).[11] On May 21 Georges 'B Sample' also tested positive for the stimulant[12] causing the team to voluntarily remove itself from the 2013 Criterium du Dauphine in accordance with MPCC rules.[13] As a result of the positive Georges was banned by the French Cycling Federation for 6 months.[14]

On March 10, 2015, the UCI announced that Lloyd Mondory had tested positive for EPO on February 17 in an out of competition test. As a result, Mondory was suspended pending the outcome of his B sample analysis.[15][16]

Team roster

As of 1 January 2018.[17]
Rider Date of birth
 Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) (1985-12-26) 26 December 1985 (age 38)
 Jan Bakelants (BEL) (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 38)
 Rudy Barbier (FRA) (1992-12-18) 18 December 1992 (age 31)
 Romain Bardet (FRA) (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 33)
 François Bidard (FRA) (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32)
 Mikaël Cherel (FRA) (1986-03-17) 17 March 1986 (age 38)
 Clément Chevrier (FRA) (1992-06-29) 29 June 1992 (age 31)
 Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28)
 Nico Denz (GER) (1994-02-15) 15 February 1994 (age 30)
 Silvan Dillier (SUI) (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 33)
 Axel Domont (FRA) (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 33)
 Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980 (age 43)
 Hubert Dupont (FRA) (1980-11-13) 13 November 1980 (age 43)
 Julien Duval (FRA) (1990-05-27) 27 May 1990 (age 33)
Rider Date of birth
 Mathias Frank (SUI) (1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 37)
 Tony Gallopin (FRA) (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 35)
 Ben Gastauer (LUX) (1987-11-14) 14 November 1987 (age 36)
 Cyril Gautier (FRA) (1987-09-26) 26 September 1987 (age 36)
 Alexandre Geniez (FRA) (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 36)
 Alexis Gougeard (FRA) (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 31)
 Quentin Jaurégui (FRA) (1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30)
 Pierre Latour (FRA) (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 30)
 Matteo Montaguti (ITA) (1984-01-06) 6 January 1984 (age 40)
 Oliver Naesen (BEL) (1990-09-16) 16 September 1990 (age 33)
 Nans Peters (FRA) (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 30)
 Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL) (1984-04-25) 25 April 1984 (age 40)
 Clément Venturini (FRA) (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 30)
 Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA) (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 35)

Major wins

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Main article: List of wins by Chazal and its successors

World & National champions

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1997
MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race, Stéphane Barthe
MaillotBélgica.PNG Belgian Road Race, Marc Streel
1998
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
1999
MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial, Gilles Maignan
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu
2000
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Road Race, Lauri Aus
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Lauri Aus
2001
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
MaillotBélgica.PNG Belgian Road Race, Ludovic Capelle
2002
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Road Race, Jaan Kirsipuu
MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish Road Race, Mark Scanlon
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
2003
MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish Road Race, Mark Scanlon
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
MaillotEspaña.PNGSpanish Time Trial, Inigo Bernardez
2004
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Road Race, Erki Putstep
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Jaan Kirsipuu
MaillotUcrania.PNG Ukrainian Time Trial, Yuriy Krivtsov
2006
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Road Race, Erki Pütsep
2007
MaillotFra.PNG French Road Race, Christophe Moreau
2008
MaillotEstonia.PNG Estonian Time Trial, Tanel Kangert
MaillotMoldavia.PNG Moldovan Road Race, Alexandre Pliuschin
2009
MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish Road Race, Nicolas Roche
2010
MaillotSuiza.PNG Swiss Road Race, Martin Elmiger
2012
MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Luxembourg Time Trial, Ben Gastauer
2014
MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarusian Road Race, Yauheni Hutarovich
2015
MaillotCan.PNG Canada Time Trial, Hugo Houle
2017
Jersey rainbow.svg World U23 Road Race, Benoît Cosnefroy
MaillotFra.PNG French Time Trial, Pierre Latour
MaillotBélgica.PNG Belgian Road Race, Oliver Naesen

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External links

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