# 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

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

    As of 5 January 2025.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Bruno Armirail (FRA) | Bruno Armirail (FRA) | (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) |
| Clément Berthet (FRA) | Clément Berthet (FRA) | (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 (age 27) |
| Léo Bisiaux (FRA) | Léo Bisiaux (FRA) | (2005-02-14) 14 February 2005 (age 20) |
| Stefan Bissegger (SUI) | Stefan Bissegger (SUI) | (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 26) |
| Geoffrey Bouchard (FRA) | Geoffrey Bouchard (FRA) | (1992-04-01) 1 April 1992 (age 32) |
| Sam Bennett (IRL) | Sam Bennett (IRL) | (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 34) |
| Oscar Chamberlain (AUS) | Oscar Chamberlain (AUS) | (2005-01-15) 15 January 2005 (age 20) |
| Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) | Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) | (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 29) |
| Dries De Bondt (BEL) | Dries De Bondt (BEL) | (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 33) |
| Sander De Pestel (BEL) | Sander De Pestel (BEL) | (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 (age 26) |
| Stan Dewulf (BEL) | Stan Dewulf (BEL) | (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 27) |
| Felix Gall (AUT) | Felix Gall (AUT) | (1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 27) |
| Pierre Gautherat (FRA) | Pierre Gautherat (FRA) | (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 22) |
| Dorian Godon (FRA) | Dorian Godon (FRA) | (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28) |
| Tord Gudmestad (NOR) | Tord Gudmestad (NOR) | (2001-05-08) 8 May 2001 (age 23) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Noa Isidore (FRA) | Noa Isidore (FRA) | (2004-09-17) 17 September 2004 (age 20) |
| Jordan Labrosse (FRA) | Jordan Labrosse (FRA) | (2002-09-15) 15 September 2002 (age 22) |
| Victor Lafay (FRA) | Victor Lafay (FRA) | (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996 (age 29) |
| Paul Lapeira (FRA) | Paul Lapeira (FRA) | (2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 25) |
| Oliver Naesen (BEL) | Oliver Naesen (BEL) | (1990-09-16) 16 September 1990 (age 34) |
| Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) | Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) | (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 29) |
| Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (DEN) | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (DEN) | (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 22) |
| Nans Peters (FRA) | Nans Peters (FRA) | (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 31) |
| Gianluca Pollefliet (BEL) | Gianluca Pollefliet (BEL) | (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 23) |
| Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA) | Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA) | (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 28) |
| Callum Scotson (AUS) | Callum Scotson (AUS) | (1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 28) |
| Paul Seixas (FRA) | Paul Seixas (FRA) | (2006-09-24) 24 September 2006 (age 18) |
| Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR) | Johannes Staune-Mittet (NOR) | (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 23) |
| Bastien Tronchon (FRA) | Bastien Tronchon (FRA) | (2002-03-29) 29 March 2002 (age 22) |
| Andrea Vendrame (ITA) | Andrea Vendrame (ITA) | (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 30) |

## 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