2017 AG2R La Mondiale season

Ag2r-La Mondiale
	2017 season
UCI code	ALM
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Vincent Lavenu
Main sponsor(s)	Ag2r Group & La Mondiale Group
Based	France
Bicycles	Focus Bikes
Groupset	SRAM
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	8
National Championships	2

The 2017 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 1 January 2017.

	Rider	Date of birth
Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)		(1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 31)
Jan Bakelants (BEL)		(1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 30)
Rudy Barbier (FRA)		(1992-12-18)18 December 1992 (aged 24)
Romain Bardet (FRA)		(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 26)
Julien Bérard (FRA)		(1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 29)
François Bidard (FRA)		(1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 24)
Mickaël Cherel (FRA)		(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 30)
Clément Chevrier (FRA)		(1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 24)
Benoît Cosnefroy^{[N 1]} (FRA)		(1995-10-17)17 October 1995 (aged 21)
Nico Denz (GER)		(1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 22)
Axel Domont (FRA)		(1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 26)
Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)		(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 36)
Hubert Dupont (FRA)		(1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 36)
Julien Duval (FRA)		(1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 26)
Sondre Holst Enger (NOR)		(1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 23)

	Rider	Date of birth
Mathias Frank (SUI)		(1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 30)
Ben Gastauer (LUX)		(1987-11-14)14 November 1987 (aged 29)
Cyril Gautier (FRA)		(1987-09-26)26 September 1987 (aged 29)
Alexandre Geniez (FRA)		(1988-04-16)16 April 1988 (aged 28)
Alexis Gougeard (FRA)		(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 23)
Hugo Houle (CAN)		(1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 26)
Quentin Jaurégui (FRA)		(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 22)
Pierre Latour (FRA)		(1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 23)
Matteo Montaguti (ITA)		(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 32)
Oliver Naesen (BEL)		(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 26)
Nans Peters (FRA)		(1994-03-12)12 March 1994 (aged 22)
Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)		(1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 34)
Christophe Riblon (FRA)		(1981-01-17)17 January 1981 (aged 35)
Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)		(1984-04-25)25 April 1984 (aged 32)
Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)		(1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 28)

↑ Cosnefroy will join the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Chambéry CF.

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season

Rider	2016 team
Rudy Barbier^[1]	Roubaix–Métropole Européenne de Lille
Clément Chevrier^[2]	IAM Cycling
Julien Duval^[3]	Armée de Terre
Sondre Holst Enger^[4]	IAM Cycling
Mathias Frank^[5]	IAM Cycling
Alexandre Geniez^[6]	FDJ
Oliver Naesen^[7]	IAM Cycling
Nans Peters	neo-pro (Chambéry CF)
Stijn Vandenbergh^[7]	Etixx–Quick-Step

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season

Rider	2017 team
Guillaume Bonnafond^[8]	Cofidis
Maxime Daniel^[9]	Fortuneo–Vital Concept
Damien Gaudin^[10]	Armée de Terre
Patrick Gretsch^[11]	Retired
Blel Kadri^[12]
Sébastien Minard^[13]	Retired
Jean-Christophe Péraud^[14]	Retired
Jesse Sergent^[15]	Retired
Sébastien Turgot	l’US Saint-Herblain
Johan Vansummeren^[16]	Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
5 February	Étoile de Bessèges, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Nico Denz (GER)	France
5 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Cyril Gautier (FRA)	Spain
5 February	Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Sprints classification	UCI Europe Tour	Cyril Gautier (FRA)	Spain
18 February	Tour du Haut Var, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)	France	Saint-Paul-en-Forêt
22 February	Tour La Provence, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	France	La Ciotat
20 April	Tour of the Alps, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Matteo Montaguti (ITA)	Italy	Cles
30 April	Tour de Romandie, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Pierre Latour (FRA)	Switzerland
14 May	Four Days of Dunkirk, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 1]}	France
27 May	Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan	UCI Europe Tour	Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France	Plumelec
11 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 2]}	France
15 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)	Switzerland	La Punt
18 June	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 3]}	Switzerland
13 July	Tour de France, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Romain Bardet (FRA)	France	Peyragudes
26 July	Tour de Wallonie, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)	Belgium
30 July	Polynormande	UCI Europe Tour	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)	France	Saint-Martin-de-Landelles
12 August	Tour de l'Ain, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	France	Culoz
12 August	Tour de l'Ain, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	France
16 August	Tour du Limousin, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France	Monts de Guéret
17 August	Tour du Limousin, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Cyril Gautier (FRA)	France	Chaumeil
18 August	Tour du Limousin, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France
18 August	Tour du Limousin, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 4]}	France

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
22 June	French National Time Trial Champion		Pierre Latour (FRA)	France	Saint-Omer
25 June	Belgian National Road Race Champion		Oliver Naesen (BEL)	Belgium	Antwerp

Footnotes

↑ The riders on the squad were Samuel Dumoulin, Gediminas Bagdonas, Rudy Barbier, Julien Duval, Alexis Gougeard, Oliver Naesen, Christophe Riblon and Stijn Vandenbergh
↑ The riders on the squad were Romain Bardet, Axel Domont, Samuel Dumoulin, Julien Duval, Cyril Gautier, Pierre Latour, Oliver Naesen and Alexis Vuillermoz
↑ The riders on the squad were Mathias Frank, Jan Bakelants, Gediminas Bagdonas, Alexis Gougeard, Sondre Holst Enger, Hugo Houle, Nico Denz and Domenico Pozzovivo
↑ The riders on the squad were Julien Bérard, François Bidard, Benoît Cosnefroy, Hubert Dupont, Cyril Gautier, Sondre Holst Enger, Christophe Riblon and Alexis Vuillermoz

References

↑ "AG2R La Mondiale sign young sprint-classics talent and extend with four riders". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Clement Chevrier signs for AG2R-La Mondiale". cyclingnews.com. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Julien Duval s'engage avec l'équipe AG2R La Mondiale". L'Équipe (in French). 8 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Sondre Holst Enger to AG2R-La Mondiale, Nikolas Maes signs for Lotto Soudal - Transfer News". cyclingnews.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Mathias Frank joins AG2R La Mondiale". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Alexandre Geniez moves from FDJ to AG2R-La Mondiale on two-year contract". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
1 2 "AG2R-La Mondiale bolster Classics set-up with Vandenbergh and Naesen". cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Cofidis announce Guillaume Bonnafond, Dimitri Claeys and Jimmy Turgis signings". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Chaves not certain to ride 2017 Giro d'Italia - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Damien Gaudin rejoint l'équipe cycliste Armée de Terre". L'Équipe (in French). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "News Shorts: Voss, Gretsch retire; British team for cyclo-cross Worlds". cyclingnews.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "AG2R La Mondiale ne conserve pas Blel Kadri". L'Équipe (in French). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "AG2R-La Mondiale : Sébastien Minard se retire". Sport365.fr (in French). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Peraud: I beat the guys who cheated". cyclingnews.com. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ "Jesse Sergent retires from cycling". cyclingnews.com. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
↑ Wynn, Nigel (29 June 2016). "Johan Vansummeren announces retirement from pro cycling after heart problem". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

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[1] Cosnefroy will join the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Chambéry CF.

[18] The riders on the squad were Samuel Dumoulin, Gediminas Bagdonas, Rudy Barbier, Julien Duval, Alexis Gougeard, Oliver Naesen, Christophe Riblon and Stijn Vandenbergh

[19] The riders on the squad were Romain Bardet, Axel Domont, Samuel Dumoulin, Julien Duval, Cyril Gautier, Pierre Latour, Oliver Naesen and Alexis Vuillermoz

[20] The riders on the squad were Mathias Frank, Jan Bakelants, Gediminas Bagdonas, Alexis Gougeard, Sondre Holst Enger, Hugo Houle, Nico Denz and Domenico Pozzovivo

[21] The riders on the squad were Julien Bérard, François Bidard, Benoît Cosnefroy, Hubert Dupont, Cyril Gautier, Sondre Holst Enger, Christophe Riblon and Alexis Vuillermoz

[2] "AG2R La Mondiale sign young sprint-classics talent and extend with four riders". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[3] "Clement Chevrier signs for AG2R-La Mondiale". cyclingnews.com. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[4] "Julien Duval s'engage avec l'équipe AG2R La Mondiale". L'Équipe (in French). 8 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[5] "Sondre Holst Enger to AG2R-La Mondiale, Nikolas Maes signs for Lotto Soudal - Transfer News". cyclingnews.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[6] "Mathias Frank joins AG2R La Mondiale". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[7] "Alexandre Geniez moves from FDJ to AG2R-La Mondiale on two-year contract". cyclingnews.com. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[Naesen_&_Vandenbergh-8] 1 2 "AG2R-La Mondiale bolster Classics set-up with Vandenbergh and Naesen". cyclingnews.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[9] "Cofidis announce Guillaume Bonnafond, Dimitri Claeys and Jimmy Turgis signings". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[10] "Chaves not certain to ride 2017 Giro d'Italia - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[11] "Damien Gaudin rejoint l'équipe cycliste Armée de Terre". L'Équipe (in French). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[12] "News Shorts: Voss, Gretsch retire; British team for cyclo-cross Worlds". cyclingnews.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[13] "AG2R La Mondiale ne conserve pas Blel Kadri". L'Équipe (in French). 7 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[14] "AG2R-La Mondiale : Sébastien Minard se retire". Sport365.fr (in French). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[15] "Peraud: I beat the guys who cheated". cyclingnews.com. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[16] "Jesse Sergent retires from cycling". cyclingnews.com. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

[17] Wynn, Nigel (29 June 2016). "Johan Vansummeren announces retirement from pro cycling after heart problem". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 April 2017.