2018 AG2R La Mondiale season

The 2018 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team will begin in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they will be automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

AG2R La Mondiale
2018 season
Team AG2R La Mondiale on UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck
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	5
Stage race overall	2
Stage race stages	5
National Championships	3

Team roster

As of 9 December 2017.

	Rider	Date of birth
Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)		(1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 32)
Jan Bakelants (BEL)		(1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 31)
Rudy Barbier (FRA)		(1992-12-18)18 December 1992 (aged 25)
Romain Bardet (FRA)		(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 27)
François Bidard (FRA)		(1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 25)
Mickaël Cherel (FRA)		(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 31)
Clément Chevrier (FRA)		(1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 25)
Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)		(1995-10-17)17 October 1995 (aged 22)
Nico Denz (GER)		(1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 23)
Silvan Dillier (SUI)		(1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 27)
Axel Domont (FRA)		(1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 27)
Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)		(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 37)
Hubert Dupont (FRA)		(1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 37)
Julien Duval (FRA)		(1990-05-27)27 May 1990 (aged 27)

	Rider	Date of birth
Mathias Frank (SUI)		(1986-12-09)9 December 1986 (aged 31)
Tony Gallopin (FRA)		(1988-05-24)24 May 1988 (aged 29)
Ben Gastauer (LUX)		(1987-11-14)14 November 1987 (aged 30)
Cyril Gautier (FRA)		(1987-09-26)26 September 1987 (aged 30)
Alexandre Geniez (FRA)		(1988-04-16)16 April 1988 (aged 29)
Alexis Gougeard (FRA)		(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 24)
Quentin Jaurégui (FRA)		(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 23)
Pierre Latour (FRA)		(1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 24)
Matteo Montaguti (ITA)		(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 33)
Oliver Naesen (BEL)		(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 27)
Nans Peters (FRA)		(1994-03-12)12 March 1994 (aged 23)
Stijn Vandenbergh (BEL)		(1984-04-25)25 April 1984 (aged 33)
Clement Venturini (FRA)		(1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 24)
Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)		(1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 29)

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season

Rider	2017 team
Silvan Dillier[1]	BMC Racing Team
Clément Venturini[2]	Cofidis
Tony Gallopin[3]	Lotto–Soudal

Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season

Rider	2018 team
Julien Bérard[4]	Retires
Sondre Holst Enger[5]	Israel Cycling Academy
Hugo Houle[6]	Astana
Domenico Pozzovivo[7]	Bahrain–Merida
Christophe Riblon[8]	Retires

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
28 January	Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise	UCI Europe Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	France	Marseille
4 February	Etoile de Bessèges, Stage 5, ITT	UCI Europe Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	France	Alès
4 February	Etoile de Bessèges, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	France
8 February	Tour La Provence, Prologue	UCI Europe Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	France	Castellet
11 February	Tour La Provence, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	France
24 February	Classic Sud-Ardèche	UCI Europe Tour	Romain Bardet (FRA)	France
30 March	Route Adélie	UCI Europe Tour	Silvan Dillier (SUI)	France	Vitré
15 June	Route d'Occitanie, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Clément Venturini (FRA)	France	Masseube Val-de-Gers
26 August	Bretagne Classic Ouest–France	UCI World Tour	Oliver Naesen (BEL)	France
31 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Tony Gallopin (FRA)	Spain	Pozo Alcón
6 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 12	UCI World Tour	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)	Spain	Punta de Estaca de Bares
6 October	Tour de Vendée	UCI Europe Tour	Nico Denz (GER)	France

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
22 June	Lithuanian National Time Trial Champion		Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	Lithuania	Gargždai
24 June	Lithuanian National Road Race Champion		Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	Lithuania	Gargždai
28 June	French National Time Trial Champion		Pierre Latour (FRA)	France	Mantes-la-Jolie

Footnotes

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AG2R La Mondiale in 2018.

"Dillier signs three-year deal with AG2R La Mondiale". cyclingnews.com. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"AG2R-La Mondiale sign Clement Venturini - Transfer Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"Gallopin to join AG2R La Mondiale for 2018". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
"Julien Bérard: "If I do not have anything at the pros, I stop"". cyclingpro.net. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"Enger, Jensen sign with Israel Cycling Academy". cyclingnews.com. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"Hugo Houle to Join Astana Team". pedalmag.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"Pozzovivo signs with Bahrain-Merida". cyclingnews.com. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
"Riblon retires after failing to find new contract for 2018". cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

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List of 2018 UCI WorldTeams and riders
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