2016 AG2R La Mondiale season

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AG2R La Mondiale
2016 season
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UCI codeALM
Status UCI ProTeam
Manager Vincent Lavenu
Main sponsor(s)AG2R Group & La Mondiale Group
BasedFrance
Bicycles Focus Bikes
Groupset SRAM
Season victories
One-day races 5
Stage race overall0
Stage race stages3
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Jersey
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2017  

The 2016 season for the AG2R La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

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Team roster

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Gediminas Bagdonas  (LTU) (1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 30)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jan Bakelants  (BEL) (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 29)
Flag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA) (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 25)
Flag of France.svg  Julien Bérard  (FRA) (1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 28)
Flag of France.svg  François Bidard  (FRA) (1992-03-12)12 March 1992 (aged 23)
Flag of France.svg  Guillaume Bonnafond  (FRA) (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 (aged 28)
Flag of France.svg  Mikaël Cherel  (FRA) (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 29)
Flag of France.svg  Benoît Cosnefroy [N 1]  (FRA) (1995-10-17)17 October 1995 (aged 20)
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Daniel  (FRA) (1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 24)
Flag of Germany.svg  Nico Denz  (GER) (1994-02-15)15 February 1994 (aged 21)
Flag of France.svg  Axel Domont  (FRA) (1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 25)
Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA) (1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 35)
Flag of France.svg  Hubert Dupont  (FRA) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 35)
Flag of France.svg  Étienne Fabre [N 2]  (FRA) (1996-08-05)5 August 1996 (aged 19)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Ben Gastauer  (LUX) (1987-11-14)14 November 1987 (aged 28)
Flag of France.svg  Damien Gaudin  (FRA) (1986-08-20)20 August 1986 (aged 29)
Flag of France.svg  Cyril Gautier  (FRA) (1987-09-26)26 September 1987 (aged 28)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA) (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 22)
Flag of Germany.svg  Patrick Gretsch  (GER) (1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 28)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Hugo Houle  (CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 25)
Flag of France.svg  Quentin Jaurégui  (FRA) (1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 21)
Flag of France.svg  Blel Kadri  (FRA) (1986-09-03)3 September 1986 (aged 29)
Flag of France.svg  Pierre-Roger Latour  (FRA) (1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 22)
Flag of France.svg  Sébastien Minard  (FRA) (1982-06-12)12 June 1982 (aged 33)
Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Montaguti  (ITA) (1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 32)
Flag of France.svg  Jean-Christophe Péraud  (FRA) (1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 38)
Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Pozzovivo  (ITA) (1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 33)
Flag of France.svg  Christophe Riblon  (FRA) (1981-01-17)17 January 1981 (aged 34)
Flag of France.svg  Rémy Rochas [N 3]  (FRA) (1996-05-18)18 May 1996 (aged 19)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Jesse Sergent [N 4]  (NZL) (1988-07-08)8 July 1988 (aged 27)
Flag of France.svg  Sébastien Turgot  (FRA) (1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 31)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Johan Vansummeren [N 5]  (BEL) (1981-02-04)4 February 1981 (aged 34)
Flag of France.svg  Alexis Vuillermoz  (FRA) (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 27)
  1. Cosnefroy joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Chambéry CF.
  2. Fabre joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Chambéry CF.
  3. Rochas joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from Chambéry CF.
  4. Sergent retired from cycling on July 22.
  5. Vansummeren retired from cycling on June 29.

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
7 February Étoile de Bessèges, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Pierre Latour  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France
14 February La Méditerranéenne, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jan Bakelants  (BEL)Flag of France.svg France Bordighera
14 February La Méditerranéenne, Points classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Jan Bakelants  (BEL)Flag of France.svg France
14 February La Méditerranéenne, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Cyril Gautier  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France
14 February La Méditerranéenne, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1] Flag of France.svg France
21 February Tour du Haut Var, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Ben Gastauer  (LUX)Flag of France.svg France
27 March Critérium International, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Pierre Latour  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France
3 April Paris–Camembert UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Cyril Gautier  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France Vimoutiers
22 April Giro del Trentino, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2] Flag of Italy.svg Italy
24 April La Roue Tourangelle UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France Tours
1 May Tour de Romandie, Young rider classification UCI World Tour Flag of France.svg  Pierre Latour  (FRA)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
28 May Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France Plumelec
29 May Boucles de l'Aulne UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France Châteaulin
19 June Route du Sud, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Quentin Jaurégui  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France
22 July Tour de France, Stage 19 UCI World Tour Flag of France.svg  Romain Bardet  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
10 September Vuelta a España, Stage 20 UCI World Tour Flag of France.svg  Pierre Latour  (FRA)Flag of Spain.svg Spain Aitana
11 September Tour du Doubs UCI Europe Tour Flag of France.svg  Samuel Dumoulin  (FRA)Flag of France.svg France Pontarlier

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