2014 Ag2r–La Mondiale season

Ag2r–La Mondiale
2014 season
The team at the 2014 World Ports Classic
UCI code	ALM
Status	UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank	7th (919 points)
Manager	Vincent Lavenu
Main sponsor(s)	Ag2r & La Mondiale
Based	France
Bicycles	Focus
Groupset	Campagnolo
Season victories
One-day races	4
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	9
National Championships	1
Most Wins	Carlos Betancur (4 wins)
Best ranked rider	Jean-Christophe Péraud (10th)

The 2014 season for the Ag2r–La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2014 roster

As of 1 January 2014.^[1]

	Rider	Date of birth
Davide Appollonio (ITA)		(1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 24)
Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU)		(1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 28)
Romain Bardet (FRA)		(1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 23)
Julien Bérard (FRA)		(1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 26)
Carlos Betancur (COL)		(1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 24)
Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA)		(1987-06-23)23 June 1987 (aged 26)
Maxime Bouet (FRA)		(1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 27)
Steve Chainel (FRA)		(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 30)
Mickaël Cherel (FRA)		(1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 27)
Maxime Daniel (FRA)		(1991-06-05)5 June 1991 (aged 22)
Axel Domont (FRA)		(1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 23)
Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)		(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 33)
Hubert Dupont (FRA)		(1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 33)
Ben Gastauer (LUX)		(1987-11-14)14 November 1987 (aged 26)
Damien Gaudin (FRA)		(1986-08-20)20 August 1986 (aged 27)

	Rider	Date of birth
Alexis Gougeard (FRA)		(1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 20)
Patrick Gretsch (GER)		(1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 26)
Hugo Houle (CAN)		(1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 23)
Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)		(1983-11-29)29 November 1983 (aged 30)
Blel Kadri (FRA)		(1986-09-03)3 September 1986 (aged 27)
Julian Kern (GER)		(1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (aged 24)
Sébastien Minard (FRA)		(1982-06-12)12 June 1982 (aged 31)
Lloyd Mondory (FRA)		(1982-04-26)26 April 1982 (aged 31)
Matteo Montaguti (ITA)		(1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 29)
Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA)		(1977-09-25)25 September 1977 (aged 36)
Jean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)		(1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 36)
Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA)		(1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 31)
Christophe Riblon (FRA)		(1981-01-17)17 January 1981 (aged 32)
Sébastien Turgot (FRA)		(1984-04-11)11 April 1984 (aged 29)
Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA)		(1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 25)

Riders who joined the team for the 2014 season

Rider	2013 team
Maxime Daniel^[2]	Sojasun
Damien Gaudin^[3]	Team Europcar
Alexis Gougeard^[4]	neo-pro (US Sainte-Austreberthe)
Patrick Gretsch^[5]	Argos–Shimano
Sébastien Turgot^[3]	Team Europcar
Alexis Vuillermoz^[6]	Sojasun

Riders who left the team during or after the 2013 season

Rider	2014 team
Manuel Belletti^[7]	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
John Gadret^[8]	Movistar Team
Sylvain Georges^[9]	Sacked
Valentin Iglinsky^[10]	Astana
Anthony Ravard^[11]	Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
000000002016-02-16-000016 February	Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Péraud, Jean-ChristopheJean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	France	Mont Faron
000000002016-02-22-000022 February	Tour du Haut Var, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France	La Croix-Valmer
000000002016-02-23-000023 February	Tour of Oman, Young rider classification	UCI Asia Tour	Bardet, RomainRomain Bardet (FRA)	Oman
000000002016-02-23-000023 February	Tour du Haut Var, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France
000000002016-02-23-000023 February	Tour du Haut Var, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France
000000002016-02-23-000023 February	Tour du Haut Var, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 1]}	France
000000002016-03-02-00002 March	La Drôme Classic	UCI Europe Tour	Bardet, RomainRomain Bardet (FRA)	France	Valence
000000002016-03-13-000013 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France	Rive-de-Gier
000000002016-03-14-000014 March	Paris–Nice, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France	Fayence
000000002016-03-16-000016 March	Paris–Nice, Overall	UCI World Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France
000000002016-03-16-000016 March	Paris–Nice, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Betancur, CarlosCarlos Betancur (COL)	France
000000002016-03-18-000018 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 2]}	Italy
000000002016-03-22-000022 March	Classic Loire Atlantique	UCI Europe Tour	Gougeard, AlexisAlexis Gougeard (FRA)	France	La Haie-Fouassière
000000002016-03-30-000030 March	Critérium International, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Péraud, Jean-ChristopheJean-Christophe Péraud (FRA)	France
000000002016-04-11-000011 April	Circuit de la Sarthe, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Domont, AxelAxel Domont (FRA)	France	La Ferté-Bernard
000000002016-05-04-00004 May	Grand Prix de la Somme	UCI Europe Tour	Hutarovich, YauheniYauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	France	Abbeville
000000002016-05-11-000011 May	Four Days of Dunkirk, Sprints classification	UCI Europe Tour	Bagdonas, GediminasGediminas Bagdonas (LTU)	France
000000002016-05-11-000011 May	Four Days of Dunkirk, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 3]}	France
000000002016-06-01-00001 June	Giro d'Italia, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 4]}	Italy
000000002016-06-01-00001 June	Boucles de l'Aulne	UCI Europe Tour	Gougeard, AlexisAlexis Gougeard (FRA)	France	Châteaulin
000000002016-06-22-000022 June	Route du Sud, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Vuillermoz, AlexisAlexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France
000000002016-06-22-000022 June	Route du Sud, Sprints classification	UCI Europe Tour	Domont, AxelAxel Domont (FRA)	France
000000002016-07-12-000012 July	Tour de France, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Kadri, BlelBlel Kadri (FRA)	France	Gérardmer La Mauselaine
000000002016-07-27-000027 July	Tour de France, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 5]}	France
000000002016-08-03-00003 August	Tour de Pologne, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Hutarovich, YauheniYauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	Poland	Bydgoszcz
000000002016-08-09-00009 August	Tour de Pologne, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Hutarovich, YauheniYauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	Poland
000000002016-08-16-000016 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Mondory, LloydLloyd Mondory (FRA)	Spain	Villarcayo
000000002016-08-16-000016 August	Tour de l'Ain, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 6]}	France
000000002016-08-22-000022 August	Tour du Limousin, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Domont, AxelAxel Domont (FRA)	France
000000002016-08-22-000022 August	Tour du Limousin, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Domont, AxelAxel Domont (FRA)	France
000000002016-09-28-000028 September	Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Vuillermoz, AlexisAlexis Vuillermoz (FRA)	France	Mende

Footnotes

↑ The riders on the squad were Carlos Betancur, Maxime Bouet, Mikaël Cherel, Samuel Dumoulin, Hubert Dupont, Lloyd Mondory, Alexis Vuillermoz, and Alexis Gougeard
↑ The riders on the squad were Domenico Pozzovivo, Davide Appollonio, Damien Gaudin, Patrick Gretsch, Lloyd Mondory, Matteo Montaguti, Rinaldo Nocentini, and Jean-Christophe Péraud
↑ The riders on the squad were Samuel Dumoulin, Gediminas Bagdonas, Steve Chainel, Maxime Daniel, Hugo Houle, Blel Kadri, Sébastien Minard, and Lloyd Mondory
↑ The riders on the squad were Domenico Pozzovivo, Davide Appollonio, Julien Bérard, Maxime Bouet, Axel Domont, Hubert Dupont, Patrick Gretsch, Matteo Montaguti and Alexis Vuillermoz
↑ The riders on the squad were Jean-Christophe Péraud, Romain Bardet, Mikaël Cherel, Samuel Dumoulin, Ben Gastauer, Blel Kadri, Sébastien Minard, Matteo Montaguti and Christophe Riblon
↑ The riders on the squad were Romain Bardet, Julien Bérard, Guillaume Bonnafond, Maxime Bouet, Hubert Dupont and Jean-Christophe Péraud

References

↑ "AG2R La Mondiale (ALM) – FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
↑ "Ag2r signs young sprinter Maxime Danie". cyclingquotes.com. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
1 2 "Turgot and Gaudin sign with Ag2r-La Mondiale for three years". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ "ALEXIS GOUGEARD JOINED THE AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM". bikeworldnews.com. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ "Gretsch excited about move to Ag2r-La Mondiale". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ "Vuillermoz chez AG2R" [Vuillermoz with AG2R]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ Farrand, Stephen (25 October 2013). "Hoogerland signs with Androni Giocattoli for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 17 February 2014. Hoogerland is expected to be part of the team's Giro d'Italia squad alongside other new signing Manuel Belletti, who joins from Ag2r-La Mondiale.
↑ "Gadret looks ahead to new start at Movistar". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ "Georges Sacked By Ag2r-La Mondiale". Cyclingnews.com. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ "2013 Astana Pro Team Rider Transfer News". Astana. Abacanto SA. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
↑ "Anthony Ravard met fin à sa carrière" [Anthony Ravard ends his career]. Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

AG2R La Mondiale seasons

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List of 2014 UCI ProTeams and riders

Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana Belkin Pro Cycling BMC Racing Team Cannondale Team Europcar FDJ.fr Garmin–Sharp Giant–Shimano Team Katusha Lampre–Merida Lotto–Belisol Movistar Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Orica–GreenEDGE Team Sky Team Tinkoff–Saxo Trek Factory Racing

List of 2014 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela Bardiani–CSF Bretagne–Séché Environnement Caja Rural–Seguros RGA CCC Polsat Polkowice Cofidis Colombia Drapac Cycling IAM Cycling MTN–Qhubeka Neri Sottoli Team NetApp–Endura Team Novo Nordisk RusVelo Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise UnitedHealthcare Wanty–Groupe Gobert

List of 2014 UCI Women's Teams and riders

Alé Cipollini Astana BePink Women's Team Bigla Cycling Team Bizkaia–Durango Boels Dolmans Cycling Team BTC City Ljubljana China Chongming–Giant–Champion System Estado De Mexico Faren Firefighters Upsala CK Forno d'Asolo–Astute Futurumshop.nl–Zannata Hitec Products Lointek Lotto Belisol Ladies No Radunion Vitalogic Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies Orica–AIS Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team Rusvelo S.C. Michela Fanini Rox Servetto Footon Specialized–lululemon Team Giant–Shimano Team Rytger Team TIBCO – To The Top Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro–Duo UnitedHealthcare Women's Team Vaiano Fondriest Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86 Wiggle–Honda

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