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2013 Ag2r–La Mondiale season
Manager Vincent Lavenu
One-day victories 2
Stage race overall victories 1
Stage race stage victories 5
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The 2013 season for the Ag2r–La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2013 roster

As of 1 January 2013. [1]
Rider Date of birth
  Davide Appollonio ( ITA) (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 23)
  Gediminas Bagdonas ( LTU) (1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 27)
  Romain Bardet ( FRA) (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 22)
  Manuel Belletti ( ITA) (1985-10-14)14 October 1985 (aged 27)
  Julien BĂ©rard ( FRA) (1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 25)
  Carlos Betancur ( COL) (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 23)
  Guillaume Bonnafond ( FRA) (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 (aged 25)
  Maxime Bouet ( FRA) (1986-11-03)3 November 1986 (aged 26)
  FrĂ©dĂ©ric Brun [N 1] ( FRA) (1988-08-18)18 August 1988 (aged 24)
  Steve Chainel ( FRA) (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 29)
  Gabriel Chavanne [N 2] ( SUI) (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 20)
  MikaĂ«l Cherel ( FRA) (1986-03-17)17 March 1986 (aged 26)
  Axel Domont ( FRA) (1990-08-07)7 August 1990 (aged 22)
  Samuel Dumoulin ( FRA) (1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 32)
  Hubert Dupont ( FRA) (1980-11-13)13 November 1980 (aged 32)
  John Gadret ( FRA) (1979-04-22)22 April 1979 (aged 33)
Rider Date of birth
  Ben Gastauer ( LUX) (1987-11-14)14 November 1987 (aged 25)
  Sylvain Georges [N 3] ( FRA) (1984-05-01)1 May 1984 (aged 28)
  Hugo Houle ( CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 22)
  Yauheni Hutarovich ( BLR) (1983-11-29)29 November 1983 (aged 29)
  Valentin Iglinsky ( KAZ) (1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 28)
  Blel Kadri ( FRA) (1986-09-03)3 September 1986 (aged 26)
  Julian Kern ( GER) (1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (aged 23)
  Pierre Latour [N 4] ( FRA) (1993-10-12)12 October 1993 (aged 19)
  SĂ©bastien Minard ( FRA) (1982-06-12)12 June 1982 (aged 30)
  Lloyd Mondory ( FRA) (1982-04-26)26 April 1982 (aged 30)
  Matteo Montaguti ( ITA) (1984-01-06)6 January 1984 (aged 28)
  Rinaldo Nocentini ( ITA) (1977-09-25)25 September 1977 (aged 35)
  Jean-Christophe PĂ©raud ( FRA) (1977-05-22)22 May 1977 (aged 35)
  Domenico Pozzovivo ( ITA) (1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 30)
  Anthony Ravard ( FRA) (1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 29)
  Christophe Riblon ( FRA) (1981-01-17)17 January 1981 (aged 31)
  1. ^ Brun joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from the Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme team. [2]
  2. ^ Chavanne joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from the Chambéry Cyclisme Formation. [2]
  3. ^ Georges was sacked by the team on 31 May, following a positive test for heptaminol. [3]
  4. ^ Latour joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire, from the Chambéry Cyclisme Formation. [2]

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
3 February Étoile de BessĂšges, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour   Samuel Dumoulin ( FRA)   France AlĂšs
9 February Tour MĂ©diterranĂ©en, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour   Jean-Christophe PĂ©raud ( FRA)   France Mont Faron
3 March Roma Maxima UCI Europe Tour   Blel Kadri ( FRA)   Italy Rome
24 March CritĂ©rium International, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]   France
16 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 1a UCI Europe Tour   Maxime Bouet ( FRA)   Austria Lienz
25 May Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan UCI Europe Tour   Samuel Dumoulin ( FRA)   France Plumelec
26 May Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification UCI World Tour   Carlos Betancur ( COL)   Italy
16 June Route du Sud, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2]   France
18 July Tour de France, Stage 18 UCI World Tour   Christophe Riblon ( FRA)   France Alpe d'Huez
21 July Tour de France, Super-combativity award UCI World Tour   Christophe Riblon ( FRA)   France
28 July Tour de Pologne, Stage 2 UCI World Tour   Christophe Riblon ( FRA)   Italy Passo Pordoi– Val di Fassa
13 August Tour de l'Ain, Overall UCI Europe Tour   Romain Bardet ( FRA)   France
13 August Tour de l'Ain, Points classification UCI Europe Tour   Romain Bardet ( FRA)   France
23 August Tour du Limousin, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour   FrĂ©dĂ©ric Brun ( FRA) [N 3]   France
6 October French Road Cycling Cup, Overall classification UCI Europe Tour   Samuel Dumoulin ( FRA)   France
15 October Tour of Beijing, Young rider classification UCI World Tour   Romain Bardet ( FRA)   China

Footnotes

References

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  3. ^ "Georges sacked by Ag2r-La Mondiale". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Two new recruits for AG2R LA MONDIALE". Ag2r–La Mondiale. France Cyclisme. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b Stokes, Shane (20 October 2012). "Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale's WorldTour prospects". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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  7. ^ "AG2R La Mondiale snap up Domont". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Samuel Dumoulin to boost strength of the Ag2r La Mondiale Team from 2013". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Hugo Houle signs deal with AG2R". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  10. ^ Atkins, Ben (13 August 2012). "Yauheni Hutarovich to AG2R La Mondiale on two-year deal". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Julian Kern to AG2R for two years". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Pozzovivo to join Ag2r-La Mondiale". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  13. ^ "Casper retires from professional cycling". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  14. ^ a b c "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Brammeier looking to step up personal performances with Champion System team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. Also coming on board is a past three-time Slovenian national TT champion Gregor Gazvoda, who will move from the WorldTour-level Ag2r La Mondiale team.
  16. ^ Atkins, Ben (9 October 2012). "Steve Houanard provisionally suspended after A-sample positive for EPO". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  17. ^ Mignot, Alexandre (3 August 2012). "Lemarchand et Hardy signent chez Cofidis" [Lemarchand and Hardy sign for Cofidis]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar-Agency. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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