The next training camp for AG2R La Mondiale team will be held from teh 8th to the 18th of December in Gandia - Valencia (Spain) where all 30 riders will be present.
The team has confirmed the first races for all 30 cyclists. Bardet will ride GP La Marseillaise, Tour of Oman and Classic Sud-Ardeche; Péraud will do the Tour de San Luis, Tour of the Mediterranean and Tour de Provence; and Pozzovivo will be at the start of the Tour Down Under, Tour of Oman and Tirreno-Adriatico.
Vuillermoz has the Tour de San Luis, Tour of the Mediterranean and Tour du Haut Var Matin on his schedule; Gougeard, meanwhile, will ride at the Tour Down Under, Tour of Oman and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and Latour will start his season in France at the GP La Marseillaise, Etoile de Bessèges and the Tour du Haut Var.
The first line-ups are as follows: Tour Down Under: Bagdonas, Gautier, Gougeard, Riblon, Pozzovivo, Montaguti and Sergent. Tour de San Luis: Péraud, Vuillermoz, Bonnafond, Bidard, Daniel, Jauregui and Domont
There are new faces and some changes in the tecnical staff too:
Philippe Chevallier (UCI Sport and Technical Director 2000-2015) has been the new CEO since 15 November
Vincent Lavenu, founder of the team, is the Director General
Laurent Biondi is the sports manager.
Julien Jurdie is the leader of the team of sports directors: Didier Jannel, Stephane Goubert, Artūras Kasputis and Gilles Mas
Jean - Baptiste Quiclet be the head coach of the team, and work with Nicolas Guillé (former Director of the Sojasun team from 2009 to 2013) and Mickael Bouget (coach of the professional team since 2005). Both were already part of the staff last year but now be appointed full time.
Sam Bellenoue (former duathlon athlete and professional trainer since 2006) will strengthen the coaching team. He is also a student at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) where he writes a thesis on the effects of high-altitude training.
Dr. Eric Bouvat, staff team member since 1999, is the head of the medical section.
The first races for the riders are as follows the runners will be:
BAGDONAS Gediminas (Lit)
Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
Tour du Qatar
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel)
BAKELANTS Jan (Bel)
Trofeo Laigueglia (Ita)
Tour of Provence
Classic Sud - Ardeche
BARDET Romain
GP La Marsillaise
Tour of Oman
Classic Sud - Ardèche
BONNAFOND Guillaume
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Trofeo Laigueglia (Ita)
Tour du Haut Var Matin
BERARD Julien
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Tour of the Mediterranean
BIDARD François
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Etoile de Bessèges
Tour of the Mediterranean
CHEREL Mikael
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Tour du Haut Var Matin
DANIEL Maxime
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Tour du Qatar
Tour de Provence
DENZ Nico (GER)
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Trofeo Laigueglia
DOMONT Axel
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Tour of the Mediterranean
Classic Sud - Ardeche
DUMOULIN Samuel
GP La Marseillaise
Tour of the Mediterranean
Tour de Provence
DUPONT Hubert
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Tour du Haut Var Matin
GASTAUER Ben (Lux)
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Tour du Haut Var Matin
GAUDIN Damien
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Omán
GAUTIER Cyril
Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
Tour of the Mediterranean
Tour de Provence
GOUGEARD Alexis
Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
Tour of Oman
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel)
GRETSCH Patrick (GER)
Tour of Qatar
Tour de Provence
HOULE Hugo (Can)
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Oman
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel)
JAUREGUI Quentin
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Etoile de Bessèges
Trofeo Laigueglia
KADRI Blel
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Trofeo Laigueglia
LATOUR Pierre
GP La Marseillaise
Etoile de Bessèges
Tour du Haut Var Matin
MINARD Sébastien
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Oman
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel)
MONTAGUTI Matteo (Ita)
Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
Trofeo Laigueglia
Tour du Haut Var Matin
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Tour of the Mediterranean
Tour de Provence
POZZOVIVO Domenico (Ita)
Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
Tour of Oman
Tirreno Adriatico
RIBLON Christophe
Santos Tour Down Under
Tour of the Mediterranean
Tour of Oman
SERGENT Jesse (NZ)
New Zealand Championships time trial and road race
Santos Tour Down Under (Australia)
Tour of Qatar
TURGOT Sébastien
Tour of Qatar
Tour du Haut Var Matin
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel)
VANSUMMEREN Johan (Bel)
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Oman
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Bel)
VUILLERMOZ Alexis
Tour de San Luis (Argentina)
Tour of the Mediterranean
Tour du Haut Var Matin
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