2013 Ag2r–La Mondiale season explained

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ManagerVincent Lavenu
One-day victories2
Stage race overall victories1
Stage race stage victories5
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The 2013 season for the 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

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Riders who joined the team for the 2013 season
Rider2012 team
Davide Appollonio[2]
Gediminas Bagdonas[3]
Carlos Betancur
Steve Chainel[4]
Axel Domont[5] neo-pro (stagiaire, 2011)
Samuel Dumoulin[6]
Hugo Houle[7]
Yauheni Hutarovich[8]
Valentin Iglinsky
Julian Kern[9] Leopard Trek Continental
Domenico Pozzovivo[10]
Riders who left the team during or after the 2012 season
Rider2013 team
Jimmy Casper[11] Retired
Martin Elmiger[12]
Gregor Gazvoda[13]
Kristof Goddaert
Sébastien Hinault
Steve Houanard[14] Sacked following
doping suspension
Romain Lemarchand[15]
Mathieu Perget[16] US Montauban Cyclisme 82
Nicolas Roche[17]
Boris Shpilevsky
Amir Zargari

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Étoile de Bessèges, Stage 5 Alès
Tour Méditerranéen, Stage 4 Mont Faron
Rome
Critérium International, Teams classification [18]
Giro del Trentino, Stage 1a Lienz
Plumelec
Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification
Route du Sud, Teams classification [19]
Tour de France, Stage 18 Alpe d'Huez
Tour de France, Super-combativity award
Tour de Pologne, Stage 2 Passo PordoiVal di Fassa
Tour de l'Ain, Overall
Tour de l'Ain, Points classification
Tour du Limousin, Mountains classification
French Road Cycling Cup, Overall classification
Tour of Beijing, Young rider classification

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AG2R La Mondiale (ALM) – FRA. 1 January 2013. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale.
  2. News: Two new recruits for AG2R LA MONDIALE. https://archive.today/20130106165257/http://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/english/news/news-detail.asp?id=908. dead. 6 January 2013. . France Cyclisme. 2 August 2012. 9 May 2013.
  3. News: Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale’s WorldTour prospects. Shane. Stokes. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 20 October 2012. 9 May 2013.
  4. News: Chainel signs for Ag2r-La Mondiale. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 August 2012. 9 May 2013.
  5. News: AG2R La Mondiale snap up Domont. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 12 December 2012. 9 May 2013.
  6. News: Samuel Dumoulin to boost strength of the Ag2r La Mondiale Team from 2013. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 8 August 2012. 9 May 2013.
  7. News: Hugo Houle signs deal with AG2R. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 15 November 2012. 26 December 2012.
  8. News: Yauheni Hutarovich to AG2R La Mondiale on two-year deal. Ben. Atkins. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 13 August 2012. 13 August 2012.
  9. News: Julian Kern to AG2R for two years. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 August 2012. 12 September 2012.
  10. News: Pozzovivo to join Ag2r-La Mondiale. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. 21 August 2012.
  11. News: Casper retires from professional cycling. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 21 December 2012. 22 December 2012.
  12. News: IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster. 24 September 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012.
  13. News: Brammeier looking to step up personal performances with Champion System team. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 10 December 2012. 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..
  14. News: Steve Houanard provisionally suspended after A-sample positive for EPO. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 9 October 2012. 10 October 2012. Ben. Atkins.
  15. News: Lemarchand et Hardy signent chez Cofidis. French. Lemarchand and Hardy sign for Cofidis. Alexandre. Mignot. Cyclism'Actu. Swar-Agency. 3 August 2012. 6 August 2012.
  16. News: Mathieu Perget à l'US Montauban 82. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. Nicolas. Gachet. 23 December 2012. 1 January 2013. Mathieu Perget to the U.S. Montauban 82. French.
  17. News: Roche signs for Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 1 August 2012. 1 August 2012.
  18. The riders on the squad were Jean-Christophe Péraud, Ben Gastauer, Romain Bardet, Maxime Bouet, Axel Domont, John Gadret, Julian Kern and Christophe Riblon
  19. The riders on the squad were Romain Bardet, Guillaume Bonnafond, Axel Domont, Samuel Dumoulin, Hubert Dupont, John Gadret, Blel Kadri and Rinaldo Nocentini