BMC Speedmachine taps Red Bull F1 expertise for a new time trial bike
That prototype time trial bike with BMC and Red Bull logos? Yeah, it was the new BMC Speedmachine.
That prototype time trial bike with BMC and Red Bull logos? Yeah, it was the new BMC Speedmachine.
What's new for Van Avermaet in 2021? Well he's back on BMC after two years on a Giant.
The season is in full swing, and that means that we now have all the team kits out on the open roads, at the races and in full view for us to pick to pieces.
New-look jersey marks 'new chapter' for French team with co-sponsors Citroën and Ag2r committed through 2025.
The Italian Doping Tribunal further imposed a four-year ban which will remain in effect through November 2024.
Budget boost brings influx of new stars to French squad, leaving existing riders facing career crises or contemplating retirement.
Veteran manager Vincent Lavenu isn't giving up on yellow jersey quest despite signings of Greg Van Avermaet and Bob Jungels for 2021.
Young Australian battled back from a fallow 2019 burdened by pressure and expectation after a breakout sophomore season to score a vital stage win and secure a new contract.
Young Australian to move to French team on one-year deal to provide team with strong climbing option after loss of Romain Bardet.
Vuillermoz is the third rider to move from AG2R-La Mondiale to Total Direct Énergie for the coming season.
Former US champ hunting for stages with Ag2r-La Mondiale lacking a GC leader to protect in Italy.
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In today's Active Pass roundtable, a rider wants to know if we will see a French super team emerge. And, has this Tour de France been thrilling or boring?
The Swiss bicycle manufacturer will also continue its relationship with NTT Pro Cycling through the end of 2021.
According to the team, Bardet hit his head when he crashed during the stage.
Ineos Grenadiers, AG2R-La Mondiale, Cofidis, and Mitchelton-Scott will not be in jeopardy of being excluded because of previous positive tests.
Bardet originally planned to focus on the Giro d’Italia this year, but in the end, he is returning to the Tour in the post-COVID-19 calendar.
American is latest pro to test positive, but hopes to be cleared in time to race Giro d'Italia in October.
None of the impacted riders are part of the team's Tour de France squad.
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Classics star latest signing for French team as it resets its focus on one-day racing.
Calmejane has won stages in both the Vuelta a España and the Tour de France, and is an aggressive, punchy rider who will fit in well with the AG2R-La Mondiale.
Ag2r-La Mondiale to embrace classics-focus from 2021 with Belgian pair at the forefront.
Mass exodus from Team CCC; big names in and out of AG2R-La Mondiale; Israel Start-Up Nation continues to strengthen roster.
The French rider is increasingly worried that injuries sustained on stage 1 of La Route d'Occitanie are more serious than originally expected.
Only 26, Latour is considered one of the best French riders of his generation after winning the white jersey for the best young rider in the 2018 Tour, as well as a stage in the Vuelta.
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French outfit to become AG2R Citroën Team in 2021.
Warbasse to stay with Ag2r-La Mondiale through 2022, Rivera extends with Sunweb for one more year.
Belgian classics specialist thankful to see racing on horizon; veteran teammate Vandenbergh hopes to prolong long career.
'I will prepare for it completely, but I don’t want to come with set objectives.' Bardet heads into Tour de France with high ambitions but no concrete goals.
The Belgian national championships is touted as one of the hardest one-day races in professional cycling, and back in 2017, then 26-year-old Oliver Naesen won out of a breakaway filled with classics superstars.
French team continues to secure base while fate of Romain Bardet remains uncertain.
Démare, Küng and Gaudu also extend in long-term deals as French teams continue to invest in future.
Frenchman earns a contract renewal despite missing second half of 2019 season with injury.
Team coaches expect riders to be back at full fitness by Tour de France, but detuned endurance could lead to surprises.
Parent company of Ridley and Merckx bikes suffering from financial fallout of coronavirus pandemic, leading to questions over contract renewals.
Belgian star will continue to anchor Ag2r-La Mondiale's classics program.
The new 2020 pro cycling calendar is still dependent on a reduction of the COVID-19 virus around the world.
The French team will not be participating in the upcoming Italian races, and it remains to be seen if they start in French races.
American Larry Warbasse rolled the dice during Thursday's stage at the UAE Tour, powering a breakaway that nearly made it to the line.
Warbasse aims to build on solid foundations at Ag2r-La Mondiale after both of his former teams folded ahead of time.
The Giro, worlds and Olympics will be at the center of the calendar for the French star weary of the pressures of July .
More than a dozen teams come to this year's Tour de France with ambitions of finishing high on the race's final general classification
As a number of favorites are sidelined or affected by injury and poor form, confidence is growing in the home nation's chances at the Tour de France
Larry Warbasse is hoping to thank his French teammates with a breakaway stage victory in the final week of the Giro d'Italia
The Michigan native brushed up on his French during the offseason and can now communicate with his new teammates at Ag2r La Mondiale.
Veteran team manager Vincent Lavenu likes Larry Warbasse's talent as well as his personality, welcoming his team's first American rider.
Axel Domont, a crucial lieutenant for Romain Bardet, crashed out of the Tour de France this week.
Whatever advantage Romain Bardet carried into Monday's team time trial evaporated on the hot tarmac surrounding Cholet, France.
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Ag2r La Mondiale has announced team rider Romain Bardet has decided to take part in the Volta a Catalunya, March 20-16.
Ag2r—La Mondiale believes that Bardet has a realistic chance of becoming the first Frenchman since Bernard Hinault to win the yellow jersey.
French team AG2R - La Mondiale is building its Tour de France roster around climber Romain Bardet.
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Colombian Carlos Betancur and French team Ag2r La Mondiale break contract after difficult three-year relationship
The WorldTour team will use Focus Izalco bikes with the new wireless drivetrain in upcoming Tour de France stages
Ag2r draws on Péraud's experience and Bardet's youth to cue up for 2015 season, aims to develop Pozzovivo and Betancur
Europcar riders are worried about a reduced racing schedule after the UCI denied the French squad a WorldTour license for 2015
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Riblon and his AG2R teammates ride Focus' 750-gram Izalco Max frame in the mountains
The Ag2r La Mondiale rider tested a cyclocross frame with a road setup at the Belgian classics
The German has spent the last two seasons riding for Argos-Shimano
Jean-Christophe Peraud, ninth overall two years ago, will lead the team, which includes stage winners Samuel Dumoulin and Christophe Riblon
French rider tested positive for a banned stimulant after stage 7 of the three-week race through Italy
Vincent Lavenu pulls his French squad from its home race as part of MPCC-required one-week ban
We detail the Italian climber's 48cm frame, built up for Tuesday's mountain stage with an 11-29 cogset and ultra-light wheels
Michelin is absent from the WorldTour peloton in 2013, but in Le Mans auto racing, teams pay to lease the French tire maker's rubber
After moving to Focus bikes, French squad working with fi'zi:k in final-stage development of new cockpit components and seatposts
Hutarovich, Appollonio among Ag2r's new arrivals to target Tour Down Under WorldTour opener
The French sprinter calls it quits following a winless 2012 and an ability to land a new ride after being released by Ag2r La Mondiale
Canadian youngster signs with Ag2r La Mondiale for 2013
Frenchman on the outs after returning a positive out-of-competition test last month
Olympic mountain biker extends with French squad through 2014
Nicolas Roche, of Irish-French lineage, is the half-Frenchman on the Tour team
PARIS (AFP) — Sprinter Jimmy Casper has joined AG2R-La Mondiale on a one-year deal with the option of a second, the French team announced in a statement on Wednesday.
The lone French WorldTour team hopes to win a stage and perhaps put John Gadret into the top 10 overall.
Katusha has signed three riders to round out its base while Ag2r has picked up former mountain bike pro Jean-Christophe Péraud in a two-year deal.
Nicholas Roche, hot off a solid 15th in the Tour de France, is aiming for a top-10 overall at the Vuelta