Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale have revealed a refreshed race equipment for 2025, a brand new Van Rysel aerodynamic race bike and race clothes in addition to a rejuvenated roster that features teenage French abilities Paul Seixas and Léo Bisiaux and 2023 Junior time trial world champion Oscar Chamberlain of Australia.
Luke Rowe has joined Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale after ending his racing profession with Ineos Grenadiers, and he’ll work with Grand Tour chief Felix Gall, sprinter Sam Bennett, Benoît Cosnefroy, Victor Lafay and particularly the Classics riders that features street captain Oliver Naesen.
New signings embody Swiss time trialist Stefan Bissegger and 2023 Beneath-23 Giro d’Italia winner Johannes Staune-Mittet. The WorldTour crew additionally contains French nationwide champion Paul Lapeira, Aurélien Paret-Peintre and trusted Australian dash lead-out man Callum Scotson.
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale loved a massively profitable 2024 after the arrival of Decathlon and their Van Rysel bikes. The crew gained 30 races, with Ben O’Connor ending fourth general on the Giro d’Italia after which second on the Vuelta a España, after two weeks within the chief’s pink jersey. The Western Australia moved to Jayco AlUla for 2025 however Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale hopes to shortly develop their younger abilities.
Decathlon have prolonged their hyperlinks to the crew, creating a brand new aero street bike, the race clothes and off-race informal clothes. The crew refreshed their blue and inexperienced racing colors, and added a contact of inexperienced to the bikes.
“2025 might be a yr of affirmation and consolidation of our strategic plan,” crew Supervisor Dominique Serieys stated throughout a presentation held in Decathlon’s headquarters close to Lille in northern France.
“We wish to turn out to be one of many world’s high groups because of the complete help of companions Decathlon, AG2R La Mondiale, Van Rysel and others. We imagine we will with collectively to search out the following marginal positive factors to steer us to our subsequent success.
“We now have to be prepared for 2025 in the absolute best approach. We have already reformed our workers and made it a extra worldwide organisation. We have determined two issues: We have prolonged the contract of vital riders, and we have welcomed 5 new riders from the Subsequent Gen crew. With our riders and tools we purpose for a steadiness between expertise and youth, that is a part of our DNA.”
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale have a Junior crew, a growth crew and the WorldTour crew. They don’t have a ladies’s crew. The 2025 junior squad contains Nice Britain’s Gus and Evander Wishart and the USA’s Braden Reitz, who was second within the US Junior street race championships behind Ashlin Barry.
The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale growth crew contains Australia’s Matthew Greenwood and a number of latest teenage expertise.
