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28 Aug 2020

AG2R CITROËN TEAM THROUGH 2025

AG2R LA MONDIALE and CITROËN announced today that their commitment to Vincent Lavenu's team will extend until 2025.

AG2R CITROËN TEAM THROUGH 2025

Beginning in 2021, the team will have a budget of 23 million euros dedicated to its new sports project. Support for the athletes will be reinforced, as well as their training and retraining. Emphasis will also be placed on performance management and technological aspects.

To meet very high-level sporting ambitions, Oliver Naesen, Benoît Cosnefroy, Greg Van Avermaet and Bob Jungels will form the solid core of a team aiming to be among the best in the peloton, particularly in the classics. We will continue our recruitment strategy in 2022.

The new team will be called AG2R CITROËN TEAM, which is a name that was not chosen at random!

Its acronym ACT appropriately spells out the word "act" in en. And we will ACT to:

  • Share great ambitions in terms of performance;
  • Support young hopefuls through the training program;
  • Help develop the culture of “clean cycling” for healthy and responsible performance. The partnership advocates the practice of cycling in line with ethical rules and in particular those of the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC), of which the AG2R LA MONDIALE cycling team has been a founding member since 2007;

The AG2R CITROËN TEAM will carry the new UCI code: ACT.

Vincent LAVENU, General Manager of the cycling team

“We are proud to begin writing a new chapter in the history of our team called the AG2R CITROËN TEAM. We worked hand in hand with our title partner AG2R LA MONDIALE to find a co-partner of excellence. CITROËN has proven to be the ideal teammate for the team's rise to power. We can't wait to start this collaboration rich in sharing.”

Vincent COBÉE, General Manager CITROËN

"We are very happy to start this magnificent adventure alongside AG2R LA MONDIALE and the Vincent Lavenu team. CITROËN is and always has been a popular brand that belongs to pop culture. Cycling is a popular sport that fascinates people of all origins, nationalities, ages and backgrounds. So it was very natural for us to get involved in this sport. New CITROËN customers acquired over the past 5 years are extremely sensitive to the environment and its well-being, rather than to traditional automotive performance. The year 2020 also marks a turning point in the electrification of the Citroën range with the launch of 6 models that are either 100% electric or hybrids (Ami - 100% ëlectric, ë-C4 - 100% ëlectric, ë-SpaceTourer - 100 % ëlectric, ë-Jumpy - 100% ëlectric, ë-Jumper - 100% ëlectric, C5 Aircross Hybrid). The partnership with Vincent Lavenu’s cycling team underlines the importance of sustainable mobility for CITROËN. "

André RENAUDIN, Managing Director of AG2R LA MONDIALE

"AG2R LA MONDIALE is very happy to extend its commitment with the cycling team led by Vincent Lavenu until 2025. We are proud that CITROËN, an iconic and popular brand, is joining us to share the emotions that we have been experiencing with the team for more than 20 years.

We are driven by the same human values, performance and boldness, and we look forward to writing new pages of this beautiful story together.”

Attached picture, left to right :

André Renaudin (Managing Director of AG2R LA MONDIALE);

Vincent Cobée (General Manager CITROËN),

Philippe Chevallier (ass. General Manager)

PRESS OFFICE CITROËN
Shaneez SUDOOLLAH - Tel. : +33 (0)6 25 52 24 33 - shaneez.sudoollah@citroen.com
Delphine COMA - Tel. : +33 (0)6 24 86 14 58 - delphine.coma@citroen.com

PRESS OFFICE AG2R LA MONDIALE
Yves PERRET - Tel. : +33 (0)6 82 48 99 26 - presse@france-cyclisme.fr
Fred MACHABERT - Tel. : +33 (0)6 18 51 38 88 - presse@france-cyclisme.fr

PRESS OFFICE AG2R LA MONDIALE
Mélissa BOURGUIGNON. Tel. : +33 (0)6 04 52 18 63 - melissa.bourguignon@ag2rlamondiale.fr

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