DECATHLON TO BECOME CO-PARTNER OF TEAM AG2R LA MONDIALE FROM JANUARY 1, 2024

The arrival of DECATHLON on January 1, 2024 for 5 years marks a new chapter in the history of the AG2R LA MONDIALE cycling team, 32 years after its creation by Vincent Lavenu.
The AG2R LA MONDIALE Group has been the team's historic partner since 1997, and its shareholder since June 2022. This new partnership with DECATHLON will enable the team to take an important step towards achieving great victories as early as the 2024 season.
The riders DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE teams will be able to count on the expertise and know-how of VAN RYSEL, the DECATHLON group's performance road bike brand, which will equip them with cycles, helmets and goggles.
This partnership testifies to the determination of two major French companies, who share the same values of solidarity and proximity, to unite around an ambitious sporting project.
It is also an opportunity for DECATHLON to associate its name with a popular sport with recognized values of commitment, cohesion and emotion, and thus to encourage as many people as possible to take up cycling.
DECATHLON and AG2R LA MONDIALE are working together on an ambitious project involving three teams:
The "DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM" World Tour team, which aims to win as many victories as possible in the world's major races;
The Continental Team "DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE Development Team".
The junior team "DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE U19 Team".
The latter two are grouped together under the name "New Gen". They form a training network whose ambition is to detect and train the champions of tomorrow.
Last but not least, Citroën becomes the official supplier of the team's cars in 2024.

Barbara MARTIN COPPOLA, General Manager, DECATHLON :

"This is a historic moment for DECATHLON. Since our creation in 1976, bicycles have always played a central role in our development and growth. Around the world, millions of children learn to ride with DECATHLON and millions of adults use them every day. Today, we are immensely proud to put our name to a World Tour team and to see them using our products. This partnership is a perfect illustration of our mission: to get as many people moving as possible, young and old, beginners and experts alike."

Bruno ANGLES, General Manager, AG2R LA MONDIALE :

"The entire AG2R LA MONDIALE Group is very proud to welcome DECATHLON as a partner by our side from January 1, 2024. We share with this company loved by the French common values of proximity, solidarity and good living together. We've been working with the team for 26 years, as a long-standing partner and now shareholder. We couldn't find a better partner to continue to do so, and together we can realize our ambitions of winning the greatest international races."

Vincent LAVENU, team sports manager:

"I'm delighted to be back with DECATHLON and to be continuing a wonderful story that began between 2000 and 2007, when this fine company was the team's cycle partner. Back then, we won the Tour de France six times. This partnership between AG2R LA MONDIALE, whose loyalty and commitment have guaranteed the team's stability and longevity, and DECATHLON, will challenge us and lead us to set a new course. Our ambition is to achieve great victories together, at all three levels of the international peloton: WorldTour, Continental and junior.

Nicolas PIERRON, VAN RYSEL manager:

"Since its creation in 2019, VAN RYSEL, "made in Flanders", has been aiming to become a major brand in the professional peloton. Our engineers and designers place the utmost importance on achieving ultra-performance. We team up with experts (ONERA, SWISS SIDE) and riders professionals, to arrive at the starting line with products ready to win. We are very proud to see our bikes, helmets and goggles chosen by AG2R LA MONDIALE teams, including the historic UCI World Tour team. We're excited and can't wait to get the season started."