AG2R LA MONDIALE and CITROËN announced today that their commitment to Vincent Lavenu's team will extend until 2025.
From 2021 onwards, the team will have a budget of €23 million dedicated to its new sporting project. Support for riders will be strengthened, as will their training and retraining. Emphasis will also be placed on performance management and technological aspects.
To meet our high-level sporting ambitions, Oliver Naesen, Benoît Cosnefroy, Greg Van Avermaet and Bob Jungels will form the core of a team aiming to climb to the top of the peloton, particularly in the classics. We will continue our recruitment strategy from 2022 onwards. The new team will be called AG2R CITROËN TEAM. This name was not chosen at random! Its acronym, ACT, stands for «AGIR» in French, which means "to act" in English, and ACT for:
• share the ambition for performance; ;
• supporting promising young people through the training programme; ;
• Contribute to developing «clean cycling» for healthy and responsible performance. The partnership promotes cycling in accordance with ethical rules, 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 bear the new UCI code: ACT.
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VINCENT LAVENU, Managing Director of the cycling team
«We are proud to begin writing a new chapter in our team's history entitled AG2R CITROËN TEAM. We have worked hand in hand with our title partner AG2R LA MONDIALE to find an excellent co-partner. CITROËN has proven to be the ideal teammate for the team's rise to prominence. We look forward to beginning this collaborative partnership.»[/su_quote] [su_row][su_column size=»1/2"]
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ANDRE RENAUDIN, Chief Executive Officer of AG2R LA MONDIALE
«AG2R LA MONDIALE is delighted to extend its commitment to 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 we have experienced with the team for more than 20 years. We are driven by the same human values of performance and daring, and we look forward to writing new chapters in this wonderful story together.»[/su_quote] [su_row][su_column size=»1/2"]
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VINCENT COBÉE, Chief Executive Officer, CITROËN
«We are delighted to embark on this wonderful adventure alongside AG2R LA MONDIALE and Vincent Lavenu's team. Citroën is and always has been a popular brand that is part of pop culture. Cycling is a popular sport that fascinates people of all backgrounds, nationalities, ages and walks of life. It is therefore only natural that we have become involved in this sport. The new Citroën customers acquired over the last five years are extremely sensitive to the environment and well-being, rather than traditional automotive performance. The year 2020 marks a turning point in the electrification of the Citroën range with the launch of six electric or plug-in hybrid models (Ami – 100% ëlectric, e-C4 – 100% ëlectric, e-SpaceTourer – 100% electric, e-Jumpy – 100% electric, e-Jumper – 100% electric, C5 Aircross Hybrid). The partnership with Vincent Lavenu's cycling team underlines the importance of sustainable mobility for Citroën.»[/su_quote]
