Antoine Raugel, 22, who rode for the Groupama FDJ continental team this season, will join the AG2R CITROËN team for two seasons starting in 2022.
[su_quote cite=Antoine Raugel]Antoine Raugel: «I dreamed about it»
«I dreamed of joining a UCI WorldTour team. That didn't happen last season, but it will in 2022. I am proud of the confidence Vincent Lavenu and all the staff have shown in me. I will be reunited with riders I raced with at Chambéry Cyclisme Formation. AG2R CITROËN now has a very strong group of classics riders. These are races I love and I hope to be able to join them. In any case, I am very motivated.»
In a nutshell
Born on 14 February 1999.
Lives in Hohatzenheim (Bas-Rhin)
French road race champion in 2017
3rd in Paris-Troyes in 2021
Vincent Lavenu: «He should broaden his repertoire.»
«Antoine Raugel is a rider we know well because he trained for two years at Chambéry Cyclisme Formation (2018-2020). After a season at the lower level, he is joining us and should quickly add to his repertoire to strengthen our classics group.»
THE FIGURE
4
After Paul Lapeira, Valentin Paret Peintre, both from the AG2R CITROËN U23 team, and Clément Berthet, who joined us on 1 August, Antoine Raugel is the fourth new recruit to the AG2R CITROËN team.
NEWS
He had been an intern in 2020.
Antoine Raugel had selected three trainees to represent our team in the second half of the 2020 season.
