Villeneuve d'Ascq/Marseille, 21 July 2025 – DECATHLON, CMA CGM and France Cyclisme are pleased to announce their new co-naming partnership for the professional cycling team currently known as DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE. From 1 January 2026, the cycling team will compete under the name DECATHLON CMA CGM.
A partnership based on shared values
Following the announcement of DECATHLON's acquisition of the professional cycling team at the end of the 2025 season, an ambitious new chapter is beginning. The CMA CGM Group, a global player in maritime, land, air and logistics solutions, and media, is joining DECATHLON as title partner for an initial renewable five-year period.
This partnership brings together two major French family-owned companies with a strong international presence and deep roots in their respective regions: Hauts-de-France for DECATHLON, Provence for CMA CGM. Together, they share a culture of commitment, collective action and the belief that sport is a force capable of inspiring, uplifting and bringing people together.
For nearly 50 years, DECATHLON has been committed to making sport accessible to all, while gradually strengthening its involvement at the highest level of competitive sport. For its part, the CMA CGM Group has for many years supported sport as a lever for action, both locally and globally, in all the territories where it operates.
A major partner of Olympique de Marseille, CMA CGM has also supported the Guadeloupe International Cycling Tour since 2023. In 2024, the Group was also the Official Logistics Solutions Partner for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, illustrating its deep commitment to the values of sport. With cycling, CMA CGM is confirming its support for a universal, popular and demanding sport that is accessible to everyone, everywhere in the world.
Javier López, Managing Director, DECATHLON
“This partnership with CMA CGM embodies our shared human values and our commitment to people. Together, we are determined to take the team to the highest level of cycling, whether it be to achieve sporting excellence or to train the champions of tomorrow. Guided by the spirit of self-improvement, teamwork and a deep conviction that sport is a driving force, we continue to develop not only a team, but also a winning project. A project that reflects our vision of collective progress and contributes significantly to the future of cycling. We look forward to writing this new chapter with CMA CGM, with passion, humility and ambition.”
Rodolphe Saadé, Chief Executive Officer of the CMA CGM Group
“I am proud to announce that our Group is becoming a sponsor of the DECATHLON – CMA CGM cycling team. This partnership reflects what we share with DECATHLON: family values, a long-term vision and a commitment to boldness, excellence and humility. Today, we are joining a great sporting and French tradition, with the ambition of working together to take a top-level team to the top.«
Dominique Serieys, Chief Executive Officer of France Cycling
“CMA CGM's commitment alongside DECATHLON is a decisive step in our 2030 strategic plan aimed at reaching the highest global level.
DECATHLON and CMA CGM fully embody this ambition. They share a long-term vision, a strong culture of innovation and strong values to promote France internationally. Former partners of Paris 2024, this alliance, a legacy of the Games, sends a strong signal: we are determined to write a historic chapter in French and world sport.
The investment made by our partners, whether financial, technical or human, strengthens our determination and our high standards, inspiring all CMA CGM employees around the world, in line with what we have achieved with our teammates at DECATHLON.”
A long-term vision to reach the pinnacle of world cycling
DECATHLON and CMA CGM share the same ambition: to strengthen their commitment to the cycling team and compete with the best teams in the UCI World Tour, by building a long-term project based on sporting integrity and the development of riders.
This ambition reflects a collective commitment to building an international project that promotes the emergence of new talent, invests in the next generation and continually strengthens itself. The development teams (12 riders of 7 nationalities) and junior teams (14 riders of 7 nationalities) are at the heart of this strategy. This reflects the team's desire to grow from within, prepare future champions and shape the future of cycling with determination and passion.
United by a shared vision, DECATHLON and CMA CGM will thrill to every race, determined to push the boundaries and, together with the cycling team, write the great victories of tomorrow.
About DECATHLON
A global multisport brand catering to both beginners and elite athletes, DECATHLON designs innovative sports equipment for all levels of practice.
With 101,100 employees and 1,817 stores worldwide, DECATHLON and its teams have been working since 1976 with one constant ambition: to get people moving through the magic of sport, helping them to live healthier, happier lives in a sustainable future.
Further information: https://www.decathlon.media
About the CMA CGM Group
The CMA CGM Group is a global player in maritime, land, air and logistics solutions, faithful to its raison d'être: Imagining better solutions to serve a world in motion.
Present in 177 countries, it employs 160,000 people, including nearly 6,000 in Marseille, where its head office is located. As the world's third largest shipping company, CMA CGM serves more than 420 ports on five continents with a fleet of over 650 vessels. In 2024, the Group transported more than 23 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) containers. Its subsidiary CEVA Logistics, one of the world's top five logistics companies, operates 1,000 warehouses and handled 15 million shipments in 2024. The Group's air freight division operates a fleet of cargo aircraft under the CMA CGM AIR CARGO and Air Belgium brands. CMA Media, France's third-largest private media group, includes RMC-BFM and several national and regional press titles (La Tribune Dimanche, La Tribune, La Provence, Corse Matin, etc.). Committed to energy transition, the Group aims to be carbon neutral by 2050. The CMA CGM Foundation provides humanitarian aid in crisis situations and supports education for all and equal opportunities around the world. To date, the Foundation has transported 63,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to 97 countries and supported more than 550 educational projects.
