Decathlon CMA CGM
Decathlon CMA CGM is a French UCI WorldTour professional cycling team managed by Vincent Lavenu. The team has a long history in the peloton, originally racing as Chazal in the early 1990s before evolving through several name changes, including AG2R Prévoyance, AG2R Citroën Team. In 2024, Decathlon became title sponsor, later evolving into a shareholding role, and in 2026 CMA CGM steps in. The team features key riders such as Paul Seixas, Felix Gall and Olav Kooij.
Full official team name and common short name
Decathlon CMA CGM Team was previously known as Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, but most media and fans simply call it Decathlon. The team’s UCI code is DCT.
Team category and status
UCI WorldTeam in men’s road cycling, with automatic entry to all WorldTour events, including the three Grand Tours and the five Monuments.
Primary disciplines
Men’s elite road racing across Grand Tours, week-long stage races and one-day classics. The squad blends French GC ambitions with a strong focus on punchy classics and stage hunting.
Country of registration and base location
French-registered and based in La Motte-Servolex (France), with service-course and performance operations supporting a European-heavy race calendar.
Founding year and origin story
The structure dates back to 1992 (Chazal/Casino), evolving through the AG2R eras to become a long-standing French WorldTour fixture. The Decathlon CMA CGM identity reflects a renewed title partnership and performance refresh.
Current title sponsor and key partners
The team is backed by title partners Decathlon and CMA CGM. Decathlon is a global French sports retailer, with its high performance cycling ambitions expressed through Van Rysel, the brand behind the team’s race bikes. CMA CGM is a French worldwide shipping and logistics group, bringing its focus on precision and reliability into the world of professional cycling.
On the road, the team rides the Van Rysel RCR Pro and RCR F, with the XCR used for time trials. The bikes are equipped with Shimano Dura Ace Di2 groupsets, SwissSide Hadron wheels, Continental GP5000 tyres and fi’zi:k saddles. All setups are fully integrated and tubeless first, with tyre pressures and insert choices adapted to the demands of each course.
Key achievements (structure lineage)
Tour de France podiums and the KOM jersey with Romain Bardet, multiple Grand Tour stage wins, WorldTour one-day victories including Québec and Bretagne Classic with Benoît Cosnefroy, plus a long record of French national titles and days in Tour jerseys.
2026 roster
This 2026 squad has clear leaders for every terrain. Olav Kooij spearheads the pure sprint unit, with Cees Bol and Robbe Ghys as key lead out and positioning engines. Stefan Bissegger brings world class time trial speed and classics firepower alongside road captains Tiesj Benoot and Oliver Naesen.
In the mountains, Aurélien Paret Peintre and Felix Gall share GC leadership for one-week stage races and selective Grand Tours, supported by the emerging trio of Johannes Staune Mittet, Matthew Riccitello and Nicolas Prodhomme. Paul Lapeira and teenage phenom Paul Seixas lead the punchy one-day squad, backed by Stan Dewulf, Sander De Pestel and Gianluca Pollefliet for northern campaigns.
Daan Hoole and Callum Scotson add big gear TT and rouleur horsepower for break control and crosswind days, with Tord Gudmestad and Gregor Mühlberger providing versatile depth. Talents Noa Isidore, Jordan Labrosse, Pierre Gautherat, Oscar Chamberlain and Antoine L’Hote round out an aggressive, future minded core that can win sprints, animate the cobbles and contest GC on climbing weeks.
Key alumni
Decathlon CMA CGM’s alumni span three decades of French WorldTour pedigree. Romain Bardet delivered Tour de France podiums, second in 2016 and third in 2017, plus the 2019 polka dot jersey, while Jean Christophe Péraud finished runner up at the 2014 Tour.
Greg Van Avermaet, the Olympic road race champion, brought his classics career to a close with the team, and Bob Jungels produced a memorable solo Tour stage win in 2022 in AG2R colours. Oliver Naesen became Belgian champion and a springtime fixture, Ben O’Connor claimed a Tour stage and fourth overall in 2021, and Pierre Latour wore the Tour’s white jersey in 2018.
Add stage winners and long serving leaders such as Nans Peters at the Tour and Giro, Tony Gallopin at the Vuelta, Nicolas Roche at the Vuelta, Alexandre Geniez at the Vuelta, Christophe Riblon on Alpe d’Huez in 2013, plus Samuel Dumoulin, Domenico Pozzovivo and Jaan Kirsipuu, and you get a lineage built on GC podiums, iconic mountain raids and hard edged classics racing across every era of the team.
Key staff
Decathlon CMA CGM is led by general manager Dominique Serieys, with Sébastien Joly overseeing race operations. A deep group of assistant sports directors brings wide expertise. Veterans such as Julien Jurdie and Jean Baptiste Quiclet guide Grand Tour planning and day to day race craft, while Cyril Dessel, Artūras Kasputis and Guillaume Bonnafond contribute climbing and stage race know how.
Luke Roberts and Stephen Barrett bolster time trial work and pacing strategies, while Alexandre Abel, Alexandre Pacot, David Giraud, Didier Jannel, Kevin Fouache and Nicolas Guillé cover scouting, logistics and in car decision making across a dense calendar.
Classics and bunch racing insight is reinforced by advisors Heinrich Haussler, Mark Renshaw and Luke Rowe, whose combined experience sharpens lead outs, positioning, road control and tough conditions racing. Together, the staff blends French development roots with modern performance precision to support GC ambitions, classics objectives and stage hunting.