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. This page offers an overview of Decathlon CMA CGM riders, results and race schedule.
Full official team name and common short name
Decathlon CMA CGM Team; most media and fans shorten it to Decathlon or Decathlon CMA CGM.
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 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
Title partners: Decathlon and CMA CGM. Bikes and tech: Van Rysel RCR Pro and RCR‑F (road), XCR (TT); Shimano Dura‑Ace Di2 groupsets; SwissSide Hadron wheels; Continental GP5000 tyres; fi’zi:k saddles. Fully integrated, tubeless-first setups with course‑specific pressure and insert strategies.
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, and a long record of French national titles and jersey days at the Tour.
2026 roster
This 2026 squad has clear leaders across every terrain. Olav Kooij fronts the pure sprint unit, with Cees Bol and Robbe Ghys as key lead‑out and positioning engines, while Stefan Bissegger adds 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, backed by the emerging trio of Johannes Staune‑Mittet, Matthew Riccitello and Nicolas Prodhomme. Paul Lapeira and teenage phenom Paul Seixas headline the punchy one‑day squad, supported by Stan Dewulf, Sander De Pestel and Gianluca Pollefliet for northern campaigns.
Daan Hoole and Callum Scotson provide big‑gear TT and rouleur horsepower for break control and crosswind days, with Tord Gudmestad and Gregor Mühlberger adding 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, shape the cobbles and contest GC on climbing weeks.
Key alumni
Decathlon CMA CGM’s alumni trace three decades of French WorldTour pedigree. Romain Bardet delivered Tour de France podiums (2nd in 2016, 3rd in 2017) and the 2019 polka‑dot jersey, while Jean‑Christophe Péraud finished runner‑up at the 2014 Tour.
Greg Van Avermaet, Olympic road race champion, closed out his classics career with the team, and Bob Jungels won a memorable solo Tour stage in 2022 in AG2R colours. Oliver Naesen became Belgian champion and a spring fixture, Ben O’Connor claimed a Tour stage and 4th overall in 2021, and Pierre Latour took the Tour’s white jersey in 2018.
Stage winners and stalwarts such as Nans Peters (Tour and Giro), Tony Gallopin (Vuelta), Nicolas Roche (Vuelta), Alexandre Geniez (Vuelta), Christophe Riblon (Alpe d’Huez 2013), Samuel Dumoulin, Domenico Pozzovivo and Jaan Kirsipuu round out a lineage that has mixed GC podiums, iconic mountain raids and classics grit across every era of the team.
Key staff
Decathlon CMA CGM is led by general manager Dominique Serieys, with Sébastien Joly directing race operations. A deep bench of assistant sports directors brings broad expertise: veterans like Julien Jurdie and Jean‑Baptiste Quiclet steer Grand Tour strategy and day‑to‑day race craft, while Cyril Dessel, Artūras Kasputis and Guillaume Bonnafond add climbing and stage‑race know‑how.
Luke Roberts and Stephen Barrett strengthen time trial and pacing plans, and Alexandre Abel, Alexandre Pacot, David Giraud, Didier Jannel, Kevin Fouache and Nicolas Guillé cover scouting, logistics and in‑car tactics across a dense calendar.
Classics and sprint nuance come from advisors Heinrich Haussler and Mark Renshaw, whose experience fine‑tunes lead‑outs, positioning and bad‑weather racing. Together, the group blends French development roots with modern performance detail to support GC ambitions, classics targets and stage hunting.