AG2R Prévoyance

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Ag2r team photo at sign in during stage 11 of the 2006 Tour de France

AG2R Prévoyance (UCI Team Code: A2R) are a French cycling team which did not take part in the inaugural UCI ProTour 2005, having to make do with being invited to compete in French races, such as Paris-Nice, Paris-Roubaix or the Tour de France. Following the signings of big cycling names Francisco Mancebo and Christophe Moreau AG2R Prévoyance got the UCI ProTour license left vacant for the 2006 season, after Fassa Bortolo's exit from the competition. AG2R was the only team left vying for the license, as Comunidad Valenciana voluntarily withdrew, while the proposed new team of former Fassa Bortolo sporting director Giancarlo Ferretti turned out to be without financial backing.

1 Contact
2 Bosses
3 Statistics & Facts
4 Team history
5 2006 ProTour squad
6 See also

[edit] Contact

EUSRL France Cyclisme, 9 Rue des Genevois
Parc d’Activités de Cote Rousse, F-7300
Chambery-le-Haut, France
Phone: 0033 479 60 08 80
E-mail: france.cyclisme@wanadoo.fr
Web: www.ag2r-cyclisme.com

[edit] Bosses

General manager: Vincent Lavenu
Team manager: Laurent Biondi
Assistants: Gilles Mas, Arturas Kasputis, Julien Jurdie

[edit] Statistics & Facts

Current world champions: None
Number of riders: 27
French riders: 14 (51.85 percent)
Average age: 27.5
Bikes: Decathlon frames, Campagnolo components

[edit] Team history

The team was founded in 1992 under the name Chazal, then adopted the name Petit Casino in 1996. The insurance broker AG2R arrived on the scene, causing the team to once again change its name from Casino - AG2R Prévoyance between 1997 and 1999, then later just AG2R Prévoyance after the year 2000.

[edit] 2006 ProTour squad

Per January 4 2006, AG2R Prévoyance had 27 riders under contract for 2006 which, under the UCI ProTour rules for the season, was three riders short of the maximum 30 riders allowed on UCI ProTour teams.

For the 2006 season, AG2R acquired French hero Christophe Moreau, Tour GC contender Francisco Mancibo from Illes Balears, which was hoped to increase their chances at a top finish at the Tour in the General Classification.

Name of rider	Birthdate	Nationality	2005 team
José Luis Arrieta	June 15, 1971	Spain	Illes Balears
Mikel Astarloza	November 17, 1979	Spain
Sylvain Calzati	July 1, 1979	France
Inigo Chaurreau	April 14, 1973	Spain
Philip Deignan	September 7, 1983	Ireland
Cyril Dessel	November 29, 1974	France
Renaud Dion	January 06, 1978	France	R.A.G.T. Semences
Samuel Dumoulin	August 20, 1980	France
Hubert Dupont	November 13, 1980	France	R.A.G.T. Semences
John Gadret	April 22, 1979	France	Jartazi Revor
Simon Gerrans	May 16, 1980	Australia
Stéphane Goubert	March 13, 1970	France
Yuruy Krivtsov	February 07, 1979	Ukraine
Julien Loubet	January 11, 1985	France
Laurent Mangel	May 22, 1981	France
Lloyd Mondory	April 26, 1982	France
Christophe Moreau	April 12, 1971	France	Crédit Agricole
Carl Naibo	August 17, 1982	France	Bretagne-Jean Floc'h
David Navas	June 10, 1974	Spain	Illes Balears
Jean-Patrick Nazon	January 18, 1977	France
Erki Pütsep	May 25, 1976	Estonia
Christophe Riblon	January 17, 1981	France
Mark Scanlon	October 10, 1980	Ireland
Ludovic Turpin	March 22, 1975	France
Alexandre Usov	August 27, 1977	Belarus
Tomas Vaitkus	February 4, 1982	Lithuania