With a new owner and new co-sponsor, the team wants to get off to a fresh start in 2026. The former Team Decathlon - AG2R is getting a new co-sponsor in CMA CGM. According to Decathlon spokesperson Céline Del Genes, the new Decathlon-CMA CGM team will have more than 40 million euros at its disposal from the coming season. The CMA CGM Group is a global shipping and logistics company headquartered in Marseille. The company made a new investment in the media sector in 2024 and since then has owned the news channel BFMTV, the radio station RMC and other media outlets. CMA CGM was also a sponsor of the Paris Olympic Games.
The sponsorship agreement runs for five years. According to the press release, the larger budget is linked to the desire to catch up with the best teams in the world. In particular, the team wants to invest in young talent. Team manager Dominique Serieys explained on television that they want to compete with the Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE Team Emirates teams. He even named the overall victory in the Tour de France by 2030 as a bold goal. No budget was officially announced - the rumoured 40 million euros would be a sum in the mid-range of team budgets. According to estimates, the budget of UAE Team Emirates should be between 55 and 60 million euros per year.
Well-known drivers in the team's history
- Romain Bardet
Multiple podium rider at the Tour de France (2nd place in 2014, 2nd place in 2016, 3rd place in 2017), multiple white or dotted jerseys and top places - Benoît Cosnefroy
Successful classics and one-day racer: including Grand Prix du Morbihan, Paris-Camembert, Tour du Finistère - many victories in national races - Ben O'Connor
Tour de France stage winner 2021 at Tignes & 4th overall, 2024 Vuelta stage + 2nd overall, 2024 Tour de Murcie won - Cyril Dessel
Won a Tour stage as well as important stages at the Critérium du Dauphiné and other tours - Jaan Kirsipuu
Estonian sprinter - dominated classic races around 1999-2003 with numerous victories at Tour de Vendée, GP de Denain, Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at the Tour de France 2025
- 151 Felix Gall
- 152 Bruno Armirail
- 153 Clément Berthet
- 154 Stefan Bissegger
- 155 Oliver Naesen
- 156 Aurélien Paret-Peintre
- 157 Callum Scotson
- 158 Bastien Tronchon
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