Tour de France Magazine 2019 | Page 138

THE TEAMS AG2R LA MONDIALE FRANCE MANAGER Vincent Lavenu TEAM FOUNDED 1992 (Chazal-Vanille et Mûre) UNDER CURRENT NAME SINCE 2008 Romain Bardet B E R N A R D T H É V E N E T G I V E S H I S A N A LY S I S Going all out for Bardet Second in 2016, third in 2017, sixth in 2018… Romain Bardet will once again hold the power within his team – although they will also allow Pierre Latour, best young rider last year and capable of a high overall fi nish in Paris, some room to manoeuvre. Bardet’s handicap will be the two time trials. They are not his strength, but he must try to limit his losses to the big teams. At the end of the second stage, aft er the team time trial in Brussels, he will no doubt have some time to make up, but there’s lots to climb on this Tour and, overall, the route suits him well. GEAR Frame Eddy Merckx 525 Groupset Rotor Wheels Mavic Name Category Date of birth Nationality Height Weight Pro since Tour stage 2018 Tour wins result Number Best Tour of Tours result 2018 team BARDET Romain BAGDONAS Gediminas BIDARD François CHEREL Mikaël CHEVRIER Clément COSNEFROY Benoît DENZ Nico DILLIER Silvan DOMONT Axel DUMOULIN Samuel DUPONT Hubert DUVAL Julien FRANK Mathias GALLOPIN Tony GASTAUER Ben GENIEZ Alexandre GOUGEARD Alexis JAUREGUI Quentin LATOUR Pierre NAESEN Oliver PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien PETERS Nans VANDENBERGH Stijn VENTURINI Clément VUILLERMOZ Alexis Leader Rouleur Puncheur Climber Climber Puncheur All-rounder Rouleur Climber Puncheur Climber Rouleur All-rounder All-rounder Climber Climber Rouleur Puncheur Climber Puncheur Climber All-rounder Rouleur Puncheur Climber 09/11/90 26/12/85 09/03/92 17/03/86 29/06/92 17/10/95 05/02/94 03/08/90 07/08/90 20/08/80 13/11/80 27/05/90 09/12/86 24/05/88 14/11/87 16/04/88 05/03/93 20/04/94 02/01/93 06/09/90 27/02/96 12/03/94 25/04/84 16/10/93 01/06/88 FRA LIT FRA FRA FRA FRA GER SUI FRA FRA FRA FRA SUI FRA LUX FRA FRA FRA FRA BEL FRA FRA BEL FRA FRA 1,85 m 1,85 m 1,80 m 1,83 m 1,77 m 1,76 m 1,83 m 1,83 m 1,79 m 1,59 m 1,74 m 1,79 m 1,76 m 1,80 m 1,90 m 1,82 m 1,76 m 1,76 m 1,80 m 1,84 m 1,84 m 1,77 m 1,99 m 1,65 m 1,74 m 66 kg 78 kg 65 kg 65 kg 56 kg 64 kg 71 kg 75 kg 65 kg 57 kg 57 kg 68 kg 64 kg 70 kg 72 kg 64 kg 66 kg 60 kg 64 kg 71 kg 62 kg 70 kg 85 kg 60 kg 60 kg 2012 2007 2016 2007 2014 2017 2016 2011 2013 2002 2005 - 2008 2008 2010 2010 2014 2013 2015 2014 - - 2006 2014 2013 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 6 - - 4 - - - 1 2 12 5 - 6 8 4 2 1 - 2 3 - - 2 - 5 AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale AG2R La Mondiale And also BOUCHARD Geoff rey, GODON Dorian, WARBASSE Larry, HÄNNINNEN Jaakko. 138 | TO U R D E F RA N C E 2019 6th - - - - - - 83rd 68th - - - 30th 21st - - - - 13th 66th - - - - n.p. 10th 2nd - - 18th - - - 83rd ab. 4th 90th 22nd 55th ab. 12th 21st 44th 147th - 13th 63rd 96th - 13th THE RIDERS AG2R LA MONDIALE 2019