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UCI WorldTourUCI code DCT

Decathlon CMA CGM Team

2026 wins
8
Race and stage wins
Riders
27
On the current roster
UCI code
DCT
Country
FRA

Vincent Lavenu founded the squad in 1992 with Chazal as its title sponsor, and it ran as Petit Casino in 1996 before the insurer AG2R first appeared in the name in 1997. AG2R stayed in it until the end of 2025, through AG2R Prévoyance from 2000, AG2R La Mondiale from 2008, AG2R Citroën Team from 2021 and Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale from 2024. The shipping group CMA CGM replaced AG2R as co-title sponsor for 2026.

Jaan Kirsipuu and Alexander Vinokourov both rode for the squad in the Casino years at the end of the 1990s. The team joined the UCI ProTour in 2006, and the Tour de France is where its record has been made: Cyril Dessel took the yellow jersey in 2006, Rinaldo Nocentini held it for eight stages in 2009, and Jean-Christophe Péraud finished second overall in 2014, behind Vincenzo Nibali and ahead of Thibaut Pinot.

Romain Bardet was the rider the Tour ambitions were built around in the second half of the 2010s. He finished second in 2016, winning stage 19 to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, and third in 2017 with a stage win at Peyragudes, and left after 2020. A cobbled-classics wing ran alongside the climbers in the same years, and Silvan Dillier followed Peter Sagan to the Roubaix velodrome in 2018 and finished second.

Benoît Cosnefroy won the under-23 world road race title in 2017 and turned professional with the team the following year. Ben O'Connor soloed to the stage nine win at Tignes in 2021 and took fourth overall, and Felix Gall won stage 17 at Courchevel in 2023 on the way to eighth.

Lavenu ran the team from its founding until the end of 2024, when Dominique Serieys took over as general manager. Decathlon signed as co-title sponsor in November 2023, bringing its Van Rysel brand in as bike supplier in place of BMC, and it also backs the team's development squad.

Latest News

‘I'm not going to create any false mystery' – Thomas Voeckler names Paul Seixas, 19, as France's leader for Montréal Worlds
2026 UCI Road World Championships

‘I'm not going to create any false mystery' – Thomas Voeckler names Paul Seixas, 19, as France's leader for Montréal Worlds

Tim Merlier to make Tour of Britain debut as Olav Kooij could target Cavendish's stage-win record
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP

Tim Merlier to make Tour of Britain debut as Olav Kooij could target Cavendish's stage-win record

Geraint Thomas says Roglič is ‘definitely past his best' as disrupted Vuelta build-up raises doubts
La Vuelta Ciclista a España

Geraint Thomas says Roglič is ‘definitely past his best' as disrupted Vuelta build-up raises doubts

'The time is right to go back', Pogačar's Vuelta return drains the red-jersey suspense
La Vuelta Ciclista a España

'The time is right to go back', Pogačar's Vuelta return drains the red-jersey suspense

Where we go from here - the five questions for the rest of the cycling season
Tour de France

Where we go from here - the five questions for the rest of the cycling season

'Without putting the yellow jersey in difficulty' - UAE sets condition on Isaac del Toro's Tour podium bid
Tour de France

'Without putting the yellow jersey in difficulty' - UAE sets condition on Isaac del Toro's Tour podium bid

The time trial that reshaped the Tour top 10: Seixas closes on podium as Lipowitz abandons
Tour de France

The time trial that reshaped the Tour top 10: Seixas closes on podium as Lipowitz abandons

Pogačar looked vulnerable on stage 14, but his rivals let the Tour's best gamble pass
Tour de France

Pogačar looked vulnerable on stage 14, but his rivals let the Tour's best gamble pass

'Damage control' leaves Mads Pedersen facing six-rider green jersey fight at Tour de France
Tour de France

'Damage control' leaves Mads Pedersen facing six-rider green jersey fight at Tour de France

    ‘Just wait’: Why Luke Rowe refused to send teammates back for Paul Seixas at the Tour de France
Tour de France

‘Just wait’: Why Luke Rowe refused to send teammates back for Paul Seixas at the Tour de France

Team Roster

Andrew Oscar ChamberlainAUS
Antoine L'hoteFRA
Aurélien Paret PeintreFRA
Callum ScotsonAUS
Cees BolNED
Daan HooleNED
Felix GallAUT
Gianluca PolleflietBEL
Johannes Staune-MittetNOR
Jordan LabrosseFRA
Lund Tobias Lund AndresenDEN
Léo BisiauxFRA
Matthew RiccitelloUSA
Nicolas ProdhommeFRA
Noa IsidoreFRA
Olav KooijNED
Oliver NaesenBEL
Paul LapeiraFRA
Paul SeixasFRA
Pierre GautheratFRA
Robbe GhysBEL
Sander De PestelBEL
Stan DewulfBEL
Stefan BisseggerSUI
Søjberg Rasmus PedersenDEN
Tiesj BenootBEL
Tord GudmestadNOR

27 riders