Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale have introduced 4 new signings to their squad, 4 contract extensions and their full 30-man roster for the 2025 season.
Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost), Callum Scotson (Groupama-FDJ), Johannes Staune-Mittet (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tord Gudmestad (Uno-X Mobility) are the brand new riders set to affix the French group.
“I’m actually trying ahead to this new alternative and to working with these nice companions to make sure that the approaching seasons are successful,” mentioned time trial specialist Bissegger in a press launch. “The group has put numerous work into the time trial and the outcomes are there.”
All bar Staune Mittet have joined on two-year offers till the top of 2026, with the 22-year-old Norwegian expertise, who received final 12 months’s under-23 Giro, arriving from Visma signed on till 2027.
“I selected [this team] to proceed to progress, and I believe that is the perfect place to do it. My long-term objective is to proceed to develop and change into the perfect rider I could be,” mentioned Staune-Mittet.
“In the quick time period, I’m trying ahead to supporting the group leaders and, if the chance presents itself, I hope to attain good outcomes and symbolize the jersey in the very best manner.”
They make up a part of the 9 new riders that can be a part of the WorldTour squad subsequent season, alongside 4 riders from the event group and one from Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale’s junior group – French super-talent and junior time trial world champion Paul Seixas.
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Nicholas Prodhomme and Stan Dewulf have signed two-year contract extensions, confirming their place till the top of 2026, whereas Pierre Gautherat and Aurélien Paret-Peintre can be with the group till the top of 2027.
While his brother Valentin has made the transfer to Soudal-QuickStep, the French squad have been in a position to preserve one of many Paret-Peintres in Aurélien. He is a high rider on the roster and has been one among Decathlon’s 10 completely different race winners this season, in what has been a 12 months of resurgence again to high type following the addition of the massive French sporting items retailer as a title sponsor.
“I’m very completely happy to proceed for the following three years, I’ve full confidence within the group and our companions who’ve given us new momentum,” mentioned Paret-Peintre.
“It is a construction that fits me with individuals I admire, each my teammates and the employees. It was subsequently necessary for me to remain.”
2024 has been a shocking 12 months for the French group with fourth and second-place finishes in Grand Tours by Ben O’Connor, who’s departing for Jayco AlUla, and 30 victories – their most since 1999 and double any win whole of the previous 5 seasons.
As they appear to hold this momentum into subsequent 12 months, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale titled their group announcement as a “technique for the long run”, with the objective of constructing “a strong and aggressive collective for the years to come back” by each youth and expertise.
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 2025 roster
- Bruno Armirail (France)
- Sam Bennett (Ireland)
- Clement Berthet (France)
- Leo Bisiaux (France)
- Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland)
- Geoffrey Bouchard (France)
- Oscar Chamberlain (Australia)
- Benoît Cosnefroy (France)
- Dries de Bondt (Belgium)
- Sander De Pestel (Belgium)
- Stan Dewulf (Belgium)
- Felix Gall (Austria)
- Pierre Gautherat (France)
- Dorian Godon (France)
- Tord Gudmestad (Norway)
- Jordan Labrosse (France)
- Victor Lafay (France)
- Paul Lapeira (France)
- Oliver Naesen (Belgium)
- Aurélien Paret-Painter (France)
- Nans Peters (France)
- Gianluca Pollefliet (Belgium)
- Nicolas Prodhomme (France)
- Callum Scotson (Australia)
- Paul Seixas (France)
- Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen (Denmark)
- Johannes Staune-Mittet (Norway)
- Bastien Tronchon (France)
- Noa Isidore (France)
- Andrea Vendrame (Italy)