AG2R Citroen unveiled its kit for the 2022 season, showing a design unchanged from the 2021 season.
The team retained the brown shorts it has worn since the 2011 redesign. The white jerseys, on the other hand, are again sponsored by insurance company AG2R La Mondiale and car manufacturer Citroen, with the names of both brands scattered diagonally across the front.
The kit was designed by French manufacturer Rosti and also features the logo of the team's bike provider, BMC, as well as the UCI World Tour logo.
Since moving to the AG2R La Mondiale white, brown, and blue color scheme in 2011, the team has used the same kit design for several seasons, with subsequent changes; when Citroen joined in 2021, the blue was replaced by red, the kit's last This was a major redesign.
The French team has been a part of the propeloton since it was founded in 1992 as Chazal Vanille et Mule Vetta, but after several entries and departures, the team now has 29 riders for the upcoming season.
With the addition of two neo-professionals, the team will be able to acquire latecomers in order to increase the number of riders to 30, the maximum number for a professional team. Antoine Raugel (from the Groupama-FDJ Continental team) and Valentin Palais-Pantre (Aurelien's brother, from AG2R U23) are the newcomers for next season, while Felix Gall will also join from Team DSM.
Tony Gallopin will move to Trek Segafredo after a four-year stint that saw him win a stage of the Vuelta a España in 2018. Alexis Gujar, another Vuelta stage winner, goes to B&B Hotels p/b KTM, where he has been for eight years.
Elsewhere, François Bidart moves to Cofidis, Julien Duval and Ben Gastauer retire, and Matthias Frank joins. The coach, Vincent Lavenu, has continued to lead the team since founding it after his retirement.
The team won 12 races during 2021, placing them 8th in the UCI ranking. This includes stage wins in each Grand Tour.
Ben O'Connor rode alone up Tignes to his 21st stage win in the Tour de France. Andrea Vendrame won the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia's Bagno di Romagna, and Clément Champsin won the final stage of the Vuelta a España.
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