Ag2r-Prevoyance

Cycling Weekly magazine profiles the teams racing to Paris in this year's Tour de France.

Factfile Sponsor  French insurance company  Bikes  Decathlon, Campagnolo  Team leaders  Jaan Kirsipuu, Christophe Agnolutto and Alexandre Botcharov  CW rating  4/10

Jaan Kirsipuu’s sprinting and the fact that the team is French are the only reasons Ag2r got a ride in this Tour.

Kirsipuu won the stage to Strasbourg last year and 16 other races,putting him in the world’s top 15.

But he has not been as successful this season, winning the Classic Haribo but little else.

Russian Alexandre Botcharov was Ag2r’s best placed rider overall last year, 17th, 41-15 behind Lance Armstrong. He will again look after the team’s overall prospects. Other riders include Spaniard Inigo Chaurreau, Ludovic Turpin, Stéphane Berges, Christophe Oriol, Thierry Loder and Linus Balciunas.

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