AG2R La Mondiale’s Eddy Merckx bikes for 2020

After the mishaps of the first year of partnership, AG2R La Mondiale begins a second season with Eddy Merckx as its bike partner. The Stockeu69 and 525 models will be available to riders for 2020. Discover the new bikes that Romain Bardet, Benoit Cosnefroy, Tony Gallopin, Oliver Naesen and their teammates will be using.

Photo credits: Ag2r La Mondiale / Vincent Curutchet

The AG2R La Mondiale team took advantage of the pleasant climate on the roads of the Costa Blanca in Spain to rack up kilometers and training hours, and discover the new Eddy Merckx bikes.

After a first year of collaboration in 2019 marked by difficulties (riders had to ride on disguised Ridley bikes, as the initial partner’s models did not meet the riders’ expectations), AG2R La Mondiale continues its collaboration with Eddy Merckx bikes for the 2020 season. Riders will benefit from the Stockeu69 models and the latest 525 Disc. The time trial bike should remain a Ridley Dean, flanked by the name of the Cannibal, as the Eddy Merckx brand, owned by Ridley, does not have a time trial model in its range.

The Eddy Merckx Stockeu69 model of the AG2R La Mondiale team in its new colors for 2020.

For the fourth consecutive year, Mavic will equip the AG2R La Mondiale team’s bikes with wheels, and Vredestein with tires. The other technical partners are Fi’zi:k for saddle choice, DEDA for handlebar-stem-seatpost components, and Elite for bottle cages. The pedal partner remains the Nevers-based company, LOOK. And the bike is assembled with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 drivetrain, while Rotor provides technical support for the crankset.

Highly anticipated since last year, the 525 Disc, with its aerodynamic lines, will be available to the French team for the 2020 season.

Benoît Cosnefroy, here on his new Stockeu69, will be one of the spearheads of the French team in 2020.

Romain Bardet is committed to the Giro in 2020, while Pierre Latour is expected to be the leader of the AG2R La Mondiale team in the upcoming Tour de France.

Belgian Oliver Naesen, whose brother Lawrence joined the team during the off-season, will once again be the team’s best card in the Flemish classics.

AG2R La Mondiale team roster for the 2020 season (29 riders):
Romain Bardet – François Bidard – Geoffrey Bouchard – Clément Champoussin (from April 1, 2020) – Mikaël Chérel – Clément Chevrier – Benoît Cosnefroy – Silvan Dillier – Axel Domont – Julien Duval – Mathias Frank – Tony Gallopin – Ben Gastauer – Alexandre Geniez – Dorian Godon – Alexis Gougeard – Jaakko Hanninen – Quentin Jauregui – Pierre Latour – Lawrence Naesen – Oliver Naesen – Nans Peters – Aurélien Paret-Peintre – Harry Tanfield – Stijn Vandenbergh – Andrea Vendrame – Clément Venturini – Alexis Vuillermoz – Lawrence Warbasse