UCI WorldTour 2022: Men's team-by-team guide to the season, full calendar and results
The WorldTour, the top tier of professional men's road cycling, comprises 18 teams from 12 different countries and five continents.
With three grand tours up for grabs – Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España, each featuring 21 stages – five monuments – Milan-Sanremo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia – there is plenty to race for throughout the season for both teams and riders. In addition, there are 11 week-long stage races and 14 one-day races of varying historical importance.
Following the cancellations of the Tour Down Under and the one-day Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, this year's WorldTour gets under way on February 20 with the fourth edition of the UAE Tour.
Comprising a total of 33 events from one-day races through to the three-week grand tours – jewels in the crown of men's cycling – the WorldTour is contested across three continents, culminating in China on October 13 at the Gree-Tour of Guangxi.
*ITT – individual time trial.
Nationality: France
General manager: Vincent Lavenu
Title sponsors: Personal insurance and French automobile manufacturer
The French squad that was founded by Vincent Lavenu may be celebrating its third decade in the top tier of professional cycling in 2022, but the Massif Central-based team has yet to take home a winners' jersey from any of the three grand tours. Under its various guises – including Chazal, Petit Casino, Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance, Ag2r Prévoyance and Ag2r-La Mondiale – Ag2r-Citroën have, however, amassed 20 stages in their home race, the Tour de France, between 1998 (Jacky Durand) and 2021 (Ben O'Connor). Alongside Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ, they are one of three French WorldTour teams.
Clément Champoussin's stage win at
