Four riders from the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale U19 team will join the Continental team in 2025, we have learned DirectVelo. They are Louic Boussemaere, Louis Chaleil, Marius Innhaug Dahl and Aubin Sparfel.
The Belgian Louic Boussemaere finished this year 4th in the Tour du Pays de Vaud (4th and 5th on stages), 5th in the Vertova Trophy and stage at the Tour de la Lunigiana (9th overall), 6th in the Belgian Championship, 8th in Aubel-Thimister-Stavelot, 12th in the Eroica Juniores (Nations Cup) and the Classic of the Alps. In Belgium, at regional level, he won the Westkerke and Passendale events.
Louis Chaleil won the general classification of the Keizer der Juniores, the Guido Reybrouck Classic (and the time trial) and À Travers le Beaujolais (and the time trial), as well as the time trial of the Tour du Bocage and the ‘Ernée 53. He finished 3rd in the Timace and Podhasjka International Cycling Days (Nations Cup), 4th in the Boucles de l’Oise (Coupe de France) and in the inaugural time trial of the Tour du Pays de Vaud, 8th in Aubel-Thimister-Stavelot, or 11th in the World Time Trial Championship. He is licensed at Issoire Cyclisme.
The Norwegian Marius Innhaug Dahl took the general classification of the Three Days of Axel where he won three of the four stages. He placed 2nd in a stage of the Peace Race (Nations Cup), 3rd in the Vertova Trophy, the Norwegian Chrono Championship and the Mixed Relay World Championship, 4th in the LVM Saarland Trofeo (Cup des Nations) and the Guido Reybrouck Classic, 6th in the Course de la Paix (Nations Cup) or 10th in the GP Rüebliland.
Aubin Sparfel won a stage of the Tour du Pays de Vaud (Nations Cup) where he took 6th place overall. He also placed 4th in the Pévèle Classics (Coupe de France) and the Tour de la Lunigiana, 5th in the Eroica Juniores and the Trophée Center Morbihan (Nations Cups), as well as in the French Championship and the Classic des Alpes, 7th in the French Time Trial Championship, 10th in Paris-Roubaix, 15th in the Tour de la Lunigiana or even 20th in the Ain Bugey Valromey Tour. The Cycle Golbéen rider is the outgoing Junior European Cyclo-cross Champion. Last winter, he also finished 2nd in the World Cup, 4th in the World Cup in Tabor and in the French Camors Championship.
As a reminder, their teammate Paul Seixas will go directly from the U19 to the WorldTeam of the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team (read here).
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