AG2R La Mondiale Pro Cycling Team (Spain) - Tony Gallopin : “A beautiful revenge”.

“Unbelievable! It’s a bit like when I won the stage at the Tour de France! Often, when I wait for the sprint, I am fast, but I finish only in 4th, 6th, 8th place… And then there is a little regret. Today I waited for the right moment to attack. I knew I had to find something to not regret, exactly. And that’s what happened. For me the solo victories are the most beautiful. I do try and grab mine in this way. This morning, the plan was to go in the breakaway, which we did with Alexis (Gougeard). My teammates then placed me very well 20 kilometers from the finish, especially on the small roads. I stayed in contact with the best, in the top 10. When we arrived on that straight road, I had hatched my plan and my directeur sportif supported me. This is a nice revenge after my complicated summer. When I joined the AG2R La Mondiale team, everything went well at first. But then I had a lot of bad luck: crashes, illness, my abandoning the Tour … Nevertheless, the team has always supported me. I’m happy to thank them today. It feels good!” - Tony Gallopin.

After seven days of racing, Tony Gallopin is 5th in the overall standings at 59” behind Frenchman Rudy Molard.

The number 13:

By winning the 7th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, Tony Gallopin has taken his third success this season in the AG2R La Mondiale jersey. He also won the time trial and the overall classification of Etoile de Bessèges.

The team’s other victories:

• Oliver Naesen : Bretagne Classic – Ouest France
• Gediminas Bagdonas : ITT and Road Race Championship for Lithuania
• Pierre Latour : French Time Trial Championship
• Clément Venturini : 2nd stage at Route d’Occitanie
• Silvan Dillier : Route Adélie de Vitré
• Romain Bardet : Faun Environnement – Classic de l’Ardèche Rhône Crussol
• Alexandre Geniez : Grand Prix La Marseillaise, Prologue and general classification at Tour de la Provence

The News:

Third win in four years:

Following the victories by Alexis Gougear (2015) and Pierre Latour (2016), Tony Gallopin has won the third stage at the Vuelta for the AG2R La Mondiale team in the past four editions. Jan Kirsipuu (1998) and José Luis Arrieta (2006) had also been successful for the team in the past.