2010 Ag2r–La Mondiale season
[3] On the same day, Bouet was fourth at the Gran Premio di Lugano, as he was one of relatively few riders who continued on after others left in a protest over the lack of security on the course.
[4] Goddaert was fifth overall at Le Samyn in March, and Mondory ninth, staying with a leading group that was depleted by repeated attacks in the race's final kilometers.
[5] At the Route Adélie de Vitré in April, Mondory finished fourth overall, in the first chase group behind solo winner Cyril Gautier.
[8] The team has also sent squads to the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Montepaschi Strade Bianche, Gent–Wevelgem, Milan–San Remo, Cholet-Pays de Loire, Dwars door Vlaanderen, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, Paris–Camembert, the Grand Prix de Denain, the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne but their best result from this group of races was 13th, in E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke from Mondory[9] and in the Grand Prix de Denain from Ravard.
[14] Nocentini had also finished second overall at the Tour Méditerranéen, but his strong early season was derailed when he broke his leg at the Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano.
However, this stage was also costly for the team, as their squad leader Bonnafond was forced to retire from the Giro after crashing and sustaining a gash near his right eye.
[24] Gadret led the peloton across the finish line on Monte Terminillo the next day, gaining a second on them in the process.
[27] Efimkin retained the placing for two days, but was quickly dropped on the climb to Monte Grappa in stage 14 and lost over 13 minutes.
He rode most of the Passo del Mortirolo in stage 19 with Carlos Sastre and was part of the second finishing group on the road that tried unsuccessfully to lead then-race leader David Arroyo to the line fast enough to keep the pink jersey on his shoulders.
[33] Though Ag2r did not actually win anything in the Giro, and never held any leader's jersey during the race, they were one of only three teams (the others being Liquigas–Doimo and Rabobank) to finish with three riders in the top 20 of the overall standings.
Having worked most of the season to recover from the fractured tibia he sustained at the Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano, Nocentini also made the squad, along with time trial specialists Elmiger and Champion.
Bouet made the morning breakaway, but was unable to stay with Sérgio Paulinho and Vasil Kiryienka, who contested the stage, finishing three minutes back of them in sixth.
In the closing kilometers of the stage, Roche put in an attack from the peloton that gained him a minute and 21 seconds, crossing the line seventh on the day.
[39] The team took their one victory for this Tour in stage 14, when Riblon was the last survivor of the morning breakaway and crossed the finish line around a minute ahead of the race's top overall riders.
Roche, who had been all but named by Lavenu as the team's leader for the race, punctured while climbing the Port de Balès.
Lavenu was furious with Gadret for his actions, which led to speculation over whether the two riders would be included on the same squad for future races.
On the final climb to Xorret de Catí, Roche finished 15th, two minutes back of stage winner David Moncoutié but still moved up into seventh overall with the result, thanks to other riders losing still more time.
[51] Roche lost 32 seconds to the race's top riders the next day on the mammoth Lagos de Covadonga climb, falling back to sixth as Team HTC–Columbia's Peter Velits moved past him in the standings.
