Bardet and Latour share leadership for AG2R La Mondiale at Tour de France

AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet rode strongly at the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné, and finished sixth overall
AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet rode strongly at the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné, and finished sixth overall (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Despite the fact that both riders will move on to pastures new in 2021, AG2R La Mondiale manager Vincent Lavenu has stuck with Romain Bardet and Pierre Latour as his two co-leaders for this year's Tour de France squad, which was announced by the French WorldTour team on Monday.

Bardet decided to miss the Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge earlier this month in order to recover from a crash at the Route d'Occitanie at the start of August. He returned to racing at the Critérium du Dauphiné, and appeared to find his legs again with ninth place on the final stage to Megève, and sixth place on the overall, which pleased Lavenu and gave Bardet peace of mind.

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