Sighs of relief at AG2R La Mondiale

It had been more than seven months since French team AG2R La Mondiale had won a race, but on Friday, May 18, 2012, the curse was finally lifted as Sébastien Hinault and Sylvain Georges scored two wins in one day, on two different continents. Hinault, one of the team's veterans, sprinted to victory in stage 3 of the Circuit de Lorraine, and just hours later, at the Tour of California, Georges soloed into the finish of Big Bear Lake in stage 6.