After the departure of Romain Bardet, AG2R Citroën appeared to be focussing on classics success in 2021 with their Tour de France general classification ambitions put to one side for the time being. Their season had two major highlights, Ben O’Connor at the Tour de France after signing an initial one year deal from NTT and Greg van Avermaet’s backdoor third at the Tour of Flanders.
Benji and LR review their 2021 season, recap their understated youth centered transfer season and predict what the men in brown shorts will accomplish in 2022 – is repeat Tour de France success on the cards for O’Connor after his multi-year contract extension?