Citroen's millions means world champion Julian Alaphilippe seen here in yellow could join the team. PARIS: Car giant Citroen has stepped into French cycling's COVID-19 economic breach, providing sponsorship for a delighted AG2R World Tour team, now known as Citroen-AG2R.
Citroen and AG2R have splashed out on a €23 million annual budget for 2021, seven million more than in 2020.AdvertisementThis sparked enthusiastic speculation on social media that French hero and world champion Julian Alaphilippe and the climber Thibaut Pinot could join the team in the future. Cycling is seen as a blue collar sport in France, where before COVID-19 around 15 million roadside fans would witness the 21-day Tour every July, with much of the rest of the nation generally aware of the race's holiday-time progress on its storied slog around the country.
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