As always, AG2R - La Mondiale has announced its pre-selection for the early-season races.

As expected, Domenico Pozzovivo will lead the team in the first WorldTour race, the Tour Down Under. Team leader Romain Bardet will make his debut at La Méditerranéenne and then head to the Abu Dhabi Tour which is now on the WorldTour. Here he will join Pozzovivo before he sets his sights on the first goal, Paris-Nice.

Santos Tour Down Under (January 17-22)

Jan Bakelants 
Julien Bérard 
Francois Bidard 
Ben Gastauer 
Matteo Montaguti  
Domenico Pozzovivo  
Clément Chevrier

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (January 29)

Jan Bakelants 
Julien Bérard 
Francois Bidard 
Ben Gastauer 
Matteo Montaguti  
Domenico Pozzovivo  
Clément Chevrier

Grand Prix Marseillaise (January 29)

Samuel Dumoulin 
Hubert Dupont 
Cyril Gautier 
Alexis Gougeard 
Pierre Latour 
Alexandre Geniez 
Oliver Naesen 
Alexis Vuillermoz 

Ten riders are currently on an extended list for the Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise (29 January). The final selection will be made the week before the event.

Etoile de Bessèges (February 1-5)

Axel Domont 
Samuel Dumoulin 
Hubert Dupont 
Quentin Jauregui 
Pierre Latour 
Christophe Riblon 
Nans Peters 
Alexis Vuillermoz

Tour of Qatar (February 6-10)

Gediminas Bagdonas 
Nico Denz 
Alexis Gougeard 
Hugo Houle  
Rudy Barbier 
Julien Duval 
Stijn Vandenbergh

La Méditerranéenne (February8-12)

Romain Bardet 
Mikaël Chérel 
Cyril Gautier 
Quentin Jauregui 
Christophe Riblon 
Sondre Holst Enger 
Mathias Frank 
Alexandre Geniez 
Nans Peters

Note: there are 9 names for 8 places

Tour du Haut Var (February 18-19)

Mikaël Chérel 
Samuel Dumoulin 
Alexis Gougeard 
Pierre Latour 
Oliver Naesen 
Stijn Vandenbergh 
Alexis Vuillermoz

Tour La Provence (February 21-24) 

Jan Bakelants 
Julien Bérard 
Francois Bidard 
Hubert Dupont 
Rudy Barbier 
Clément Chevrier 
Alexandre Geniez

Abu Dhabi Tour (23-26 February) 

Romain Bardet 
Mikaël Chérel 
Axel Domont 
Cyril Gautier 
Domenico Pozzovivo  
Christophe Riblon 
Sondre Holst Enger 
Mathias Frank

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (February 25)

Nico Denz 
Hugo Houle  
Quentin Jauregui 
Julien Duval 
Gediminas Bagdonas

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (February 26) 

Gediminas Bagdonas 
Nico Denz 
Hugo Houle  
Rudy Barbier 
Julien Duval 
Stijn Vandenbergh

Classic Sud-Ardèche (February 25)

Matteo Montaguti 

Paris-Nice (March 5-12) 

Romain Bardet