A transfer that had been rumoured for several months now has finally been made official. Coming over from Movistar Team, Gregor Mühlberger will be joining Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale as the team puts in more and more focus on it's mountain team.
"Gregor Mühlberger has spent several years with major teams and his recruitment for the 2026 season is a valuable reinforcement," team manager Sebastien Joly said in a press release. "He's a solid climber, capable of accompanying our leaders in the most demanding mountain stages. His presence should enable us to strengthen our collective in the mountains and give even more support to our leaders, particularly Felix Gall, in the major events."
The 31-year old has nine pro wins in his palmarès, the most recent in 2023 where he was Austrian national champion and a stage winner at both Tour of the Alps and Deutschland Tour. A quality climber, he has often also ridden at the service of his leaders in the past, specially during his time at BORA - hansgrohe where he jumped onto ProTeam level in 2016.
This is only one of the many market moves the French team has done in these months, which includes the creation of a whole new leadout train for it's star signing Olav Kooij featuring also Cees Bol, Robbe Ghys and Daan Hoole. The team has also signed Tobias Lund Andresen as a secondary sprint leader, Tiesj Benoot as a new classics headliner and Matthew Ricitello as another card for the mountainous races after his Top5 at the Vuelta a España.
Muhlberger will have 2 leaders
We could on paper include Matthew Riccitello here as well, but Mühlberger's link with compatriot Felix Gall is without a doubt the main component of this transfer. However, the 18th place at this year's Tour de France may also end up having a role supporting 19-year old Paul Seixas who is the team's great hope for coming years, and has joined Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel on the podium of the elite World Championships this Sunday.
"I'm extremely happy to be joining one of the best teams in the world. I believe in what this team is building and in its high level of professionalism on a daily basis, which motivates me even more to surpass myself," Mühlberger added.
"I'm looking forward to proving that I'm a very good team member in the mountains, and to supporting our leaders in the overall rankings like Paul Seixas and my Austrian compatriot Felix Gall. I'm honored to have the chance to join DECATHLON CMA CGM for the 2026 season, and look forward to meeting all the talented people who make up the team."
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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