Groupama–FDJ is a French cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Marc Madiot, a former road bicycle racer and winner of the Paris–Roubaix classic in 1985 and 1991. The team is predominantly French.
Cyril Saugrain in FDJ jersey in 1999
Philippe Gilbert riding for FDJ at the 2006 Tour de France
Thibaut Pinot (right) and Sébastien Reichenbach (left) for FDJ at the 2018 Giro d'Italia
FDJ team car in 2007
Marc Madiot is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama–FDJ, a UCI WorldTeam. He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC).
In 1987, he made disparaging remarks about the sport of women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic.
Madiot at the 2015 Four Days of Dunkirk.
Madiot, as a member of the Catavana team, in 1994.