Marc Madiot

Marc Madiot
Madiot at the 2015 Four Days of Dunkirk.
Personal information
Full nameMarc Madiot
NicknameMr 1,000 Volts[1]
Born (1959-04-16) 16 April 1959 (age 65)
Renazé, France
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplinesRoad
Cyclo-cross
RoleRider (retired)
General manager
Professional teams
1980–1985Renault–Gitane
1986–1987Système U
1988–1990Toshiba–Look
1991RMO
1992Team Telekom
1993Subaru–Montgomery
1994Catavana–AS Corbeil–Essonnes–Cedico
Managerial team
1997–Française des Jeux
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (1987)
Paris–Roubaix (1985, 1991)
Tour de France, 1 stage

Marc Madiot (born 16 April 1959) 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.[2] Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama–FDJ, a UCI WorldTeam.[3] He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC).[4] In 1987, he made disparaging remarks about the sport of women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic.[5]

In 2008, he was made a knight of the French Legion of Honor. It was presented by president Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée palace in Paris.[6]

He is the older brother of fellow retired racing cyclist and French national road racing champion Yvon Madiot.[7]

Madiot, as a member of the Catavana team, in 1994.
  1. ^ Clarke, Stuart (5 November 2015). "13 of the strangest nicknames in cycling". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Marc Madiot Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "LNC Ligue Nationale de Cyclisme Professionnel statuts missions règlements responsables".
  5. ^ "Cyclisme : "Il a évolué, c'était un jeune homme du peloton", Jeannie Longo revient sur les propos désobligeants de Madiot sur le vélo féminin". 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Madiot made knight". 25 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  7. ^ Henry, Chris (28 January 2004). "FDJeux.com team presentation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 31 May 2014.