UCI WorldTeam
Despite retiring from professional cycling in 1994, Groupama-FDJ’s team manager Marc Madiot remains one of the team's stars. Clips of him barking out the team car window at riders on their way to victory while he smashes his fists against the car door have become as iconic as any wins his riders have achieved.
Nowadays, the team are in the midst of a transition; Thibaut Pinot and Arnaud Démare, have moved on to retirement and Arkéa-B&B respectively, while the team is chock full of young phenoms like Lenny Martinez and Romain Grégoire. Elsewhere in the team, Stefan Küng has shown that he can do more than just time trial and Valentin Madouas has continued highlighting himself as the next great French hope for the Classics. Additionally, David Gaudu has shown that, on his day, he can be one of the best climbers in the world.
Altogether, the strength of the roster was enough to power the team to a seventh-place finish in the UCI rankings in 2023. With these riders in the team's wheelhouse, Groupama-FDJ will look to continue to build into the new decade with new faces leading one of the longest-running teams in cycling.
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Stefan Küng | 30 | 34 | 1922 | |
Lenny Martinez | 20 | 8 | 1722 | |
Valentin Madouas | 27 | 8 | 1636 | |
Laurence Pithie | 21 | 5 | 1294 | |
Romain Grégoire | 21 | 12 | 1282 |
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