Christophe Guyot

Christophe Guyot is a French speed and endurance motorcycle rider born in Marseille on July 13, 1962, a 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, Endurance World Champion and French Superbike Champion. After a school-teaching diploma and a history degree he left teaching in 1989 to race, won races in Promosport 350 and 750, and in 1991 founded his own team, GMT94, named for the Val-de-Marne department number. He rode three seasons of the Superbike World Championship, won the French Superbike title in 1998, then turned to endurance racing, where his team won the 24 Hours Moto in 2001 and he took the first Yamaha endurance world title in 2004. GMT94 became the official Yamaha endurance team, won three endurance world titles, moved to the Supersport World Championship in 2018 and entered World Superbike in 2023. Guyot also served on the French Federation of Motorcycling executive committee and consults for Eurosport.