Marc Madiot

Marc Madiot (born 16 April 1959) is a French former professional road racing cyclist who won the Paris-Roubaix classic twice. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After retiring from racing in 1994 he became a team manager, and he is best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama-FDJ, a UCI WorldTeam, as well as president of the French Ligue Nationale de Cyclisme. In 1987 he made disparaging remarks about women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic. In 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy made him a knight of the French Legion of Honour at the Elysee palace in Paris. He is the older brother of Yvon Madiot, another retired French racing cyclist and national road champion.