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Originally Posted by Baz
I agree Angela.....it was historic!
The Inner Ring
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) won today’s stage of the Tour de France. The youngest rider in the race, he delighted French fans with a big win to confirm the hopes invested in him. But there was nobody more delighted than team manager Marc Madiot.
Marc Madiot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marc Madiot (born April 16, 1959 in Renazé) is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of FDJ-BigMat, a UCI ProTour cycling team.
In 2008 he was made a knight of the French Legion of Honor. It was presented by French president Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée palace in Paris.
I love this event!!!
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Madiot is one of those hard men of the old days and they know how to read a race well. This is way before race radios where team managers are racing behind team cars. These were my sporting heros (hard men) growing up reading about them in various papers and mags. Have a look.
Paris Roubaix 1985 Finish - YouTube