[EN] Marc Madiot has been the Française des Jeux team manager for quite some years now. In that time he had a few good riders in his team that is sponsored by the French lottery. Quite as often they were taken away by the competition. Riders like Rebellin and Cooke (in his good years) were in his team.


Nowadays Madiot has a nice selection of riders. Not too many superstars with big salaries, more modest talented riders looking for a way to the top. That explains the limited successes for Française des Jeux year after year. They had 3 Pro Tour victories last year. Philippe Gilbert won 2 st...