# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-madiot
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:02:59.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-madiot"
name: "Marc Madiot"
slug: "marc-madiot"
description: "Marc Madiot is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama–FDJ United, a UCI WorldTeam. He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC).\nIn 1987, he made disparaging remarks about the sport of women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic."
tagline: "French road bicycle racer and directeur sportif"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barlin_-_Quatre_jours_de_Dunkerque%2C_%C3%A9tape_3%2C_8_mai_2015%2C_d%C3%A9part_(B068).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1959-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.63236933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7468806/"
    handle:    "nm7468806"
sources:
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    title: "Marc Madiot"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Madiot"
    title: "Marc Madiot"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Madiot"
    title: "Marc Madiot"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Madiot"
    title: "Marc Madiot"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Madiot"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Madiot"
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  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marks_Madio"
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    title: "Marc Madiot"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Madiot"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump