Marc Madiot (born 16 April 1959) is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of ParisâÂÂRoubaix. 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 , a UCI WorldTeam. He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC). In 1987, he made disparaging remarks about the sport of women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic.
In 2008, he was made a knight of the French Legion of Honor. It was presented by president Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée palace in Paris.
He is the older brother of fellow retired racing cyclist and French national road racing champion Yvon Madiot.
Major results
1979
1st Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
:1st Stage 2
1st ParisâÂÂRoubaix Espoirs
2nd Manche Atlantique
1980
1st TroyesâÂÂDijon
Sealink International
:1st Stages 1 & 2
9th Olympic Games, Road Race
1981
1st Overall Tour du Limousin
:1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Tour du Tarn
2nd Overall Route du Sud
3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
3rd Tour de Vendée
3rd Overall ParisâÂÂBourges
4th Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins
8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
10th GP Ouest France
10th Overall ÃÂtoile de Bessèges
1982
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
2nd Overall ParisâÂÂBourges
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen Ichtegem
3rd Côte Normande
10th GP de la Ville de Rennes
1983
1st Polynormande
1st Saint-Martin de Landelles
2nd GP Ouest France
2nd Overall ParisâÂÂBourges
3rd Overall ÃÂtoile des Espoirs
3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
:1st Stage 4
4th Overall Tour du Vaucluse
5th ParisâÂÂRoubaix
8th Overall Tour de France
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
1984
1st Stages 2 & 3 (TTT) Tour de France
1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
1st Flèche Finistérienne
1st Boucles de l'Aulne
1st Stage 5 TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico
1st Circuit de l'Aulne/GP Le Télégramme àChâteaulin
1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Aude
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
3rd National Cyclo-cross Championships
4th KuurneâÂÂBrusselsâÂÂKuurne
6th LiègeâÂÂBastogneâÂÂLiège
10th MilanâÂÂSan Remo
1985
1st ParisâÂÂRoubaix
1st Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins
1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
1st Stage 2 ParisâÂÂNice
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
1st Chateau-Chinon
2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships
2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
2nd Grand Prix Cerami
3rd GP Ouest France
3rd Polynormande
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th ParisâÂÂCamembert
8th Overall Tour de l'Aude
1986
2nd Tour du Haut Var
1987
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Polynormande
2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships
3rd Giro di Lombardia
3rd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
5th Grand Prix des Nations
7th LiègeâÂÂBastogneâÂÂLiège
1988
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Grand Prix des Amériques
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
1989
3rd Overall ParisâÂÂNice
3rd GP de la Ville de Rennes
5th La Flèche Wallonne
6th ParisâÂÂRoubaix
6th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
7th Overall Critérium International
:1st Stage 1
7th Amstel Gold Race
8th Züri-Metzgete
8th Grand Prix des Amériques
9th ParisâÂÂCamembert
1990
1st Dijon, Cyclo-cross
7th Giro dell'Emilia
1991
1st ParisâÂÂRoubaix
6th Tour of Flanders
7th Wincanton Classic
7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
9th GP Ouest France
10th Grand Prix des Amériques
1992
1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
6th Züri-Metzgete
6th ParisâÂÂCamembert
7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
:1st Stage 4b
7th Tour of Flanders
8th GP Ouest France
1993
2nd BordeauxâÂÂCaudéran
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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