GROUPAMA- FDJ

2020 World Ranking 9 Established 1997 Team Manager Marc Madiot Bike Lapierre

The act of rotating Thibaut Pinot and Arnaud Démare’s ambitions at grand tours seems to be a yearly theme for Groupama-FDJ. After a sparkling 2019 Tour, Pinot went to the race in 2020 with renewed ambition, but hit the deck on stage 1 and sulked around to 29th place. Démare, deployed to the Giro, fared far better, racking up four stage wins to end the year top of the sprinters’ rankings. Démare will be desperate to return to the Tour, while Pinot has indicated that he would prefer to ride the Giro. David Gaudu may be well placed to replace Pinot as Tour GC leader - he came eighth at the Vuelta, with two stage wins, but crucially, seems less prone to overthinking when the pressure is on.