How could I forget about Bardet?
Garmin also had a French rider in the past- Christophe Le Mevel- and he was quite good. I think it was during the time that Vaughters tried to lure BigMat as a sponsor but FDJ beat him to it.
I had a thought that maybe the sponsor seeks riders from a certain region of France but the sponsor is Region Sud (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) and Delettre was born in Gonesse which is half the country away.
Garmin also had a French rider in the past- Christophe Le Mevel- and he was quite good. I think it was during the time that Vaughters tried to lure BigMat as a sponsor but FDJ beat him to it.
I had a thought that maybe the sponsor seeks riders from a certain region of France but the sponsor is Region Sud (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) and Delettre was born in Gonesse which is half the country away.