He is a man in the shadows Cyclism’Actu has been following for a long time and who appeared all smiles during the presentation of the Groupama-FDJ Wednesday at the headquarters of the team’s historic partner, the FDJ. After 16 years on the bike and under the jersey of the team led by Marc Madiot, Jeremy Roy now holds the position of technical director. Big player behind the scenes in product development and hardware optimization of the Groupama-FDJ since 2020, the former winner of the Marseillaise Grand Prix was more officially presented to the press during the annual pre-season meeting. At the microphone of Cyclism’Actualways so friendly and smiling, the shadow worker Roy spoke about his missions and the upcoming season which he hopes will be successful.
Video – Jérémy Roy during the presentation of Groupama-FDJ
High-end equipment that appeals
The Groupama-FDJ achieved one of the big hits of the offseason by managing to convince Remi Cavagnadouble French time trial champion, to join France. The French rider was certainly won over by the project but also by the quality of the infrastructure and equipment offered by the French training.
“It’s true that we have very good equipment and so it may have also appealed to him to see the beautiful Contre-la-Monde bike that we were able to have in 2024 and which will be deployed to everyone runners in 2025, the Supersonica from Villiers” confessed Jeremy Roythe great architect of the development of this cutting-edge technological masterpiece. “Rémi is arriving for the first time in a French team and we are all impatient to see him hang a bib and express himself fully” rejoiced the technical director of Groupama-FDJ at our microphone.
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At 41 years old, Jeremy Roy has lived almost everything with Groupama-FDJ. At the dawn of the team’s 29th season in the professional peloton, the stage winner on the Paris-Nice wanted to congratulate the partners for their commitment, and praised the passion of his former general manager and now colleague, Marc Madiot. “Hats off to the sponsors already, thanks to FDJ, thanks to Groupama for supporting this team. 29 years, 29 seasons, Marc Madiot is still present, still as motivated and in love with Cycling. It’s a beautiful structure that has been structured with time, with the establishment of a continental development team, supporting juniors” detailed Jeremy Roy.
“29 victories…”
For 2025, the technical director “hopes for the emergence of runners” within the team. “We are not safe from very nice surprises, we are in sport, we are in human matters and we are not safe from seeing young runners who explode and we pass a very good season” he explained. For the team’s 29th season and in the blink of an eye, he hopes to win “29 victories” he smiled. “We’re going to hang on to this.”
