FDJ boss Marc Madiot has responded to the news Arnaud Demare’s Milan-San Remo victory is under investigation after he was accused of taking a tow from a team car on the Cipressa climb. Earlier this week, Tinkoff rider Matteo Tosatto told Gazzetta dello Sport that he had provided the Italian Cycling Federation with written evidence as part of an investigation into Demare’s victory.
Madiot told CyclingPro.net that he is not worried about the possibility of Demare losing his title and that his rider has already proved his innocence.
“From the moment the commissioners of the UCI, the recognised arbiters, validate the outcome of the race, it is closed yes,” Madiot said defiantly. “The next day, Arnaud Demare kindly made his Strava data available - I say graciously because he did not have to - that demonstrated that he never rode at 80kph up the Cipressa as the so-called Tosatto seemed to say.”
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Madiot added that had his rider been from another nation there would have been no fuss surrounding his victory.
“I think some people have trouble getting the idea that a French rider in a French team can win a monument like Milan-San Remo,” said Madiot. “I think if it were the same situation with a rider of a great foreign team, there would never have been all these stories.”
Demare was caught up in a crash, along with pre-race favourite Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge), near the foot of the Cipressa climb. Despite this, the Frenchman was able to make it back to the leading group and took out the title in a sprint ahead of Ben Swift (Team Sky).
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