Valentin Madouas 'ready to risk more' to go for Tour of Flanders

Valentin Madouas
Valentin Madouas (Image credit: Getty Images)

French National Champion Valentin Madouas has thrown down the gauntlet and said he is preparing to do battle with the top favourites in the Tour of Flanders this year.

Following his most successful season to date in 2023 and a third place in Flanders in  2022, the 27-year-old Groupama-FDJ racer told L’Équipe newspaper that he will try to raise the bar in 2024, playing off his role as an outsider.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.