Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov, nicknamed Eki, is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the title of Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001.
André Dierickx is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who competed between 1969 and 1981. He competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He also won the La Flèche Wallonne in 1973 and 1975, the 1971 Tour de Luxembourg, the 1978 Tour of Belgium and the 1973 Züri-Metzgete among other races.
Sergey Lagutin is a former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2018 for seven different teams, and represented both Russia and Uzbekistan in competition. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Team Novo Nordisk Development.
Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen is a directeur sportif. He was a professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, including the 1990 Tour de France where he was involved in the Stage 1 breakaway that caused the rest of the race to be the most surprising Tour in over a decade. He was the only one of the four breakaway riders not to wear the maillot jaune, but he won the stage. He twice won the Tour of Belgium, and won the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.
Gorazd Štangelj is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1997 and 2011. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.
Arnaud Gérard is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the FDJ–BigMat and Fortuneo–Samsic teams. The cousin of former professional cyclist Cédric Hervé, Gérard won the junior road race at the 2002 UCI Road World Championships, but competed largely as a domestique as a professional – taking two victories, at the 2008 Polynormande one-day race and a stage of the 2015 Tour du Poitou-Charentes.
Marc Madiot is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now best known as the directeur sportif of Groupama–FDJ, a UCI WorldTeam. He is also known as the president of the French Ligue National de Cyclisme (LNC). In 1987, he made disparaging remarks about the sport of women's cycling, calling it ugly and unesthetic.
Amaël Moinard is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the Cofidis, BMC Racing Team and Arkéa–Samsic teams. In his first year with the BMC Racing Team in 2011, Moinard rode the Tour de France as a teammate for Cadel Evans who won the race.
Stéphane Heulot is a French former road racing cyclist. Born in Rennes, Heulot wore the yellow jersey in the 1996 Tour de France during three stages. He also won the French National Road Race Championships in 1996. He was the manager of French cycling team Sojasun between 2009 and 2013. He joined Cannondale in February 2014 as the team's Performance Development Director. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a directeur sportif for Rally UHC Cycling. In 2023, he became the general manager of UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.
Gabriele Missaglia is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team.
Jürgen Roelandts is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020, for the Lotto–Soudal, BMC Racing Team and Movistar Team squads. He now works as a directeur sportif for his final professional team, Movistar Team.
Roxane Knetemann is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the AA-Drink Cycling Team, Vrienden van het Platteland, Rabo–Liv, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope, Alé–Cipollini and Parkhotel Valkenburg teams.
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, track cyclist and directeur sportif. He is an uncle of Frank Vandenbroucke. He was a prologue specialist, winning 19 prologues throughout his career.
Romain Hardy is a professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–B&B Hotels.
Klaas Lodewyck is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2015 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Omega Pharma–Lotto and BMC Racing Team squads. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.
Warren Barguil is a French cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL. He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France.
Yvon Madiot is a French former racing cyclist. He won the French national road race title in 1986, going on to finish tenth in that year's Tour de France.
Armindo Fonseca is a French former racing cyclist, who rode professionally for the Fortuneo–Samsic team – through various team names – from 2011 to 2018. During his career, Fonseca took two professional victories, both of which came in 2014, with a stage win at the Boucles de la Mayenne and a win in the Tour de Vendée one-day race. He also competed in the Tour de France on three occasions – in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Mamyr Basam Stash is a Russian racing cyclist, who rides for Russian amateur team Minsk Cycling Club.
Kévin Ledanois is a French former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2015 to August 2024. He is the son of the former French cyclist Yvon Ledanois.
