The Cycling Brief

[BRIEF] Madouas to Cofidis β€” The Shrinking Middle Class

β€’ Season 1 β€’ Episode 183

Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.

0:00 | 6:18
We build durable cyclists. New performance videos every week on YouTube:
πŸ‘‰ https://go.semiprocycling.com/go/9fqghx

---

Valentin Madouas signs with Cofidis after nearly a decade at Groupama-FDJ, calling it "a matter of the heart." But the real story is about the structural squeeze on mid-tier classics riders in an era dominated by Pogačar, Van der Poel, and Evenepoel. We look at what this transfer says about the peloton's evolving economics.

Daily cycling intelligence from SEMIPRO CYCLING, produced with AI-assisted research, scripting, and synthetic voice.