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François Lemarchand, director of Paris-Nice, is the winner of the AIOCC 2024 trophy.

 

Awarded since 1960, the Trophy rewards an influential personality in cycling each year. Over the years, among those so honored are Eugene Christophe (honored in 1965), who won Milan San-Remo 1910, Jacques Anquetil (honored 1974), five-time winner of the Tour de France, Jacques Goddet, as well as Eddy Merckx, who has been awarded it twice, in 1980 and 2021.