The squad's biggest engine, Russo is a Lyon-born ex-cyclo-cross champion who spent six seasons in Brittany with Arkéa before joining Groupama-FDJ in 2024. With no pure sprinter selected, the powerful 31-year-old rouleur gets a free role as the team's finisher on the flat stages, when he isn't dragging the tricolore train across crosswind-swept plains or launching into the day's break, as he did to combative effect at the 2024 Tour.
Palmarès
- Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid GC winner (2019)
- Tour de France stage 5 combativity award (2024)
- French U23 cyclo-cross champion (2015, 2016)
- French junior cyclo-cross champion (2012, 2013)
Cut-out factBefore turning to the road he was a serial French cyclo-cross champion, taking national junior titles in 2012 and 2013 and U23 titles in 2015 and 2016.
The squad
Riding the 2026 Tour with Romain Grégoire, Clément Berthet, Clément Braz Afonso, Ewen Costiou, Lorenzo Germani, Guillaume Martin, Quentin Pacher — see the full Groupama-FDJ United team page.
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