(FILES) Team Picnic PostNL's French rider Romain Bardet reacts at the end of the 77th edition of the Criterium du Dauphine cycling race, 133,3 km between Val-d'Arc and Val-Cenis - Plateau du Mont Cenis, on June 15, 2025. Romain Bardet, runner-up in the 2016 Tour de France and retired from racing for a year, will become the sports manager of Decathlon CMA CGM, Paul Seixas's team, starting January 1, 2027, he announced on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP via Getty Images)