article_snippet: ’s top development team.
article_snippet: They are as French as cycling teams come, but manager, Vincent Lavenu, a top rider in the 1980s, was interested in a rider called Ovett.
article_snippet: his new team is paying for French classes
article_snippet: ’ last year, during his first racing trip to Europe, Ovett stayed with his agent, Baden Cooke, in Monaco, which is also where Froome and Ovett Sky team-mate Richie Porte live.