In France, he is an institution, but anyone who follows cycling anywhere in the world knows who Daniel Mangeas is. One statistic says it all: for forty years, from 1974 to 2014, he was the speaker of the Tour de France. But that wasn't his retirement, on the contrary, he continued to narrate dozens of races in the French calendar.

That's why on Sunday many fans were surprised when they didn't hear his voice in the finish area of the GP La Marseillaise, where he was replaced by Vincent Didelot and Michel Gélizé. What happened? Well, last Thursday Daniel was struck by a stroke. As reported by colleagues at Cyclismactu, Daniel is hospitalized in Avranches hospital in the north of the country, he is doing better but will necessarily need a period of rest.

We also wish the "voice of French cycling" a quick recovery, hoping to meet him again soon on the roads of his and our beloved cycling.