The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO and also A.S.O.) is a private company,[1] founded in 1992, that is part of the privately-owned French media group Éditions Philippe Amaury (EPA). ASO organises the Tour de France and other cycling races, as well as golf, running, sailing and off-road motorsport events over 250 days of competition per year, with 90 events in 30 countries.[2] The president of ASO is Jean-Etienne Amaury, the son of Philippe Amaury and Marie-Odile Amaury, and grandson of EPA founder, Émilien Amaury.[3]
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Abbreviation | ASO and A.S.O. |
---|---|
Formation | 1992 |
Founder | Philippe Amaury |
Legal status | Private company |
Purpose | Sport event management |
Headquarters | 40 Quai du Point du Jour, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 92100 |
Location | |
Services | Sporting events including: |
President | Jean-Etienne Amaury |
Parent organization | Éditions Philippe Amaury |
The editor of L’Auto, Jacques Goddet, indulged in covert printing of pamphlets using the newspaper's paper and plant and under a new name L’Equipe, “The Team”, but on white paper and not the traditional yellow.In 1948 it became a daily newspaper.[4] It is one of the popular sports newspapers in France.[5]
Cycling
editThe Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper L'Auto in 1903.[6][7] The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, L'Équipe, took over.[8][9] L'Équipe organised the Tour and in 1965 the newspaper was acquired by Émilien Amaury. L'Équipe organised the race until it was taken over by its parent company, ASO. As of 2022[update], ASO claimed to be the world leader in bicycle race organisation with 132 days of competition each year.[10]
Current
editAs of 2022[update] ASO organises the following cycling events:[11]
- UCI World Tour
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- Eschborn–Frankfurt
- La Flèche Wallonne
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Paris–Nice
- Paris–Roubaix
- Tour de France
- Volta a Catalunya
- Vuelta a España (alongside Unipublic)
- UCI Continental Circuits
- Arctic Race of Norway
- Paris–Tours
- Tour du Faso[citation needed]
- Tour of Oman
- Deutschland Tour
- Tour of Saudi Arabia
- Women's
- Tour de France Femmes
- La Vuelta Femenina
- La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
- Paris–Roubaix Femmes
- Amateur & other
- Tour de l'Avenir
- Shanghai Criterium
- Saitama Critérium
Former
editGolf
editMotorsports
editSailing
edit- Tour Voile[17]
- Nice Ultimed[17]
Other
editReferences
edit- ^ Stevenson, John (23 July 2013). "Tour de France organisers ASO considering women's Tour". Road.cc. United Kingdom: Farrelly Atkinson (F-At) Limited. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Toutes nos épreuves" (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "The Tour's First Lady: Meet Marie-Odile Amaury". Cyclist. United Kingdom. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "The Inner Ring | Reading L'Equipe". 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "The 25 best French newspapers to read in 2024". French Together. 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Tour de France : Bienvenue sur le site officiel". Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "A brief history of the Tour de France". Cicerone Press. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ Dobkin, Adin (2021-07-16). "How a Small French Newspaper Began the Tour de France". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "L' Équipe". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095755774. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ "Cycling". Our events. Amaury Sport Organisation. 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Cyclisme". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Golf". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "[Contact address]". Andalucia Rally. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "Sports Mécaniques". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
- ^ "A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
- ^ a b "Voile". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.