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Amaury Sport Organisation
AbbreviationASO and A.S.O.
Formation1992; 32 years ago (1992)
FounderPhilippe Amaury
Legal statusPrivate company
PurposeSport event management
Headquarters40 Quai du Point du Jour, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 92100
Location
ServicesSporting events including:
President
Jean-Etienne Amaury
Parent organization
Éditions Philippe Amaury

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]

Cycling

The Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper L'Auto in 1903.[4] The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, L'Équipe, took over.[citation needed] 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, ASO claimed to be the world leader in bicycle race organisation with 132 days of competition each year.[5]

Current

As of 2022 ASO organises the following cycling events:[6]

UCI World Tour
UCI Continental Circuits
Women's
Amateur & other

Former

Golf

Motorsports

Sailing

Other

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Toutes nos épreuves" (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ^ "The Tour's First Lady: Meet Marie-Odile Amaury". Cyclist. United Kingdom. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Tour de France : Bienvenue sur le site officiel". Archived from the original on 2006-06-14. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
  5. ^ "Cycling". Our events. Amaury Sport Organisation. 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Cyclisme". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Golf". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  8. ^ "[Contact address]". Andalucia Rally. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Sports Mécaniques". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  10. ^ "FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
  11. ^ "A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
  12. ^ a b "Voile". Amaury Sport Organisation (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2021.

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