Located between Paris, Normandy and the Loire Valley châteaux, Eure-et-Loir is a department that offers a wide variety of landscapes, richly diversified heritage and many leisure possibilities.
Thousands of hectares made up of forests, fields and water courses unveil surprising horizons to each and everyone: the Perche and Beauce, two starkly contrasting areas, stretch out from the Royal valley of the Eure and the upper valley of the Loir.
It was a country retreat for illustrious names such as Henri IV, Diane de Poitiers and Marcel Proust amongst others, but Eure-et-Loir is also a place full of history, culture and festivals, as well as a land of innovation meeting the industrial challenges of tomorrow. It boasts all the elements of nature to guarantee a breath of fresh air and access to outdoor activities, such as cycling, a pass-time regularly enjoyed by 2,000 of the department's inhabitants.
Here, artists uphold and draw their inspiration from a tradition of crafts that is more than a thousand years old, including glass-making, calligraphy, painting, to name but a few... And lest we forget, the produce of the land is the delight of many an epicurean. In more ways than one, Eure-et-Loir is an area where hospitality rhymes with vitality!
The urban community creates sports facilities, supports many clubs and organisations and is a Paris-Tours partner.
The association is almost natural here, where we think sport is vital for well-being and development. The urban community backs many sports groups in numerous disciplines, which it helps and for which it builds new, cutting-edge facilities. The goals are to allow the urban area's 270,000 inhabitants to freely enjoy their favourite sports, support their teams at the highest level and participate in major events, of which the classic Paris-Tours is the most beautiful example.
Tour(s)plus is proud to be associated with this popular sport and international event since 2004.
Alden, Europe’s leader in high-tech solutions for camper van and mobile applications, is continuously developing new products.
Its team’s creativity has earned the company a Grand Prize of Innovation. Alden offers all the solutions for satellite television and/or Internet reception by camper van users and professionals on the go. Renewable energy for mobile applications is another facet of Alden’s products.
To find out more, go to: www.alden.fr.
Performance, courage, overachievement, precision and success are values the cycling world and watchmaker Festina share.
No wonder Festina has been investing in the greatest races, like the Tour de France, for 16 years.
This year Festina will again be the Paris-Roubaix official timekeeper. That strong, long-lasting partnership will again allow Festina to help write new pages full of joy, disappointment and all the other intense emotions that forge the myth and beauty of cycling.
With Festina, let's share the excitement of cycling.
Our brand already has more than 100 years of automobile history:
For 6 years, Škoda has been an Official Partner of the Tour de France and other cycling races organised by A.S.O. and our commitment is constantly being developed in many other races.
These partnerships allow our brand to put more than 300 Škoda vehicles on the road, which are decorated with the colours of the different cycling races and to involve all of the distributor partners or repairers locally.
Thanks to the Škoda Fabia, the Škoda Roomster, the Škoda Octavia and the Škoda Superb, the organisers and the teams involved can ensure the perfect management of the race’s programme for the spectators at the roadside.
For more information, please consult our website www.skoda.fr.
In 2008 AG2R La Mondiale became a major health, life, casualty and asset insurance player in France.
The company’s commitment to cycling has given it an outstanding opportunity to combine visibility and values.
Following AG2R La Mondiale’s success in 2008 as an official sponsor of the Tour de France and all the races organised by A.S.O, it has decided to renew the dynamic, effective collaboration that has been under way with AG2R Prévoyance since 2003. The goals of that commitment are to give the group a dynamic image and make its values and offer better known in the areas of retirement, savings and all the health and casualty insurance products that contribute to individual well-being.
This sponsorship is visible notably through the affixing of the AG2R La Mondiale logo on the three “information” motorcycles, which send out sports news, and the three “regulating” motorcycles, which regulate the flow of race vehicles, on the Tour de France and on all the other major races of the season organised by A.S.O.
