ASO | Events | Contacts
Amaury Sport Organisation belongs to the French press group, E.P.A (Philippe Amaury Publications), which owns the newspapers and magazine publications l’Equipe, France Football, l’Equipe Magazine, Vélo Magazine, Le Parisien and Aujourd’hui in France. The group has also developed an audio-visual branch, with the creation of l’Equipe TV, and new technologies with the web-sites www.lequipe.fr and www.leparisien.fr, to such an extent that it is today one of the key figures in the French media world. A.S.O., created in September 1992, is specialised in the organisation of renowned sports events, such as the Tour de France, the Dakar and the Paris Marathon. Over the last few years, the company has expanded, A.S.O. having intensified its activities in the domain of cycling (Paris-Nice, Tour of Qatar, Tour du Faso) and taken up new disciplines, such as golf (the Open de France, the oldest tournament on the European continent) and equestrian sports (creating for the occasion a yearly event christened R.I.D.E : Rencontres Internationales des Disciplines Equestres). Behind the range of internationally renowned and recognised events, Amaury Sport Organisation is focused on a precise goal : the design and management of spectacular top flight competitions respecting the sporting code of values and ethics, with long-term dedication. A.S.O. is an enterprise organised in terms of «professional skills». From the competition design, in conjunction with sports federations and official institutions, to the development of partnership programmes, logistics, the media, publishing, Internet, public relations, and the production and commercialisation of television programmes, A.S.O. marshals all the skills and know how required for creating and organising major sporting events or smaller sports gatherings. Each of these events benefits from logistics and methods adapted to its position in the sporting calendar, with a commitment to permanent quality and perfect organisation. Cycling, athletics, mechanical sports, golf and equestrian sports, five domains in which the A.S.O teams’ passion for sport is fully reflected… |
