Amaury Sport Organisation

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 [fr], the son of Philippe Amaury and Marie-Odile Amaury, and grandson of EPA founder, Émilien Amaury.^[3]

Amaury Sport Organisation

Amaury Sport Organisation logo
Abbreviation	ASO and A.S.O.
Formation	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Founder	Philippe Amaury
Legal status	Private company
Purpose	Sport event management
Headquarters	40 Quai du Point du Jour, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 92100
Location	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Services	Sporting events including: Tour de France Tour de France Femmes Critérium du Dauphiné Liège–Bastogne–Liège Paris–Roubaix Volta a Catalunya Dakar Rally World Rally-Raid Championship Lacoste Ladies Open de France Tour Voile Paris Marathon
President	Jean-Etienne Amaury
Parent organization	Éditions Philippe Amaury

Cycling

The Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper L'Auto in 1903.^[4][5] The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, L'Équipe, took over.^[6][7] 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.^[8]

Current

As of 2022^[update] ASO organises the following cycling events:^[9]

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

• Critérium International
• Tour of Beijing
• Tour of California
• Tour de Yorkshire / Women's Tour de Yorkshire
• La Course by Le Tour de France
• Tour de Picardie
• Tour of Qatar / Ladies Tour of Qatar
• World Ports Classic

Golf

• Lacoste Ladies Open de France^[10]
• Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge^[10]

Motorsports

• Andalucía Rally^[11]
• Dakar Rally^[12]
• World Rally-Raid Championship^[13][14]

Sailing

• Tour Voile^[15]
• Nice Ultimed^[15]

Other

• Paris Marathon^[2]