The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO and also A.S.O.) is a private company, 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. The president of ASO is , the son of Philippe Amaury and Marie-Odile Amaury, and grandson of EPA founder, Émilien Amaury.
Cycling
The Tour de France was instituted by the newspaper L'Auto in 1903. The paper was closed after World War II because of its links with the occupying Germans and a new paper, L'Équipe, took over. 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. , ASO claimed to be the world leader in bicycle race organisation with 132 days of competition each year.
Current ASO organises the following cycling events:
UCI World Tour
Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Eschborn–Frankfurt La Flèche Wallonne Liège–Bastogne–Liège Paris–Nice Paris–Roubaix Tour de France Volta a Catalunya Vuelta a España (alongside Unipublic)
UCI ProSeries
Arctic Race of Norway Paris–Tours Deutschland Tour Tour of Oman Muscat Classic AlUla Tour
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 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge
Motorsports
Andalucía Rally Dakar Rally World Rally-Raid Championship
Sailing Tour Voile Nice Ultimed
Other
Paris Marathon
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