As official partner of the Tour de France, its green jersey and of the French Cycling Federation, Skoda has one simple aim: make life easier for all bike lovers, amateurs and professionals. Through these partnerships, we are able to put our expertise to the service of cyclists and help with logistics at the biggest cycling events.

It’s therefore with enormous pleasure that we are present at the Vélo Vert Festival. And for this big celebration, Skoda provides the organisation with vehicles.

Together, we strengthen our shared passion of cycling !

Sponsor of the Enduro and the Enduro Electric

Performance, that electrifies – is the Haibike creed. We have been producing bikes since 1995 for all types of riders – from beginner’s bikes to high end steeds for racers, from road to mountain. Haibike became a global brand during Eurobike 2010 with the first Haibike eMTB, the XDURO. We have since been considered the pioneer in ePerformance and are known for our innovations in this new discipline. We are responsible for numerous industrial developments, recognised with design awards and prestigious international distinctions. High level athletes, teams and international opinion leaders put confidence in our know how to help them gain excellent performances on the worldwide stage.

Sponsor of the Electric Race

For over 70 years, Lapierre has combined technological innovation, aesthetics, attention to detail and its experience in the most important races to offer the most beautiful and efficient bikes to aficionados.

Whatever your ride: road or MTB, competition, leisure, sport or fitness, you will find the bike of your dreams in the Lapierre collection, be it a mountain bike, road bike, city or all-road bike. All of our bikes are created in France.

Already the leader in high-end MTB on the French market, the Lapierre brand is conquering the rest of the world. Since 2014, Lapierre has been present in the eBike segment with Overvolt, a mix of energy and vitality that is conquering new horizons. Very powerful, the assistance combines nervosity and docility. With perfect precision, it adjusts its performance to that of the rider, to deliver assistance adapted to the terrain and the rider’s level, from flat to steep, from easy to turbo.

Partner of the Electric Race, Lapierre brings its savoir faire to festival goers and offers on test hardtails and full-sus versions of their eBike range.

It’s up to you now!

Sponsor of the eBike test loop epowered by Bosch

A new generation of bikes are conquering town and country, and are naturally part of our daily life: eBikes are a modern means of travel for today's consumers. For speed lovers or weekend warriors, for sportspeople or non sporty types, to go to work or have fun, and for the young and less young. Over 50 major european brands offer eBikes equipped with high performance Bosch motors. Bosch provide an incredibly efficient motor and transmission, high quality batteries, and an intuitive intelligent interface. The perfect coordination between these parts is the key to Bosch performance in terms of comfort and efficiency.  

The eBike systems benefit from all the know how and production technologies of the Bosch group: from conception, passing by production, marketing and after sales service, Bosch eBike Systems are constantly setting new norms for the eBike industry. The Bosch group experience in electric motors, captors, interfaces and Lithium-ion batteries enables us to guarantee the durability of Bosch eBike systems for life and bring pleasure to eBike riders.

Sponsor of the Rando Découverte and the Rando Découverte Electric

Find the full range of Cube Bikes on https://www.cubebikes.com

Sponsor of the Pumptrack

Historic partner of the most important cyclists, whether it's on the road with Anquetil, Poulidor, Jalabert, and more recently Voeckler; or in MTB with the Olympic champion Julien Absalon, the tyre maker Hutchinson has always shone.

Today the brand uses its know how to propose high quality tyres, made in France.

The first producer in the world to distribute Tubeless tyres, first for MTB, then Road, Hutchinson puts innovation and the search for performance at the heart of its activity.

Come and (re)discover the full MTB range on the Hutchinson stand at the Vélo Vert Festival, with mythical tyres like the Python 2 or the Toro, and try out new products.

Sponsor of the Mythic Chrono & Rando

Merida Bikes is the second largest bike constructor worldwide. The subsidiary SWE S.A, founded in 2006, distributes its products in Spain, Portugal, Andorra and France.

Since the end of 2016, French distribution has been managed in France, south west of Paris in order to be closer to the market.

Our offices, in Villebon sur Yvette (Essonne) distribute bikes (road, MTB, eBike, childrens…), accessories (clothing, helmets…), parts (stems, handlebars, bags …), throughout the year and we are also present at the major events.

Merida has long been partner of some of the most important teams in both Road and MTB.  Most notably we sponsored the Multivan Merida Biking Team, considered a world class team, and the UCI World Tour Barhain Merida with Vincenzo Nibali.

Partner of the Mythic Chrono & Rando, which offers festival goers the chance to ride accompanied by professionals. More information to come.

Sponsor of women’s rides

Scott France is very happy to continue the partnership with Velo Vert Festival for the women’s segment.

This new agreement for the next three editions enables us to highlight Contessa products, bikes and accessories (textile, helmets, shoes…) in order to present the full range on offer.  The festival is a unique opportunity to communicate with female riders, offering accompanied rides with our ambassadors and a fun time full of surprises.  

This is one of the major events for us so we are delighted to continue the partnership.   

We are proud that Julie Bresset has integrated Scott Sports France as ambassador since 2017. Her proximity with the public, her experience and her friendliness make this London

Olympic Champion the perfect ambassador. This partnership with Julie is especially valuable at the Vélo Vert Festival. The values that we wish to show via the Contessa partnership with the Festival are exactly those we see in the role of Julie, with the Contessa RC range that Julie rides and that we offer on test at the VVF. She accompanies our testers, speaks about the products and responds to all questions!

Sponsor of GPS test loops

Love lasts 7 months for some, 3 years for others!

Tecno Globe, distributor of the biggest high tech brands in cycling evolves with Team Velo Vert for the fourth consecutive year. We’ll still be together in 2018. Why? Because of our shared passion, that of accompanying each of you in your MTB riding in all its forms.

With Garmin, City Bug, iBike, Scosche, 360Fly, Bryton, Teasi and its own brand, Tecno Globe develops the distribution of Hi Tech for bikes in the same way as the Vélo Vert Festival: a constant progression to offer you the best brands… or test trails, always guided by your prefered GPS!

Because electric is synonymous with future, KTM France is an official partner of Vélo Vert Festival and is proud to present its electric motorcycles. They are clean and quiet: very little noise, no oil or petrol.

More than a revolution, the KTM Freeride E-SM is the first motorbike in a new category designed for short journeys, almost without noise and without emissions, all with a nice ride feel. With a 300V battery, a motor with 11kW of power, and a couple of 42 Nm, this is a big player. Light and sporty, without manual speeds or clutch, the KTM Freeride E-SM is easy to drive and opens a new playing field!

Vélo Vert is the magazine for passionate mountain bikers, whatever their level or type of riding, the MTB reference in France since 1989.

Vélo Vert Magazine publishes 11 editions per year, with 81000 readers on average per month, and special editions such as the Special Matos, the Calendar and MTB skills.

Federal Sponsor

The French Cycling Federation develops and organises cycling in all its forms in France, and defends the interests of riders.

It’s the only federation that can deliver the official title ” Champion de France”.

Its missions are now multidisciplinary: Road Cycling, Piste, MTB BMX, Freestyle, Cyclocross, Bike Polo, Indoor Cycling and Recumbents.

For each of these disciplines there are events around education, training, integration and promotion.