Our three-year partnership with the Tour de l’Avenir – or the Tour of the Future if you’re anything like us and can’t pronounce it the same way twice – is part of our goal as a business to provide the next generation of cycling talent a pathway to the professional peloton. Regardless of whether you’re male or female.
The Tour de l’Avenir began life in 1961 as an amateur-only version of the Tour de France. It is now the pinnacle men’s Under-23 event on the international cycling calendar in which six selected riders represent their country of origin. The roll of honour for the Tour reads like a who’s who of cycling with Greg LeMond, Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal and current Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogačar, all past winners.
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With our support and influence, we are hopeful that during our three-year partnership, the Tour de l'Avenir will also become a women’s event and provide an opportunity for the future talent of the female pro peloton to showcase themselves – in line with our goal to nurture and grow women’s cycling.
“Our partnership with the Tour de l’Avenir is a significant milestone in our investment in the future generations of cycling. Helping to uncover the next LeMond or Bernal, and one day the Van Vleutens and Vos' too."
– John Polson, Black Sheep founder.
Official Apparel Sponsorship.
Read More We're proud to announce that Black Sheep will be the official apparel sponsor of the Tour de l’Avenir – the Under-23 version of the Tour de France – for the next three years.
This groundbreaking partnership will begin with the 2022 event set to happen across France, August 18-28.
