Direct Energie succeeds Europcar as French team sponsor


  • Cycling
  • Tuesday, 29 Sep 2015

PARIS (Reuters) - Electricity and gas supplier Direct Energie is taking over from Europcar as main sponsor of manager Jean-Rene Bernaudeau's cycling team from next year, the two parties said on Tuesday.

Europcar, which took over from Bouygues Telecom in 2011, had announced earlier this year that it would end its sponsorship at the end of 2015.

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