Bostik has signed up as an official partner of iconic cycling event, the Tour de France. The new sponsorship agreement upgrades the firm’s previous participation as an official supplier in 2015 and 2016 and will run for the next two years. The event will be used as a platform to communicate and promote the Bostik brand to a large global audience.
The 2017 event, the 104th time the race has been held, is currently ongoing, and ends on the 23rd July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The 3,540 kilometer route across 21 stages has visited Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. 198 riders from 22 competing teams have encountered some of the most challenging terrains in world cycling.
The race has been broadcast to an estimated audience of 2 billion TV viewers and 10 to 12 million spectators have been lining the routes. In addition, the Tour de France official website attracts 36 million visitors during the event while an additional 6 million fans follow the race’s social media accounts.
Using a promotional theme of ‘The Gecko Sticks Everywhere’, the new partnership will leverage:
- Four new Bostik-branded vehicles in the famous ‘Publicity Caravan’ which will precede the peloton on each stage and will distribute over 500,000 gifts and rebate coupons worth a total of €500,000 to spectators
- High brand visibility along the route – particularly in the closing thirty kilometres of each stage
- Branded warning signs on each stage to safeguard riders at dangerous turns
- Branded self-adhesive information guides available to all riders for each stage
- Interactive gaming and online presence on www.letour.com and social media accounts
Confirming the new sponsorship agreement, Bostik Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Vincent Legros said: “We are very pleased to reinforce our association with the Tour de France, which remains among the world’s top three most popular sporting events.” He continued: “This new agreement will enable us to both increase our brand visibility and demonstrate our performance over each of the 21 stages.”
