The warning cry of Kévin Vauquelin after his superb Switzerland Tour will therefore not have been enough. As we had been pressing for several months, the'team Arkea-B&B Hotels was informed this Wednesday, June 25 by its two titles partners of the non-renewal of their respective contracts due to the end of the season, on December 31, 2025, they who had started the adventure and their sponsorship in 2019 for Arkéa and in 2024 for B&B Hotels. The general manager Emmanuel Hubert is obliged to find new sponsors to perpetuate its structure of 150 employees, which includes a male, female section and a Conti. Ten days before Tour de Francea marathon begins … or rather continuous for the historic boss of the Breton formation whose headquarters are located in Bruz (Ille-et-Vilaine), he who had long sounded the alarm on The difficulties he faced to find sponsors and ensure the future of his team, which he created in 2005.
Video – Emmanuel Hubert with Cyclism'Actu at the start of the season
The press release
“The Arkea-B & B Hotels team was informed by its two titles partners of the non-renewal of their respective contracts due to the end of the season, on December 31, 2025. In a demanding financial context for cycling, Emmanuel Hubert and his teams are fully engaged in an active approach to seeking new partners. The team, the staff and their representatives want to sincerely thank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and B&B Hotels for their commitment and their confidence in recent years.
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, first via Fortuneo and then in its own name, supported the team for almost ten years, rare longevity and loyalty in today's professional cycling. The B&B Hotels group has played a decisive role to allow the team to take a CAP in the past two years.
In this research period of new partners, the structure and its teams are more than ever determined to perform on the different races that will mark the season, in particular to shine the colors of the Arkea-B & B Hotels jersey.”
Emmanuel Hubert, General manager ofArkea-B&B Hotels
“I would like to thank Arkea and B&B Hotels for their presence by our side. A decade for Arkea, which allowed us to write beautiful chapters together, while B&B Hotels gave us the opportunity to change our dimension from 2024. Arkea and B&B Hotels were very beautiful partners who allowed us to achieve very beautiful things in our sport, at the highest level of this one. We have conveyed a lot of happiness with our Breton supporters, but not only, since our team shines on French and international territory, as was still the case during the recent Tour in Switzerland. Staying in a constructive and optimistic approach, I work hard to perpetuate the future of the team. This is my goal at all times. I know nothing is ever acquired but I want to believe it. I remain confident in our project and continue to bring it to potential new partners who will be able to find themselves in the ambition and the values we carry.“
