Less than six months from the end of the partnership with Everyday et B&B Hotelsthe general manager Emmanuel Hubert Intensify his research of new sponsors to ensure the sustainability of the team in 2026. Guest of the show The SPORT INTERGUL on RMC Sporthe wants to be cautious but confident. On December 31, the team Arkea-B&B Hotels could disappear from the professional peloton. Everydaymain sponsor since 2020, and B&B Hotelswho had joined the project in 2023, both confirmed that they would not renew their commitment beyond the 2025 season. Faced with this deadline, Emmanuel Hubertat the head of the structure since 2014, has been struggling to ensure the survival of the team.
Video – Emmanuel Hubert at the microphone of Cyclism'Actu at the end of the Tour
“Are we going alone, two or three partners? Today, I'm here”
Guest this weekend of The SPORT INTERGUL on RMC Sportthe Breton manager has drawn up a lucid observation: despite the visibility offered by the Tour de Francewinning funding remains difficult. “Perhaps because budgets have increased a lot in recent years. There is also a complicated global situation. Customs rights, economic uncertainties … All this slows down certain companies to invest, especially internationally”he explained. However, Hubert Hope Guard: “I have prospects, people who want. Now you have to sign at the bottom of the page and find the right equation. Do you go alone, two or three partners? Today, I am there.”
In an uncertain context, the manager refuses to hold his employees: “I said to my staff: 'If you have any doubts, go ahead, don't wait for me'. I'm almost sure it will be done. The only stranger is timing.” Emmanuel Hubert Also defends the inheritance of his team, which has managed to train young talents that have become references from the peloton. He quotes in particular Kévin Vauquelinseventh of the last Tour de Francetrained within the team since its inception, or Maëva Squibanimpressive on the Tour de France women before joining UAE Team ADQ. “This structure, for 15 years, knows how to do and knows how to educate young champions and champions”he concludes.
