And square French road cycling championshipswhich started this Thursday, June 26 and which take place not far from the team's headquarters Total energy of Jean-René Bernaudeau In Vendée, the announcement has something to surprise and even teach itself as a camouflet for the formation of J-Reven if all the media has already been talking about it for several hours! The formalization therefore fell at the end of the afternoon via a press release from the team INEOS Grenadiers : we will have to get used to seeing Total energy almost everywhere on the roads of Tour de France This summer, since the French multinational will appear in this 2025 edition on the training jersey INEOS Grenadiersfrom the big start in Lille! Already a partner of his own cycling team, the structure led by Jean-René Bernaudeau, Total energy thus strengthens its visibility in the peloton. The presence of its logo on the tunic ofINEOS Grenadiers Results from a trade agreement between the two industrial giants, whose international interests regularly meet in the energy and petrochemical sector.
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In recent weeks, rumors have mentioned a possible merger between the two teams. It will not be. Total energy Even took the opportunity to announce to continue his commitment to the Vendée training for an additional season, until the end of 2026, as revealed in a Communiqué published this Thursday on its site. “As since 2016, we will be alongside the team of Jean-René Bernaudeau, to whom we have already confirmed our support for the 2026 season and our intention to open the discussions for 2027 after the Tour de France“said Patrick Pouyannéthe CEO of the group. What about this double presence and its influence in the sports field? Total energy wishes to specify that “The agreements with the two cycling teams are strictly commercial and exclude any influence and/or interference on sporting aspects and racing strategies“. The group sos to set up”internal rules guaranteeing this separation as well as the full independence of the two teams“.
In addition to this double presence in the peloton, Total energy will also become an official partner of Tour de France Until 2028 in the “Energies” category. Already very offensive last year, notably thanks to the stage victory ofAnthony Turgis in Troyes on the white path stage, the team Total energy intends to continue on this dynamic. From July 5 to 27, runners like spectators will inevitably meet the logo Total energyboth on jerseys and on the roadside The Grande Boucle.
INEOS Grenadiers ? TotalEnergies
We’re delighted to announce a major new jersey partnership with leading global integrated energy company, @TotalEnergies ?? pic.twitter.com/v3XpyWrYfu
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) June 26, 2025
Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of totalnergies: “This partnership expresses our common interest in the Tour de France and elite cycling”
John Alfa, PDG D'Areos Grenodiers : « We are proud to announce this new jersey partnership, which marks an important step in the close relationship between grenadiers and totalnergies in elite cycling. It offers us the opportunity to pursue our common objectives and ambitions at the highest level of our favorite sport: contribute to the highest level while forming the next generation of world class runners. »
Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of totalnergies : « We are very pleased to support the Ineos Grenadiers team thanks to this jersey sponsorship, which reflects the expanded industrial cooperation between ineos and totalnergies on a global scale, especially in Europe and Saudi Arabia. This partnership also expresses our common interest in the Tour de France and elite cycling. »
