French sports newspaper L?Equipe reported on Monday that Tour de France organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and French state television have signed a new five-year deal for the Tour and ASO?s other races.
The new deal, running for five years and - so L?Equipe reports - worth 23 million euros a year to ASO, also covers other cycling events: Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Nice, Paris-Tours, Fleche, Liege, the Tour of Picardie, the Criterium International, the Tour de L?Avenir, Quatar and the Tour of Faso. Top motor race Paris-Dakar - or it?s replacement event - which is run by ASO, forms part of the agreement too.
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