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Skoda Auto - Main Partner of Tour de France for Sixth Consecutive Year

Skoda Auto announces its support for the 96th Tour de France

The 96th Tour de France, the world's most famous cycling competition, is again going to be supported by Skoda Auto. With 20 teams on the start line, this legendary race starts on Saturday, 4 July, in Monaco and, as usual, is going to end on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

This year Skoda Auto is going to stage a French market premiere of the Yeti, its latest model. Ten Yetis are going to be part of the Tour de France advertising convoy, an integral part of each stage of the event. In total, this year's Tour de France is going to see about 350 Skoda vehicles in action, most of which (about 250) are going to be used by the competition organisers as the TdF official vehicles.

Eight professional teams are going to use Skoda vehicles during the event - Silence-Lotto (Belgium), Saxo Bank - IT Factory (Denmark), Rabobank (Netherlands), Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain), Cofidis (France), Francaise des JEUX (France), Cervelo (Switzerland) and Milram (Germany), plus Shimano and Mavic, two neutral teams to provide technical support.

Commenting on the strategy of the Company's partnership with the Tour de France, Head of Corporate Communications Martin Lauer says: "Basically, there are two pillars on which Skoda builds its international corporate sponsorship communication strategies - ice-hockey and cycling, two sports that efficiently complement each other in terms of covering the respective European markets and are seen as very powerful tools employed to enhance brand awareness, the product image, as well as brand and product visibility. Cycling offers great opportunities of presenting Skoda vehicles in the very heart of the competition where they are in close contact with racers, fans and potential buyers. Continuity in this aspect is very important, and we also appreciate the organisers' efforts to expand the Tour de France to other countries, such as Spain and Switzerland where the Tour is also going to appear this year".

For further infomation on Skoda Auto and the support vehicles used during the event such as the Yeti and New Octavia then visit the official Skoda Australia website.

Karl Gehling
General Manager Press and PR
Telephone: (02) 9695 6003
Fax: (02) 9695 6186
Mobile: 0409 138 069
E-mail: karl.gehling@volkswagen.com.au

Nadine Nethery
PR Representative
Telephone: (02) 9695 6010
Fax: (02) 9695 6186
Mobile: 0438 455 019
E-mail: nadine.nethery@volkswagen.com.au

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