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et Business Interactif RCS Paris 482741725 - Siège Social : 121, avenue de Malakoff, 75216 Paris Cedex 16 TeamLagardère Stade Paris Jean-Bouin 26, avenue du Général-Sarrail 75 016 Paris teamlagardere.com Phone: +33 (0) 1 40 71 18 90 info@teamlagardere.com teamlagardere.com © Jacques Grison / Rapho. EDITORIAL “ A wealth and a diversity of experiences and skills that contribute towards training, support, research and knowledgesharing. ” 00 01 02 03 04 EDITORIAL JULY 2007 “ TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE The Lagardère group loves sport and shares in its values. Pushing oneself to the limit, the thrill of competition and team spirit are all qualities a top athlete requires, and they are the attributes a business needs to stay ahead of the pack. Lagardère has enjoyed close links with the world of sport for many years now, and this special relationship took on a whole new dimension when we decided to create a sports sponsorship department. It was my wish to see the group help France shine on the international stage by giving them a real chance to improve on their medal tallies. In order to achieve this, the Lagardère group implemented a set-up which goes beyond the ’usual’ scope of sponsorship. At the heart of this new structure was “TeamLagardère”.This innovative and ethical project was launched in 2005, and was designed to help promote the French champions of the future. TeamLagardère is a centre of scientific expertise applied to sport, applying state-of-the-art techniques in research, training and support. The project is dedicated to sport at the highest level and aims to unearth young French talent and provide them with a two-pronged recipe for success, based on both sporting performance and cultural development. The focal point of the project is of course the people involved; athletes, scientists, coaches, teachers and many more… People involved professionally in sport, both KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP on a national and international level, are brought into the project to add their unique expertise and know-how and thereby enable our elite to reach the top in sporting performances. This project is about more than just providing financial support. Our investment also takes the form of resources to develop new technologies such as the TeamLagardère video centre, that were previously unavailable, and make them available to sportsmen and women. This investment in the image of sport as a whole, with particular emphasis on the champions, reinforces the group’s commitment to toplevel sport and will also help us to create closer links with national and international sporting federations. It is also borne of our genuine desire, implemented globally and consistently, to promote the playing and watching of sport to one and all. The Lagardère group is developing a worldwide structure which brings together an increasing number of top athletes, federations, clubs and partners, not just within TeamLagardère but also the Lagardère Paris Racing swimming club, Paris Jean-Bouin sports club, Lagardère Athlé Tour athletics events, Jean-Luc Lagardère Trophy and Mondial Paris Cadets tennis tournaments and other events organised as part of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation. Arnaud Lagardère, CEO of Lagardère SCA ” JULY 2007 EDITORIAL 01 02 03 04 05 EDITORIAL TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP © Tennis Magazine /A. Couvercelle ; Business Interactif / S. Jemai ; DPPI / V. Curutchet. No room for error, long seasons, heightened competition... 02 03 04 05 06 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE JULY 2007 In terms of training and physical preparation for top-level sport, more and more data and expertise is required nowadays. Founded in June 2005 with bases as Paris and Sophia-Antipolis, TeamLagardère combines a training complex with a centre of scientific expertise and an innovative and modern training system designed to deal with the complexities of high-performance sport. TeamLagardère focuses primarily on athletics and tennis and boasts top players in its ranks such as Richard Gasquet, Amélie Mauresmo and Paul-Henri Mathieu. It is able to carry out a methodical approach to training using the analyses and evaluations from its centre of scientific expertise and thus optimise athletes’ and players’ preparations. TeamLagardère’s aim is to use this technology, which is also at the disposal of the federations and professional clubs, to help and support French sportsmen and women, and top-level international French sport. JULY 2007 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE 03 04 05 06 07 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE EDITORIAL KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE ALL OUR ATHLETES TOP ATHLETES DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS STAFF PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP TEAMLAGARDÈRE STAFF 2005 TeamLagardère total staff PARTNERS 11 2007 Total number of partners TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH 2007 TeamLagardère total staff 03 2005 16 24 2007 31 2005 101 Number of athletes evaluated (clubs + TeamLagardère + federations) Number of sports benefiting from TeamLagardère’s services 2005 Scientific department 2005 Technical department 2007 2005 OTHER ATHLETES 2007 Scientific department SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN INVOLVED IN TEAMLAGARDÈRE 27 2005 41 2006 Team Tennis Élite 70 Athletes who have benefited from TeamLagardère’s services via their club 2007 Administration 2007 Technical department 2007 Number of pieces of equipment used SPORTING RESULTS 3 8 7 3 14 (as on 23 July 2007) Progress up the rankings (including best-ever ranking) J. Benneteau: + 145 (rise in ATP rankings from 180 to 35) N. Mahut: + 94 (rise in ATP rankings from 155 to 61) N. Devilder: + 129 (rise in ATP rankings from 210 to 81) Overall staff Team Tennis Juniors Team Athletics 2005 2007 Athletes who have benefited from TeamLagardère’s services via their federation 04 05 06 07 08 KEY FIGURES JULY 2007 © Business Interactif / S.Jemai Notable performances J. Benneteau: Quarter-finalist at Roland-Garros 2006 R. Gasquet: French No.1, ATP-ranked N° .7, semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 2007 and winner of four ATP titles M. Llodra: Winner of the men’s doubles at Wimbledon in 2007 J. Eysseric: ITF world junior No.1 A. Cornet: Winner of the girls’ singles at Roland Garros in 2007 C. Chala: French 15-16-year-old champion in 2006 JULY 2007 KEY FIGURES 05 06 07 08 09 EDITORIAL TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE What is at stake at the top level “ The issues raised by top-level sports are highly complex and need to be solved by collective approaches. Together, coaches and scientific experts design training routines to meet the specific needs of athletes while respecting their sporting integrity.” The requirements for reaching the top are many and varied. Simply stepping up the work rate is not enough to get those all-important tenths of a second or extra centimetres which make all the difference. Knowing your body better, identifying how to make more technical, physical and psychological progress and working in a better way all enable athletes to optimise their preparation. Xavier Moreau, General Manager of TeamLagardère KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP A modern and innovative approach TeamLagardère is aware of this, and consequently offers its athletes: exact guidelines for their physical capacities an analysis of their techniques a specific individual training programme In order to be even more efficient, TeamLagardère has brought together all the necessary technical and human resources under one roof, with the aim of having a permanent flow of information between scientists, coaches and athletes. TeamLagardère provides a genuine training complex for athletics and tennis and applies a methodical approach to physical preparation based on the analyses from its scientific complex. The Team is organised around a technical centre which provides evaluations of muscle quality, energy levels and techniques. Techniques can be analysed by means of a unique double video system which has been installed on a training field. TeamLagardère also has a unique medical set-up which combines regular medical care with detailed biological analysis to regulate the intensity and the amount of training in order to respect the physical limits of the athletes. © Tennis Magazine / J. Crosnier ; Business Interactif / S. Jemai. “ Getting athletes to the peak of their profession and then keeping them there now requires a scientific approach to training. They need to know what level they are really at and then do the work that is required of them. They will be able to save time and optimise their workloads to make sure that they do not fall into the traps created by overtraining – namely dips in form, injury and doping.” Christian Miller, Manager of the evaluation and scheduling expertise centre 06 07 08 09 10 AIMS AND APPROACHES JULY 2007 JULY 2007 AIMS AND APPROACHES 07 08 09 10 11 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE Services Tools used for evaluation Thanks to its technical training complex, TeamLagardère can offer a wide variety of services for athletes, clubs and federations. I Evaluation of muscular capabilities: “ The evaluations enable us to identify the muscular qualities which most need to be developed for each individual player and thus to adapt muscular reinforcement programmes to their individual needs. ” Nicolas Perrotte, coach I Evaluation of energy capacity: “ Both the evaluation tools and the equipment used to monitor training sessions enable us to measure and keep a detailed eye on the fruits of our labours. It really is a genuine advantage when it comes to physical preparation. ” Frédéric Decamps, coach What TeamLagardère has to offer: Evaluations of physical capabilities and technique I Support in defining programmes for physical preparation © Tennis Magazine /A. Couvercelle. I 08 09 10 11 12 CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS JULY 2007 I Continuous training for coaches I Organisation of training courses with staff also provided I Participation in research and development programmes I Vocational training and re-training athletes, including a partnership with the Institute for Political Studies in Paris I ALL OUR ATHLETES TOP ATHLETES Movement analysis: “ Seeing what the naked eye cannot, thanks to high-tech movement analysis, means that we can evaluate things better and understand those little details that make all the difference between good players and champions. ” Patrice Hagelauer, Technical Director of Team Tennis STAFF I Muscular reinforcement: “ The muscular reinforcement sessions are aimed at developing physical qualities such as force, strength and top speed which are integral parts of an athlete’s performance. In addition, muscular reinforcement is also a means of injury prevention ” Xavier Moreau, General Manager of TeamLagardère I Recuperation/medical care: “ Medical care means looking after the health of sportsmen and women by identifying the first signs of fatigue and injuries linked to top-level sport. ” Dr Armand Tomaszewski, sports doctor DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP © Tennis Magazine /J. Crosnier. EDITORIAL “ To get results, athletes need to be treated like sports cars – they need the kind of skills and technology associated with the Formula 1 paddock.” Xavier Moreau, General Manager of TeamLagardère JULY 2007 CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS 09 10 11 12 13 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP © Boren Exploits Photos / P.Boren ; Havas Sports /AL.Boyer. EDITORIAL The TeamLagardère video centre In 2007, TeamLagardère inaugurated the third area of its Centre of Expertise, namely the video centre – a unique, innovative area dedicated to movement analysis and performance enhancement. This equipment is an integral part of our wish to provide full and detailed analysis to coaches regarding the performances of their athletes. The evaluations carried out in our Centre of Expertise measure the energy and muscle capacities and now also the techniques of the various sportsmen and women. The main aim is to help them take the different decisions they face every day. This unique video system enables the technique and the tactics of the player to be evaluated. Using two complementary features, recordings use the full potential of cinematographic analysis: Sony High Definition equipment uses seven cameras in fixed spots around the pitch which enable players to be filmed in real time and to synchronise the footage with movement analysis from various pre-defined angles “ Going beyond the energy and muscular capabilities analyses which we have developed over recent years, creating this video centre within a sports complex was very much a first in the world of sport. We want to use images as a teaching tool to make it easier to identify the areas a player should work on to improve.” Motion Analysis is a movement recording system. This equipment uses 12 infra-red cameras fixed on a gantry above the pitch combined with sensors within the athlete’s clothing and provides a biomechanical analysis of the player via a 3D real-time reconstruction of their movements. Xavier Moreau, General Manager of TeamLagardère “ This technology is an incredible aid as it means that we can work on our athletes in the minutest detail and fine-tune their movements, enabling them to gain a few fractions of a second which can prove decisive in competition.” Guy Ontanon, Development Manager of Team Athletics An immediate, dedicated and personalized analysis for the athlete and for the coach These two complementary systems, designed by two of TeamLagardère’s scientific experts, Christian Miller and Annie Riquet, are aimed at providing tangible new elements to help coaches in their decision-making and thus to meet their needs in terms of analysis, observation and correction of an athlete’s movements. The athletes themselves can also study slow motion image-by-image analysis straight after their performance to see exactly how they were moving. A 3D reconstruction of movement as obtained by the Motion Analysis system A unique challenge While similar software already exists today in laboratories, having these two technologies designed in conjunction with Sony and Motion Analysis together in one sports complex is a first for French sport. These facilities enable players to give it their all out on the training field while staying within the parameters set by evaluation methods which are every bit as rigorous as those established by scientists. “ Our role is to give objective information on the physical condition of the player and now, thanks to this new technology, we can give both the coach and the player further accurate data on the latter’s technique and tactics.” Sensors used for movement analysis of athletes Christian Miller, Manager of the evaluation and scheduling expertise centre 10 11 12 13 14 VIDEO CENTRE JULY 2007 JULY 2007 VIDEO CENTRE 11 12 13 14 15 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP © Tennis Magazine / A. Couvercelle ; Business Interactif / S.Jemai. EDITORIAL Amélie Mauresmo Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet Michaël Jérémiasz Paul-Henri Mathieu Physical preparation Date of birth: 5 July 1979 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78) Date of birth: 20 December 1981 in Bourg-en-Bresse (01) Date of birth: 18 June 1986 in Béziers (34) Date of birth: 15 October 1981 in Paris (75) Date of birth: 12 January 1982 in Strasbourg (67) Career Career Career Career (wheelchair tennis) Career 2007 French N°1/WTA N°4 Highest ever ranking 2007 French N°5/ATP N°54 Highest ever ranking 2007 French N° 1/N° 8 ATP Meilleur classement ATP 2007 French N °1/ITF N °3 Highest ever ranking 2007 French N° 3/ATP N° 39 Highest ever ranking N°1 (13 September 2004) N°35 (21 May 2007) N° 7 (9 July 2007) N °1 (17 October 2005) NN°23 (16 July 2007) Winner of Australian Open in 2006, Wimbledon in 2006 and the Masters in 2005 Quarter-finalist in the men’s singles and doubles at Roland Garros in 2006 Semi-finalist at Wimbledon in 2007 Bronze medal at the Paralympics in Athens 2004 4 ATP titles (Moscow and Lyon 2002, Casablanca and Gstaad 2007) Silver medal in the doubles at the Paralympics in Athens 2004 Winner of Roland Garros boys’ singles in 2000 Gold medal at 2004 Olympic Games 1 ATP doubles title (Metz 2003) 4 ATP titles (Nottingham 2005 and 2006, Gstaad 2006, Lyon 2006) World junior champion in 2002, winner of Roland Garros boys’ singles in 2002 24 WTA titles “ Xavier Moreau and his staff helped me to balance my build and to hone myself physically and they certainly played a very important role in my attitude and in the progress I have made. ” Amélie Mauresmo called in TeamLagardère to help her with her physical preparation. She is also coached by Loïc Courteau (tennis) and works with Michel Franco (physiotherapist). Additionally, she is supported by her own sponsors. “ I feel really comfortable being part of TeamLagardère. It’s a great organisation. They’ve made it possible for me to concentrate solely on my tennis, which has enabled me to work on my attitude and my behaviour. ” “ Today, being able to benefit from the work carried out by researchers and see the concrete results which enable me to improve my training is a real positive for me. ” Rankings as of 23 July 2007. Sources: atptennis.com, wtatour.com and itftennis.com. 12 13 14 15 16 TOP ATHLETES JULY 2007 2 Grand Slam titles: US Open in 2005 and Australian Open in 2006 “ Thanks to the various evaluations carried out by Christian Miller’s team, I was able to find out just what my strengths and weaknesses were and thus work qualitatively in the right direction, and t his has enabled me to keep my place among the elite. ” “ Thanks to the cooperation between the coaches and the scientific staff, TeamLagardère provide me with a solid basis for training which I can really rely on and which helps me to keep on progressing more and more. ” Rankings as of 23 July 2007. Sources: atptennis.com, wtatour.com and itftennis.com. JUILLET 2007 JULY 2007 13 14 15 16 17 EDITORIAL TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS STAFF PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP Amélie Mauresmo, Julien Benneteau, Richard Gasquet, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Michaël Jérémiasz are all involved, and so are many others: Team Élite (Paris) Propsects Team (Sophia-Antipolis) Team Athletics Mary Pierce Michaël Llodra Cindy Chala Kevin Botti Ayodele Ikuesan Fabrice Calligny Abderahim El Haouzy Date of birth: 15 January 1975 Date of birth: 18 May 1980 Date of birth: 17 May 1991 2007 French ranking: -30 ITF Junior ranking: 25 Date of birth: 14 January 1989 Date of birth: 15 May 1985 Event: 100m Date of birth: 7 November 1981 Event: 100m Date of birth: 1 January 1975 Event: 400m 2007 French N°13/ ATP N°68 Highest ever WTA ranking: 3 (30 January 1995) 1 ATP title (’s-Hertogenbosch 2004) 2 Grand Slam titles: Australian Open in 1995 and Roland Garros in 2000 Finalist at Roland Garros in 1994 and 2005, Australian Open in 1997 and US Open in 2005 4 major doubles titles: 3 Grand Slams (Australian Open 2004 and 2005, Wimbledon 2007) and 1 Masters (2005) Nicolas Mahut Date of birth: 21 January 1982 2007 French N°11/ ATP N°77 18 WTA singles titles 10 WTA doubles titles 2 ATP doubles titles/Winner Thierry Ascione of Wimbledon boys’ singles in 2000 Date of birth: 17 January 1981 Édouard Roger-Vasselin 2007 French N°20/ATP 150 Date of birth: 28 November 1983 2007 French N°35/ ATP 109 Nicolas Devilder Date of birth: 25 March 1980 French 15-16-year-old champion in 2006 French 17-18-year-old champion in 2006 JULY 2007 “A” International 2005 European champion (under-23) at 4x100 m relay Bronze medal at 2006 European Championships in 4x100m relay 2006 European Champion at 4x400m relay Christophe Bonnet Dimitri Demonière Yannick Lesourd Date of birth: 11 June 1990 2007 French ranking: -30 ITF Junior ranking: 50 Date of birth: 27 May 1990 Date of birth: 5 July 1985 Event: 100m Date of birth: 28 March 1979 Event: 100m Date of birth: 3 April 1988 Event: 400m Alizé Cornet Date of birth: 22 January 1990 2007 French N°16/WTA 139/ ITF Junior 9 European 15-16-year-old singles and doubles champion in 2005, Winner of Roland Garros girls’ singles in 2007 2007 French ranking: -30 ITF Junior ranking: 4 Junior international European 17-18-year-old champion in 2006 “A” International Bronze medal at 2006 European Championships in 4x100m relay Youth international Teddy Venel Date of birth: 16 March 1985 Event: 400 m Winner of the Coupe Borotra (European Team Championships) in 2005 Junior international Nassim Slilam Date of birth: 21 January 1990 2007 French ranking: -4/6 ITF Junior ranking: 143 Finalist at the French 15-16-year-old championships in 2006 Rankings as of 23 July 2007. Sources: atptennis.com, wtatour.com and itftennis.com. ALL OUR ATHLETES “A” International Jonathan Eysseric Date of birth: 2 May 1991 2007 French ranking: -30 ITF Junior ranking. 57 14 15 16 17 18 Junior international Nelly Ciolkowski Victoria Larrière 2007 French N°14/ATP N°102 2007 French ranking: -30 ITF Junior ranking: 123 © Tennis Magazine/A. Couvercelle et J.Crosnier ; Business Intéractif/S.Jemai. 2006 French N°2/WTA N°182 JULY 2007 ALL OUR ATHLETES 15 16 17 18 19 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE © DPPI / E.Bretagnon “ Our approach is designed to create a unique model based on the attention to detail, strength and ability to innovate of a large-scale private business. What we also want to do is give all those who can prove that they want to surpass themselves the means to achieve this excellence, both in France and abroad.” Physiotherapists Paris Jean-Bouin Nicolas Bertrand Jean-Georges Cellier Christophe Gaillard Sophia-Antipolis Michel Bosch Mathieu Louvat Guy Saliat Podiatrists Benjamin Degryse Geneviève Noiret Dieticians Véronique Rousseau Séverine Olivié 3 1 2 Christian Miller 3 Rémi Barbarin 4 Patrice Hagelauer 5 Guy Ontanon Xavier Moreau General Manager of TeamLagardère, Creator of the technical training support complex Personal physical trainer for Amélie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce Former physical trainer for the French Tennis Federation (FFT), responsible for the Fed Cup and for the overall physical monitoring of the various team-members THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP Scientific Department A new and innovative team led by Christian Miller and which is in charge of the technical complex as well as evaluation, programming, research and scientific communication Annie Riquet Scientific biomechanics adviser, in charge of movement analysis Jean-Michel Levêque Scientific training physiology adviser, in charge of the energy-based aspect of performance Christophe Chatain Engineer in charge of technology development Yoann Vannicatte Engineer in charge of IT development Jean Slawinski Scientific training physiology adviser, specialising in the biomechanic and physiological aspect of performance Armand Tomaszewski Sports doctor, cardiologist, anaesthesiologist 4 2 Arnaud Molinié Chief of Staff Lagardère SCA PARTNERS 5 Operational Management Xavier Moreau DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS STAFF External areas of expertise Arnaud Molinié, Chief of Staff Lagardère SCA 1 ALL OUR ATHLETES TOP ATHLETES © Tennis Magazine/A. Couvercelle ; Business Interactif/ S.Jemai. EDITORIAL Christian Miller Responsible for the Centre of Expertise and Evaluation and for the technical training support complex Doctor of life sciences (biomechanics and movement physiology) Responsible for the INSEP biomechanics and physiology laboratory from 1997 to 2005 Author and co-author of various works, reports and articles on the theme of research into biomechanics and physiology Rémi Barbarin Development Manager of the Team Tennis Former FFT national coach Former coach of Arnaud Clément and Arnaud Di Pasquale, former physical trainer of Gaël Monfils Patrice Hagelauer Technical director of Team Tennis Coach of the French Davis Cup team Former FFT national coach Former coach of Yannick Noah, Henri Leconte and Paul-Henri Mathieu Guy Ontanon Development Manager of the Team Athletics Former national coach and sprint advisor to the FFA (French Athletics Federation) Former FFA national director of men’s and women’s 4 x 100m relays Former coach of Christine Arron, Muriel Hurtis, Ronald Pognon, Patricia Girard Detailed expertise and know-how based on the talents and the guarantee of top-level technical and scientific staff Technical department Administrative and Communications Department Tennis Sophie Charlot Directors’ assistant Nine coaches under the leadership of Rémi Barbarin and Patrice Hagelauer: Paris Jean-Bouin Nicolas Copin Tennis coach Thierry Champion Tennis coach Olivier Malcor Tennis coach Olivier Soulès Tennis coach Nicolas Perrotte Physical trainer Sophia-Antipolis Carine Bornu Tennis coach Gaël Demenet Marketing and development adviser Delphine Vinet Secretary Head of the Sophia-Antipolis site Pierre Bouteyre Tennis coach William Bigot Tennis coach Frédéric Decamps Physical trainer Athletics Team Athletics was launched in October 2006 and is under the direction of Guy Ontanon and his assistant coach Dimitri Demonière. M 16 17 18 19 20 STAFF JULY 2007 JULY 2007 STAFF 17 18 19 20 21 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE Paris Jean-Bouin – a club synonymous with elite sport The club is situated in the west of Paris and was founded on 1 November 1903 to cater for all and has always offered at least 10 different sports ever since it began. It was renamed Paris Jean-Bouin in 2003, and the club signed an exclusive partnership with the Lagardère Group in January 2004 (after the City of Paris renewed the club’s licence). One of the main elements of the partnership is top-level training of young sportsmen and women. The various teams within the club have been able to take advantage of the TeamLagardère Centre of Expertise even since it was inaugurated on the club’s KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS The Croix-Catelan and the rue Éblé site in Paris – there to serve top-level sport site at the end of 2005, and this all adds to the prestige of the venue which has become synonymous with elite sport. Paris Jean-Bouin currently has six sporting sections (athletics, basketball, bridge, field hockey, rugby and tennis) comprising 3,000 members who can play on almost six hectares of facilities, including 21 tennis courts, a covered basketball court, a stadium and an athletics track where Sergei Bubka became the first man above six metres in the pole vault back in 1985. www.parisjeanbouin.fr Titles: France men’s team first division tennis champions in 2005, 2006 and 2007. On 1 September 2006, the Lagardère Group became the new proprietors of the Croix-Catelan. This site is situated in the Bois de Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris and stretches over more than six hectares. It has 12,000 members and consists of 48 tennis courts, two swimming pools and even a 1,500m2 artificial pitch. It was originally founded in 1882 under the name of Racing Club de France as a multi-sports club. Since then, it has become the number one club in France, both in terms of the number of members and also its history – including hosting the Olympic Games when they were held in Paris in 1900. The Lagardère Group was also awarded stewardship of the 14 sports sections* of the rue Éblé sports centre. This building of some 6,000m2 is almost unique due to its location in the 7th arrondissement of Paris – right at the heart of the capital. It contains two 25metre swimming pools, a 300m2 martial arts dojo, an 18-piste fencing arena and three multi-sport gyms. These two sites are where TeamLagardère is now choosing to concentrate its infrastructure for Lagardère Paris Racing. They have top-level facilities and are designed with two purposes in mind – supporting the various sporting sections* within Lagardère Paris Racing, and therefore developing top-level sport. lAll athletes who benefit from TeamLagardère’s support can make full use of the facilities at these exceptional sites, thus enabling them to train and prepare for competition in optimum conditions. Titles: CFrance women’s team first division tennis champions in 2007. 87 Olympic medals and 65 world titles since the club’s inception in 1882. VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF Sophia-Antipolis – shaping the future TeamLagardère – partner of the Nick Bollettieri academy Located at the heart of the Côte d’Azur near to Nice, the Sophia-Antipolis site is dedicated to training the youngsters who make up the Prospects Tennis Team. Along the lines of the tennis academies in Florida, the site has outdoor courts which can be used all year round. The Prospects Tennis Team was formed in 2006 and has around 10 promising young players in its ranks. The staff, which includes a number of coaches and a fitness trainer, work in close collaboration with the full team at Paris Jean-Bouin. The site is close to both the science and technology “technopole” and the Vabonne university centre, making it an excellent place to combine playing and learning. The Nick Bollettieri Academy is based in Bradenton, Florida in the USA and totally dedicated to training the men’s and women’s tennis stars of tomorrow. It has a whole host of illustrious “graduates”, including André Agassi, Jim Courier, Tommy Haas, Monica Seles, Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova. The partnership between TeamLagardère and the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy is based on two activities – an exchange programme for athletes from TeamLagardère (who can then take part in the activities of the American academy at Bradenton, Florida) and combined training and use of resources between the two establishments. DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP © Tennis Magazine/A. Couvercelle. © Business Interactif/ S.Jemai. EDITORIAL * Athletics, badminton, women’s basketball, bridge, modern decathlon, fencing, judo, modern pentathlon, shooting, skiing, swimming, tennis, triathlon and volleyball. 18 19 20 21 22 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS JULY 2007 JULY 2007 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS 19 20 21 22 23 EDITORIAL Emmanuel Lebesson (French youth team) TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE ALL OUR ATHLETES TOP ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP Christophe Bonnet (100 m) Abdel Kader Salifou (French youth team) © FFTT/ M.Klug. Dimitri Demonière (100 m) French Athletics Federation French Rugby Federation French Table Tennis Federation The Lagardère Group made a commitment to work with the French Athletics Federation in order to be a part of the evolution of French athletics from 2006-2008. TeamLagardère is standing side by side every step of the way with the French XV in their preparations for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. TeamLagardère, official partner of the French Table Tennis Federation (2006-2009). The athletes in the French team as well as their staff and national coaches can thus make the most of the advice and support of the TeamLagardère Centre of Expertise within the framework of a programme of tests and applied research and training to complement all of the other work which is carried out. 20 21 22 23 24 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS JULY 2007 As part of this partnership, the France Promotion Group (which is made up of four French youth athletes who are preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games in Peking) will be able to take advantage of the advice, support and expertise of the TeamLagardère scientific complex. TeamLagardère signed an agreement regarding technical services with the French Rugby Federation in August 2006 to provide a framework for all of the preparations already carried out over the previous months. Les prestations apportées s’articulent autour de deux axes : l’évaluation des capacités physiques musculaires des joueurs et la réalisation d’une étude (menée avec les entraîneurs de la FFR) sur les appuis. JULY 2007 The collaboration between the two groups is specifically based on the evaluation and analysis of physical and muscle capacities, support in the programming of training and the optimisation of the performances of the athletes within the Group. DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS 21 22 23 24 25 EDITORIAL “ The personal involvement of all the members enables us to merge both their interests and their knowledge in an optimal way so that everyone gets the best out of it, and so that sport is the winner. ” Arnaud Molinié, Chief of Staff Lagardère SCA 22 23 24 25 26 TeamLagardère has been made possible thanks to the involvement of certain very important financial partners. The world of sport certainly has everything to gain from this collaboration with the world of finance in terms of products, services and technologies, and also communications expertise and professionalism. The “Club des Partenaires Associés TeamLagardère”, or ”TeamLagardère Associate Partners’ Club” is at the origin of this project and brings together key business players who share common values and interests – i.e. each member has a love of sport, performance and team spirit. The Club presents an opportunity for sport as a whole and also for those businesses which are involved, as they are provided with new promotional material from the TeamLagardère communications tools, namely a media programme, events and the reputations of the staff and/or the athletes involved. Thus a new sports marketing model was created and itself engendered a powerful network of communications possibilities. PARTNERS JULY 2007 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE KEY FIGURES “ A French sporting goods brand such as ours is obviously keen to be involved in projects which enable our sportsmen and women to develop their performances. Our association with TeamLagardère allows us to promote the values which we both hold dear – sport, technique, energy and authenticity. ” Antoine Sathicq, Managing Director of Coq Sportif “ This initiative fits in perfectly with the strategy behind our commitment to the world of sport. Our approach as a ’Technology partner to aid performance’ is actually designed to use the added value of Sony products within sport as it is played. It is also our wish to help both professional and amateur sportsmen and women to progress. Sony’s contribution to the TeamLagardère project encapsulates our wish to put our knowledge at the disposal of the Lagardère Group and to share our common values of innovation and high technology.” Philippe Citroën, Managing Director of Sony France AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES ALL OUR ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP “ This partnership is a logical step in the wider commitment to sport which we undertook in 2006. Going beyond our involvement with the WRC World Rally Championship, our brand now needs to be associated with pioneering initiatives such as TeamLagardère. Energy, authenticity and a spirit of innovation are common values shared by Subaru and TeamLagardère. ” Thierry Gillard, Managing Director of Subaru France “ Kiria is the biggest name in retail health products in the French market thanks in no small part to its first class network of experts, its range of products and unique services and its professional work ethic. Sport and health are two areas which Kiria and TeamLagardère are working to bring together for the benefit of top-level sportsmen and women. Sport has also become a genuine topic in terms of public health. It is only natural therefore that Kiria and TeamLagardère should combine to help the health aspect of sport to progress and to make athletes more aware of it in order to optimise their thinking with regard to health. ” Frédéric Bizard, founder and president of Kiria JUILLET 2007 PARTNERS 23 24 25 26 27 A Group very much in touch with its time The Lagardère Group has always embraced the values inherent in sport. Lagardère is a French group established in 40 countries. It is headed by Arnaud Lagardère and is a world leader in media and new technologies. The Group’s media work is a solid and growing business area and is based on four distinct yet complementary activities: Lagardère Active (press, audiovisual and new media), Lagardère Publishing (books), Lagardère Services (retail and services) and Lagardère Sports (management and marketing of sporting rights). Lagardère’s investment in new technologies is illustrated by their strategic participation in the European company EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space). At the beginning of the 1970s, under the aegis of the Group’s founder Jean-Luc Lagardère, Matra Sport was at the forefront of motor racing the world over. Jackie Stewart was Formula 1 world champion in 1969 and Matra won a historic treble by taking the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1972, 1973 and 1974. More recently, the Lagardère group has actively participated in mobilising France’s main economic players to support Paris’ bid to host the Olympic Games by founding and hosting the “Club des Entreprises Paris 2012” (2012 Paris Business Club). THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP KEY FIGURES AIMS AND APPROACHES CENTRE OF EXPERTISE: SERVICES AND TOOLS VIDEO CENTRE TOP ATHLETES STAFF DIFFERENT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP PARTNERS Lagardère Athlé Tour (17 June 2007) Men’s 100m Jean-Luc Lagardère Trophy Marcelo Rios (Winner 2006) Supporting French sport Since 2004, the Group has also been a partner of Paris Jean-Bouin, a Parisian club over 100 years old which has six sporting sections and 6,000 members. JULY 2007 ALL OUR ATHLETES Lagardère Athlé Tour (17 June 2007) 5 000 m -Yohan Diniz (FRA) Lagardère Paris Racing was created in 2007 and is essentially based at two sites in Paris – the Croix-Catelan sports centre in the Bois de Boulogne and the Rue Éblé sports centre in the 7th arrondissement. The club has more that 17,000 members in 14 sports sections. The Group’s values stem from its industrial history. Even since its early days, it has always counted on its creativeness, independence and boldness to fulfil the tasks in hand, namely promoting and distributing culture to every continent, taking part in construction projects around the world, contributing to a better life for citizens, respecting the past while looking to the future and staying true to the values which have helped forge its identity. 24 25 26 27 28 TEAMLAGARDÈRE PROFILE © Boren Exploits Photos / P.Boren ; DPPI / Bretagnon – Curutchet - Millereau. EDITORIAL the sport’s elite and help them turn professional. The Group thus became a partner of the French team and founding partner of the National Athletics League, whose president is Stéphane Diagana. This was also the year that the Group signed a partnership with Paris Judo, the Parisian judo club founded in 1992 by Thierry Rey. Working towards social cohesion The Lagardère Group has also been a partner of the French Open at Roland Garros since 2005, and together with Guy Forget and IMG organises the Jean-Luc Lagardère Trophy – an event on the ATP senior circuit which brings together eight former tennis legends. The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation supports young talents and federations which work to create more social cohesion in the fields of sport, culture and research. Among the associations which the Foundation supports is ”Fête le Mur” run by Yannick Noah, which looks after more than 2,000 youngsters who live in poorer areas. In 2006, the Lagardère Group chose to join forces with the French Athletics Federation to modernise The Group signed a ten-year partnership in 2006 with “Fête le Mur” which involves choosing the “Class of Jean-Luc Lagardère”, where the top 30 players from the association are selected with the aim of producing a future champion. The youngsters are also introduced to elements of culture (most notably through workshops run by winners of Talent Scholarships) during the training camps organised in conjunction with TeamLagardère at Sophia-Antipolis. The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation also supports the “Ti Colibri” (“Little Hummingbird”) association headed by fencing champion Laura Flessel, “Ping Attitude” which is sponsored by table tennis star Jean-Philippe Gatien and “Diambars”, which are training centres with an emphasis on education which were set up by footballers Jimmy Adjovi-Boco and Bernard Lama in Dakar, Senegal, and which are also sponsored by Patrick Vieira. The Foundation has also financed a multimedia class for the centre. JULY 2007 The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation has also developed two projects in conjunction with the Institute for Political Studies in Paris. The first is unique in France in that it provides top-level sportsmen and women with an educational training programme. The second is an experimental programme in four high schools in the Seine-Saint-Denis area north of Paris aimed at giving culture and sport a more prominent role. At the Lycée Feyder school in Épinay-sur-Seine, the Foundation provides the sporting element with Patrice Hagelauer from TeamLagardère working as the school’s tennis coach. There are also close links between TeamLagardère and the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation. Players from TeamLagardère actually give a percentage of their earnings to support the Foundation’s work. THE LAGARDÈRE GROUP 25 26 27 28 29