Association ORC VTT Trial Epône

A local and sporting partnership. ECT built the “Julien Absalon” mountain bike trials stadium using excavated soil from the local public works sector. The partnership with the ORC association enabled us to design and create all the technical facilities to meet the association’s sporting challenges. The aim is to provide members with a new training and competition center for mountain biking and trialing.

As soon as it opens in 2021, the stadium will be approved for mountain biking and trials by the French Cycling Federation, a first in France. In May 2022, it hosted a round of the French Cup, an event supported by ECT.

Partnership life

11/05/2023

ECT’s Epône stadium hosts the SKF MTB-TRIAL French Cup

The town Epône (78) and the ORC sports association at the Julien Absalon stadium, a round of the SKF MTB-TRIAL French Cup. This national competition brought together the best trialists from France and abroad. The stadium, approved by the French Cycling Federation, was built and financed by ECT, in partnership with the organizers.. A look back at a success story in a few dates. Coupe de France VTT Trial SKF: a sporting and public success May 12, 13 and 14, 2023 | Coupe de France VTT Trial SKF: 136 competitors take part in the competition competition a popular and public success, with almost 3,000 visitors discovering the sporting performances…

04/10/2022

The MTB Trials stadium in Epône (78) will host a round of the 2023 French Cup

October 4, 2022, press conference for the presentation of the SKF MTB Trials French Cup, at Epône It’s on! The Julien Absalon MTB & Trials Stadium in Epône will host a French Cup event on May 12, 13 and 14, 2023. The event is organized by the town of Epône, the French Cycling Federation and theORC sports association. Visit The event is supported by the GPSO urban community and the Yvelines département. ECT is a fervent supporter of this adventure, at the highest sporting level. The stadium, due to open in October 2021, has been awarded both MTB and Trials accreditation by the French Cycling Federation, a first in…

20/12/2021

Éric Jacoté, Vice-President of the French Cycling Federation in charge of mountain biking The FFC label, recognition of a success story

“Following the work accomplished by the club, the community and ECT, this project deserves its double label as the first MTB-Trial stadium. We’d be delighted to see more projects of this kind….

20/12/2021

Franck Prestat, President of ORC Epône A new training and competition ground

“Our club has the École de Vélo and Club de Compétition labels. It now benefits from a rare, complete site for training and competition. The partnership with ECT has been highly collaborative right from the design stage. The “Julien Absalon” stadium was built using earthworks. This represents a real opportunity to transform a flat terrain into a highly varied one, and to finance 5 different apparatus poles.”…

25/10/2021

VTT-TRIAL stadium in Epône (78) awarded FFC label

Official federal label for the MTB-Trial stadium Under a beautiful autumn sun, the “Julien Absalon” stadium, twice world mountain bike and cross-country champion, was inaugurated in October 2021. In the presence of Guy Muller, Mayor of Epône, and Éric Jacoté, FFC Vice-President in charge of mountain biking. MPs Bruno Millienne and Michel Vialay were present. Franck Prestat, President of ORC Epône, and Guillaume Pasquier, ECT Development Director, also took the floor. On this occasion, Éric Jacoté made official the “Stadium VTT et Trial” label awarded by the French Cycling Federation. This is the 1st time that this double label has been awarded by the federation: a fine recognition of…

12/11/2020

[Sport en ville] A mountain bike and trials stadium built in 4 months

ECT, proud to present its latest project: a mountain bike and trials stadium in Epône, Yvelines (78) Built between June and September 2020, using excavated earth from the West Paris construction industry, construction time was short. This project is being carried out on municipal land. It was designed in collaboration with the local MTB and Trials cycling association, ORC Epône. And with the ambition of creating the first complete trials and mountain bike stadium in the Paris region, for training and competition. The work involved in setting up the trial fixtures and mountain bike training tracks was very precise. It has been the subject of fruitful collaboration between the…

28/09/2020

ECT builds a mountain bike and trials stadium in Epône in just 4 months

A mountain bike and trial bike stadium, the only one of its kind in the Paris region, to be built in 3 months, between June and October 2020. On June 15, ECT announced the opening of a new site for the recovery of excavated inert soil in the Yvelines department, more precisely in the commune of Epône. And so the project, supported by the town council, was launched. And so began ECT’s development of the first trial bike and mountain bike site in the Ile-de-France region, on communal land. Three months later, we take a look back at a project that is now nearing completion, providing Epône and its…

15/07/2020

Creating the first stadium in the Paris region dedicated to trials and mountain biking with the ORC Club

In the commune of Epône (78), ECT collaborated with the ORC Epône cycling club on this project to build the first stadium in Ile-de-France dedicated to trials and mountain biking. The club has over 70 members. He is involved in several disciplines (MTB Cross-Country, Trials, Cyclo-cross, Adult Randonnée Sportive). The ORC has been awarded the “École de Vélo” and “Club de Compétition” labels by the French Cycling Federation (FFC). 4 questions to ORC Epône , President Franck Prestat and Vice-President Philippe Gaudens. Introduce us to the trial and mountain bike disciplines? Trial riding is done on a special bike (without a saddle). A spectacular sport, it requires flexibility, agility…