The inauguration of the stadium in October 2021 features the Julien Absalon stadium in Epône (78) developed on city-owned land. On this occasion, the French Cycling Federation rewarded the sports design work carried out in partnership with the ORC Epône club with the double VTT-Trial label.
Watch a video of the project partners’ testimonies.
Guy Muller, Mayor of Epône and Departmental Councillor of the Yvelines
A symbol of sport in the city and sustainable development
« This development is a symbol of genuine cooperation and consultation. This stadium is part of the city’s sports and attractiveness policy, which meets our sustainable development challenges. We worked with ECT to find a site where inert soil from local construction sites could be used. This is in response to our need to redevelop a former training ground. This teamwork is a success story.
Franck Prestat, President of ORC Epône
New training and competition ground
« Our club is the label of the Ecole de Vélo (Cycling School ) and the Club de Compétition (Competition Club). It now benefits from a rare, complete site for training and competition. The partnership with ECT has been very collaborative since the design of the stadium. The « Julien Absalon » stadium was created by adding soil. This represents a great opportunity to turn a flat area into a very varied area and to fund 5 different apparatus clusters. »
Éric Jacoté, Vice-President of the French Cycling Federation in charge of mountain biking
The FCF label, the recognition of a success
« Following the work done by the club, the community and ECT, this project deserves its double-label as the first MTB-Trial stadium. We would be very interested in multiplying this type of project.
