Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

What Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines does

The Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is an Olympic-standard sports venue located in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, Île-de-France, inaugurated in 2014 and operated by LS LE VELODROME SQY, a single-member French SARL, with UCPA managing the commercial and sporting exploitation. The facility is built around a unique 250-meter x 8-meter indoor cycling track (the only one in the world with these dimensions) and one of the few covered BMX tracks in Europe, and also houses badminton courts, combat sports areas, and multi-purpose event spaces. It served as the official track cycling and BMX venue for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and has hosted recurring UCI Track World Championships, UCI BMX World Cup, UCI Track Champions League rounds (sponsored by CIC), Tour de France stage departures, and French national championships across cycling, gymnastics, para table tennis, and CrossFit.

The venue serves four customer segments: sports enthusiasts booking track cycling, BMX, and badminton sessions (transactional pricing of €12-€49 per session, plus annual passes at €250-€370); sports federations and national teams using it as a competition venue (FFC has headquartered there since 2014); corporate clients renting the central arena, Olympic lounge, and exterior spaces for seminars, team building, and product launches; and spectators for ticketed sporting and entertainment events. Revenue streams span usage-based activity reservations, professional services for corporate events, transaction-fee ticket sales, sponsorship agreements with brands such as CIC, Look, Festina, and Coca-Cola, and recurring annual memberships. The venue runs a self-serve online booking platform (reservation.velodrome-national.com), a dedicated corporate events portal (entreprise.velodrome-national.com), and integrates with third-party ticketing platforms (Ticketmaster, Yoolabox) for marquee events.

The business model combines public-sports utilization, institutional sponsorship, large-scale international event hosting, and B2B venue rental. The facility is supported institutionally by the Communauté d'Agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and the French Cycling Federation, while commercial operations are diversified across ticketed public sessions, recurring memberships, corporate event rentals, and sponsorship activation. The company is private, reports no parent or subsidiary structure, and has not raised external funding rounds.

Name

Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

Legal name

LS LE VELODROME SQY

Website

https://velodrome-national.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Vélodrome National is an Olympic-standard sports venue in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, operating a unique 250m track cycling facility and covered BMX stadium, hosting international competitions (Paris 2024, UCI World Championships), public sports sessions, and corporate events under operator LS LE VELODROME SQY.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montigny-le-Bretonneux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Sports Activity Reservations: Revenue from booking sessions for cycling on track, BMX, badminton, and other sports activities. Users book through the website reservation system.
2. Corporate Events and Seminars: Rental of venue spaces (central arena, Olympic lounge, exterior areas) for corporate events, seminars, team-building, product launches
3. Spectator Events: Ticket sales for major sporting events, concerts, festivals, and entertainment events held at the venue
4. Sponsorships and Partnerships: Partnership agreements with brands like CIC, Look, Festina, and other official suppliers and supporters
5. Annual Passes and Memberships: Unlimited annual passes and multi-session passes for regular sports practitioners

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is an Olympic-standard multi-sport venue operating a 250m x 8m track cycling velodrome, a covered BMX stadium, badminton courts, and combat sports facilities. It sells public sports activity sessions (initiation, individual sessions, annual passes), rents event spaces to corporate clients, and hosts major international spectator events (UCI World Championships, French Championships, concerts, festivals). The venue also serves as the home of the French Cycling Federation and National Cycling Center since 2014.

Product overview

Vélodrome National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is an Olympic sports venue that operates as a multi-activity complex centered around track cycling, BMX, badminton, and combat sports. The venue serves as both a training center for French national cycling teams and a public sports facility. Its product portfolio includes: (1) sports activities - track cycling on the Olympic 250m track, BMX on covered tracks, badminton courts, and combat sports; (2) event hosting services - managing major international competitions like UCI World Championships and French Championships, as well as cultural events, concerts, and festivals; (3) corporate services - renting Olympic spaces for business events, team building, seminars with optional technical support; and (4) online booking platform - for reserving sports sessions and activity passes. The venue functions as a platform connecting sports enthusiasts with Olympic-grade facilities while also hosting world-class competitions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stadium BMX: Covered BMX stadium within the Vélodrome National facility - one of the few covered BMX tracks in Europe.
• Centre National du Cyclisme

Products and services

• Cyclisme sur piste (Track Cycling) Olympic track cycling sessions on the 250m indoor track. Offers baptism (initiation) sessions, individual 1h and 2h sessions, and unlimited annual passes. Open to all levels from beginners to professionals, with discounted rates for FFC-licensed members, students, and SQY residents.
• BMX BMX freestyle and racing on one of the few covered BMX tracks in Europe. Open to all levels from age 5, offering baptisms, individual 2-hour sessions, semi-annual subscriptions, and equipment rental.
• Badminton Badminton court rentals available 7 days a week, 11 months per year. Offers 1-hour sessions (up to 4 people), 10-session passes, and 30-session packs. Equipment rental available.
• Sports de combat (Combat Sports) Combat sports facilities available at the venue for practitioners of various combat disciplines.
• Espace Entreprise (Corporate Event Spaces) Corporate event hosting including central arena, Olympic lounge, premium lounge, and exterior areas. Services include team building, cocktails, plenaries, evenings, and conferences with optional technical equipment (screens, projectors, microphones, sound). Custom quote-based pricing for full-day or half-day packages.
• Evénements & Billetterie (Events & Ticketing) Comprehensive event hosting and ticketing for major international competitions, cultural events, sports championships, and concerts. Includes UCI World Championships, French Championships, CrossFit events, festivals, and corporate events with ticket sales through website and third-party platforms.
• Visite des coulisses (Behind-the-Scenes Tours) Guided tours of the Olympic facility, showing training facilities for French national cycling and BMX teams. Available on request for groups of 20 minimum at €15 per person.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40,000 spectators over 5 days
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, major and minor.

• Fédération Française de Cyclisme (FFC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Home to FFC headquarters and National Cycling Center since 2014. FFC organizes major competitions at the venue including French Championships and World Cup events.
• Communauté d'Agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding institutional authority that initiated the velodrome project as part of Paris 2012 Olympic bid. Provides ongoing support and positioning SQY as 'capital of cycling'.
• CICflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerTitle sponsor of UCI Track Champions League 2023 round. French banking group committed to supporting cycling sport at all levels.
• LookmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial partner and cycling component manufacturer.
• FestinamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial partner - Swiss watch brand with cycling heritage.
• Dupont RestaurationminorOthersOfficial catering supplier for events at the venue.
• UCPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperating partner managing the commercial and sporting exploitation of the velodrome. Contact: [email protected]
• EC Vélizy 78 (Equipe Cycliste Vélizy)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of 6 Hours endurance race and Grand Prix de Vélizy cycling events.
• SQY PINGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of SQY Para Tennis de Table international events at the venue.
• ELC EventsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganizer of Bike and Run event at the venue.
• Appart'CityminorOthersOfficial accommodation supplier partner.
• Novotel SQYminorOthersOfficial hotel partner near the venue.
• EKOIminorOthersOfficial cycling equipment supplier.
• Coca-ColaminorOthersOfficial beverage supplier for events.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome (Commonwealth Arena): Glasgow velodrome built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Hosts track cycling, multi-sport events, and public access sessions, with a parallel business model of sports activity bookings, events, and corporate hire.
• Aigle World Cycling Centre (UCI HQ): UCI headquarters and training facility in Switzerland with indoor velodrome and road cycling center. Comparable as a federation-affiliated cycling venue offering elite training, events, and limited public programming.
• Lee Valley VeloPark: London 2012 legacy cycling venue combining a 6,000-seat velodrome with BMX and mountain biking tracks. Operates a similar multi-revenue model of public sports access, event hosting, and corporate use, directly comparable to Vélodrome National's mix.
• Hong Kong Velodrome (Tseung Kwan O): Hong Kong's purpose-built Olympic cycling venue used for international competition and public track cycling sessions. Operates the same track-cycling-focused dual-use model (elite + public) as Vélodrome National.
• Berlin Velodrom: Indoor 250m velodrome used for Six Day Berlin and other major track cycling events, plus concerts and corporate functions. Comparable indoor racing-track venue combining elite competition with multi-purpose event hosting.
• Omnisport Apeldoorn: Multi-sport indoor complex featuring a 250m track cycling velodrome alongside other sports facilities. Operates a similar model of elite training base, public access, and large-scale event hosting (UCI events).
• National Cycling Centre (Manchester): Manchester Velodrome and BMX Centre, home of British Cycling. Closest direct peer in terms of combining federation tenancy, public access, and elite competition hosting — a near-identical operating model to Vélodrome National.

Broad incumbents

• Stade de France: France's flagship national stadium and the larger competitor for major spectator sporting events in the Paris region. Relevant for understanding competitive dynamics around elite event hosting at scale.
• AccorHotels Arena (Paris): Major Paris indoor event venue (formerly Bercy) hosting sports, concerts, and corporate events. Competes for the same corporate and spectator event bookings in the Île-de-France market, but lacks Vélodrome National's cycling specialization.

Others

• UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale): World governing body for cycling that sanctions and assigns major international competitions, including those held at Vélodrome National. A key ecosystem counterpart whose calendar decisions directly drive Vélodrome National's event revenue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/velodrome_nat
• Facebookfacebook.com/V%C3%A9lodrome-National-690132274359944
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/v%C3%A9lodrome-national
• Instagraminstagram.com/velodrome_national

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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