- AG2R: Insurance
- La Mondiale: French newsmagazine
- Astana: Package delivery
- Bahrain: Country with too much money if it spends it on sponsoring a cycling team
- Merida: Natural-fiber clothing
- BMC: People who like to try out the Tour for a week or so
- Bora: Exotic wicker and bamboo gifts
- Hansgrohe: HVAC equipment
- Dimension Data: Facebook privacy violations
- Education First: Violent radicalism
- Drapac: Skullduggery
- Cannondale: Bikes your dad used to ride
- Katusha: Oligarchy
- Alpecin: Tinctures and oinments for the scalp
- Lotto: Supermarkets
- Jumbo: Elephant husbandry
- Soudal: Montenegrin bar soap
- Movistar: DVD rental kiosks
- Michelton: Agritourism
- Scott: A guy
- Quick Step Floors: Floors, obviously, but also fast-setting concrete
- Sky: British DirecTV
- Sunweb: Florida Department of Corporations Internet site
- Trek: Walkabouts
- Segafredo: Direct-sales bakery
- UAE: Another country with too much money in a cycling-related arms race with Bahrain
- Groupama: Coupons that are bad for both you and the company redeeming them
- FDJ: Lockjaw
- Cofidis: ED medication
- Direct Energie: Undiluted snortable caffeine
- Fortuneo: Cryptocurrency
- Samcic: Casually racist river cruises
- Wanty: Animal-themed manga figurines
- Groupe Gobert: Laxative yogurt conglomerate
Monday, July 23, 2018
GREAT AD, BUT WHAT IS IT FOR? Tour de France sponsors and what I know or guess to be their lines of business: