L'Équipe
L'Équipe (pronounced [lekip], French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby, motorsport, and cycling. Its predecessor, L'Auto, was a general sports paper that also covered auto racing which was gaining popularity at the turn of the twentieth century.
The front page of L'Équipe on 4 July 2011 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Éditions Philippe Amaury |
| Editor-in-chief | Fabrice Jouhaud |
| Editor | François Morinière |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | Boulogne-Billancourt |
| ISSN | 0153-1069 |
| Website | www |
L'Auto originated the Tour de France road cycling stage race in 1903 as a circulation booster. The race leader's yellow jersey (French: maillot jaune) was instituted in 1919, reflecting the distinctive yellow newsprint on which L'Auto was published. The European Champion Clubs' Cup, the competition that would later be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League, was also the brainchild of a L'Équipe journalist, Gabriel Hanot.