Johann Zarco and APRIL Moto share a spirit of performance, making it an obvious partnership

Since May 2018, APRIL Moto has been partnering with Johann, a French motorcycle rider, who is currently competing in the two-wheeled premier class of MotoGP.

Double Moto2 World Champion in 2015 and 2016, he claimed his first Grand Prix podium position at the 2017 French Grand Prix in Le Mans. Sixth in the overall standings in 2018, Johann secured the trophy for the best independent rider.

After several seasons, notably with the Pramac team, the main satellite team of Ducati, Johann won his first Grand Prix in Australia in 2023. At the start of the 2024 season, he joined the CASTROL Honda LCR team. APRIL also announced the extension of their partnership with him for the next two years.

APRIL Moto wanted to build this relationship of trust around the concept of “let’s give our best” with a common value: the spirit of competition. This drives Johann and the APRIL Moto teams every day to give their best: the former to push himself and win races, and the latter to maintain the trust and loyalty of their customers.

Manon APITHY-BRUNET

Originally from Lyon, Manon APITHY-BRUNET started fencing at the age of 8. She left her family and friends at 15 to enter the Sport Etudes Escrime section at the Lycée Charles-Péguy in Orléans, which opened the doors to the French junior team. She then went to Insep in Paris, where she studied for eight years, while remaining a member of the Cercle d’Escrime Orléanais.

At 28, Manon is now a member of the French senior fencing team, where she masters the sabre with rare grace and power. She is preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with her husband Boladé APITHY, both of whom are members of the Orléans club.

A double Olympic medallist in Tokyo (team Silver and individual Bronze), she recently became European Champion and World Vice-Champion in 2023.

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Manon Apithy-Brunet made her mark after a duel that has gone down in the history of French sport under the nave of the Grand Palais, winning a Gold medal in a 100% French final that pitted her against her friend and compatriot Sara Balzer.
🎥 To replay this moment of grace at the Grand Palais: JO Paris 2024 | Apithy-Brunet’s Olympic sabre title against Balzer on video – Video Fencing – Eurosport

Sarah-Léonie CYSIQUE

Sarah-Léonie CYSIQUE is an exceptional judoka who impresses observers with her unfailing determination on the tatamis.

The story of Sarah-Léonie Cysique and judo began at the age of 4. After 15 years with her club and making considerable progress, Sarah-Léonie joined the INSEP in 2017. She took part in her first world championships in 2019, finishing second on the podium with the French team in the mixed team event.

In 2020 and again in 2021, she won the bronze medal at the European championships in her Under 57kg category, which enabled her to qualify for her first Olympic Games in Tokyo (2020) where, after winning individual Silver, Sarah-Léonie provided the final point that enabled France to win team Gold. A team led by Teddy Riner.

At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Sarah-Léonie Cysique won a bronze medal, displaying remarkable strength and resilience. Remobilised after her disqualification in the -57 kg semi-final, Sarah-Léonie Cysique managed to thwart the plans of the formidable Georgian Eteri Liparteliani, trapping her on the ground and then standing.

🎥 Watch the video: Olympic Games | -57 kg | The show and the emotion: Cysique finishes in style with bronze – Video Judo – Eurosport

Benjamin LACROIX-DESMAZES

Benjamin LACROIX-DESMAZES, a physiotherapist who has been a member of the French sitting volleyball team since 2017, is a shining example of resilience and self-transcendence.

In 2001, while still a student, he had an accident that caused him to lose his left leg. He rebuilt his life partly through sport, achieving success after success in swimming, mountain biking and triathlon, where he was runner-up at the French championships in 2019 and 2020, before turning his attention to volleyball. Since 2017, he has been the setter for the French sitting volleyball team, with whom he takes part in training courses and matches all over Europe.

An accomplished para-athlete, Benjamin Lacroix-Desmazes was captain and leader of the French delegation in his discipline at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
The French sitting volleyball team – 7 years old – took part in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris for the first time and unfortunately did not win a medal. But it is more than ever committed to the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles!
🎥 Watch the team interview on France Télévisions : Sitting volleyball, a team spirit! – #QuelsJeux September 4 (youtube.com)

Loana LECOMTE

Loana Lecomte is a 24-year-old prodigy of French cross-country mountain biking. She impresses with her power and agility on all types of terrain. Now considered one of the world’s top athletes in her discipline, she is one of France’s hopes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

A native of Annecy, she began mountain biking at the age of 8 alongside skiing. Studying sport in Chamonix, Loana finally decided to give up skiing for mountain biking.

She went on to become U23 European and World Champion in 2020, then Elite European Mountain Bike Champion in 2022 and runner-up in the World Championship in 2023.

In May 2024, Loana Lecomte became French mountain bike cross-country champion for the fourth time in succession. She also soloed to victory in the 5th round of the MTB World Cup (28 July in Switzerland).

After her 6th place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Loana was aiming for gold at the 2024 Olympic Games.

In third place after having livened up the start of the race, the Women’s Cross-Country Mountain Bike event unfortunately came to an abrupt halt for the Frenchwoman, who crashed heavily on a descent.

Watch the interview with the athlete the day after her fall: MTB – Loana Lecomte after her terrible concussion: ‘I fell and then nothing…’. – Eurosport

Arnaud Boissières

Sailing ambassador

Originally from Bordeaux, Arnaud Boissières is a professional French sailor and skipper who has been criss-crossing the seas of the Globe for over 30 years. He is currently based in Les Sables d’Olonne, his home port.

With four consecutive Vendée Globe races under his belt, Arnaud Boissières is a passionate ocean racer and a leading figure in French sailing.

Aboard his IMOCA, he will be setting sail on his 5th Vendée Globe on 10 November 2024.

Guillaume Fourrier

Fishing ambassador

Guillaume has been fishing since the age of 13, and today has more than 28 French, European and world records for catching big fish to his name. He has travelled the waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, and now fishes in Dieppe (Normandy), his home port. He likes to pass on his passion, fishing techniques and environmental values in his books and the articles he publishes in specialist magazines. A competitor at heart, Guillaume continues his quest for records and is positioning himself on the sport fishing competition circuit.

Guillaume is present alongside APRIL Marine at the Grand Pavois boat show in La Rochelle (1-6 October 2024) where he is taking part in a #nokill fishing competition (Grand Pavois Fishing).