Congratulations to TEAM Sky & Jaguar for a 3rd Tour de France victory - regardless of what the French say.

• Team Sky and Jaguar celebrate third Tour de France yellow jersey in four years in Paris
• Jaguar F-PACE returns to the Tour de France in ‘celebratory’ light camouflage to commemorate Team Sky victory
• Key moments from the Tour de France including Chris Froome winning Stage 10 in La-Pierre-Saint-Martin included within commemorative camouflage
• Team Sky Chris Froome wins the General Classification at the Tour de France by 1 minute 12 seconds

Jaguar designed a special livery for its Team Sky F-PACE prototype to celebrate Team Sky’s third Tour de France victory in four years in Paris yesterday.

The prototype version of the Jaguar F-PACE, which was used as Team Sky’s support vehicle on Stage 1 in Utrecht, returned to the race in a celebratory light camouflage as Chris Froome and his teammates crossed the finish line to celebrate the British rider’s second Tour de France win.

Photographs from Team Sky’s 1-2 finish in La-Pierre-Saint-Martin, where Froome won his first stage followed by teammate, Richie Porte, as well as other highlights including Geraint Thomas tackling the mountains, Luke Rowe leading the team out on the cobbles to the early team time trial stages, are all a part of the commemorative and inspirational camouflage depicting key moments from this year’s race.

Team Sky rider and Tour de France winner 2015, Chris Froome, said: “Winning a first Tour de France in 2013 was an incredible feeling, but this second yellow jersey is special. I haven't done it alone though. As well as a world class team of riders, Team Sky has a great set of partners, and the ingenuity Jaguar has contributed into designing bespoke cars for the team and especially our Pinarello DOGMA F8 bikes has been fantastic.”

Jaguar has been a proud partner to Team Sky since its inception in 2010, providing high performance support vehicles to the team, including the XF Sportbrake, F-TYPE Coupé and F-PACE. In 2014, Jaguar deepened their relationship with the team by becoming an official Innovation Partner, beginning to work more closely with the team and their partners to co-engineer products for the team to train and race with.

Using the same methods and taking key insights from the technology-leading work on Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, including the Jaguar XE, the British automotive brand applied its industry-leading expertise in aerodynamics and vibration analysis to help create the Pinarello DOGMA F8 and DOMGA K8-S bikes, as well as the KASK Protone V2.0 helmet used by Team Sky on this year’s Tour de France.

Mark Cameron, Global Brand Marketing Director, Jaguar Land Rover said; “It’s a privilege to celebrate a third Tour de France victory with Team Sky. It’s a magnificent British sporting story, and Jaguar has been delighted to play their part in contributed towards the team’s success. We congratulate Chris Froome and the rest of the team on an outstanding victory.”

Chris Froome, Team Sky and Jaguar: 'Cycling Under The Sea'

Tour de France 2013 winner Chris Froome is the first person to cycle from the United Kingdom to France under the sea.

As the world’s leading professional cyclists depart the UK after three days of enthralling  Tour de France action, Jaguar has released a short film titled “Team Sky – Cycling Under The Sea,” which documents the Team Sky leader riding from the Eurotunnel Terminal in Folkestone on England’s south-east coast, to Calais in France.

Froome rode through the tunnel at a training-pace, completing the world first ride in a time of approximately 55 minutes and reached speeds of up to 65 kilometres per hour.

This groundbreaking marketing initiative follows the recent launch of the Pinarello Dogma F8 at Jaguar Land Rover’s base in Gaydon, and further demonstrates Jaguar and Team Sky’s partnership and brand campaign ‘#KeepPushing.

Jaguar and Team Sky began discussions over six months ago with Eurotunnel, who are celebrating its twentieth year in 2014, to make the cycling challenge possible. The service tunnel is one of the highest security sites in the UK and France.

Reflecting on his ‘World First’ ride, Chris Froome said: “Cycling under the sea was an incredible experience.Opportunities to become the first person in the world to achieve these kind of feats are extremely rare nowadays, especially as a pro-cyclist. To become the first person ever to cycle through the Eurotunnel was right up there with some of the most iconic rides I’ve ever done - this must have been one of very few ‘world first’ rides left!”

JLR Global Brand Experience Director, Mark Cameron added: “One of our core beliefs at Jaguar is themed around ‘Keep Pushing’ – for new technology, experiences, goals and achievements. This is perhaps the ultimate expression of this philosophy, completing a feat that no one has ever done before or is likely to repeat. We’re delighted for Chris to have had this opportunity, and I’d like to echo his thanks to both Team Sky and all at Eurotunnel who made it possible.”

John Keefe, Head of Public Affairs at Eurotunnel, was impressed with the results, also commenting: “The Eurotunnel is an incredible, unique piece of engineering on par with the Golden Gate Bridge or Sydney Opera House. The problem of course, is that no one gets to see it, so we were delighted when Jaguar Land Rover came to us with this ground-breaking request!”

As an official supplier to Team Sky since its inception in 2010, Jaguar has been proud to support the team’s back-to-back victorious campaigns in 2012 and 2013, where the British engineering leaders supplied Team Sky with a fleet of all-new high performance Jaguar XF Sportbrakes.

A new F-Type goes to tour de France winner Chris Froome

Tour de France winner Chris Froome is presented with unique Jaguar F-TYPE

To celebrate an outstanding second victory in the Tour de France for Team Sky, Jaguar today rewarded race winner Chris Froome with a very special Jaguar F-TYPE sports car.

Jaguar has contributed to the success of Froome and Team Sky in 2013 through provision of the Jaguar XF Sportbrake as the team’s official support vehicle.

As part of the #GetBehindTeamSky social media campaign created by Jaguar, fans were asked to tweet their own images of support. An overwhelming response followed, with selected photographs forming the famous ‘Team Sky’ line running down the centre of the car. In this case, the livery is yellow rather than blue, in recognition of Team Sky’s achievement. The design mimics the livery of the Team Sky Jaguar XF Sportbrake, which featured the images submitted by supporters during the final stage of the Tour in Paris on Sunday.

The victory marks back-to-back successes in the Tour for Team Sky, with Chris Froome becoming the second British rider to win the Yellow Jersey after Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012.

Chris Froome commented:

“Every young cyclist dreams of one day riding in the Tour de France, let alone winning it. I haven’t done it alone though. Team Sky has a great set of partners, and I’d like to thank Jaguar for their brilliant support over the past four years. They've invested a lot of time and ingenuity into designing the XF Sportbrake, which is the perfect race support car for us. It has been crucial to keeping the team on the road throughout the competition.”

David Steele, Jaguar Global Brand Experience Director commented:

“It is an absolute pleasure to once again celebrate a Tour de France victory with Team Sky. Being part of the story is a real privilege for everyone at Jaguar.  We congratulate the Team and I am sure Chris Froome will enjoy celebrating with an invigorating drive in his new F-TYPE.”