XPO Logistics, official transport partner of the Tour de France for four decades, will reduce the environmental impact of transporting the material necessary for the smooth logistical operation of the famous cycling event by using HVO biofuel and an electric truck.
The Tour has a total distance of 3,498 kilometers. The LESS® HVO solution, introduced by XPO Logistics in 2023, enables CO2 emissions to be reduced by up to 90% and fine particulate and NOx pollution by up to 30% compared to diesel.
A “Renewable Energies” report states that since the start of the Tour on June 29 at the Grande Boucle in Florence (Italy), a team of 59 XPO Logistics drivers has been moving logistics material from stage to stage in trucks using HVO biofuel and electric fuel.
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XPO Logistics will also be responsible for the logistics operations of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, as its official Transport partner from the inaugural edition of the women’s Tour in 2022.
The LESS® HVO solution, introduced by XPO Logistics in 2023, enables CO2 emissions to be reduced by up to 90% and fine particulate and NOx pollution by up to 30% compared to diesel.
According to data from the logistics company, in 2023, the use of biofuel made it possible to reduce 136,571 kg of CO2 for 48,826 liters used.
The women’s edition, Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, also recorded a reduction of 18,976 kg of CO2 thanks to the use of 6,784 liters of HVO biofuel.
XPO tested biofuel for the first time at the 2021 Tour de France with a truck running on B100 made from rapeseed oil. This year’s edition also features a 100% electric truck for the first time, starting at finish 5 of the Tour.
