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200,000 people expected this weekend in Le Touquet

All-terrain - 200,000 people expected this weekend in Le Touquet -

200,000 people are expected this weekend for the 5th edition of the Enduropale du Touquet, placed this year under the sign of the Dunkirk pilot Timoteï Potisek, who accidentally died on November 10, 2009 (read MNC of November 10, 2009: death of Timoteï Potisek and MNC of January 20, 2010: Enduropale du Touquet 2010 under…

200,000 people are expected this weekend for the 5th edition of the Enduropale du Touquet, placed this year under the sign of the Dunkirk pilot Timoteï Potisek, who accidentally died on November 10, 2009 (read and).

Relais Calmos and free highway

Motorcyclists who travel to the 5th Enduropale / Quaduro in Le Touquet on Saturday and Sunday are invited to take a break in one of the three "Relais Calmos" installed on the route..

These rest stops organized by Road Safety and the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC) are intended to limit accidents: "located on the main axes that lead to the place of the competition, these three stations offer a wide choice of services among which free hot drinks and, according to the relays, traffic information, technical assistance and the sale of fuel ", explain Road Safety and the FFMC:" the objective is that motorcyclists can rest, warm up, rest. quench thirst, find out about traffic conditions or the approach to the circuit and, if necessary, carry out small repairs "during the breaks initiated in 1992.

Finally, to make traffic more fluid, the motorway company Sanef offers bikers free tolls for their outward and return journeys to Enduropale 2010, on presentation of their entry ticket to the toll operator..

His twin brother Mateï, tenth in the last edition, and his father Rudy, a former driver, will complete a lap just before the start. Timoteï’s wife, Aurelie, will take part in the quads race on Saturday which will bring together some 500 machines. In the absence of Arnaud Demeester, record holder of the event with 7 victories and who retired from sport in 2009, this three-hour race with more than 1000 motorcycles and 19 nationalities represented promises to be open..

Ecological fuel

Several riders are candidates for victory such as the 2000 and 2002 motocross world champion Mickaël Pichon (Honda), Yves Deudon, runner-up in 2009 of Demeester (Kawasaki) or the recent winner of the Ronde des Sables in Hossegor (Landes), Gauthier Leclabart (Yamaha).

The 17.8 km circuit promises to be more technical than in 2009 with chicanes, siphons, buttes and whoops facing the beaches of Touquet, Stella-Plage and Merlimont: the objective is to lower the speed of the competitors who will also have to make three pit stops.

The novelty of the year is the creation of a young Enduropale for 14-17 year olds on Saturday morning: for this 90-minute race, the pilots will use a new generation fuel emitting "ten times less CO2 than conventional fuels".

A pilot will also use this fuel during the main race, underlined the organizers who want to demonstrate that it is possible to reconcile the environment and a large mechanical event, while the dunes have been prohibited for several years to motorcycles and spectators..

LE JOURNAL MOTO DU NET (with AFP)

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