An enduro in MT-10: these rallymen are crazy ?!
This year, two months separate the first two events of the French rally championship … So the rallymen are busy: Julien Toniutti is at the Tourist Trophy while Benoît Nimis is doing enduro… on the handlebars of his Yamaha MT-10 road rally! Info or intox ?
The fact that Julien Toniutti is currently on the Isle of Man to compete in the TT2018 at the controls of a BMW Motorrad 69 Propeller, we know and it is not "fake news": on Saturday, he would even have completed a lap in 18’20 !
- MNC special file :
- MNC special file :
Other pilots, hunters for French rally championship titles, have filled this two-month gap by participating in the, just to combine business with pleasure and take advantage of Corsica’s assets while not leaving their motorbikes. in the garage.
For his part, Benoît Nimis no longer wants to let go of the handlebars of his so well he has it in hand: the pilot of the National Police Motorcycle Club (CMPN), who has just won the 61st edition of the International Police rally from May 25 to 27 in Liège (a mixed car-motorcycle rally open to the Police, the Gendarmerie and the Customs, but also now to civilians), did not hesitate to appear yesterday at the start of an enduro in the New Aquitaine league championship , in Peyrehorade (40).
Benoît did indeed set off on the handlebars of his Yamaha MT-10 alongside the best riders in the league, surprised to see this rider on such a machine absolutely not designed to ride on muddy trails in the undergrowth….
But this staging had been set up only for fun, with the complicity of Robert Mentaverri, president of the organizing club of this sympathetic enduro, the Cauneille Sports Union. Benoît therefore only rode a few dozen meters on the handlebars of his rally Yamaha MT-10, before dropping it off at his assistance and returning for a real start with his real enduro bike, a KTM 125 EXC! A little wink to confirm the versatility (and psychological disturbance!) Of the top rally drivers…
A big congratulations however to Benoît Nimis, for his victory in the international rally of Belgium but also for his final result in this enduro of Peyrehorade (3rd 125, 19th scratch), which although being a regional event was an enduro "the hard way. "-" old-fashioned "according to the organizer – a difficulty particularly accentuated by the torrential rains of recent days.
This first enduro of the 2018 Nouvelle Aquitaine league championship was won by Willy Rouyet of the Sherco Academy, 2017 national French champion. See you in two weeks for the second round of the French rally championship: the Rallye de l ‘ Ain (01). Stay connected !
Marcus HIMSELF – Photos Nathalie POURRIERE
Related articles
-
Road rallies – Julien Toniutti on a Yamaha Niken at the rallye des Volcans – Used YAMAHA
Julien Toniutti on a Yamaha Niken at the Rallye des Volcans As he had indicated after his big fall in the Dakar, Julien Toniutti returns just for fun in…
-
All-terrain – Enduro du Touquet 2016: treble for Adrien Van Beveren and Yamaha – Used YAMAHA
Enduro du Touquet 2016: treble for Adrien Van Beveren and Yamaha Adrien Van Beveren wins – at only 25! – his third consecutive Touquet Motorcycle Enduro…
-
Toniutti wins a special of the Rallye des Volcans for two on a Niken … and finds a taste for life ! Having returned to the Rallye des Volcans with no…
-
News – New in 2016: Yamaha MT-10, the lethal weapon? – Used YAMAHA
New in 2016: Yamaha MT-10, the lethal weapon ? The withdrawal of the FZ1 from the Yamaha catalog foreshadowed it since this summer: a replacement worthy…
-
News – Video review of the Yamaha MT-10 test – Used YAMAHA
Video review of the Yamaha MT-10 test In addition to our complete test of the Yamaha MT-10, find our video of this very first test carried out on the…
-
News – Presentation of the new Cross and Enduro Yamaha products 2013 – Used YAMAHA
Presentation of the new Cross and Enduro Yamaha 2013 The change is not now: this is the impression that emerges when discovering the new Yamaha off-road…
-
News – New motorcycle: price, performance and availability of the MT-10 – Used YAMAHA
New motorcycle: price, performance and availability of the MT-10 Yamaha gets up – finally! – the veil on the figures relating to its most impactful…
-
Business – Yamaha interview: the MT-10 is our new roadster spearhead – Used Yamaha
Yamaha interview: the MT-10 is our new roadster spearhead To complete our test of the MT-10, Yamaha’s new benchmark maxi-roadster, MNC spoke with…
-
Horizons – 2020 Design Award for the Tenere 700 and the Yamaha Next Field 01 – Used YAMAHA
2020 design award for the Tenere 700 and the Yamaha Next Field 01 Yamaha has just won the trophy for best design If Award for the Tenere 700 and the Next…
-
Roadster – Test Yamaha MT-10 SP 2017: the Moto-Net.Com video – Used YAMAHA
Yamaha MT-10 SP 2017 test: the video Site In addition to our first test of the new Yamaha MT-10 SP 2017 roadster, the video of our driving in South…