The double death of Le Touquet

The Enduro du Touquet has died twice: first fatally injured by one of its parents, the deputy mayor of the Pas-de-Calais seaside resort Leonce Desprez, it has just been completed by ASO, the organizing company.

The Enduro du Touquet died twice: first fatally injured by one of his parents, the deputy mayor (UMP) of the seaside resort of Pas-de-Calais Leonce Desprez who declared on January 16 that the 2005 edition would be the last, it has just been completed by ASO, the organizing company.

"The unilateral and untimely announcement made by the mayor of Le Touquet, according to which the 2005 edition would be the last, forced us to give up organizing this last edition.", explains Etienne Lavigne, head of Enduro at ASO, in The voice of the North : "from the moment the mayor announces without consulting us that he is going to stop and that we still do not have the prefectural decree authorizing the demonstration, we are not in the best conditions to ensure the progress of this event. We are dealing with a passionate audience. Leonce Deprez spoke of Enduro 2005 as a final bouquet. We are not the organizers of a final bouquet, but of a competition. We do not want to be held responsible for any overflows linked to a last edition. Especially if the mayor does not give us his full support! As for the pilots, we will reimburse them for their commitments by the end of February".

For his part, Leonce Desprez held a press conference last night to ensure that the Enduro du Touquet "would take place, despite everything !""I had a meeting with the Prime Minister and he will instruct the Prefect of Pas-de-Calais to sign the authorization. It is precisely to have it that we took a clear and clear deliberation in the city council announcing the end of Enduro after the 2005 edition. I also had contact with the Minister of the Interior: he has guaranteed sufficient security forces for the 2005 edition on behalf of the state. The ASO has a technical-sporting responsibility that it must assume. I appeal to the president of ASO to ensure that the company respects its commitments, otherwise it would be a very serious mistake. Me, I kept my commitments. The contract that binds us is a five-year contract, we are in the fourth year. Breaking this contract wouldn’t be decent"…

It is therefore an arm wrestling which begins and which risks turning very quickly into legal settling of accounts … Sad end for a mythical event! Furious, bikers and pilots begin to organize and the French Federation of Angry Bikers promises a first class funeral on February 5 and 6. A weekend that promises to be very hot in Le Touquet, enduro or not !

Henri-Michel LEURETTE

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