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L'Enduroblade of le Touquet
Thierry Sabin, then communications officer at the town hall of Le Touquet, had the idea of creating enduro races (very popular in the United States). The town hall did not balk and supported the initiative, wishing to organize an event in the heart of winter to animate the seaside resort.
History ofEnduro of Touquet
The first edition takes place on February 16, 1975, dubbed Enduro des Sables which brought together 286 competitors, open to amateurs and professionals.
For the 1989 vintage, 1100 bikers are on the starting line.
This mythical race, which is more an off-road endurance race than an enduro one, is the biggest in Europe, but also the longest enduro race on sand in the world. It is an annual appointment (apart from 1991 – Gulf War and 2021 - covid health crisis).
The race is part of Championnat de France sand races. Year by year the competition has become a major event in Europe with 2450 competitors in 2020 and more than 500 visitors.
Initially, the race took place in the dunes, offering a spectacle of falls. Hundreds of pilots leap, fly, spring, jump with their motorcycles on the beach and in the dunes.
In 2005, under the impulse of a completely justified ecological protest, the direction of the race decides to change the location and the name of the race, following degradations of the vegetation due to the passages and trampling of the spectators and the litter leftar unscrupulous spectators.
The public is forbidden access to the dunes. It is allowed along the seafront in very specific areas. There are areas along the Boulevard de la Plage, a tolerance on the edge of the circuit between Le Touquet and Stella Plage, and two other areas at Stella Plage and Merlimont, where the big curve is located before the return.
That same year, the FFM took over the organization in collaboration with the League of Flanders because of the fear of seeing the disappearance of this already legendary race.
Since 2009, it is the city of Le Touquet via the motorcycle club ETO which takes in hand the organization of the event.
In 2015, for the 40th anniversary of the event, theEnduro Vintage is created. Only pre-1990 motorcycles are allowed to start.
L'Enduropale today
The event features 5 events over 3 days: Vintage, Quaduropale, Juniors (13-17 years), Espoirs (11-15 years) and theEnduropale.
L'Enduropale Vintage
Since 2015, this race brings together vehicles built before 1990. It takes place in 2 rounds of 30 minutes. It is limited to 300 participants. Apart from being able to admire old machines in action, a few former riders took the start, including Arnaud Demeester - 7 times winner of the event between 1995 and 2008.
The Quaduropale
This race was created in 2007. The circuit is almost similar to that of theEnduroblade of Le Touquet. In 2020, 737 entries lined up at the start line. Since then, the number of entrants has continued to increase.
L'Endurojunior blade
Since 2010, the FFM has been organizing the eve of theEnduropale a one-and-a-half-hour, 3.4-km race for young people ages 13 to 17. In 2020, 181 motorcyclists participated.
L'Enduropale hopes
Appointed Enduropale Kids when it was created in 2013, it is renamed Enduropale Hopes in 2015. On the same course as the Juniors race, competitors from 11 to 15 years old compete against each other. In 2020, 94 drivers signed up.
L'Enduropale
The crossing of the city of Le Touquet by all the participants is a moment particularly awaited by the spectators.
The race takes place on a course of 12.6 km only on the beach in order to preserve the fragile ecosystem of the dune spaces. It has been held in a single round of 3 hours since 1992.
Some numbers about theEnduropale
1200 people for organization and security
20 nationalities represented
2450 engaged motorcycles
Average 350 000 spectators.
750 000 viewers in front of their screen with a peak of one million for theEnduropale.
L'Enduropale, a race open to all?
To be able to pretend to rideEnduropale, it will be imperative to have a good bike, but also physical endurance and a lot of technique to evolve on sand which degrades over the passages. But, for many amateurs, Le Touquet was above all an opportunity to run with the stars of the discipline such as Patrick Drobecq, Hakan Carlquist, Serge Bacou and later, Kees Van Der Ven, Eric Geboers ou Arnaud Demeester.
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Conclusion
Even if he'Enduro was, is, and will remain a professional operationmotion of the city, traders know that it is one of the busiest days of the year. The durability and survival of the event are first and foremost due to this and not at all to the city’s particular enthusiasm for motorcycling…
L'Enduropale remains a very big meeting place for many generations of bikers and enthusiasts.
Registration for the 2023 edition is open, for all events.
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