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L'Enduro Le Touquet blade - XNUMXfactory .comfind here the history of the very famous race: theEnduro blade of le Touquet 
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L'Enduro blade 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 XNUMX, XNUMX, dubbed Enduro des Sables which brought together XNUMX competitors, open to amateurs and professionals.
For the XNUMX vintage, XNUMX 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 XNUMX – Gulf War and XNUMX - covid health crisis).
The race is part of Champion nat de France sand races. Year by year the competition has become a major event in Europe with XNUMX competitors in XNUMX and more than XNUMX 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 XNUMX, 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 XNUMX, it is the city of Le Touquet via the motorcycle club ETO which takes in hand the organization of the event.
In XNUMX, for the XNUMXth anniversary of the event, theEnduro Vintage is created. Only pre-XNUMX motorcycles are allowed to start.
L'Enduro pale today The event features XNUMX events over XNUMX days: Vintage , Quaduropale, Juniors (XNUMX-XNUMX years), Espoirs (XNUMX-XNUMX years) and theEnduro pale.
L'Enduro pale Vintage Since XNUMX, this race brings together vehicles built before XNUMX. It takes place in XNUMX rounds of XNUMX minutes. It is limited to XNUMX participants. Apart from being able to admire old machines in action, a few former riders took the start, including Arnaud Demeester - XNUMX times winner of the event between XNUMX and XNUMX.
The Quaduropale This race was created in XNUMX. The circuit is almost similar to that of theEnduro blade of Le Touquet. In XNUMX, XNUMX entries lined up at the start line. Since then, the number of entrants has continued to increase.
L'Enduro junior blade Since XNUMX, the FFM has been organizing the eve of theEnduro pale a one-and-a-half-hour, XNUMX-km race for young people ages XNUMX to XNUMX. In XNUMX, XNUMX motorcyclists participated.
L'Enduro pale hopes Appointed Enduro pale Kids when it was created in XNUMX, it is renamed Enduro pale Hopes in XNUMX. On the same course as the Juniors race, competitors from XNUMX to XNUMX years old compete against each other. In XNUMX, XNUMX drivers signed up.
L'Enduro pale 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 XNUMX 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 XNUMX hours since XNUMX.
Some numbers about theEnduro pale XNUMX people for organization and security
20 nationalities represented
XNUMX engaged motorcycles
Average 
XNUMX XNUMX spectators.
XNUMX XNUMX viewers in front of their screen with a peak of one million for theEnduro pale.
L'Enduro pale, a race open to all? To be able to pretend to rideEnduro pale, 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'Enduro pale remains a very big meeting place for many generations of bikers and enthusiasts.
Registration for the XNUMX edition is open, for all events.
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