L'Enduro

What is enduro?

Enduro is an all-terrain motorized sport, which is practiced on a registered and approved motorcycle, designed for this purpose. The driver must have a driver's license and insurance.ar evolving on paths open to traffic and having to respect the highway code. The routes of the tests, punctuated by time checks (CH) and passage control (CP), are drawn in the form of loops, to be covered several times, and alternate between rolling paths and passages more technical accidents, called "crossing", in order to make use of the resistance of the men and the reliability of the machines, the goal being for each pilot to reach the time controls in time allocated, under penalty of penalty, whether it is early or late. And, to decide between all the pilots who have "checked in" in the timetable, timed events also punctuate the route. The competitors then set off there, a par one, with the aim of achieving the best possible performance, against the clock.

Drivers are also subject to a number of strict rules, such as no engine, wheel or exhaust swapping, and depending on the event, are often required to to carry out their mechanics, such as changing tyres, themselves, on pain of hourly penalties or exclusion. The events generally take place over one or two days, the winner being the driver with the least final time.

Each rider is placed in a category according to the displacement of his motorcycle, in order to guarantee that machines of equivalent power compete together. Beyond the cubic capacity, an "Elite" classification is established in France for the best pilots, then "Nationals", "Juniors", "Veterans". and "Female". For some years, a category Vintage includes motorcycles with a year of production before 1986. There are then mainly machines equipped with double shock absorber suspensions, air-cooled motors and drum brakes.

Theoretically, enduro can be practiced all year round. However, summer is definitely not the best time. Indeed, several reasons:

- It's too hot, too thirsty!

- The floors are dry, not very adherent and raise a lot of dust.

- The forest massifs can be restricted or closed for fire risks.

- Lots of walkers, hikers, mountain bikers, etc. on paths and trails.

The main events

The world championship, run in a Grand Prix format over a weekend, with around ten GP par year, in various countries. Since 2004 it is called " Enduro World Championship (EWC). Since 2016, a category EnduroGP bringing together the world's best pilots was born.

The IS THE (International Six Days Enduro, called "The 6 Days" par the French), run over a week in a given country. They are disputedar nation, that is to say that we combine the results of the best five out of six members of the Trophy team and three out of four for the Junior team. Since 2017, only four pilots have made up the Elite teams.

National championships (the major enduro nations: Italy, France, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, etc.) .

The so-called "classic" events which welcome a large number of participants of all levels (Trèfle Lozérien, Val de Lorraine Classic, Aveyronnaise Classic, Rand'Auvergne, Enduroself, Endurock', Grappe de Cyrano, Coupe des Couples, En'Duo du Limousin, etc.).

The famous Enduro du Touquet, which became Enduropale, which takes place in the dunes, is not strictly speaking an enduro but rather a mixture of motorcyclecross and off-road endurance.

Between 1992 and 2001, the Gilles Lalay Classic, a race called "the toughest in the world", which took place in France in the Limousin at Peyrat-le-Château. Other countries have their extreme enduro said "Hard Enduro » like the November Käsan in Sweden, the Hell's Gate in Italy, the Romaniacs in Romania, the Roof of Africa in Lesotho and the famous "Erzberg Rodeo".

Since 2015, theAlestrem is a competition that has quickly positioned itself as the French extreme enduro event attracting the best international riders in the discipline. In 2019, only 4 drivers managed to reach the finish, while there were around 200 to have completed the 2 laps…