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Le Touquet marks sand race world series start

2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup gets under way this weekend. The eagerly-anticipated 2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup bursts into action this coming weekend (2-4 February) with the legendary Enduropale du Touquet Pas-de-Calais getting the extended six-round series under way on the coast of northern France. There is huge excitement

Le Touquet beach race axed

The famous Le Touquet beach race in northern France has bee cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was set to run on 22-24 January, and there had been talk of running the event without spectators to stay within lockdown rules in France. But it's now been axed. A statement

Moffat’s back in action

By Dick Law. To say that the last six months has been tough for north easterner Matt Moffat would be an understatement in a big way. Last July Matt had a massive crash at Brampton that left in a coma for a couple of days and could have so easily

Five minutes with Jamie McCanney

By Dick Law. In the world of enduro, British riders are on the up and up. And when the world championship series finished last year we had two world champions, a runner-up and a third-place man spread across the three classes. That’s four podium places out of a possible nine

So close for Watson at Le Touquet

By Dick Law. Nathan Watson withstood the pressure of being tipped as the man to beat in this year’s Le Touquet Enduropale by finishing the hardest beach race of them all second to a very happy Milko Potisek who was robbed of the win two years ago by a high

Quads, youths and oldies tackle Le Touquet

By Dick Law. Jeremy Forestier kicked up the sand big time on his way to his first Le Touquet beach race win for Yamaha France while six-times winner and pre-race favourite Jeremie Warnia went out of fifth place with a blown motor with just 30 minutes to go. But heroes of

Can Watson win Le Touquet?

By Dick Law. More than 1500 mad motorcycle racers will be taking to the beach in Northern France for the world’s biggest and best beach race at Le Touquet this weekend where speeds reach over 100mph on the wet sand as part of lap which takes more than 20 minutes

Martens prepares for Le Touquet

After his horror crash at the MXGP of Germany where he smashed his leg, Yentel Martens has a new goal and that's to win the Le Touquet beach race. Check out this cool video of his preparations and hear about his return to racing. Photo by JP Acevedo

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