Le Touquet Beach Race

start straight is 7km long. hole shot was won by a fireblade engined special.

watched the whole thing live on tv.

I think I saw a couple passing by but not sure! That's a lot of bikes!

http://www.stage6.com/user/dee_fanatic/video/2190676/

Holeshot won by some kind of fireblade/crf hybrid thyngie

mms://a988.v101995.c10199.e.vm.akam...f/videotheque/regions/nord/F75C4_holeshot.wmv

BelgiqueBasterd said:

Holeshot won by some kind of fireblade/crf hybrid thyngie

mms://a988.v101995.c10199.e.vm.akam...f/videotheque/regions/nord/F75C4_holeshot.wmv

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Honda CBR 900 Fireblade Wins Le Touquet Enduro Holeshot
Posted 18:25:51 Monday, February 4th, 2008
Filed under Honda Racing
Author: Mike Werner | Location: Normandy, France


The famous Le Touquet Enduropale beach enduro is always an event to see the best of the best riding the best off-road motorcycles. Part of the race, and good for €1500 prize money, is the holeshot, which is some 7.5 kms from the start. Usually, the motorcycles that are trying to win the holeshot are specially prepared, high performance, motorcycles, like the BMW 1200 HP2, or KTM 950's, anything with a big engine that can power the rider along the beach at speeds in excess of 200 kph.

But the 2008 edition of the Le Touquet beach enduro saw an unusual motorcycle take part in the holeshot race, AND win. The motorcycle is not originally an off -road one, it's a Honda 900 CBR Fireblade!



Piloted by Mickael Cavalioska, the street motorcycle had been modified to run in the deep sand, capable of 230 kph, 10 kph more than its closest rivals.

So there you go, a Honda CBR900 Fireblade wins the Le Touquet Enduropale holeshot, a first! As for the race, it didn't go further than the 1st lap.