Two competitors in the junior motocross race, reserved for competitors aged 13 to 17, had to be evacuated by helicopter this Saturday. The first of the two young pilots, entered on the beach at Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais) where the famous event founded by Thierry Sabine takes place every year.
Firefighters had to cut one of his boots on the spot to intervene. The day before, a competitor in the vintage race, where only motorcycles dating from before 1996 can take the start, was also airlifted. Victim of an open fracture of the femur.