the prefecture takes legal action after the “sabotage” of a motorcycle race

The Creuse prefecture seized the public prosecutor of Guéret after the “sabotage” of a motorcycle race in the department on Saturday November 5, she announced in a press release on Monday November 7. An investigation will automatically be opened to “turn on the light” on the events that caused several injuries, says France Bleu Creuse.

The prefect Virginie Darpheuille “condemns without nuance” them “incidents that have marred” the En’duo Limousin race. “They are unacceptable because they could have had dramatic human consequences, and the people who a priori voluntarily modified the waymarking of the course could not have been unaware that they were potentially endangering the participants”she believes.

The prefect would like to remind you that the route of the race has been made “in consultation and transparency with all stakeholders for several months” and that the organizers knew “adjust” the route according to requests, in particular from the National Forestry Office and the French Biodiversity Office. She also points out that“no appeal has come to contest” the prefectural decree authorizing the event.

The organizers of the En’duo Limousin race denounce a “sabotage” because the markup of the course was modified, arrows were removed or returned, which confused the 430 participants. Bikers got lost, some were found 30 km from the finish. The race was stopped around 7 p.m. for security, the last participant was picked up five hours later, in the middle of the night. Two suffered minor injuries and several were found hypothermic.

On Saturday, around twenty environmental activists mobilized to block the passage of the race at the level of Gentioux, so that the motorcycles did not pass through the Natura 2000 zone, but they ensured that they had nothing to do with the modification. arrowing.