Briefing from Track Inspector – Isde France 2022
DAY 1 / 2 Blue
Link: Isde2022 Day1-2-trackinspector
Here below a brief about the race track, my riding time and special recommandations.
– Start to ST1(Le Puy en Velay): 12 km in around 15′
Asphalt and gravel road
– ST1:(CT – Le Puy) 3,5km in 4’30” – 7′
– ST1 to TC1(Saugues): 37km in 52′
After a few km there are some technical trails in downhill, pay attention to not cut the tight
corner marked with tapes. For environmental issues is important to follow the correct lines.
– TC1 to SP2(ET Saugues): 3,5km in 5′
Gravel road and asphalt
– ST2 (ET – Saugues) 4,5km in 8’00”- 10′
– ST2 to TC2(Langeac): 38km in 56′
In this section there are some tight and technical downhills followed by some short narrow
uphill in the woods. Marshalls will be there. When you arrive to a gravel road is compulsory
to swith off the engine along the downhill, around 500mt until a monastery in the bottom of
the valley.
– TC2 to TC3(Siaugues): 35km in 54′
After 5’ from the Time check there’s a short but technical uphill in the wood followed by a
nice single track downhill. All the rest is quite demanding but nice to ride.
– TC3 to ST3 (CT Siaugues): 4km in 7′
Asphalt and easy trail untill the test.
– ST3: 5,8km in 9’15” – 10
– ST3 to TC4(Langeac): 35km in 48′.
Easy path, nothing special to remark.
– TC4 to ST4(CT Langeac):16km in 27′
Section quite easy until few km from the special test, where there’s a difficult uphill with more
than one line. Marshalls will be there.
– ST4 (Langeac) 4km in 6’30” – 8′
– SP4 to TC5(Saugues): 35km in 49′
Easy trails and gravel road untill the Time check, nothing to remark.
– TC to ST5(CT la Bête): 4,6km in 6′
All asphalt untill the test.
– ST5 (CT La Bête) 4 kmin 7’10” – 9′
– ST5 to PreF: 47km 60′
More and less the same transport done in the morning in the opposite way, except some part
in asphalt for skip the most difficult part.
Special remarks:
Attention to the speed limits and the road rules, especially the one that shows “30 km/h”,
when you pass through the villages not everybody loves motorbikes running all the day in
front of home.
Attention to the STOP signs. Sometimes you ride from a small gravel road and you have to
cross some busy streets and the visibility is not so clear.
Attention to the railway crossing. In someone of them, there are not barriers and the you
must stop to check if the train is passing!
Sometimes you will find some signs that remark you that you are riding in a protected area.
This mean that you have to be consciously you are passing throug a special environmental
zone.
At all the Time checks whith service I always preview around 10’ for the service based on my
riding time without any stops and respecting the speed limit in the open traffic roads.
