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Since 1984, the towns of Fréjus and Roquebrune-sur-Agens, in the Var, have staged the Roc d’Azur MTB festival, now one of Europe’s key mountain bike events, a five day celebration of fat tyres.
However, at the end of July, 10,000 hectares of the Maures massif burnt to a cinder in less than 24 hours. Some of the race routes used by the Roc dAzur event were wiped out. Some have been rescued but the 45km randonnée course is completely unusable.
Ccompetitors will ride through routes partly in a green landscape and partly on burnt ground," said Alain Bianchi, director of the races and in charge of the routes for the town of Fréjus.
Havas Sports, the organising company, is donating one euro per competitor – the price of a young sapling to help the reconstruction of the massif.
The mountain bike fraternity wants to see the Roc dAzur restored to its former state, and give back to nature all that it has brought them, said Bianchi.
