Since its inception, the Bol d'or motorcycle endurance race has its fans. We come from all over France to attend the motorcycle festival for 24 hours. Here festive atmosphere, words of young bikers or grilled boar and potato throwing.
Meeting with bikers who came to attend the Bol d'or on the Le Mans circuit. A helmeted girl claims to have chosen this vehicle because she is very independent..." and dressed like that we no longer have sex". A young regular of the Bol d'Or explains that all his salary goes into his motorcycle. He and his boyfriend claim they made a choice between the girls and the bike... Night images of tents planted along the circuit and members of a photo club singing around a campfire. A young enthusiast explains that he came to record the noise of the race...
Several young motorcycle enthusiasts explain why they attend this race: a 14-year-old Swiss teenager who came to the sidecar with her parents; a young girl who would have liked to pass her motorcycle license and who says "Now women do everything that men do... the bike gives a personality"; a young biker who came with his tent. A representative of the police approves these gatherings of young motorcyclists, which allow "to make acquaintances". Images of campers.
Some bikers explain why they came to the Bol d'Or at Le Mans. They love the bike but they also like to get together with friends, in a good atmosphere. Despite the rain, they are happy. Some of them who don’t have a tent will even spend the night outside...
The Bol d'Or takes place this weekend on the Magny-Cours circuit. An endurance race with 50,000 spectators. A good part of them stay camping on the spot. And while the drivers turn on the circuit, a noisy and smoky atmosphere settles in the campsite. Some regulars of the race regret the excesses that can be seen there, while others feel that the biker spirit persists and even that "the atmosphere a little Mad Max that is part of the Bol d'Or"...
In the campsites around Magny Cours, the rain turned the soil into mud. But for a group of bikers from Loir et Cher, friends for fifteen years, the Bol d'Or is also an opportunity to meet. So they decided not to let it get to them. They prepared their traditional méchoui to regain strength in order to hold during the 24 hours of racing and see the night show. They will also put some atmosphere in the campsite with their homemade potato launcher...