essential 150 pilots among the best in Occitanie are expected on Sunday, May 11, 2025 on the Massicot circuit. A high level test implemented by the unfailing commitment of the volunteers of the Moissagais Motoclub. Report in the preparations for the competition.
To go to the promised land of mechanics enthusiasts, you must have a minimum of the meaning of orientation. first, get out of Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne) by the eastern commercial area, direction Lafrançaise, taking the Route de la Mégère. Once the locality has passed, a roundabout makes it possible to branch off on the D56, otherwise named Route de Lalande. This is where the hillsides of the Uval city stand.
After 600 meters, turn left on the Chemin de Gibrou. We then run along the farms of the fruit which makes the sector renown: the famous Chasselas. The road is built for a few hectometers. Figures appear. We guess just behind a parking lot. It is there, on the right, that the long -awaited Gaspale circuit appears. In Montescot.
A trace of 1.7 km
Under a blue sky, the sun highlights a magnificent circus, Friday May 9, 2025. This is where, two days later and if the weather conditions allow, the best pilots in the region will start their Occitania motocross championship. Because the first two stages, in the Gard and the Gers, had to be canceled, the fault of the precipitation.
On a 1.7 km route, nearly 150 pilots will compete. The start is done at the bottom of the hill, behind the grids provided for this purpose. It is then necessary to tame the many turns, often pinned, jumps and elevation, to hope to cross the finish line first. Provided that thunderstorms, planned by Météofrance, were only triggered until the beginning of the evening, like the previous week …
“The track must have a texture of plasticine”
In the cabin of his mechanical shovel, Filipe Coelho, the president of the Moto Club Moissagais, is hard at work. He is working on the track so that it is perfect. “This is the event of the year for us, he salivated, hoping to go between the drops announced. So we do the maximum to show our know-how.” A long -term job started the previous week with a thumbs up.
- In this last week, he and a dozen volunteers (Gaby, Romain, the two Nico, Serge or even José, the two ancients) pamper the earth to make it as efficient as possible. “He makes her have a modeling texture, compares Nico, his brushcutor in hand. In this case, the pilots can run hard, take more pleasure and transmit to the spectators,” explains the one who will have the pride to see his son aim for the podium in his category.
“The top level”
Nothing is left to chance. Here, the parking lot for the commissioners and the athletes. A little further, the refreshment bar and the catering. The ancients also make the effort to reopen it. A little further, the parking space for spectators. The top of the track is the privileged spot for an overview of competitions.
This Occitania championship is a reward for the structure which has a hundred licensees every year. “The Prestige category is really the top level”, saliva the president.
Volunteers united by the same passion
“It allows us to make the big annual facelift,” says Nico. The rest of the year, small touch -ups are provided before each training, one Sunday per month. Then during internships for young people and the one who was organized during the spring holidays.
At noon break, all volunteers share a well -deserved meal, before getting back to work. The little jokes are fuse, good humor is there. “We are united by the same passion, we push together to do the best possible things. It is really motivating that everyone goes in the same direction,” congratulates the president.
At the end of the day, the majority of the work will be carried out. There will only be the finishes to finish on the eve of the competition. Then it will be the arrival of pilots, machines and officials. Before races on Sunday. It will then be time to come back to a daily basis. With the feeling of accomplished duty.
