So, 30 years ago last weekend.....

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30 years ago, in France, the first "Roc d'Azur"…

Was that the first French' MTB event or were there earlier races? I ask because it is interesting to draw comparisons with early UK race events.



Reports of the first UK cross country race say that despite the rain there were about 70 participants. Though many didn't have there own bikes and so borrowed them from the organisers.

Before becoming the big international event, The Roc d'Azur began with only 7 riders in 1984, 30 in 1985… until more than 100000 last year !
The creator of the race, Stéphane Hauvette brought the Mountain bike in France in 1983 and made a first event in the french Alps in La Plagne with Guest Stars like Cyril Neveu, the bike winner of the Paris Dakar raid…
(But MTB ever were in France in the 50ies, with the "Vélo Cross Club Parisien", member of the mtb All of fame since 1999)

And a picture of our museum we built for the last Roc d'Azur, for the 30th birthday of the event…