Camille Chapelière
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| Born | June 20, 1994 Bayeux, Normandy, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | CC918, CamChap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | Yamaha France, KTM, CC Motorsports, Gravity, Suzuki France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016 French Sand Racing Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camille Chapelière, know as CC918[1] and CamChap,[2] is a French off-road motorcycle racer. He has competed in motocross, sand racing, enduro and rally raid, including the Dakar Rally. He has also competed in the off-road electric motorcycle FIM E-Xplorer World Cup. In 2016 he won the French Sand Racing Championship (CFS).
Biography
[edit]Chapelière was born on 20 June 1994 in Bayeux, Normandy, France. He rode his first motorcycle when he was 4 years old.[1]
Racing career
[edit]Chapelière won the French 85cc Motocross Championship in 2008. He also won the Minivert title after having 7 wins in the season. The next year he moved up to the French 125cc championship. In 2011 he finished 4th in the French Junior MX Championship despite missing 3 rounds due to a shoulder injury.[1]
In 2012 Chapelière competed in the junior category at the Enduropale du Touquet, where he finished 3rd and won the Pirelli Trophy. The next year he joined the French Elite Motocross Championship in the MX2 class.[3]
Concentrating on sand racing, Chapelière competed in the French Sand Racing Championship and the open class of the Enduropale in 2014. In 2015 he was in the lead of the French Sand Racing Championship heading into the finale at Le Touquet where he missed a refueling stop and his bike stopped. He had to settle for 2nd place in the championship. During the off-season he was coached by 1997 Enduropale winner David Hauquier in preparation for the 2016 season.[1]
In 2016 Chapelière won at Ronde des Sables Hossegor-Capbreton and GURP TT de Grayan-et-l'Hôpital. A third place at the Enduropale saw him crowned French Sand Racing Champion.[3]
Chapelière joined the factory KTM team in 2017.[1] After KTM withdrew from sand racing in 2020 Chapelière and his father, Eric Chapelière, set up CC Motorsports with the support of KTM dealer Baines Moto. As well as Chapelière, the team ran a number of riders in the junior categories.[4]
In 2018 Chapelière finished 3rd in the Enduropale.[1] He also competed in the Enduro del Verano in Argentina. To prepare for the race he arrived a week early and practiced in the dunes.[5] He finished 4th in the race.[6]
Chapelière won the 2019 Enduro du Mazagan.[7]
Turning to rally raid, Chapelière competed in the 2020 Andalucía Rally, finishing 4th in the Rally2 class. This qualified him to enter the 2021 Dakar Rally where he finished 22nd overall[2] and 9th in his class. He also compete in the 2021 Rallye du Maroc but was forced to retire. He finished 22nd (9th in class) in the 2022 Dakar Rally.[8] Chapelière had to retire after the 4th stage of the 2023 Dakar Rally due to a torn left bicep.[9]
In 2023 Chapelière entered the inaugural FIM Sand Races World Cup and finish the series in 4th place.[10] The following year he finished 7th.[11]
Chapelière also entered another inaugural series in 2023, the FIM E-Xplorer World Cup, an off-Road series for electric motorcycles. A team competition with each team consisting of a male and a female rider. Chapelière rode for the Gravity Team, initially partnered by Tjasa Fifer[12] and then by six-time FIM women's motocross world champion Kiara Fontanesi. The Chapelière/Fontanesi partnership won 3 rounds and the team finished 2nd in the series.[13]
At the end of 2024 Chapelière joined the Suzuki France team.[14]
In 2025 Chapelière had another attempt at the Enduro del Verano. He finished 4th riding a Fantic.[15]
Results
[edit]FIM Sand Races World Championship results
[edit]| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | Position |
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| FIM Sand Races World Cup | |||||||||
| 2023 | KTM | LTO Ret | EDV 2 | MGS 4 | 33 | 4th | |||
| 2024 | KTM | LTO Ret | RLP 7 | BSS Ret | MGS 7 | RHC 7 | 47 | 7th | |
| Gas Gas | EDV 2 | ||||||||
| FIM Sand Races World Championship | |||||||||
| 2025 | Suzuki | LTO Ret | EDI Ret | BSS 25 | HOS | MGS | LTO | 1 | 55th |
| Sources:[11][16] | |||||||||
FIM E-Xplorer World Cup results
[edit]| Year | Team | Female rider | BAR | CRA | VOL | SAR 1 | SAR 2 | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gravity | Tjasa Fifer | 8 | 4 | 96 | 2nd | |||
| Kiara Fontanesi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sources:[12][13] | |||||||||
Rally raid results
[edit]| Year | Event | Bike | Class | Class position | Overall position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Andalucía Rally | KTM 450 Rally | Rally2 | 4th | 28th |
| 2021 | Dakar Rally | KTM 450 Rally | Rally2 | 9th | 22nd |
| Rallye du Maroc | KTM 450 Rally | Rally2 | Ret | Ret | |
| 2022 | Dakar Rally | KTM 450 Rally | Rally2 | 2nd | 19th |
| 2023 | Dakar Rally | Husqvarna FR 450 Rally | Rally2 | Ret | Ret |
| Sources:[8][17] | |||||
French Sand Racing Championship results
[edit]| Year | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 2nd |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ? | 1st |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 519 | 9th |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 455 | 11th |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2270 | 3rd |
| 2020 | Not run (COVID-19) | ||||
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1740 | 13th |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 184th |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1210 | 55th |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1495 | 22nd |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1455 | 17th |
| Sources | [3][18][19][20] | ||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Camille Chapelière al EDV" [Camille Chapelière to the EDV]. crossprensa.com (in Spanish). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- 1 2 Benhamou, Charles (26 July 2021). "Essai Dakar : KTM 450 Rally Camille Chapelière -" [Dakar test: KTM 450 Rally Camille Chapelière]. Enduro Magazine (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Camille Chapelière". Yamaha Community (in French). 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "CC Motorsports : le nouveau team KTM pour le sable" [CC Motorsports: the new KTM team for the sand]. Pilote de Sable (in French). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Camille Chapelière, el francés que busca la gloria en Villa Gesell" [Camille Chapelière, the Frenchman who seeks glory at Villa Gesell]. Red Bull (in Spanish). 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Enduro del Verano 2018 : les résultats Motos" [Enduro del Verano 2018: Motorcycle Results]. Pilote de Sable (in French). 25 February 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Parasole tercero en el Enduro du Mazagan" [Parasole third in the Enduro du Mazagan]. FuelUniverse (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Chapelière Camille". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "Moto/Rallye. « Je ne peux pas continuer » : blessé, le Landais Camille Chapelière abandonne le Dakar 2023" [Motorcycle/Rally. "I can't continue": injured, Camille Chapelière from Landes abandons the 2023 Dakar Rally]. SudOuest.fr (in French). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Coupe du Monde 2022" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- 1 2 "2024 FIM Sand Races World Cup Rankings". www.fim-moto.com. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- 1 2 "2023 FIM E-Xplorer World Cup Round 2 Results". Cycle News. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- 1 2 Bluhm, Tobias (19 September 2023). "Electric motocross series E-Xplorer concludes first season in Sardinia - Team MIE wins title - e-formula.news". e-formula.news. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ Bayle, Valentin (19 December 2024). "Camille Chapelière rejoint la RM Army" [Camille Chapelière joins the RM Army]. Suzuki Moto | Salle de presse (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Electrizantes definiciones en el Enduro del Verano 2025. Resultados" [Electrifying finishes at the 2025 Summer Enduro. Results]. MotoTime Argentina (in Spanish). 24 February 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "FIM Sand Races World Cup 2023 Moto Rankings". ffmoto.org. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "General classification of Event after Leg 4" (PDF). Andalucía Rally. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via dakarmania.cz.
- ↑ "Palmares de Camille Chapelière" [Camille Chapelière's list of achievements]. motoplanete.com (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "COURSE SUR SABLE - Enduropale 2017, résultats et classement" [SAND RACE - Enduropale 2017, results and standings]. Mototribu (in French). 5 February 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "2018-2019 - CFS - Motos - Scratch" (PDF). ffmoto.org. Retrieved 2 May 2026.