Circuit des Remparts

Jean-Marc Laffont, President of  the Association du Circuit des Remparts d’Angoulême issued a statement on 16 august announcing the cancellation of the 2020 event. “Despite all our determination, the sudden spike of COVID-19 cases in the last few days has brought with it an ever-increasing number of measures and restrictions that has brought us to the ineluctable conclusion that, due to the very nature of the event, the Circuit des Remparts cannot go ahead this year.

“It is with extreme sadness that we make this announcement, but in view of the large number of people that the event attracts, it is clear it would represent a public health risk, even if all the precautions were followed.

The whole team wants to thank all the volunteers, the partners, the suppliers, and the competitors, who have done so much in the planning of the event.  We start working now on a 2021 event that will be even more successful than the last three that we have had the privilege to organise since 2017.”

The Circuit des Remparts attracts huge crowds from the whole Charente region, and a large number of British competitors, who, at the time the announcement was made, are still under restrictions if they travel to France.