Camille Chapelière

Camille Chapelière, know as CC918 and CamChap,

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.

In 2018 Chapelière finished 3rd in the Enduropale. He finished 4th in the race.

Chapelière won the 2019 Enduro du Mazagan.

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 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.

In 2023 Chapelière entered the inaugural FIM Sand Races World Cup and finish the series in 4th place. The following year he finished 7th.

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 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.

At the end of 2024 Chapelière joined the Suzuki France team.

In 2025 Chapelière had another attempt at the Enduro del Verano. He finished 4th riding a Fantic.

Results FIM Sand Races World Championship results Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points Position FIM Sand Races World Cup 2023 KTM LTORet EDV2 MGS4 33 4th 2024 KTM LTORet RLP7 BSSRet MGS7 RHC7 47 7th Gas Gas EDV2 FIM Sand Races World Championship 2025 Suzuki LTORet EDIRet BSS25 HOS MGS LTO 1 55th Sources:

FIM E-Xplorer World Cup results

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:

French Sand Racing Championship results

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