Jean-Claude Moussé

Jean-Claude Moussé (2 September 1971-) is a retired French motorcycle racer and team manager who specialised in motocross and sand racing. He won the Enduro du Touquet four times and was a three time winner of the French Sand Racing Championship. Moussé is co-organiser of the Beach-Cross de Berck.

Biography Moussé was born on 2 September 1971 in Épernay, Marne, France. He started riding motorcycles at age 11.

Racing career

Moussé started competitive riding in 1984 in the Flanders Motocross Championship where he was coached by French motocross rider . the Rond'Europe à Fort-Mahon and the Enduro des Baïnes. He also finished 3rd in the French Elite Championship. He rode a KTM in 2005 but switched back to Honda in 2006. and won the Endurance des Lagunes de Saint-Léger de Balson, the GURP TT de Grayan-et-l'Hôpital and the French Sand Racing Championship. The victory sealed his winning of the French Sand Racing Championship. The following year bad weather hit the Enduropale again, this time wind and rain. The winds caused the tide to come in faster than expected causing parts of the course to be under water and race was shortened by 50 minutes. Moussé was in the lead on the final lap and crashed just before the line and Milko Potisek took the flag. After an hour's deliberation the organisers decided that as the red flag had already been shown the results should be taken from the end of the previous lap, giving Moussé his fourth victory in the event. The victory secured his winning of the French Sand Racing Championship for the third year running. Moussé was leading after the first day in Morocco and eventually finished third in the competition.

Now aged 44, Moussé announced his retirement at the end of 2015, stating that the 2016 Enduropale would be his last race.

Post-retirement After retiring from top-level riding, Moussé became head of the Off-Road Sports Program for Yamaha France until he stepped down in 2023. Moussé also started designing the course for the Beach-Cross de Berck, and in 2024 Moussé, along with Denis Guérin, promoter of the French Sand Racing Championship, took over organising the event.

Although retired from racing, Moussé continues to compete in the Vintage class at Le Touquet.