Organisers of the Ales Trem Hard Enduro in France have announced a new date in April 17-19, 2026, with the old early season appointment now standing as a non-competitive “experience” event for all-comers on January 24-25.

Ales Trem has been part of the hard enduro calendar for over a decade and stands firmly as a rider favourite. The Southern French race has a long history of rider satisfaction and for attracting the best in the sport with Graham Jarvis, Jonny Walker, Mario Roman, Wade Young all multi-time winners.

New for 2026 Ales Trem does a double-take with two options to ride with the original January date standing now as a non-competitive Ales Trem Xperience event and a new April rendezvous for the main, Hard Enduro race.

That leads us to speculate they have moved away from the early season slot for a reason, which could be as a round of the 2026 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship. The HEWC is long overdue a round in France and, for our money, Ales Trem is the most natural candidate.

No calendar has yet been announced for the 2026 FIM hard Enduro World Championship. The final round of the ’25 season is next weekend, November 20-22 at Roof of Africa.

Ales Trem Xperience

Ales Trem’s little brother, Ales Trem Xperience on January 24-25, 2026, is an event they describe as “an extreme hike open to all” with no timing, no pressure, just a fun and challenging with friends, and with a family spirit. Sounds good and could be an opportunity for the growing amount of bigger bikes, four-strokes and adventure bikes to have a ride out.

Valleys Hard Enduro not part of HEWC

Why are we speculating? Because the opening round of the Hard Enduro World Championship for the previous two years has been at the Valleys Hard Enduro in Wales and that won't be the case in 2026. The race organisers say the race, on May 9-10 next year, will but not be part of the HEWC calendar will go ahead but as a stand alone event again.

Note also that entries for the Valleys Xtreme in January 10-11 are still open.  

Contacts

Ales Trem: https://www.24mx-alestrem.com/en/

Valleys Xtreme: https://valleysxtreme.com/ 

Valleys Hard Enduro: https://valleyshardenduro.com/

 

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