On the streets of Jerez the first bikers began to be seen after three years of not going to the mecca of motorcycling due to pandemic restrictionsand from the four corners of Spain and from Europe or from countries as far away as Australia or Japan, a mob wearing leather overalls prepares to paint the roads of southern Andalusia.
There is a huge desire for motorcycles among fans, who in the last two editions of the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix could not get to the Jerez-Ángel Nieto Circuit when this sporting event was held behind closed doors.
“I haven’t missed it since ’95,” a follower from Granada told Efe, for whom the last two years have been a “long wait” that is “finally over”narrates with enthusiasm as he puts his motorcycle on the sidewalk ready to “have fun, here with the wines” and is this Friday on the circuit at the start of Grand Prix training.
Bikers are eager to enjoy this cycling festival, which since 1987 has been an uninterrupted appointment on the Jerez circuit and after the pandemic is once again a nest on the city streets and in the nearest municipality.
Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, BMW, Kawasaki, Aprilia … The combination of motorcycles is diverse and motley in Jerez from Thursday afternoon and not just the ones known as ‘R’, replicas of the models running on the Jerez circuit this weekend. Other bikers go for a walk wearing their ‘custom’ type frames, in the style of the American film ‘Easy Rider’ (1969).
Hoteliers hope the town of Jerez will be a “fiesta” again. “It’s time, after all we’ve been through”, Excited observation of a waiter as he placed the furniture on the terrace of his bar.
Exhibitions are organized on Álvaro Domecq Avenue, the nerve center of the biker caravan, every Friday and Saturday afternoon. In the Cloisters of Santo Domingo, another area of interest is the classic motorcycle exhibition, which is open through Sunday. In addition, gatherings at biker clubs and rock concerts enhance the program of activities in parallel with the Grand Prix.
Jerez GP in 2019 gathered more than 150,000 spectators over its three-day celebration and trips to the motorcycle capital reached 330,000, according to official figures provided by the organization.
Just arrived from Murcia, a young woman took off her helmet who was amazed at the reception. The exhaust pipes compete with each other to see which is the strongest, the fairings glow in the sun and the tires slip in chaos. Three years later, Jerez smells octane again.
Source: La Verdad
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