Timoteï Potisek

Timoteï Potisek (1983 to 2009) was a French motorcycle racer who specialised in sand racing, a discipline run on beaches and dunes in northern France. Born on 26 December 1983 in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer in the Nord department into a motorcycling family, he grew up riding alongside his twin brother Mateï and older brother Sergeï, and his father Rudy was a motocross champion who twice finished second in the Enduropale. Potisek won the Enduropale du Touquet in 2006 and again in 2009 and became French Sand Racing Champion in 2008. He also raced in the MX1 class of the Motocross World Championship. He died on 10 December 2009 after a fall while training at Loon-Plage, and the annual Trophée Timoteï Potisek race at Cassel was founded in his memory.