Le Pen arrived for a visit at the invitation of the "Dijamant" motorcycle club from Arandjelovac, about 70 kilometres southeast of Belgrade.
"The news that a sports event of international importance in our town could be opened by French far-right leader whose name often pops up in the context of resurrection of fascism in Europe, was received with disbelief and indignation," the local branch of Serbian President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party said in a statement.
The Democrats from Vrsac called on the municipal head not to allow such an "incident" leave a permanent mark on the town. They pleaded with the municipal head not to honour the man who was an embarrassment to France.
Le Pen is president of the far-right National Front party and perennial candidate for the presidential elections. He is known for advocating contentious viewpoints and policies: including the reinstatement of the death penalty, a revisionist approach to history (including Holocaust denial), incentives to encourage women to stay at home and have children rather than work, strong restrictions on immigration to France from countries outside Europe, compulsory military service, strict censorship of the cinema and the arts as well as withdrawal or at least far greater independence from the European Union.