Abstract: A tread comprises a central zone with a width of between 70% and 80% of the width W of the tread. The central zone comprises one or more circumferential bands, each being delimited by two grooves of a width greater than or equal to 2 mm, and each comprising a contact surface intended to come into contact with the ground and a plurality of transverse sipes distributed evenly in the circumferential direction. Each sipe has, on the contact surface, a width less than 2 mm so as to define a mean circumferential void ratio, which is between 0.5 times and 1.5 times the ratio between a mean thickness (E) of the circumferential band to a mean circumferential radius of curvature (Rc) of the said circumferential band. The sipes divide the circumferential band into a succession of blocks, each having two edge corners intersecting the contact surface of the circumferential band, at least one of the edge corners of said block extending radially by an inclined part forming a chamfer.