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The third round of the Baja European Championship was held at Veszprem, in Hungary and saw a total of 10 participants (4 Bike riders, 6 Quad) in a positive, friendly atmosphere. At the beginning of the race, riders must make a Super Special Stage (SSS). The length of the test was only 11.43 km. The fastest rider of this SSS from Bikes Class was Vladimir Preiss from Slovakia with time 9:18.8 minutes, on KTM, ahead of Richard Hodola from Hungary and Martin Benko from Slovakia. Przemyslaw Pawlowski from Poland set the best result in the Quad Class with time 9:56.7 minutes ahead of Iaroslav Tovstyk and Bogdan Zyrin from Ukraine. In addition two ladies took part to the Quad Class and the fastest in this stage was Olga Rouckova from Czech Republic. According to the FIM Europe Baja Rules participants do not get points in this Super Special Stage but

The Bajas European Championship was held at Ruse, in Bulgaria, with a good organization and with hot temperatures from 33 to 41°C in  the three days. A track of 554 km was prepared and secured by over 70 marshals and a very skilled medical staff. There were 30 competitors on the start (cars, quads, motorcycles) 7 of them in European Championship (6 quads and 1 motorcycle). In the Quad class the winner was Oleksandr Bashynskyi from Ukraine in front of Olga Rouckova, from Czech Republic, who is the leader of the Continental series. Third place for Bogdan Zyrin, from Ukraine (in photo1) In the Motorcycle class, the winner was Lajos Horvarh from Hungary, with his KTM 450 (photo2). Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/404