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The participants of the Sporting Commissions in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy)   The FIM Europe Commission Meetings continued today with the second  session of Sporting Commissions, which followed the first session of Sporting Commissions in October and which will be followed by the Non-Sporting Commissions next January. The meeting was held, as in the past, in Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, near Rome (Italy). In this second session, the meeting of Road Racing, Track Racing, Motoball and Vintage were held, with the participation of the FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb, of Sporting Council Chairman Martin de Graaff and of FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco. Joining the meeting, also Oriol Puig Bulto, Director of International Technical Commission of FIM, Armando Castagna, Director of Track Racing Commission of FIM, and Arjan Van Eekelen, member of FIM CCR Commission.   Road Racing The main proposals were about Mini Road Racing and Stock 250 class. As for Mini Road

  The official calendars for the 2016 European Motocross Championships EMX250 and EMX300, have been updated: the date of Valkenswaard has changed from the 17th April to the 27th and 28th March (Sunday and Monday). Below, all the official dates and locations.    

David Abgrall (Photo @Robert Pairan) Today at the final round of the Enduro European Championship in Rüdersdorf (Berlin) the new European champions were crowned. Big winner was the Brit Tom Sagar, who had already won the championship of E2-class yesterday: being the fastest rider of the second day, he also won the title in the Overall-class. And he had to step up the podium for the third time, when the British gained the third place in the team-championship.In the E3-class the second place behind Rony Nikander was enough for the Swedish Martin Sundin on his Husqvarna to win the championship. Sundin finished the race three positions ahead of his rival Radek Toman.In the three junior-classes the first title was decided by a failure during the first course: Patrick Markvart, who had taken the lead in the Junior-E1-class yesterday (when Pellegrinelli did not finish the race because of an accident)  had to

Xavi Vierge fighting with Tetsuta Nagashima Under an overcast sky, but with mild temperatures and a strong wind rather than the expected heavy rain, over ten thousand motorcycle racing fans gathered at the Circuito de Jerez to enjoy the seventh event of the FIM CEV Repsol calendar. In the Moto2 European Championship Xavi Vierge looks a strong contender for the title after winning today. Carmelo Morales adds the Superbike European Championship title to his resume, after taking first position in both “Intense” is the only way to sum up the Moto2 European Championship race. A fierce battle for control erupted right from the light: the explosive Tetsuta Nagashima (JPN-Kalex) and Xavi Vierge (SPA-Tech3) were instantly on the front, with the Spanish rider making up 5 positions in a flash. With this pair at the head of the race, Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex) - leader of the category – slipped back to

The European Classic Endurance Cup ended with great success yesterday at Motorland Aragon in Spain. Good weather, a fabulous track, perfect organization and an exciting race, were the ingredients that made this event a perfect finish for the DG Sports promoted cup. After 4 hours of racing, with only one minor accident without any problem for rider and bike, the winners were Mertens and Simpson from the Sweatshop Phase One I team for the Maxi Classic class, Boos, Nerge and Pfautsch from the German Guzzi Classic Team in the Classic 1000 class and Struck, Sieg and Bohmhauer from the Capelli Belli team in the 750TT class. With these Aragon results, the European Classic Endurance Cup final classification is the following:Maxi Classic was won by the Sweatshop Phase One I team, followed by Team Force and Sweatshop Phase One II team; Classic 1000 was won by Scuderia Officine Toscane, followed by

Maurizio Micheluz  (Photo @Robert Pairan) The conditions for the Enduro-European-Championship in Rüdersdorf (East of Berlin) today have been perfect: the weather was not too warm but sunny enough to provide  grip to the riders. The three courses of over 60 kms foresaw three special-tests which meant more than 1 hour test-time.The first title was decided in the morning, when the Yamaha of the E1 rider Jonathan Rossé from Switzerland had an electric failure in the very first test. Rossé could not finish and gave the Italian Maurizio Micheluz the chance to defend his title in the E1-Class. Which he did, even if local rider and wild card Edward Hübner gained the win of the race in front of the Husqvarna-rider Micheluz.Also in the E2-Class we already have the new European champion: the Brit Tom Sagar did not only win the E2-Class, but the Overall as well. With this result the KTM-rider

Edgar Pons Despite the unpromising forecast, the weather was partly favourable for the FIM CEV Repsol today in Jerez, with riders of the two categories enjoying one session with a totally dry track though the other was affected by rain. The prevailing wind hampered the day’s qualifying sessions from beginning to end, which nevertheless left Pons in Moto2 and Morales in Superbike out in front despite the inclement weather.In the first session of the Moto2 European Championship Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex) was quickest, but in the second Tetsuta Nagashima (JPN-Kalex) put in the fastest time. However, the best times were posted in the morning sun, as the rain began to fall 20 minutes into the second session. In pole position tomorrow will be championship leader, Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex), accompanied by Alan Techer (FRA-Tech 3) and Tetsuta Nagashima (JPN-Kalex) on the front row. Behind them come Luca Marini (ITA-Kalex), Anthony West (AUS-FTR)

The last race of 2015 for the European Classic Series started on Friday October 30th with the 4  hours of Aragon at the Motorland Aragon circuit. With perfect weather and a very good organization, the riders had 3 sessions of free practices followed by 3 sessions of qualifying plus a one hour night practice.From the 28 teams that started the day, 27 qualified for the race which will start today, Saturday, at 16.35.    The best lap times were made by bike number 4 from the Sweatshop Phase One team with Stéphane Mertens and Ian Simpson in the Maxi Classic class; bike number 333 from the Scuderia Officine Toscane with Emiliano Bellucci and Oreste Zaccarelli  in the Classic 1000 class; bike number 112 from the Capelli Belli team with Eckhard Struck, Manfred Sieg and Robert Bohmhauer in the 750TT class.We expect an exiting race as the final win in class

Tom Sagar (Photo @Robert Pairan) More than 130 riders from the Enduro European Championship took the start on Friday evening with the prologue of the final competition in the German city of Rüdersdorf (east of capital Berlin). Inside the industrial museum the parc ferme was hosted inside the historical buildings und the track of the Test was along the Buelow canal.It became dark very early and the veteran Werner Müller from Austria was the first to set the best time, which hold for more than one hour.On the tough track the old champion had no problems, but the respect of the big crowd watching this test.At the end was it the Brit Tom Sagar to set the very fastest time among all the riders with a gap of 3,6 seconds on Jaromir Romancic from Czech Republik and the French Rudy Cotton.But this test was only the prelude to two days of

The participants of the FIM Africa General Assembly - Photo @Bob Dewar FIM Europe President Dr Wolfgang Srb has attended the General Assembly of FIM Africa in the Emperors Convention Centre in Johannesburg, held on 23/24 October, representing the FIM. Federations from Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and  Madagascar were present and discussed general African issues as well as relevant topics related to their regions. The second day saw the meetings of the various Commissions, i.e. Sporting Commission (Enduro/Cross Country Working Group, Motocross Working Group), Women in Motorcycling, Environment & Medical Panel and Leisure, Touring & Road Safety Commission.“It was most interesting to take part in the FIM Africa General Assembly”, stated Dr Srb. “The issues are almost the same as in Europe and other parts of the world; quality and number of events, sporting and technical rules, medical and environmental standards, licenses and insurance, participation of