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In the photo, Alessandro Sambuco and Ignacio Verneda in front of the new FIM building in Mies, in which the FIM offices will be operative in few days. Maintain and facilitate the flow of activities according to the pyramid model in our International Sports Organization: this is definitely one of the main goals that the Administrations of FIM and FIM Europe have set in their executive activities. And exactly with this aim today in Mies was held one of the meetings, scheduled on a regular basis between the FIM CEO Ignacio Verneda and FIM Europe Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco.The tools to facilitate the aforementioned flow are several:• institutional • sports-organizational• economic-financial• regulatory.In particular, in today's meeting important themes were treated on which FIM and FIM Europe are particularly busy in these days:• international licenses• insurance• education and training• services to Federations"I am really pleased with the good willingness to work together in favour

Photo by Giulio Farinola The European Vintage Trial Cup took place in Folgaria, Italy, with the organization of Moto Club Neumarkt Egna. It was the only venue of the season, so the winners of the various classes are the new European Champions. Many riders were present, mostly Italians, but some foreign riders were riding as wild card.In the class Vintage Pre 65 the winner was Jose Maria Martinez Anaya, in the Gentlemen Pre 78  Antonio Sangiorgio, in the Gentlemen class Rodolfo Arrigoni Anesetti, in the Vintage Clubman Valter Feltrinelli, in the Vintage Expert Pre 78 Enzo Afri, in the Vintage Expert Gianni Tabarelli De Fatis, in the Vintage Mono Class, Moreno Piazza.Full standings on FIM Europe website:http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/125

Ian King @Sanson & Hughes The weekend saw the closing round of the FIM Europe Drag Bike Championship at Santa Pod Raceway, England. FIM Europe Top Fuel Bike attracted eleven entries, with multi-time series champion Ian King qualifying in the number one spot and the quickest run of the event with a 5.9000s/242.77 mph run, with the home rider then progressing to reset the terminal speed record at 236.21 mph (as a consequence of the latter being over the previous record but not being within one percent of the faster time). King progressed to the final where he would meet incoming points leader Rikard Gustafsson with the winner determining the outcome of the championship. Gustafsson left the line first onboard his Suzuki Funnybike, but within a couple of hundred feet the power of King’s nitromethane supercharged Gulf Oil/Grand Prix Originals Puma Yamaha drove him past to take the event trophy

Photos by Herman Jakolic The city of Sentvid, in Slovenia, hosted the last round of European Motocross Open Championship. In MX2 red plate holder and local hero Tim Gajser won after holeshot at start in front of a great number of spectators. At his shoulders, there was a strong battle among top 4 riders: Bartos, Michalec, Michek and Tyletski, who where reached by Molnar. After half race Bartos made a mistake and fell back to 10th position. He will finish in 8th. At the same time the other Czech rider Michek finished second before local Molnar, Belarusian Tyletski and Czech Michalec. After this result, at the start of the last heat, the championship had a new leader: Michek, 3 points ahead of Bartos. For the 3rd place it will be a fight between Michalec and Tyletski with only 3 points of difference, too. The second heat started again with a

The 90th edition of the International Six Days of Enduro 2015 (ISDE) has been opened officially with a presentation of the teams in the center of Kosice (eastern Slovakia). From 7th to 12th of September close to 500 riders from 32 Federations will compete in the longest standing and most traditional team event of Enduro. Earlier in the afternoon the representatives from the teams, as well as FIM President Vito Ippolito, FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb and SMF President Peter Smižik were invited by the mayor of Kosice Richard Raši to the townhall for an official reception.“Team events are the most special competitions. The best riders of a Country race together, once a year, with pride for their national colors. The ISDE is the toughest competition one can imagine, and after six days every finisher is a hero" stated Dr. Wolfgang Srb. "The event will take place for the

The start of Moto2 Overcast skies and the constant threat of rain at Albacete in the fifth round of the season failed to curb the enthusiasm of fourteen thousand fans or the determination of the riders who were the real protagonists today. With the track still damp after overnight rain but gradually drying out, winners Vierge in the Moto2 European Championship and Silva and Morales in the Superbike European Championship were all forced to ride rather cautiously. In the Moto2 European Championship race, Xavi Vierge (SPA-Tech 3) and Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex) pulled away from the off, staying together right to the end of the race, with Vierge leading and Pons close behind looking for an opening which he eventually took with five laps to go. But in the end it was the Targobank Motorsport rider who passed the finish line first after taking back the lead from the Páginas Amarillas

Xavi Vierge set the pole position in Moto2 Today’s qualifying sessions for the FIM CEV Repsol meeting in Albacete took place under patchy skies, with early cool temperatures gradually warming up as the day went on. In the European Moto2 Vierge posted the best time, as did Morales in the Superbike European Championship, the two riders earning pole positions in their respective races tomorrow. Xavi Vierge (SPA-Tech3) will take the first place on the Moto2 European Championship grid ahead of Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex) tomorrow. The Targobank Motorsport rider led in both sessions, breaking the streak of poles garnered by category leader, Edgar Pons (SPA-Kalex), who starts from second position this time round. As the afternoon session went on, Alan Techer (FRA-Tech 3) drove down his time bit by bit to finally set his fastest lap three from the end. Of the Superstock 600 riders, Marcos Ramírez stood out. Carmelo Morales

In the photo, the start of the EMX Open in Orehova Vas, Slovenia, last June The final round of the European MX Open Championship is hosted by the city of Sentvid pri Sticni, on a unique oldschool racetrack in the middle of a beautiful area in Slovenia. Because of bad weather the qualifying race scheduled for today was cancelled and instead a qualifying time-practice was held. Local hero and also FIM MX2 red plate holder Tim Gajser was the fastest, before the Belarusian Tyletski and Slovenian Molnar. The three Czech leaders of the championship, Bartos, Michek and Michalec, qualified respectively in 7th, 4th and 6th position. The championship title is open to 5 competitors who mathematically can win. The leader Bartos ha only 6 points of advantage on Michek. There are great expectations for an extreme trilling final, thanks also to the weather forecast, which announces better conditions for tomorrow.

Photo courtesy of www.slovakiaring.sk The event of the European Vintage Regularity Cup in Holic (Slovakia) which was scheduled on September 26th has been cancelled due to the reconstruction works of the Holic Castle. The event has been rescheduled and will be held at Slovakiaring (Slovakia) on Monday 12th October 2015.    

From the left, David Luongo, Youthstream Director, the new European Champions Jorge Prado Garcia (EMX125), Emil Weckman (EMX150), Nick Kouwenberg (EMX250) and Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President - Photo ©Youthstream.   ASSEN (The Netherlands), 30 August 2015 – The final rounds of the world’s number one amateur motocross series, the European Championships EMX250 and EMX125, took place amidst the epicness of the MXGP of The Netherlands this weekend. Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Damon Graulus and Sahkar KTM Racing’s Jago Geerts won the battle on the amazing circuit, which was remarkably built in five days on the infield of the iconic Dutch TT circuit in Assen but it was J-Tech Honda’s Nick Kouwenberg and KTM Factory Juniors Jorge Prado who won the war with their clinching of the gold plates. “It was a most impressive weekend on the unique and outstanding circuit of Assen”, stated Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President. “The track was