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Following the cancellation of the final round of the Women's Motorcross Championship, the Chairman of FIM Europe Motocross & Snowcross Commission, Mr. Eddie Herd, is delighted to announce that the medal ceremony will now take place on the SkyBox podium on 16th September at the MXGP in Assen, with the kind permission of Youthstream. This event has the FIM WMX class together with MXGP and MX2 and it is planned to have the medal ceremony on the Sunday morning following the WMX winner's ceremony. The WEMX winners are as follows: Gold - Sara Andersen of Denmark (in the photo) Silver - Shana Van Der Vlist of the Netherlands Bronze - Mathea Selebo of Norway. For the 125 2 stroke class the winners are:- Gold - Lyn Valk of the Netherland Silver - Malou Jakoben of Denmark Bronze - Kirstine Valledsen of Denmark.  

Markus Reiterberger (Alpha Racing-Van Zon-BMW) rode to another spectacular win in the European Superstock 1000 Championship, increasing his championship lead to 14 points with just two rounds to go. The German was unstoppable from lights to flag at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, taking his fourth win of the campaign ahead of Maximilian Scheib (Aprilia Racing Team) and Riccardo Russo (Motocorsa Racing). As the lights went out it was a stunning start for Reiterberger as he looked as comfortable as always on his BMW machine, never looking back once he got away from the line. But his competitors were on the hunt for the podium, as Scheib kept one eye on the championship standings looking for second position. Keeping the fight going until the end of the race, there were two stunning battles on the cards for the final podium spots, with Scheib just managing to hold off Russo

The European Individual Grass Track Championship Final was a very hard fought competition staged on an extremely hot evening at the Circuit Jacques Rossignol, at Tayac in the South of France. With each of the 20 riders competing in four qualifying heats, before earning their place in one of three Finals (C, B and A), racing was always going to be hard and fast on the 400 metre track. Unfortunately one of the pre meeting favourites – young Dutchman Romano Hummel – crashed in his first heat, and after receiving medical attention on the track, was then taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg. With the winner and second placed rider of the B Final being elevated into the main A Final, this race was always going to be one of the toughest of the evening. However Czech rider Martin Malek leapt from the tapes, chased by defending European

The Polish national team won the first edition of the European U19 Pairs Cup. The historical gold went to Jakub Miśkowiak, Wiktor Trofimow and Szymon Szlauderbach. The European Cup Par U19 is a completely new event. The historic, first competition consisted only of the final tournament and seven teams competed in the race. Poles showed from the very start that they were the favourites. In the competition, they collected 26 points out of available 30 points in 21 heats. Denmark and Latvia were battling for 2nd and 3rd place the whole meeting long with Denmark having better finish with 23 points over Latvia with 21 points. The meeting was held with no major incidents or accidents. Only some minor crashes happened but without any serious injuries. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/589  

Toby Martyn (Montesa, photo 1) beat his team mate Matteo Grattarola (photo 2) in the second day at Isola 2000, France, third round of the European Trial Championship. Sergio Piardi (Beta, photo 3) and Marcus Kipp (TRS, photo 4) on top in Junior and Over40 class respectively. Still sunny day and still rain in late evening the day before, so the sections dried during the day. Martyn - not too happy of his previous day’s performance - decided to ride quickly and ahead of the group of his rivals, probably in order not to be conditioned by the outcome of the others. And this decision was fruitful for him. He was soon leader at the first deliver of the card: 21 points. Grattarola underestimated some slippery sections and collected 4 ‘five’, ending the loop with 31 marks and was in fourth position, behind Francesc Moret (Montesa) who scored 28 and

Italian riders swept in Isola 2000, France, for the second round of the FIM Europe Trial Championship. Matteo Grattarola (Sembenini Montesa, photo1), Sergio Piardi (Beta, photo2) and Alessandro Brocco (Scorpa, photo3) triumphed respectively in the European Championship and in the, Junior and Over40 class. In a sunny day the wonderful alpine scenario of this small village situated at 2000 mt of altitude stood out more than the usual. Despite forecasting rain in the afternoon, the weather remained almost the same, so many riders hurried up to finish before the rain, but is was worthless. On the contrary due to a heavy rain dropped the day before, some sections were still slippery in the first part of the competition and improved their grip in the second one. Grattarola did not choose any strategy. He was happy to find sections quite difficult because his skill is at the moment higher than any

In one of the warmest days of the year, some of the hottest young talents in Europe were on track in a sunbathed Pardubice in front of around 250 spectators for the SF1 of the Individual Speedway Cup. The track staff worked well to keep the race track in excellent conditions. The final placings were only decided in the last four, hard fought heats. The winner was Polish Szymon Szlauderbach, ahead of Danish Jonas Saifert-Salk and of Latvian Artjoms Trofimovs. A run-off between Jonas Saifert-Salk of Denmark and Artjoms Trofimovs of Latvia saw the riders swap places in the four laps until finally the Dane took the win. The next meeting will be on August 11th at Varkaus, in Finland.  

James Shanes bids to write his own piece of track racing history in the European Grass Track Championship Final at Tayac, in the South of France, the next Saturday evening. The young rider, who lives near Poole on the South coast of England, will attempt a hat-trick of consecutive wins in this championship, a feat achieved previously only by Dutch Jannick De Jong, former World Champion. Only two other men – German Robert Barth and Stephan Katt – have three European crowns to their name, meaning Katt (who is also competing at Tayac), could be the first man to win four European crowns should he triumph in France on Saturday night. Two more contenders have won the title before - British Paul Hurry triumphed back in 2005, while the only previous French winner, Stephane Tressarrieu had his time in the spotlight three years later. The hopes of the host-nation do

Trial riders again on the go in the upcoming weekend. Two days of competitions - counting as number two and three of the 2018 FIM Europe Trial Championship – that will be held in the wonderful alpine scenario of Isola 2000, in France. This small mountain village at 2000 mt of altitude has already hosted many important events concerning this sport - the latest was the Trial des Nations in 2016. The organizers, the Moto Club Grasse, have the fortune to use almost all natural sections, having nearby huge rocks surrounded by pine trees, a very nice picture always appreciated by the spectators. Isola 2000 is very close to Italian border, reachable through the Colle della Lombarda in Cuneo province. It is logic to expect many Italian fans coming to clap Italian riders, who are leading the two most blazoned classes. Matteo Grattarola (Montesa) must defend his first place in

In the weekend from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th June, the follow­ing European races will be held: 5 July - European U19 Individual Speedway Cup SF 1 at Pardubice/Czech Republic 7 July - European U19 Pairs Speedway Cup at Zarnovica/Slovakia 7 July - European Individual Grass Track Championship Final at Tayac/France 7-8 July - Trial European Championship, Over 40 and Junior Cup at Isola 2000/France 7-8 July - Superstock 1000 European Championship and Supersport 600 European Cup at Misano/Italy 7-8 July - Road Race Hill Climb European Championship at Boecourt La Caquerelle/Suisse Matteo Grattarola - Photo © Phototrial.it