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Day 1 - The 1st stage of the European Baja Championship started in Oleshky desert, Ukraine. It was a historical moment for Ukraine and Europe. The first day of the “Boss Baja Ukraine” began traditionally with a Super Special Stage (SSS) and Super Stage (SS), lenght of the tests was 12,1 km and 33,3 km long. In the extremely hot weather conditions the fastest rider from 8 participants who take part in European Championship in the bikes class was Anton Chornyi from Ukraine with time 40:13,48 , racing with KTM bike. In the same time Arcadiusz Lindner from Poland set the best result in the Quad Class with time 45:44,37 driving with BRP Renegate 800 vehicle. Also a female rider, Olga Rouckova from Czech Republic, competed in the Quad Class. For the riders it was a pretty interesting and hard day due to hot weather (41° C) and nature conditions.

The European U21 Individual Speedway Championship Semi-Final was held at Plzen, in Czech Republic, in very cloudy, windy weather, in front of around 500 spectators. The meeting was good, thanks to the professional job of the organising club, with interesting heats, except the heat 17 where Russian rider Gleb Chuganov spun and crashed while leading the race. As a result he broke his right ankle. The victory of Dan Bewley was impressive - he won the meeting with the maximum score (15 points). Second position for Dominik Kubera ahead of Viktor Trofymov, both from Poland. A run off was necessary for the 6th place, which was won by Russian Arsian Fayzulin, which will allow him to participate as reserve to the European Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship Final the next 15th September in Stralsund (Gerrmany). Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/574

Great inauguration of Tauron Speedway Euro Championship is behind us. First round was taken by Jarosław Hampel, who defeated Antonio Lindbaeck, Kai Huckenbeck and Mikkel Michelsen in the final heat. Hampel became the overall leader with 17 points reached. First two heats of today's round brought some tension in Robert Lambert and Krzysztof Kasprzak's teams - they touched tape in their first heat and got replaced by track reserves: Robert Chmiel and Norbert Krakowiak. Chmiel left a good impression after defending third position and leaving Emil Sayfutdinov behind his back. In heat no. 6, it was only inches away from crash between Piotr Pawlicki and Leon Madsen. Through two laps, Dane was racing really close to Pole, who got Madsen right next to the fence. Danish rider had to regain control of his bike, which led Kasprzak jumping right between these two at the finish line. A phenomenal show was

In Serbia on the track of Globare the first day of EMX 65/85 SE Zone and EMX Open class was held. All practices and qualifying races were run on cloudy, windy weather EMX 85 - Hungarian rider Pergel Bence was the quickest rider in the qualifying race in the last event of the season. Greek Mario Kanakis finished second. Both were followed by Croatians Patrik Ujcic and Luka Kunic fighting for third place. Patrik Ujcic was fastest in this duo and finished third. EMX 65 - Romanian rider Zoltan Ordog and Israelian Ofir Casey Tzemach were fighting for win in qualifying race. On the finish Ofir Casey Tzemach won in front of Zoltan Ordog and Dino Loncar finished third. EMX OPEN - Croatian rider Matija Kelava won the qualifying practice with the fastest time in front of championship leader Martin Michek and Russian Evgeny Mikhaylov Full results on FIM Europe

In the weekend from Saturday 23rd to Sunday 24th June, the follow­ing European races will be held: 23 June - European U21 Individual Speedway Championship SF3 at Plzen/Czech Republic 23 June - Individual Speedway EuroChampionship Final 1 at Gniezno/Poland 23-24 June - Vintage Road Racing European Championship at Sachsenring/Germany 23-24 June - EMX Women's European Championship at Strykowach/Poland 23-24 June - EMX65, EMX 85 SE and Open European Championship at Globare/Serbia 23-24 June - EMX65, EMX 85 European Championship NE at Strykow/Poland 23-24 June - Bajas European Championship at Oleshki/Ukraine 23-24 June - Supermono European Cup at Rijeka/Croatia

The first event of the new discipline in FIM Europe was organised in the context of the European Truck Championship at Hungaroring circuit near the Hungarian capital Budapest in front of around 1.200 spectators. The foreseen interest of the riders was higher than the number of participants – 16 - but the attending riders made a really great show for the spectators. The racing system of this discipline divided the event into 3 parts: 1st - compulsory program with basic tricks; 2nd - nest trick and the 3rd and final - five minutes-long free program. All the riders had made their best in the competition in all 3 sections. The Finals were divided into two parts both with 8-8 riders. The first group showed their program in beautiful weather but at the middle of the second group sudden rain stopped the competition. Thanks to the organising staff within one hour

The Fiat Professional MXGP of Lombardia hosted fantastic racing but the Ottobiano round of the EMX250 championship provided perhaps the most intriguing races with its ultra competitive field. Taking the Overall victory via two strong races was ASTES4-TESAR Yamaha’s Roan Van De Moosdijk. Spread across two days of racing the class was filled with talent. Saturday’s early timed sessions and Last Chance Race provided us with a 40 man gate for the championship points paying races. With several Italians in the mix the fans onsite were just as interested and vocal for the pair of EMX races. Saturday’s Race 1 gave us the first taste of who could handle the sand and heat of Ottobiano but today’s Race 2 was ultimately the deciding factor. Race 1 was perfect for Team DIGA-Procross’ Dylan Walsh who took the Holeshot and led every single lap without hesitation. Behind Walsh was Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s

The track was well prepared for the Sunday’s races which were held in a very warm, cloudy day. In EMX 85cc in race1 Liam Everts from Belgium won ahead of Camden Mc Lellan from Germany, and Kay De Wolf from The Netherlands. In Race2 German Constantin Piller won ahead Håkon Østerhagen from Norway and Radek Vetrovsky from Czech Republic. In the overall the winner was Piller ahead of Vetrovsky and Østerhagen. In the 65cc class Marek Vitezslav from Czech Republic was the fastest rider folloved by German Aaron Kowatsch and Dutch Bradley Mesters. In race2 the podium was the same, which defined also the same overall standings for the first three positions. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/569  

In the races on Sunday, the riders still found very good track conditions, with excellent grip and no dust. In the 85cc class, the young Latvian Edvards Bidzans took home the maximum score on his Yamaha with 2 wins. The podium finished with Karlis Alberts Reisulis from Latvia with two 2nd places and Mikk Martin Lohmus from Estionia with two 4th places in 3rd place. In class 65 Semen Rybakow from Russia dominated with two wins, ahead of Janis Martins Reisulis from Latvia who finished second in both races. The last place on the podium was achieved by the young Polish driver Mikolaj Stasiak with a 4th and a 5th place. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/568  

The fifth round of EMX Quad was held at Kivioli, Estonia, with 15 riders from 9 Countries. The winner of the qualifying race was Christopher Tvaraen from NMF. With fine weather and perfect track conditions, racing was phenomenal as well. At the start the holeshot belonged to Christopher Tvaraen who was still on the front at the finish line. Second position for Kevin Saar ahead of Martin Adamson both from Estonia. Christopher Tvaraen won second race too, this time ahead of Harry Walker from ACU and home rider Martin Adamson. In the overall Christopher Tvaraen won ahead of Harry Walker and Martin Adamson. The final round will be at Stelpe, in Latvia, on 28-29 July, Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/565