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In the weekend from Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th June, the follow­ing European races will be held: 9-10 June - European Superstock 1000 and Supersport 600 at Brno/Czech Republic 9-10 June - European Moto2, Superstock 600, Talent Cup and Kawasaki Z Cup at Barcelona/Spain 9-10 June - EMX 125 and EMX 250 at Saint Jean d’Angely/France 9-10 June - Supermoto S1 at Poznan/Poland 9-10 June - European 250 Youth Speedway Cup at Randers/Denmark  

The track of Pleven, in Bulgaria, hosted the Supermoto Junior and S3 European Championships SM Junior, Race 1: The first race of the SM Junior class started with a holeshot of Viktor Neychev (BUL, BMF), who faced a lot of pressure from Ares Stefan Bengic (TMF, KTM) during the whole race. At the checkered flag however, the Bulgarian managed to assure his win with a ten seconds gap ahead of his rivals. Bengic finished second. The fight for the third position was a great battle among 5 riders which: Kristian Ivanov (BMF, KTM), Radostin Mihaylov (BMF, KTM), Jan Ulman (ACCR, Kawasaki), Hristian Georgiev (BMF, KTM) and Ivan Mosin (MFR, TM). The five riders constantly changed positions during the 8 laps race, but at the very last corner Ivanov managed to overtake Mihaylov from the outside, thus securing the third place for the race. In Race 2, the holeshot belonged to

The third round of the EMX 65/65 European Championship of North West Zone and the second round of EMX Women were held in Germany on the sandy track of Dreetz. The weather on Sunday was cloudy with a temperature of 24 degrees. The track was very well prepared and all riders were looking forward to exciting races. EMX85 - In Race1, Dutch Kay Karssemakers was able to achieve the first place. In second place Dutch Kay de Wolf, ahead of Liam Everts from Belgium. In Race2 first place for Dutch Kay Karssemakers ahead of Kay De Wolf from The Netherlands and of Liam Everts from Belgium. The overall saw Kay Karssemakers in front of Liam Everts and Dave Kooiker (photo1). EMX65 – Race1 was won by a rider from Belgium, Bradley Mesters. In second place Saku Mansikkamäki form Finland ahead of Damien Knuiman from The Netherlands. In Race2, first place

European Commission publishes proposal for amendment of the Motor Insurance Directive (MDI) As global advocate for motorcycling and an active proponent of road safety, the FIM takes note of the proposal, published on 24 May, and expresses its support for the aim of strengthening EU rules on motor insurance with the ambition of providing better protection for accident victims and improving the rights of policy holders. As part of the process for revision of the MDI the Commission launched a public consultation in 2017. After consultation of the European FMNs, the FIM expressed its support for a scenario, put forward by the Commission at the time as one of several options, to require insurance at European level for vehicles being used in traffic only and to leave the way accidents arising in other situations are addressed to Member States in keeping with the subsidiarity principle. This scenario is not reflected

Under blue skies and sunshine FIM Europe’s EMX250 and EMX300 presented by FMF Racing classes have completed their British round at Matterley Basin. Aside from the epic weather and perfect track conditions the racing was phenomenal as well. The British fans where especially treated when Car Glass Honda’s Steven Clarke took the EMX250 overall and Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson won EMX300 presented by FMF Racing and took the championship points lead at the same time! EMX 250 - The ultra competitive EMX250 class continued this weekend in Matterley Basin for the 5th round of the season. Revo Husqvarna UK had high hopes for a home race win with both Martin Barr, the series points leader, and Mel Pocock, second in the standings, both racing in front of the home crowd. However when the gate dropped on Saturday for Race 1 both Barr and Pocock were out of the top

In the weekend from Saturday 2nd to Sunday 3rd June, the follow­ing European races will be held: 2-3 June - EMX 250 and EMX 300 European Championship at Matterley Basin/Great Britain 2-3 June - EMX65 / EMX 85 European Championship NW and EMX Women's European Championship at Dreetz/Germany 2-3 June - Supermoto SM Junior and S3 at Pleven/Bulgaria

In the last weekend, the second round of the European Cross Country Cup was held at Skýcov, in Slovakia. The track is very rugged and includes all the technical features that the country cross track should contain. The start was placed on the motocross section where the riders take a few jumps, and uphill or downhill runs are not missing. It was quite muddy, due to Friday’s rain, so it was very important to choose the right track. Štefan Svitko from Slovakia, who dominated the two days, was the absolute winner of the race in Skýcov. He won also the Senior European Cup class, In the Junior class the winner was Patrik Halgaš, from Slovakia, too. In the Women class the winner was Gabika Čipková and in the European Cup Quad class the fastest was Juraj Gejdoš, all from Slovakia. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/544

The second round of the Tout Terrain European Cup was held in Greece. In the context of the Hellas Rally, which sees 285 entries, 46 riders took part to the European Cup. The event started on Monday 21st finished on Sunday 27th. After the first 5 days, French Loic Minaudier was the leader of the overall, ahead of Italian Jacopo Cerutti and Spanish Dani Oliveiras. Day 6 Italian Andrea Mancini snatched the first position at the end of the day. Second position in the absolute standing of French Sebastien Souday, winner of Quad category, who has been bettering every day and who was particularly performing on Day 6’s fast routes. The second position in the Bikes was for Italian Jacopo Cerutti, who has so far won 2 wins and 3 second places and is and 5th in the overall category. With this win, Andrea Mancini went into the lead of

In the beautiful surroundings of Spoleto (Italy) the second round of European Hill Climb Championship was held ahead of 600 spectators. The whole event was in a very friendly "Italian lifestyle" atmosphere, together with the FMI National Championship. The riders taking part to the European series were 23. The free practices were held on Friday without any serious problems as well as the official practices and qualications on Saturday and today. The races took place in two heats for all riders under good weather conditions for the first race while it was wet for the second race. The winners of the day in the European Championship Classes are: Class 250 GP - Guido Testoni (FMI); Class Supersport 600: Davide Lignite (FMI); Class Superbike 1200: Jean Luc David (FFM); Class Supermoto: Philippe Bongard (FMS). The next round of the Championship will be held in Julbach - Austria in the weekend of

Spanish Martin Riobo (Gas Gas, photo 1)) and German Theresa Bauml (Montesa, photo 2) were back on top in the third round of the FIM Europe Youth and Women championship, disputed for the second consecutive day in Miekinia, 4 km from Krzeszowice, Poland. The circuit was the same as the day before, with 14 sections slightly simplified in each of the two loops. Still nice weather and high temperatures. This was the time to take a revenge for those riders who did not match the expectations the day before. And a brilliant reaction came curiously in both the main classes. The two-times European champion Theresa Bauml had not yet climbed the highest step of podium, which happened today. But the fight with the former leader Spanish Berta Abellan (Vertigo) was very close. The gap between the two female riders was only one single mark (total of 4 on the two