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In the weekend from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th May, the follow­ing European races will be held: 11-12 May - Cross Country Cup at Lathi/Finland 11-13 May - Superstock 1000 European Championship and Superstock 600 Cup at Imola/Italy 12 May - Vintage Enduro European Championship at Champagnat/France 12 May - European Individual Grass Track Championship at Wittstock/Germany 12-13 May - EMX125 2 Stroke and EMX250 Championship at Kegums/Latvia 12-13 May - EMX65 and EMX 85 NE Zone and EMX Open Championship at Kovel/Ukraine

Belgian motocross legend Eric sadly passed away on 6 May in a tragic accident on a lake in northern Belgium. The legendary multi-time motocross champion is reported to have drowned while attempting to rescue his dog. Eric Geboers was one of the many Belgian motocross icons and youngest member of the “Geboers clan” the eldest of whom, Sylvain, was the arch-rival of fellow countryman Joël Robert in the 250cc class, finishing runner up in 1969 and 1970 and third in 1968, 1971 and 1972. Actually, the young Eric started his racing career on the same day Sylvain participated in his last race. It was also the only time that all five brothers raced together at one same event. Eric’s FIM World Championship career was launched in 1980 by Sylvain, who was the Suzuki factory team manager. He claimed victory in France during his second GP, becoming the youngest winner ever

The beautiful track of Chernivtsi in Ukraine hosted the third round of the 2018 EMX Quad European Championship. Around 8.000 spectators packed around the track to welcome and enjoy their favorite riders, as to feel the spirit of the race. The weather, despite all forecast, turned out to be perfect during the whole weekend. Even though, the organizer did a massive job to maintain the good quality of the track. Polish rider Roman Gwiazda took a full advantage in the Qualifying Race and was leader the whole time. The fight was on for other two spots. Harry Walker from Great Britain managed to finish second and Kevin Saar from Estonia secured the third place. Sunday began with a chill, but turned out to a perfect day for racing. Estonian rider Kevin Saar did his best and went ahead to win the first race. Second and third places went to Christopher

The first round of European 300 Supersport Cup was held from this weekend at Slovakiaring and 15 riders from three different CONUS took part at this event. The track conditions were perfect and the first round with a new promotor, LUTEC Racing, was a big success and a step forward for all, riders, teams and spectators. The races had live coverage on the website www.lutecracing.com. In qualifying, the fastest rider was Samuel Aaron Lochoff of  Samurai-Yart Racing team - the same team which partecipates to World Supersport 300, too. Second best time for his team-mate Thomas Alonso, from Portugal, ahead of Taric Van der Merwe, from South Africa, same as the poleman.   The first race on Saturday was exciting, with riders swapping positions up to the finish line. The winner of race 1 was Samuel Aaron Lochoff from South Africa, ahead of Thomas Alonso from Portugal and Taric Van

Emil Sayfutdinov won the SEC Challenge, which was held in Terenzano, Italy, in front of around 1.300 spectators, in a sunny day. The Russian rider is one of 5 riders, who got promoted to this year’s Speedway Euro Championship series and this list included also Mikkel Michelsen (Denmark), Jozsef Franc (Czech Republic), Andrey Kudriashov (Russia) and Peter Kildemand (Denmark). The first two series of the meeting were a chain of crashes and exclusions. However, fans gathered at the MC Olimpia Terenzano venue, couldn’t complain about lack of fight on the track. There were some spectacular clashes with Antonio Lindbaeck and Kai Huckenbeck, but none of them was able to reach the promotion. In the end it was the German rider, to end up as 6th, only one spot below the ones securing the spot for the Euro Championship. On the other hand, there were had some really big surprises, such

The 2018 FIM Snowcross World Championship is in the books from the Levi Ski Center in Kittilä, Finland. The best Snowcross riders in the world joined up with the Women’s Snowcross World Cup and the European Snowcross Championship for epic racing on the slopes of Levi today. The first race of the European Championship was predominately led by Pär Vikman with Sami Huttunenin second the first 8 laps. Robert Lunden started 4th but, after he dropped to 5th the first lap, worked his way forward into 2nd by lap 9. As Lunden surged forward Huttunenin dropped to 6th position. Lunden soon applied pressure to Vikman and then took over the lead on lap 14. Vikman followed the new leader for 3 laps before mounting a charge and passing Lunden back. Across the finish Vikman took a well deserved race win with Lunden second and Jonas Laakkonen 3rd. Race 2 started

On the Bulgarian track of Sevlievo, the practice and qualifying of the EMX 65 and 85 South East Zone European Motocross Championships have been held today in hot, dry condition. EMX 85 - Croatian rider Luka Kunic won Qualifying race in very hot weather. The championship leader confirmed his supremacy ahead of Marius Kanakis from Greece and of Romanian rider Marius Popovici. EMX 65 – The protagonists of the top positions in the general standings were fighting for the first three places in the qualifying race. Zoltan Ordog was the leader from start to finish. Behind him the battle for second and third place saw Israelian rider Ofir Tzemach finishing in second place ahead of Hungarian Adam Horvath. dig

In the weekend from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th May, the follow­ing European races will be held: 5 May - Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Terenzano/Italy 5 May - Freestyle European Championship at Mannheim/Germany 4-6 May - Supersport 300 European Cup at Slovakiaring/Slovakia 5-6 May - EMX65 and EMX 85 European Championship SE Zone at Sevlievo/Bulgaria 5-6 May - EMX Quad European Championship at Chernivtsi/Ukraine 4-6 May - Snowcross European Championship at Levi Ski Centre/Finland  

The new FIM Europe MAG is online and can be downloaded at this link. In this issue, all the news from FIM Europe: from the meeting with FEMA in favour of motorcyclists,  to the presence at Rome Motodays with three-times world champion Freddie Spencer, from the Moto-Tour Assistant Training Course to the Moto-Friendly Hotel Program. Besides, the report of the Management Council and the presence of FIM Europe at various events, such as the Bal of Printemps, the EU Sport Forum, the circuit KymiRing  and the General Assembly of MACEC.  

For the second year in a row the MXGP of Russia was kick started by an impressive Opening Ceremony. The Russian Children’s Center Orlyonok hosted the MXGP of Russia’s media event which invited the top riders of the World and European Motocross Championship along with various media and guests from the MXGP Paddock. Riders joining the event included Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie and Gautier Paulin, Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Vsevolod Brylyakov, Jago Geerts, and Ben Watson, Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen, TM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl and Samuele Bernardini, Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Shaun Simpson and Jeremy Seewer, BOS GP’s Evgeny Bobryshev, iFLY JK Racing’s Ivo Monticelli and Manuel Iacopi, KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Gianluca Facchetti, Team Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Arminas Jasikonis, Petar Petrov, Alberto Forato, and Mathys Boisrame, Gebben Van Venrooy Kawasaki’s Alessandro Lupino, and many others.