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The fourth round of the EMX250 and EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held both this weekend in Maggiora (Italy) with wet and drizzly track conditions on Sunday races after the overnight rain. In the EMX250 class, after the mix of points from the dryness of race one and wetness of race two it was J-Tech Honda’s Thomas Kjer Olsen’s time to shine with his first overall victory of the season. Yesterday’s race one winner Bud Racing Kawsaki’s Sullivan Jaulin still came away with second overall with the red plate holder and race two winner CNC doors KTM’s Steven Clarke rounding out the top three for the weekend. The riders of the European Championship EMX300 were the first class out on the greasy Maggiora circuit this morning. Yesterday’s race one winner Italian TM Racing Team rider Samuele Bernardini had the crowd going wild once again today as he used their energy

The third semifinal of Individual Speedway Under 21 European Championship was held yesterday in the French track of Macon. The number of the spetators has doubled since last year. Positive surprise for the organisers. The races were really intense, and the show was pleasant to watch. It was the first event of the track at night, and the lighting facilities was perfect. The final will be held on the 31st of August in Rivne (Ukraine).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 079/2014  

Famous Pardubice stadium at Svitkov (Czech Republic) hosted the first Semifinal U21 of European Individual Speedway championship. Spectators watched an impressive battle for 5 places plus 1 reserve rider for Final in Ukrainian Rivne which will be held on 31st of August. Qualified riders for Final are : LEBEDĚVS Andžejs, MILÍK Václav, WORYNA Kacper, PRZEDPELSKI, Pawel, KULAKOV Victor and HOLUB Zdenek as a reserve.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 078/2014

The European Championship Challenge (ECC) of the Individual Speedway European Championship was held yesterday in the Hungarian track of Debrecen. 3.000 spectators watched impressive race in a sunny day in Debrecen. Many exciting heats. There was a race-off for the final qualifying place. The first final of the Individual Speedway European Championship is scheduled on the 6th of July in Guestrow (Germany).    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 077/2014  

Fourth event in NE zone in classes EMX 65, EMX85 and EMX OPEN was held this week in Czluchov in Poland. For the whole weekend the weather was hot and windy and the conditions were very hard to ride. First race in EMX65 won rider SAZANOVETS Artsiom from Belarussia in front of Latvian rider KRISTERS Krist Suna on second and Ukrainian rider SHCHUKIN Vladyslav on third. In second race first place goes again to SAZANOVETS Artsiom in front of two Russian riders, PETROV Nikita on second and VOPILOV Matvey on third place. First race in EMX85 class saw the victory of ZUKS Rainers form Latvija, MAKHNOU Vitali finished second and BALADIN Daniil from Russia on third. In second race EMX85 domanite all three riders from first race. ZUKS Rainers won again in front of MAKHNOU Vitali on second and BALADIN Daniil on third place. Home matador LONKA Lukasz won first

The third round in EMX 65cc and EMX 85cc (SE) was this weekend held in Buzau Romania on a sunny Saturday the training and qualification done on a perfect prepared track, and the fastest rider in the EMX 65cc class CUHARCUR Igor (MOL) and in the EMX 85cc class get HAKAN Halmi the pole position. The first race sonny and windy day in the class EMX 85cc, was the fastest rider HAKAN Halmi KTM on the second place MOMCHIL Ivanov KTM, and number three JULIAN Georgiev KTM Winner of race two NIKOLA Hranik (KTM) number two STAN Lasmina(KTM) and on the third Place BANCILLA STEFANIA (KTM). Winner on the day in this class was NIKOLA Hranik (CRO) With 41 point. Number two STAN Lasmina (ROU) with 34 point, and number three Bancila Stefani with 31 points In the EMX65cc class was the fastest rider CUHARCUR Igor (KTM) 0n the second

The second round of the European SuperMoto Championship SM85 and SM3 was organized on the all asphalt circuit of Pleven in Bulgaria. Having in mind the awful weather throughout the weekend, the circuit proved to be a top SuperMoto facility in all weather conditions and a fun playground for those who really do not fear the concrete tabletops and kiwi waves. In class SM85, "the magnificent four" - Hakan Halmi (KTM, Bulgaria), Maximilian Kofler (Husqvarna, Austria) Can Oncu (KTM, Turkey) and Deniz Oncu (KTM, Turkey) made a top notch performace and defined new boundaries of what SuperMoto in the Junior class should be. Max Kofler won the first race in the class, followed by Hakan and the two Oncu brothers, Can - third and Deniz fourth. In the second race, Hakan won with less than a second gap from Max, third, at 0,3 seconds behind was Can, followed by Deniz.

The EMX65 and EMX85 North East qualification leg was held this weekend in Stelpe (Latvia). The competition was prepared to a very high level. First day the weather was sunny, 21C. The rest of the day was according to the timetable. The qualifications went very well and first day was without any kind of accidents and incidents. For second day started with wind and clouds, 17 C°. The organisers prepared the track very good. The track was in excellent condition. Organizer had really good team and was really easy to work with them. Race day was without accidents. Everything went according the timetable. Organizer has very good working teams which have a lot experience, therefore his job was making very well. My congratulations and for future I recommend this track also for FIM events. 1st and 2nd Races in EMX85 won #776 Andreas Hieemagi from Estonia and in EMX65 won

The fourth round of the Motocross European Championship EMX 65 and EMX 85 North West Europe Zone were held this weekend in Varsseveld (The Netherlands), in sunny and warm weather. Practice and Qualifying races were made on Saturday on a well prepared track. In the first race in the EMX 65cc class was Danish Rasmus Pedersen (KTM) the fastest rider, number two Swedish Noel Nilsson (KTM), and on the third place Russian Nikita Kucherov (KTM). The second race in this class, again was Rasmus Pedersen the fastest rider, and number two this time was Nikita Kucherov followed by German Ben Hess (Husqvarna). The first race in the EMX 85cc class was the winner Spanish Jorge Prado Garcia (KTM), on the second place Belgian Jago Geerts (KTM), and number three Dutch Roan van de Moosdijk (KTM). The second race in the 85cc class was won by Jago Geerts in front of

Round four of the European EMX 125 Championship was held this weekend in Saint Jean d’Angely. As the lads had their 125cc motorcycles completely pinned in the hunt for EMX125 round of France glory, it was Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu who reigned supreme. In race one yesterday Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes took the advantage off the start but was quickly passed by Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu. With Hsu going on to check out for his first win of the season, Pootjes had deemed war with French wonder TMX Competition’s Dan Houzet. After dicing the position a few times throughout the race, Pootjes wound up the victor forcing the fan favorite to settle for third. The word ‘intense’ doesn’t do the EMX125 race any justice. It was so much more especially with two young French sensations Team Yamaha MJC’s David Herbreteau and JPM Racing’s Julien