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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

In the second day of Enduro EC in Bacau, the British rider Tom Sagar became again fastest rider in the overall at the second day of the Enduro-European-Championship in Bacau / Romania: “This weekend the tests have suited me – as most of the britisch riders here,” said the KTM-rider. For example direct behind him the Husqvarna-Pilot Jamie Lewis: Not only second in the E2-Class, even in the overall. The reigning champion Maurizio Micheluz became third, but was able to defend the leadership in the championship. “At this weekend it was most important to keep the distance to the british boys as small as possible,” was the conclusion of the Italian, who will revance at the next heat in his home-country. In his E1-class he took the victory in front British rider Jack Rowland and Jonathan Rosse from Switzerland as the day before. In the E2-class Sagar won in front

The first day at the second round of the Enduro European Championship (EEC) in Bacau / Romania was a battle against water and mud: It was two days raining non-stop – but at the same moment the first riders started, the rain stopped! This was the situation like an home-advantage for the british riders: So Tom Sagar wonn six of seven tests in the overall in front of Maurizio Micheluz. The italien is the reigning champion with his Suzuki – and was in front of the next britisch rider Jamie Lewis. Micheluz won his E1-Class in front of an other “brit”, the Husqvarna-rider Jack Rowland and the swiss Jonathan Rosse. As a winner overall Sagar won his E2-Class too. With more than one minute in front of his compatriot Lewis and the Swedish Martin Sundin. In the E3-Class the strong Italian rider Jacopo Cerutti took the lead from french Jagu

German Franz Kadlec (Beta) is the new leader in the Europe class of the FIM Europe championship, after a convincing victory in Alagna Valsesia, North-West of Italy. Wonderful mountain scenery for this second round, organized in a tourist winter ski-resort village. Twelve sections to repeat three times in a very short loop, easily accessible by spectators. All the sections were completely natural because the venue was rich of any kind of obstacles, Trial competitions require. Scores were quite high for every class, due to a tight application of the no-stop rule. Kadlec started soon very well gaining the leadership after the first lap: he scored 17 points. Italian Luca Cotone (Sherco) scored 2 points more, while the winner of the previous round, Belgian Maxime Warenghien (Sherco), was in third with 24 mistakes. Werenghien got his revenge in second lap: he scored 16 and overtook provisionally Cotone, who worsened a little