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FIM Europe Management Council, acknowledging the cancellation by the Federation Motorcycling of Ukraine (FMU) of the EMX Open round and the qualifying round for the North-East area of the EMX 65 and EMX85 European Championship, which were scheduled on the 4th of May in Kiev, decided to move it at the Polish track of Cieszyn. The event will be held on the 4th of May, the same day in which it was planned the Kiev round.     Download here FIM Europe Press Release 013/2014  

The Ukrainian Motorcycling Federation (FMU), in consideration of the particular political situation of the country, of the difficult financial situation and of the incoming election round, informs that it is forced to cancel the following events: Speedway European Championship in Rivne on 02-03.05 Motocross European Championship 65,85,OPEN in Kiev on 02-04.05 Motocross European Championship OPEN in Chernivtsi on 09-11.05 FIM Europe acknowledged FMU decision and reserves itself to recover the above events with the same date, but in different location.   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 012/2014

After the agreement with the International Federation of Sport Medicine, FIM Europe started a advantageous collaboration with the European Weightlifting Federation, to develop a joint study on the application of training systems among weightlifting athletes and motorcycling riders. The first step of this unusual collaboration was a Weight Training Workshop, which was held successfully in Austria seeing the participation of 15 national coaches of national motorcycling Federations in Europe. This FIM Europe Mag issue will cover some of the following topics: What is the role of strength in the performance of the rider? What are the differences that characterize the use of strength in the various disciplines of Motorcycling? What means should be used for the development of strength? What can be the role of weight training? It is better to use fixed weights or free weights for strength training of the riders? Download here the FIM Europe Mag 01/2014

The FIM Europe Snowcross Championship was held on the track in Hattfjelldal the 1st and the 2nd of March, with a lot of riders entered (41). On a perfect prepared track there were two races on Saturday, and two races on Sunday and on the final results we can see that the first and second place goes to SML (Finland) and the third place to NMF Norway.   Download here Final Rankings of 2014 Snowcross EC

FIM Europe and Youthstream are delighted to announce that the 2014 edition of the Motocross of European Nations (MXoEN) event will be held in Pacov in Czech Republic on the date of the 24th August 2014. The riders taking part in the event will be divided in three different categories, 85cc, 125cc and 250cc, and besides racing for their Nation’s victory, they will also fight for an individual result. During the same race weekend, the women will compete in the second edition of the Women’s Motocross of European Nation.   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 011/2014  

The new FIM Europe Extreme Series started on Sunday the 2nd of March with the first event “Eddy's Xtreme” at the famous Back Cown Quarry in the Lancashire region (Great Britain). The podium was completely British with victory of David Knight (Sherco). Second position to Jonny Walker (KTM) and third position to Paul Bolton (KTM). The next round will be held in Piatra Neamt (Romania) from the 20th to the 22nd of June.   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 010/2014

The second day of the Individual Ice Racing Final was held yesterday Sunday the 23rd of February in the Siberian track of Kamensk-Uralskiy (Russia). The winner was again, like in the first day, Russian rider Vasily Nesytykh, followed by Russian Yegor Myshkovets and Russian Mikhail Dimitrishin.   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 009/2014  

The Individual Ice Racing Final was held this weekend in two different rounds in the Siberian track of Kamensk-Uralskiy (Russia). The first race day (Saturday) saw the victory of Russian rider Vasily Nesytykh, second position Russian Yegor Myshkovets and third Swedish Jimmy Olsen.   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 008/2014

FIM Europe SuperMoto Commission communicated the updated 2014 calendar of the SuperMoto European Championship. The Championship will be constituted by the following rounds: 20 April France Riveslates SM2-SM3-SM300 11 May Bulgaria Pleven SM2-SM3-SM300-SM85 18 May Romania Arad SM2-SM3-SM300-SM85 01 June Germany St. Wendel SM2-SM3-SM300 15 June Czech R. Sosnova SM2-SM3-SM300 06 July Italy Cremona SM2-SM3-SM300 20 July TBA TBA SM2-SM3-SM300 14 September Italy Trento SM2-SM3-SM300 12 October Bulgaria Pleven SM85   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 007/2014  

FIM Europe decided, in conjunction with Youthstream and after receiving formal request by the Bulgarian Motorcycle Federation and by many riders/teams, to add one more round to the EMX125 European Championship. This additional event will take place in Sevlievo (Bulgaria) on the 20th of April in conjunction with the MXGP. The decision was taken with the aim to make even more interesting this Championship, which is gaining more and more interest and success, thanks to the close collaboration between Youthstream and FIM Europe.   Download here FIM Europe Press Release 006/2014