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The European Snowcross Championship was held this weekend in Norway in the town Hattfjelldal. 23 teams came on Saturday Morning to a perfect prepared Snow Track. The event was characterized by -24 degrees in the morning and 14 degrees by midday. The four heat were won by respectively Jonatan Eriksson (SWE, Arctic Cat), Viktor Herten (FIN, Lynx), Viktor Herten (FIN, Lynx), Ståle Eggen (NOR, Lynx). Thanks to two victories and a 7th and a 3rd position, the Finnish rider Viktor Herten managed to get the first position in the overall standings with 84 points, followed by Swedish Magnus Renstrøm with 74 points and Ståle Eggen with 73 points. (UEM Press Release 01/2013)  

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The UEM Extraordinary General Assembly was held on Friday the 30th of November at the Salle des Palmieres of the Hotel Montecarlo Bay in Montecarlo. The Assembly was chaired by the Deputy President Mr Wolfgang Glas because of the absence of the President Mr Mazzi (absence due to health reasons). The Assembly approved with a large majority the new Statutes, which align to the FIM Statutes approved in 2010 in Macao. The new Statutes contemplate, as a first tangible effect, the name change from UEM into FIM Europe. In the initial stage the two logos will appear together: UEM and FIM Europe. The name change process will be completed by the year 2013. On Saturday the 1st of December, the FIM General Assembly elected the UEM Vice President Mr Jorgen Bitsch as a member of the FIM BoD. As contemplated in the Statutes, Mr Bitsch resigned from the Management Council

The UEM Sporting office submitted the draft of the 2013 UEM Sporting Calendar. Here follows the full calendar for the year 2013 (UEM Press Release 165/2012)

The last round of the European Supercross Championship was held yesterday in the location of EicmaMotolive 2012 in Milan (Italy), where there was a wonderful public watching races and performances programmed in the external area of the Expo. The class SXRookie was won by the French rider Clement BRIATTE (Yamaha) followed by the compatriot Calvin FONVIEILLE (KTM) and the Russian rider Vladislav LEONOV (Suzuki), after the second round the provisional classification is leading by BRIATTE (33pts), 9 points more of the second one the French SALINGUE. The class SX125 was characterized by a big battle between the winner, the French rider Alexis VERHAEGHE (Kawasaki), the second the French rider Dan HOUZET (KTM) and the third the Italian Tommaso DE PIETRI (Suzuki) that arrived under the finish line with a gap of just three seconds. HOUZET leads the provisional classification (52 pts) in front of VERHAEGHE (49 pts). The Class SX2

A very large and enthusiastic audience has marked the third round of 2012 UEM European Championship Supercross in Genova. The class SXRookie was won by the French rider Clement BRIATTE (Yamaha) followed by the compatriot Calvin FONVIEILLE (KTM) and the Russian rider Vladislav LEONOV (Suzuki), after the second round the provisional classification is leading by BRIATTE (33pts), 9 points more of the second one the French SALINGUE. The class SX125 was characterized by a big battle between the winner, the French rider Alexis VERHAEGHE (Kawasaki), the second the French rider Dan HOUZET (KTM) and the third the Italian Tommaso DE PIETRI (Suzuki) that arrived under the finish line with a gap of just three seconds. HOUZET leads the provisional classification (52 pts) in front of VERHAEGHE (49 pts). The Class SX2 was dominated by the French rider Valentin TEILLET (Kawasaki) who won with a large gap on the second the

The new UEM Mag has been issued with with an article on environmental initiatives in the motorcycling sport. Please check here the UEM Mag nr 05/2012: click here  

The UEM SX series started with the first two rounds on the 19th and the 20th of October in Marseille (France). The debut of the 2012 edition of the UEM SX Series has taken place in front of a large audience. During the two nights of competition the show has been dominated by the balance of the skill of the riders from all the classes. During Friday the categories were three: SX1, SX2 and the SX125. SX2 is the new category inside the championship which has received a large approval by the competitors. On Saturday night has also started the SX Rookie Championship. The public has filled the stands till the afternoon and the desire to win of the riders has given to the show the charm of the great events. The winners of the two days were: DAY 1 SX125: Dan Houzet (FRA, KTM) SX2: Valentin Teillet (FRA, Kawasaki)

The Motocross of European Nations event was held today in a track in the outskirts of Kiev (Ukraine). The race, which attracted a huge audience, was broadcasted on National television and was introduced the day before in the city centre of Kiev with the presentation of all the participating riders. 14 national teams participated to the event and the winning team was Italy, composed by Samuele Bernardini (KTM), David Guarneri (KTM) and Manuel Monni (KTM). Victory arrived especially thanks to the extraordinary performance of David Guarneri, who won two heats. Second position went to the Slovenian team composed by the EMX 125 cc European Champion Tim Gajser (KTM), Klemen Gercar (Honda) and Matevz Irt (Suzuki). Third position went to the home national team Ukraine with the riders Andriy Burenko (Suzuki), Mykola Pashchynskiy (KTM) and former European Champion Roman Morozov (Yamaha). The teams were awarded by UEM Vice-President, Michal Sikora, the

The last round of the KTM Junior European Cup was held on Saturday in the French track of Magny Cours. The race was won by Austrian Lukas Wimmer, who becomes also the winner of the 2012 Cup with 120 points. In yesterday’s race Wimmer was followed by Spanish Gaston Garcia and French Guillaume Raymond. (UEM Press Release 159/2012)