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The 2nd round of the EMX125 Motocross European Championship was held in Fermo (Italy). The first race was a start to finish win for Slovenian Tim Gajser (KTM), with Dutch rider Calvin Vlaanderen (KTM) finishing second over 30 seconds behind. Third was Latvian rider Pauls Jonass just ahead of Italian Riccardo Righi (KTM). The second race saw again the dominance of Gajser, followed by British James FDunn (KTM) and Norwegian Magne Klingshelm (KTM). The provisional rankings see the leadership of Gajser with 100 points, followed by Bonini with 75 points. Next round is scheduled on the 9th of October in Agueda (Portugal). (UEM Press Release 24/2012)

The 1st round of the new Road Race European KTM Junior Cup class, was run today at the World Championship track of Assen (The Netherlands). The race was extremely exciting with the first tree riders PolishAdrian Pasek (KTM), Dutch Rob Hartog (KTM), and Polish Artur Wielebski (KTM) made quickly a gap, but stayed very close together until the finish, changing positions many times. In the last lap they where side by side on the long straight with final victory by Adrian Pasek and second Hartog. Next round is scheduled on the 6th of May in Monza (Italy). (UEM Press Release 22/2012)

The first round of the EMX65/85 North-East Motocross European Championship was held today in Orlyonok (Russia) The EMX 65 class was dominated by Russian Timur Petrashin (KTM), who won both heats. The first one in front of Ukrainian Mykola Moskaluk (KTM) and Belarys Vitali Makhnov (KTM), while in the second head second position went again to Moskaluk and thir to Russian Arseniy Shukaev (KTM). The EMX 85 class saw the victory in both heats of Estonian Karl-Robert Reinike (TBA). In the first heat he lead in front of Russian Makar Yurchenko (Suzuki) and Latvian Kristers Drevinskis (KTM). In the second heat, we was followed by Russian Makar Yurchenko (Suzuki) and Russian Stepan Burdakov (KTM). Next round is scheduled on the 20th of May in Velke Uherce (Slovakia). (UEM Press Release 21/2012)

The first round of the EMX Open Motocross European Championship was held today in Orlyonok (Russia) The first heat saw the victory of Ukrainian Roman Morozov (Kawasaki), followed by Belarus Evgeny Tyletski (KTM) and Russian Eveniy Mikhailov. The second heat was won by Tyletski in front of Alekander Ivanyutin and Morozov. The provisional rankings after the first round see the leadership of Tyletski with 47 points. The next round is scheduled on the 29th of April in Kiev (Ukraine). (UEM Press Release 20/2012)

The first round of the EMX125 Motocross European Championship was held today in Sevlievo (Bulgaria) The first race was comfortably won by Slovenian rider Tim Gajser (ktm) who led from start to finish despite crashing near the end of the second lap. Second position went to Spanish Jorge Zaragoza Beltran (Suzuki) and third Italian Davide Bonini (KTM). The second heat was again dominated by Gajser, followed by Bonini and British James Dunn (KTM). T he next round will be held on the 29th of April in Fermo (Italy). (UEM Press Release 19/2012)

The second round of the Superstock 600cc. European Championship was held today in Assen (The Netherlands) Again it was a very fantastic and exciting race. With all standard bikes in this class, there is no speed difference and riders must show a good riders technique. The first four riders Michael Van der Mark (Honda), Nacho Calero Perez (Yamaha), Gauthier Duwels (Yamaha) and Stephane. Egea (Yamaha) made quickly a gap, but stayed very close together until the finish. Changing positions many times. In the last lap they where side by side on the long straight with final victory of Van der Mark. Also after this group, another group of four riders competed together. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Michael Van der Mark with 41 points. Next round is scheduled on the 5th of May in Monza (Italy). (UEM Press Release 18/2012)

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The first round of the South Western Europe EMX65 and EMX85 Motocross European Championship started yesterday in Faenza. Weather conditions were extremely difficult with heavy rain all the time and muddy conditions on the track. The first race of EMX85 must be stopped because of these hard conditions. The winner of this first race was the Italian rider Nicholas LAPUCCI, who was followed by French rider Adrien MALAVAL on second place and Enzo TORANI on third. All other races were cancelled because it was not possible to continue given the rain and the very deep muddy conditions. (UEM Press Release 17/2012)

The class S2 of the Supermoto European Championship started today at the Ottobiano track in Italy. The first race of this Round was won by Dutch rider DEVON VERMEULEN (KTM) who managed to gradually pass riders in the race until he was first, taking advantage of a very good riding technique on a rainy and wet track . In second position, fighting continually for the spot, finished Finnish rider SAMI SALSTOLA (HONDA), while third place of this race was grabbed by PETR VORLICEK (HONDA). The second race was a continued fight over the lead between PETR VORLICEK (HONDA) and DEVON VERMEULEN (KTM), with the Czech rider being able to finally come on top. Third this race was SAMI SALSTOLA (HONDA). Last race of the event got red flagged in the eighth lap due to an accident and the podium was composed of almost the same riders: first place went to

The first round of a new UEM competition, called the “European Hill Climb Road Racing”, was held this weekend in the beautiful area of Landshaag, Austria. In total 218 riders were present to race up to the top of the hill for over 3260 meters. The race track has an altitude difference of 981 meter. The track has 21 corners of which 9 to the right and 12 to the left. The weather during the free- and the qualifying practices on Saturday were good and dry, but on Sunday during the qualifying practices there was some light rain. During the two heats there was good weather. The competition takes place in the following classes: 125/Moto3, 250GP Open, Superstock 600, Supersport, Naked 650, Superstock 1000, Superbike, Supermoto and Sidecars. All riders starts with an interval of 20 seconds and try to make the fastest time. The absolute fastest time was run