Enduro

2020 Enduro & Rally European Championships Provisional Calendar The FIM Europe, together with the Enduro & Rally Commission, is proud to release the 2020 European Championships Provisional Calendar. Enduro Four rounds for the Enduro European Championship. The season starts in Italy and keeps on with the second round in Hungary, back to the championship after many years. Then is the time for Poland and finally for Czech Republic. 1. 4th-5th April 2020 – Castel di Tora, Italy 2. 16th-17th May 2020 – Ber, Hungary 3. 27th-28th June 2020 – Kielce, Poland 4. 8th-9th August 2020 – Plasy, Czech Republic   Superenduro Three rounds together with the World Championship. The season opens in Poland in December and continues in Germany and Hungary. 1. 7th December 2019 – Krakow, Poland 2. 4th January 2020 – Rieza, Germany 3. 1st February 2020 – Budapest, Hungary   TT Rally Four rounds rocks the season.

Enduro European Championship: double victory for Kytönen The junior 19 years old Rony Kytönen from Finland won the third round of the European Enduro Championship in Madona, Latvia, on the second day with another day's victory in the class and overall ranking. He extended his lead in the Junior E1 too. For the young rider this is the first overall victory in the European Championship. "This gives me a lot of self-confidence" said the Husavarna rider, whose father Vesa, a former Enduro World Champion (1999), had accompanied him on this trip. Second place for Albin Elowson, only 18 seconds behind. But the Swedish was ill just before the competition and had to take antibiotics. He was also reconciled with the fact, that he naturally won the big four-stroke class and, despite his retirement in Slovakia, slipped back to second place in this championship. "I had a small crash on the

Enduro European Championship: Juniors fight to the end At the third round of the European Enduro Championship in Latvia the juniors fought for the overall victory until the last special-test on the first competition-day. Up to this time the Finnish Roni Kytönen was still back: "Things didn't go so well in the very first test, but I almost caught up until the end. I knew that I simply had to risk everything. - The Husqvarna rider did as he said and even managed to take seven seconds off championship leader Kristof Kouble. So finaly the Finn finally won the day. "In the end, Roni was simply faster than me” - Kouble admitted without envy, but he still keeps his lead in the championship for a long time. Of course, both riders also won their respective cubic capacity classes at the same time: Kytönen the Junior class E1, and Kouble on

Enduro European Championship: ready for the third round in Latvia The European Enduro Championship will move to Latvia for the third round of the four competitions: the paddock and the administration will be located in the middle of Madona on the coming weekend of 29th and 30th of July 2019. On Saturday and Sunday, the 100 riders from 14 nations will be sent out for the three laps from 8:00 a.m. onwards. There are around 180 km to be ridden daily and two different special stages to be completed in each lap. The Enduro test and the Crosstelst are not far apart, so that it will be easy for spectators and teams to follow the competition. It won't be that easy for the riders, because in Madona regular international competitions, from the Enduro Sprint to the Baltic Enduro Cup, have been taking place for several years now. So that there

Vintage Enduro European Championship: the second round in France The second round of the Vintage Enduro European Championship took place on Saturday 1st June in Le Mayet de la Montagne, France. The second round of the Vintage Enduro European Championship took place on Saturday 1st June in Le Mayet de la Montagne, France. About 50 riders come to join this vintage race organised by the motorcycle club Team Saint Yorre Motos, led by President Robert Jourdan. The race began on Friday with the acceleration test, ruled by Gianpaolo Bergamaschi in front of Donato Benetti, both with BMW.. On Saturday the race was articulated with three laps and two special test: one fast enduro test and one cross test like and World one. The winner of the race: Class A3  - Sala Paolo MAria ITA (Zundapp) Class A4 - Barsotti Alberto   ITA (Husqvarna) Class C2 - Caselli Luciano ITA (Husqvarna) Class C3 - Arenas Xavier  SPA (Montesa)

Enduro European Championship: day2 overall-win to Kristof Kouble The Czech Kristof Kouble surprisingly won the second day of the Enduro European Championship. Because of the bad weather with heavy rain, the organizer + defused parts of the track and the special tests, because in day1 only 70 of the 107 participants crossed the finish line. Previous day's winner, Albin Elowson, have had led more than half the time, but a gearbox damage on his motorcycle caused the Swede to check out prematurely. Shortly before, his compatriot Mikael Persson, yesterday's third overall, had retired after a crash with electrical problems. The only 19-year-old junior Rony Kytönen from Finland was able to finish second in the overall standings ahead of the Brits Jed Etcheles. In this order was the overall standings over the two days and Kouble continues the championship-lead in the overall class. Both top-riders also won their cubic capacity class:

Enduro European Championship: Albin Elowson wins first day in Brezno The Swede Albin Elowson won the first day of the second round of this year's European Enduro Championship in Brezno / Slovakia, in the overall standings: The Husqvarna rider gradually managed to get ahead of championship leader Kristof Kouble, who in the end added up to over half a minute. Both riders also won their cubic capacity class, Elowson the four-stroke 250cc class and Kouble the junior 2-3 class. The junior class 1, with the smaller cubic capacity motorcycles, was won by the Finn Roni Kytönen, who had to overtake some slower riders on the track in front of him, otherwise he might have been even better than his fourth place in the overall standings. How demanding the track and the special stages were is most evident in the women's class: there the English rider Nieve Holmes won - although

Enduro European Championship: second round in Slovakia The European Enduro Championship changes to the second round of the four competitions into Slovakia, next weekend on 18th and 19th of May 2019: The former mining town also has a tradition in Enduro sport. For a long time, the "Sports Training Centre for Offroad Motorcycles" was one of the largest clubs in Slovakia. Numerous competitions took place here, an just last year on round to the Slovak and Czech Championships. The riders and teams of the European Championship move to the historical market square in the middle of the city, where the paddock and the administration centre are located. On Saturday and Sunday the more than 100 riders from 13 nations will be sent out for the three laps from 9:00 a.m. onwards. There are around 180 km to be driven daily and three different special stages to be completed in each

Enduro European Championship: double win for Kouble in Portugal The only 21-year-old Krystof Kouble from the Czech Republic won both the first and the second day at the start of the European Enduro Championship in Gois, Portugal, taking the in the overall classification. Heavy rain and hailstorms made the track muddy and slippery and led the organizers to some detours. In Day 1 the KTM rider immediately took the lead and extended his lead to 22 seconds until the end. After a crash in the enduro test his lead had shrunk a little, but overall all participants had to struggle more with the weather conditions than with the competition. Second overall position for the Finnish Eemil Pohjamo (TM 300 2T) and third for the Swede Albin Elowson. The Czech Zuzana Novackova won the Women category, collecting the fewest penalty minutes on the demanding track: in the end she had over

Superenduro Cup: the season ends in Bilbao The last event of 2019 years Superenduro European Cup was held on 06th April in the Bizkaia Arena of Bilbao, Spain, together with Maxxis FIM Superenduro World Championship and an exciting crowd of over 2.000. 15 riders took part to the qualification for the finals, in a technical track with a lot of different jumps and obstacles such as logs and stones. Winner of the first final was the French Paul Bury, while the German Robert Scharl got the second. After the two finals Scharl won followed by Bury, second, and Tom Knight, third.