Enduro

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.  

Vintage Enduro European Championship: the first round in Italy The first round of the Vintage Enduro European Championship was held in Piacenza, Italy. About 100 riders took part to the first event of the calendar, with spring weather conditions and temperatures. The Overall winner was the Italian Fausto Scovolo, who ruled in the six special tests in front of Paolo Giulietti, second, and Osvlado Armanni, third. The Enduro Vintage European Championship calendar: 1. Italy (30th-31st March) 2. France (1st-2nd June) 3. Spain (4th-6th October)

European Races of the weekend 30-31/03/2019 1. EMX 125 2T European Championship, 30th-31st March, Valkenswaard - Netherlands 2. Vintage Enduro European Championship, 30th-31st March, Piacenza - Italy  

The second FIME Super Enduro Cup was held last weekend at  Papp László Sportaréna, just 2 km from Budapest city center together with the FIM World Championship. There were almost 8500 spectators with a full arena in the evening. The weather was quite cold, just some degrees over the zero and the organisers worked very well. In the European Cup there were 23 rider from 11 federation and in FIM Junior and FIM Prestige class were 37 riders in total. European Cup riders were split in two groups A and B and these groups had separate practice at 11:30 and 11:40. Same groups had a Time Practice (qualification) at 13:42 and 13:52. From Time Practice 10 best riders got a final place. For not-qualified riders there was Last Change race 14:50 where best 4 got a final place and next 2 was reserve riders. First European Cup final was 18:35 and start order

On Saturday 8 December, the opening competition of the FIM Europe Super Enduro Cup was held at Krakow, Poland, in the context of the Maxxis FIM SuperEnduro World Championship. The Tauron Arena was sold out to host the first round and the Polish fans kept up their reputation for being the most passionate and enthusiastic on the calendar. At the start 36 riders from all over Europe. After a long day of testing, only 14 managed to qualify for the final races. The German rider Robert Scharl (Husqvarna) won the overall thanks to the second position in the first heat for only 3 seconds and after having dominated the final heat. He has also gained the leadership in the Championship. Bury Paul (France - Beta) and Thomas Hostinsky (Slovakia - Husqvarna), finished in second and third position respectively. The next round will be held on 9 February in Budapest, Hungary,

In the weekend from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th December, the follow­ing European races will be held: 8 December - Super Enduro Cup at Krakow/Poland

FIM Europe Cross Country Cup at Madona (Latvia) gathered 19 participants from five Countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Finland. The two hours Cross Country race in Madona was not easy for many riders. The track was interesting and technical, and the riders after the race said they were satisfied with today’s race and track conditions. During the race they had to fight with forest trails, steep uphill and downhill and other obstacles. The track was unusual for competitors and suprised even many of the spectators who came to watch the race. Ugis Klimons from Latvia was the first to cross the finish line winning in Senior class ahead of Dmitriy Parshin (RUS) and Riho Keerme (EST). In the Veteran and Woman Classes Danielius Žoštautas (LTU) and Marita Nyqvist (FIN) won the Cross Country Cups. In the Junior Class Daniel Komkov (RUS) had to surrender to the supremacy of

DAY 1 - Kawasaki rider Alessandro Battig (photo1) from Italy won the title in his class on the first day of the European Enduro Championship final in Kielce, Poland. With a further day victory in the class of the four-stroke machines over 250 cc, he was able to extend his lead up to the mathematical certainty of the title. In the remaining two days of competition he would concentrate on winning the title in the overall standings in addition. There, too, the Italian is in the lead of the European Championship and with his second place in the overall standings on Friday, he has come a little closer to this goal. Although he was beaten by his compatriot, junior Lorenzo Macoritto, he was able to leave behind his direct rivals in the championship, such as the Frenchman Hugo Blanjoue who only finished third. Maurizio Micheluz (photo2) won in the two-stroke

The final of the European Enduro Championship will take place at Kielce, in Poland from 14th to 16th of September. It will be a 3-days event, with 2 days of classic enduro and 1 day of final-motocross. The first two days will be on a 50 km long circuit, which has to be ridden four times and includes a motocross test and an enduro test every lap. The motocross on the last day takes place about 25 kms away from the Parc Fermé. In Kielce enduro events were organised for many years and the European Championship 2011 was last hosted by the city in South-Eastern Poland. It is also the home-track for the KTM Novi Corona Kielce team. The Parc Fermé is located on the Southern outskirts of the city, near the athletics stadium and the sports hall (Leszka Drogosza 1, 25-093 Kielce). More than 150 riders submitted their entries

At the end of the second day, two French riders were back on top of the podium in the third round of the European Enduro Championship in Skövde, Sweden: Hugo Blanjoue and his KTM colleague Thomas Dubost are not only riding in the same KTM-team, but both are also personally good friends and fight against each other only in the special tests. Today Blanjoue was 23 seconds ahead after nine special tests and almost one hour of special stage time. With the third position Alessandro Battig defended his leadership in the overall standings, but Blanjoue is already close, at four points. "This weekend didn't go so well for me, I didn't feel so good on the loose ground and on the grass tests. And today I also fell twice," stated the Kawasaki rider from Italy. All three riders also won their classes: Blanjoue the Junior class E2/E3, Dubost the Junior