Motocross

EMX125 European Championship round of Spain venue announced! FIM Europe and Youthstream are very pleased to announce that the brand-new venue of intu Xanadú in Arroyomolinos (Comunidad de Madrid) will host the second round of the EMX125 European Championship on the 18th-19th April 2020! After a one-year break from the calendar, the Spanish Grand Prix will be back for the next three seasons, and this season will head to the hard pack track at intu Xanadú, located just 22km from the center of Madrid. This will be the first time that the European Championship will land in Madrid and that has been made possible thanks to the support offered by the Community of Madrid, the Vice Ministry of Sports, the Royal Spanish Motorcycle Federation and the Madrid Motorcycle Federation. Here below the updated calendar.

MX of European Nations and Women's Motocross of European Nations: Team Italy and Team Netherlands victorious in Poland for the MXOEN and WMXOEN The 2019 Motocross of European Nations has concluded at the Gdansk circuit here in Poland. Team Italy rode their way to victory as they defended their title once again, and in the women’s category, Team Netherlands finally took that all important victory! The weather in Poland was a mixture of rain and sunshine, as riders battled it out in all weather and track conditions for pride and glory for their country. A total of six races took place this weekend starting off with the Women’s Motocross of European Nations and finishing off with the EMX125/250 race, with the EMX85 in between. Each group rode a total of two races, as they fought for the highest positions, in order to take the least amount of point, with the worst result not being counted. Motocross of European

2019 Motocross of European Nations Entry Lists FIM Europe and Youthstream are happy to release the entry lists for the FIM Europe’s 2019 Motocross of European Nations and the Women’s Motocross of European Nations held this weekend on the 5th and 6th of October in Gdansk, Poland! This will be the third consecutive year that Poland will host the MXoEN, following the success of the previous events. And this weekend is set to be even better, with record breaking entries, the competition is set to be fierce. 2018 winners, Italy, will once again return to defend both the MXoEN and the WMXoEN titles, while others will be hoping to get their shot at the top step of the podium and one of those teams being the ladies USA squad, who will be making the trip across the world to join us for the very first time for the Motocross of

Yamaha YZ 65cc, 85cc, 125cc Cup: YZ bLUcRU riders wap up 2019 Superfinale From left to right: FIM Europe President Martin de Graaff, YZ65 Podium, Markting and Motorsport Division Manager Paolo Pavesio, Youthstream CEO David Luongo. After two thrilling days of riding on the international stage for the first time at the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, the 2019 YZ bLUcRU FIM Europe Cup started on 28th September as for the first time in the history the bLUcRU program was split into 65, 85 and 125 classes, totalling nearly 100 of the most promising young Yamaha riders in Europe racing on the same track as the pro MXGP riders. Beginning with a damp opening free practice session in the morning, the YZ65 youngsters were the first competitors to ride the newly built sand track. Followed by the 85 and 125 classes, the YZ bLUcRU relished the opportunity to test their machinery and talents on the world

EMX 2T European Championship: Mike Kras is the new champion The MXGP of Afyon, Turkey, hosted the final round of the EMX2T championship presented by FMF Racing where Ecomaxx Fuels’ Mike Kras not only won the day, but was also crowned 2019 EMX Champion. The Dutchman went 3-1 for the victory and finished just one point ahead of Verde Substance KTM team’s Brad Anderson, who went 2-2 for second overall, and second in the championship. Third in the championship was Todd Kellett. Team JK Racing Yamaha’s Manuel Iacopi, who took the opening race win in the class, but could not finish the second race while in second place, still managed to finish third overall with 1-6 results. The first EMX2T championship presented by FMF Racing race saw an early lead from Kras after being close to Anderson in the first and second corner, then Anderson went down in the second corner but was quickly into third and then moved

EMX 250 European Championship and EMX 125 2T European Championship: Van De Moosdijk and Guadagnini take their EMX Championship! Uddevalla was the field where the final rounds of the EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing championships were decided as both titles went down to the wire as a handful of riders fought for victory. Run over Saturday and Sunday the racing was very unpredictable with both champions taking their titles without winning the overall or a race on the weekend. In the EMX250 Championship it was F&H Racing Kawasaki’s Roan van de Moosdijk who took the championship with a solid third place overall in Sweden with 2-6 results. The overall winner in Sweden was Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Stephen Rubini with 3-2 and finishing second in the championship. Third overall in the championship was Team Maddii Racing Husqvarna’s Alberto Forato who finished with 7-1 results for second overall for the weekend. In the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing it was Team VRT’s Tom Guyon who won the final

EMX 2T European Championship: the penultimate round in Imola In the opening EMX2T championship presented by FMF Racing race on Saturday it was Iacopi who took the holeshot, and led Pier Filippo Bertuzzo, Kras, Andrea Gorini, and Deghi into the first lap. Anderson was back in sixth place and tried to work his way past riders to get to Kras. By lap three Kras had moved into second place while Anderson was struggling in eight place after a mistake. Race 1 carried on and Iacopi continued to lead throughout the race, Deghi moved into second on lap 14, and Kras held third, while Anderson had moved up to fifth position. Iacopi won the first EMX race of his career by nine seconds on Deghi, with Kras third. Iacopi led into the second EMX2T championship presented by FMF Racing race from Anderson, Matteo Del Coco, Bertuzzo and Emanuele Alberio in fifth. Kras was down in the first lap and found

EMX 250 and EMX 125 European Championship: Van De moosdijk and Laengenfelder master Lommel The EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing raced the sixth round in Lommel at the MXGP of Belgium, and once again it was the sand masters who came out and showed amazing skills around one of the toughest circuits in the World. F&H Racing Kawasaki’s Roan van de Moosdijk is the king of the sand in the EMX250 class, going 1-1 and taking the points’ lead in the series standings heading to the next round in Sweden. The Dutchman was a level above his competition as he clocked lap times bunch of seconds quicker than the other EMX250 riders, Creymert Racing’s Kevin Horgmo was second overall and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory’s Mikkel Haarup third. In the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing it was WZ-Racing’s Simon Laengenfelder who scored 2-1 results to win the overall, ahead of series leader Maddii Racing Husqvarna’s Mattia Guadagnini and Team VRT’s Tom Guyon. Guadagnini continues to lead the series by 20

EMX 65 / EMX 85 European Championship: the final in Loket Bidzans and Marek are EMX85 and EMX65 Champions! The hillside circuit of Loket witnessed the future of motocross in action as the Finals of the European Championships EMX65 and EMX85 were held together with the premiere classes. Racing was nothing less than impressive with Latvian Edvards Bidzans catching the top step of the podium and local hero and 65cc World Cup winner Vitezslav Marek being crowned EMX85 and EMX65 European Championship respectively. EMX85 The opening EMX85 race saw a great performance from Latvian Edvards Bidzans as the he did not have a good start but could manage to be in fourth position in lap one and worked his way through the field to move into first place on lap three and controlled the race from there, winning ahead of Quentin Marc Prugnieres and Marchetti Racing KTM’s Valerio Lata. For Prugnieres, who led the race on the first lap had to settle

EMX Open European Championship: season finale in Ukraina The last round of the EMX Open European Championship took place this weekend in Kiev, Ukraina. Good weather conditions in the morning and heavy rain in the afternoon welcomed the eight riders in fight for the season finale. Thrilling battle for the third place between local hero Oleh Kruk and the Matej Jaros. The 4-point lead Ukrainian lost 2 points in the first race. However, he was able to fight back in the second race under much more difficult conditions and to secure third place in the championship. Undeterred Volodymyr Tarasow secured with two wins the day's victory ahead of the Czech Petr Michalec which unobtrusively but surely brought his 2nd place in the championship home. Absent at this race the championship leader Martin Micheck, who thanks to a good advantage is the European Champion. Race classification: Volodymyr Tarasov (UKR, KTM) Petr