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Motocross European Championships: 2024 provisional calendar FIM Europe, together with Infront Moto Racing and FIM, is delighted to share the provisional 2024 Motocross calendar! The season is set to kick off on the 24th of March with the Grand Prix of Europe (venue TBA) and to finish off on 08th September in Afyonkarahisar, Turkiye. 15 events together with the FIM Motocross World Championship for 4 different series: EMX250, EMX125, EMX Open and EMX2T, adding the Finals for EMX65 and EMX85. Stay tuned! Links FIM Europe Motocross MXGP

Yamaha YZ bLU-cRU 65cc-85cc-125cc Cup: Maymann and Gordon do it for Denmark with YZ85 and YZ65 victories, while Mancini puts on a masterclass to win the YZ125 From left: Yamaha Motor Europe Marketing Motorsport Director's Paolo Pavesio, Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo, YZ Champions, FIM Europe Motocross Commission Vice Chairman Peter Goris A fired-up French crowd were treated to YZ bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup SuperFinale races at the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Ernèe. On Saturday Denmark’s Storm Maymann and Willads Gordon emerging victorious in the YZ85 and YZ65 classes, respectively. On Sunday Italian Simone Mancini has taken victory in the YZ125 class after putting in a masterful display which saw him top timed practice, carve to the front and lead for the entire race. This year, the European SuperFinale has roughly 40 riders in each of the three classes - YZ65, YZ85 and YZ125 – making it harder to call and more exciting than ever before

EMX125 and EMX250 European Championship: Bonacorsi and Reisulis crowned in Great Britain The ultimate round of the EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing displayed a lot of great racing across the board at the riders’ favourite track of Matterley Basin for the round of Great Britain. In EMX250, it was Team VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Marc-Antoine Rossi who closed the season from the best of manners with his second overall win of the season in front of his teammate Ferruccio Zanchi and Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Karlis Reisulis who cliched his first podium of the season in third place. This last round witnessed the final decider in EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing that saw MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Reisulis taking the European Title on the first race with a dominant win. The Latvian made it even better on his last outing in the category with a perfect win to clinch the last round of the

EMX250 European Championship: Bonacorsi dominates in Turkiye to clinch the title The penultimate round of the EMX250 in Afyon, Turkiye witnessed greatness in the making with many battles and good racing happening over the weekend. In the end, Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi managed to clinch the overall and the EMX250 Championship Title with one round to spare and a 100% podiums which shows the dominance of the Italian this season. Bonacorsi cannot be caught up by Husqvarna BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers in the last round in Great Britain and can enjoy to be a double European Champion following his title in EMX125. The round of Turkiye then saw Andrea Bonacorsi win the overall with an impressive second race win in front of Fantic Racing MX’s Cas Valk in second who is confirming week after week his talent and Kay Karssemakers, third, who has been consistently riding for the top spot throughout the season. In Race 1, it

EEMX250 European Championship: Bonacorsi gets back to winning ways in Arnhem The Round of Netherlands in EMX250 witnessed many battles across the board. The sand track of Arnhem allowed riders to show all their skills and speed to overtake and fight for the top spots. Red Plate Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi won his 3rd round of the season and kept his 100% podium record this season while extending his lead in the Championship. Fantic Racing MX’s Cas Valk confirmed his emphatic win in Sweden with the 2nd overall while BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers pulled out another podium after fighting hard to come back in the first race. In race 1, home rider Cas Valk took a huge start and the lead in front of his countryman Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Ivano Van Erp and VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Ferruccio Zanchi. Both riders showed good speed but Valk edged away and created a good gap. The front three riders disappeared

EMX125 and EMX250 European Championship: Valk sees double in EMX250 while Reisulis gets closer to the EMX125 title The Round of Sweden delivered intense racings and battles over the whole weekend in EXM125 and EMX250. It was especially challenging on Sunday for the riders with the rain coming in play. In EMX250, Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Cas Valk got the perfect win with a 1-1 I front of Red Plate Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi who stayed solid to go 2-2 while BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakersfought hard to get on the third step of the podium. In EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Martin Reisulis continued his winning streak with his 3d win in a row in front of 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin who went 2-2 to keep a chance of Title victory on the last round. Kasimir Hidersson completed the podium to get a good back-to-back podium. EMX250 In Race 1 Cas Valk made

EMX125 and EMX Open European Championship: Goupillon is victorious in EMX Open while Reisulis wins in EMX125 The round of Flanders in Lommel saw the 7th round of the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing and the unique round of the EMXOpen. The competition raged over two days on the technical sand track, and the two classes delivered an outstanding show for the large Belgian public present. The two races in each category run over Saturday and Sunday which saw a complete change of weather making it even more challenging for the riders. In EMX125 presented by FMFM Racing, it was Red Plate MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Reisulis who won his second round in a row in front of the surprising and strong Kassimir Hindersson who got his first podium and the consistent second in the Championship, 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin who finished third. In EMXOpen, Tech32’s Pierre Goupillon came out victorious in front of Miro Sivhonen solid second and Ken Bengston who managed

EMX65 / EMX85 and EXM 2T European Championship: Alvisi, Assini and Valk clinch EMX gold medals in Loket default The MXGP of Czech Republic hosted the finals of the EMX65, EMX85 and the unique round of EMX2T series. The fastest European riders battled over two days saw the fastest riders in Europe go head-to-head for gold, silver and bronze medals! The amazing battles throughout all categories gifted the public with a stunning show where Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Cas Valk went on to win Gold Medal in EMX2T while Nicolò Alvisi won in EMX85 and Francesco Assini came out victorious in EMX65. EMX85 In the opening EMX85 race, Liam Bruneau made the fastest start and led the race. Bruneau kept going with the lead until the checkered flag to dominate the first race. Behind him Nicolò Alvisi had to fight his way during the whole race as the Italian found himself in 6th on lap 1 but charged forward to make great passes along the way. Alvisi even touched

EMX Women' European Championship: Van Drunen and Barker claim the title The EMX Women' European Championship raced the last round of the season featuring the EMX65 / EMX85 European Championship – SW and SE zone Semifinal in Gazzane di Preseglie, Italy. For the sixth time in a row Lotte Van Drunen (Kawasaki) ruled the weekend with a masterpiece of 25+25 points. The Dutch rider had no rivals this season, winning all the races and becoming the new EMX Women’ Champion. Difficult season to date for the defending champion Mathea Selebo (Yamaha), who with another double second position confirmed the second place in the standings. With a double third in Gazzane di Preseglie, Alexandra Massury (KTM) is third in the standing too. In EMX Women 125 the fight for the title was a matter between Lucy Barker (KTM) and Tyra Backstrom (GasGas). At the end of a thrilling season with great battles

EMX65 / EMX85 European Championship - Semifinal SW and SE zone After the challenge between the Central Europe and North Europe zone, last week the SW and SE zone met in Gazzane di Preseglie, Italy, for the second EMX65 / EMX85 European Championship – Semifinal. EMX65 The first race of EMX65 saw the win of the SW zone leader Francesco Assini (GasGas) ahead of French riders Tim Lopes (GasGas) and Loan Torro (GasGas). Race 2 was ruled by Slovenian Taj Golez (Husqvarna), who won the qualifying race on Saturday, but finished sixth in the first heat. With the second position and 22 points the Italian rider Assini took the Semifinal win. Third place for Gonzalo Salvador (KTM), fourth for Alex Novak (KTM) and fifth for Loan Torro. EMX65 Top three 1.    Francesco Assini, ITA 2.    Taj Golez, SLO 3.    Loan Torro, FRA EMX85 The EMX85 class was dominated by home hero Riccardo