Motocross

Victor Arbekov, the 1965 250cc Motocross World Champion, passed away on the early morning of February, 18 at the age of 74. FIM Europe received the sad news as well as the text below from the Motorcycle Federation of Russia. "Victor Arbekov, honored master of sports, honored coach of the USSR, the First USSR Motocross World champion. At the age of 17 he won the USSR championship in the 125 cc. Next year he repeated his success. At the age of 19, being already master of sports and a famous motocross rider, he was drafted into the army; he was in the CSKA team. From 1961 to 1968 he was a member of the USSR team. In 1965 on a motorcycle CZ-250 Victor Arbekov won the gold medal of the World Championship and became the first Russian rider, who won the title of World Champion. Then his main competitor, the

The start of EMX250 in Belgium, last year. Photo @Youthstream - The FIM Europe Motocross rules are now on the FIM Europe website and can be downloaded here. Among the news of the 2017 season: 1. The EMX250 championship is open to motorcycles between 175cc and 250cc for both 4 stroke and 2 stroke powered engines. This will make the European motocross most important championship extremely interesting with the introduction of equal capacities for the 2 strokes and 4 strokes. 2. The 2016 Women's Cup is now upgraded to an official European championship for 2017 consisting of 4 rounds in Denmark, Poland, Germany and Latvia. 3. The Motocross of European Nations combined with the Women's Motocross of European Nations will be organised in 2017 at Gdansk in Poland on 2/3 September and the Sidecarcross of European Nations combined with the Quadcross of European Nations will be organised at Cingoli in

The Motocross European Championship Calendar of 2017 has been updated.In particular, the EMX300 will not be held in Villars-Sous-Ecot but in Frauenfeld and a round of the EMX150 will be held in Agueda. Below, all the dates and venues. (Photo @Youthstream)

Photos @Youthstream The provisional calendar for the 2017 Motocross European Championship is announced complete with some awesome new venues such as Baldasserona in San Marino, and Uddevalla, which will make a welcomed return after being missed this year, while the EMX in France will return to Ernée, the venue that has a grip on the hearts of thousands of fans after hosting one of the best ever editions of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, 2015. Check here below the complete 2017 provisional calendar.   Links:YouthstreamFIM FIM Europe  

The EMX 65, 85 North East zone and EMX Open European Championship was held this weekend in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in extremely hot weather conditions.On Saturday the 74 riders in 3 classes participated to the qualifications. In EMX 85 Estonian Meico Vettik snatched the pole position. He was followed by Russian Svyatoslav Pronenko and by Latvian Kristians Freimanis. In EMX 65 the championship leader Eduards Bidzans did the pole position. He was followed by Russian Kirill Vorobyev and by Latvian Aleksis Araids.In Open class the pole position was taken by Russian Semen Rogozin, who was followed by his compatriots Ivan Baranov and Alexandr Efimov.The race day was held on Sunday, the races were held on a well prepared track.EMX 85The first heat was won by the yesterday’s poleman, Estonian Meico Vettik. He was followed by the Latvian Kristians Freimanis and Russian Svyatoslav Pronenko.In the second heat Kristains Freimanis took the win.

FIM Europe is pleased to anticipate the statements of Honda EMX150 Championship and Youthstream. FIM Europe experts will be present in Albaida (Spain) on 23 and 24 April 2016, during the training camp, for the evaluation and training of the young riders of the EMX150. Honda will continue its commitment to developing youth talent in motocross with the announcement of an improved Honda 150 European Championship in 2016.The championship, which runs as a support series to MXGP, offers a complete development package for 11-14 year olds, nurturing them in the areas of riding style, bike setup, mentality, nutrition and fitness, as well as providing them the ideal career springboard and familiarising them with racing on the World Championship stage.The winner will again take a step up in the Honda Racing Family with a Honda-supported ride in the European 250 championship in 2017.As part of the Honda Racing Family at Motocross Grands Prix, the

From the left, John van den Berk, MX Academy trainer, Martin van Genderen, MX Academy Coordinator and trainer, Giuseppe Luongo, president of Youthstream, Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President, and Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President and MX Academy Project leader - Photo © Youthstream. Today in Assen, the Netherlands, after the qualifying races of the World MXGP and MX2, an important event of MX Academy was held: the young riders who attended the Academy received their first certificates. The event was accompanied by a press conference, to which took part Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President, Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President, Giuseppe Luongo, President of Youthstream, Martin van Gendere, MX Academy Coordinator and trainer, and John van den Berk, MX Academy trainer.They welcome everybody and then said how glad they were to be there giving the certificates to kids for the first time. “We are very happy about what this fantastic

TEUTSCHENTHAL (Germany) -  Temperatures were almost perfect here at the classic Talkessel circuit, where round five of the European Championship EMX250 took place. To the delight of the German crowd that flooded the awesome venue here in Teutschenthal, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu stood on the podium for the first time in his career while Apico Husqvarna’s Steven Clarke, the defending EMX250 champion, also hit a career milestone with his first ever overall victory.A few spanners were thrown in the works today with the drop of the gate. Turn one was chaotic with a bunch of riders going down in a heap, two of which are some of the hottest championship contenders Mafi Yamaha MX Team’s Alvin Ostlund and HONDA JTech’s Nick Kouwenberg. One quarter of a lap later, yesterday’s race winner Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Damon Graulus stalled his bike in an awkward place and was planted by another

Alex Dimitrov, winner of the EMX85 in the latest round of SE Zone, in Sliven, Bulgaria The Croatian Motorcycle Federation (HMS) announces that the round of EMX65 and 85 cc South-East zone scheduled in Mladina (Croatia) on 13 and 14th June has been cancelled. The EMX Open will be regularly held in the same date and racetrack.

On the 2nd of May the Bulgarian city of Troyan hosted the qualifying sessions of the 2nd round of the SE European MX65 and MX85 Championship. On this beautiful, perfect prepared track, fifteen 65cc and eighteen 85cc boys met for a fighting weekend. The qualifying heats of EMX65 showed in the first positions three riders from different nationalities: Moldavian Cuharciuc, Roumenian Popovici and Bulgarian Grozdanov. In EMX85 the Bulgarians Dimitrov and Georgiev were followed by the Croatien Hranic.The qualifying race in EMX85 started with slight rain. At the start Georgiev crashed, while he was second. Hranic and Dimitrov were fighting for two laps, changing position all the time. Dimitrov was leading the pack untill the end although Hranic was closing up at the end and finished only 2 seconds later. The unlucky Georgiev managed to finish in 3th position. In the actual standings these 3 riders are at the first