Motocross

Round four of the European EMX 125 Championship was held this weekend in Saint Jean d’Angely. As the lads had their 125cc motorcycles completely pinned in the hunt for EMX125 round of France glory, it was Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu who reigned supreme. In race one yesterday Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes took the advantage off the start but was quickly passed by Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu. With Hsu going on to check out for his first win of the season, Pootjes had deemed war with French wonder TMX Competition’s Dan Houzet. After dicing the position a few times throughout the race, Pootjes wound up the victor forcing the fan favorite to settle for third. The word ‘intense’ doesn’t do the EMX125 race any justice. It was so much more especially with two young French sensations Team Yamaha MJC’s David Herbreteau and JPM Racing’s Julien

The third round of the EMX65 and EMX85 Motocross European Championship (North Western leg) was held in Slagelse (Denmark). In the EMX65cc class, the first heat was won by Danish Rasmus Pedersen (KTM), followed by Dutch Ryan de Beer (KTM) and Danish Magnus Smith (KTM). In the second heat Pedersen won in front of Swedish Noel Nilsson (KTM) and Russian Nikita Kucherov (KTM). In the EMX85cc class, Spanish Jorge Prado Garcia (KTM) won the first heat in front of Finnish Kim Savaste (KTM) and Belgian Jago Geets (KTM). In the second race the victory went to Geets in front of Garcia and third Savaste. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Rasmus Pedersen in the EMX65cc class with 150 points in front of Noel Nillson with 96 points and Nikita Kucherov 85 points. In the EMX85cc class, first provisional position for Jorge Prado Garcia 132 points in front of Jago

The second round of the South Western qualification leg of the EMX65 and EMX85 and the third round of the EMXOpen were held this weekend in Prilipe Brezice (Slovenia). Qualifying races was held on Saturday on a very vet track, and it was very difficult for the EMX 65cc class because of the small wheels, and fastest time was in this class made by Eric Thomas (ESP) KTM, in the EMX 85cc the best time was made by Brian Moreau Strubhart (FRA) KAWASAKI and Evgeny Tyletski (BLR) KTM made the best time in the Open class Sunday on a perfect track, sunny and 27dgr. The EMX 85cc made the first race, and the fastest rider was Brian Moreau Strubhart (FRA) KAWASAKI, on the second place Jan Pancar (SLO) YAMAHA, and on the third place Tom Vialle (FRA) YAMAHA. In the second race in the EMX 85cc class was the winner

The second round of the Honda EMX150 4Stroke and the third round of the EMX250 and EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held this weekend in Matterley Basin (Great Britain). Track compound was close to perfect for race two offering a pleasant change to the slushy surface of yesterday. In the Honda EMX150 overall victory to British Albie Wilkie with two wins, followed by Australian hugh McKay and Finnish Jere Haavisto. In the EMX250, the overall winner was Belgian Brent Van Doninck (KTM) with two second positions, followed by Spanish Jorge Zaragoza (Kawasaki) third and fourth position. The winner of the first heat was British Ben Watson (KTM) and the winner of the second heat was French Sullivan Jaulin (Kawasaki). In the EMX300, the overall winner was British Lewis Gregory (Yamaha), with victory and in the first heat and a second position, and Italian Samuele Bernardini who was second in the

The second round of the North Eastern qualification leg of the EMX65 and EMX85 was held this weekend in Pakruojis Petrasiunai (Lithuania).There were present 24 riders to EMX 85 and 27 riders to EMX 65. During two days was very hot therefore condition for riders was heavy. Freimanis Kristian EMX 65 from Latvia won two races and he has 50 pts, Kraev Maksim EMX 65 from Russia was two races second places and he has 44 pts. The first race third was Petrov Nikita EMX 65 from Russia ,and second race third was Valovich Daniel EMX 65 from Bialerus. Hiiemagi Andreas EMX 85 from Estonia won two races and he has 50 pts,Petrashin Timur EMX 85 from Russia was two races second place and he has 44 pts.The first race to EMX 85 third place had Vettik Meico from Estonia, and second race third place had Zuks Rainers from Latvia.

The second event of the SE zone in classes EMX65, EMX85 and EMX OPEN was held in Croatian track Mladina in Jastrebarsko. Mladina track is known for very hard weather conditions and this time was the same as expected. On Saturday practices must be canceled because the track was so muddy that riding was impossible. Therefore Warm ups must be used as qualifications. Because of muddy conditions the track must be shortened. In first races the track was still muddy. In class EMX65 first race won Moldavian rider TIMUS Nikolai folowed home rider PISKOR Dominik on second and SAGMALIS Antonis from Greece on third. In second race SAGMALIS Antonis von in front of TIMUS Nikolai. Third finished home ridir PISKOR Dominik. After second event TIMUS Nikolai lead the championship, SAGMALIS Antonis is second and PISKOR Dominik third. In EMX85 class firs race won home rider HRANIC Nikola in front of

The second round of the EMX250 and of the EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held today in the Spanish track of Talavera de la Reina (Spain). In the EMX250 class the overall winner were two riders British Steven Clarke (KTM) and French Sullivan Jaulin (Kawasaki) who both got one first and second position. In the provisional rankings Clarke leads with 83 points in front of British Ben Watson with 63 points. In the EMX300 class overall winner was also British Lewis Gregory (Yamaha) who won the first heat and was second in the second heat. Second overall position went to Italian Marco Maddii (KTM), who won the second heat and was third in the first round. The leader of the provisional rankings is Italian Samuele Bernardini with 88 points, closely followed by Marco Maddi with 85 points. The next round of both Championship will be held on the 25th of

The second round of the North West qualification leg of the EMX 65cc and EMX 85cc was held in Wächtersbach / Aufenau (Germany). On a very difficult track the four races was run, and in the first race EMX 85cc number one was Roan van de Moosdijk The Netherlands, with Jorge Prado Garcia (Spain) on the second place and number three was Adam Einarsson (Sweden). In second race was Jorge Prado Garcia (Spain) the fastest rider, Roan van de Moosdijk (The Netherlands) number two, and on the third place came Gianlucca Fachetti (Italy) In the first race in the EMX 65cc class was the fastest rider Rasmus Pedersen (Denmark) on the second place Max Pålsson (Sweden), and on the third place Noel Nielsson (Sweden). The second Race in EMX 65cc was the fastest rider Rasmus Petersen (Denmark). Number two Ben Hess (Germany) and on the third place Magnus Smith (Denmark)

Tackling the territory of the EMX125’s latest dominant force, Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes proved to be tough this weekend as the youngsters lined up here in the sand of Valkenswaard for round three of the European Championship EMX125. With a full gate of screaming two-strokes, the gates dropped for race two and the ‘play-to-win’ mentality set in. After Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu went down hard on the start straight, only a few turns later there was even more carnage when at least six riders went down in a pile. One of which was yesterday’s runner up, Diga Racing’s Tomass Sileika who managed to dust himself off but was so far back, he couldn’t salvage a top twenty finish. Before the end of lap one, yesterday’s race one winner and The Netherlands’ latest sensation Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes was in the lead, checking out for

The EMX150cc Motocross European Championship started today in the Dutch track of Valkenswaard. Jere Haavisto collected the overall win in Valkenswaard after a thrilling second race that went right to the wire. Race one victor and local wildcard Rick Elzinga pushed the flying-Fin all the way but was forced to settle for second, while Matias Murto made it back-to-back third place finishes. The Honda 150 European Championship now heads to Matterley Basin for the British GP on the 25th of May.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 045/2014