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FRANCE 5-0 BELARUS Belarus are often the dark horse in European Championships, especially for title pretend­ing teams. But this time France looked serious and composed in their attacking and defending, and got four goals in the first half of the game. In the second part of the game Belarus had a good chance, but didn't score 11 meters penalty, also French goalkeeper saved good 16 meters free-kick shot and France players added another one beauty. Les Bleus were just outstanding. It was also nice to see FIM Europe 1st Deputy President Martin De Graaff enjoying the game in the stands. GAME LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br7ax7wcHHM LITHUANIA 1-10 GERMANY Germany started this game as clear favorites, but their first goal came for them only in the second quarter, when one of the main Lithuanian players left the field because of his motorbike failure and their captain received green card. That was a real

This year’s meeting has been a great success with 109 riders from 14 different Nations participating. The scene was the Autodromo di Franciacorta in Italy and with clear skies and warm and dry weather this excellent venue with two different tracks – one for MiniMoto and one for Mini GP – set the ideal frame for three days of racing and friendship. The Mini Bike racing is for children from 7 years and for many of the participants it was an inspiration and education to be part of the friendly but strict atmosphere associated with a European Championship. The Italian riders held the home track and they had strong results in all of the MiniMoto classes as well as in the Mini GP class. However both Dutch, Hungarian and Czech riders were able to find their way to the podium. In the Ohvale classes and the Honda NSF class the

On the way to Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, MotoGP stars Marc Marquez (Honda) and Bradley Smith (KTM) took part in a press conference in Vienna at the headquarters of Österreichischer Automobil, Motorrad und Touring Club (ÖAMTC), in the presence of Austrian Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology Mr. Norbert Hofer, to support the campaign “No Ride without Training”, promoting safe motorcycle riding on the roads. Both riders underlined the necessity of preparation before riding as well as always wearing a proper gear. From left AMF President Univ. Prof. Dr. Harald Hertz; KTM Board Member Mag. Hubert Trunkenpolz; ÖAMTC Director DI Oliver Schmerold, Minister Nobert Hofer, Austrian Motorcycle Association CEO Christian Arnezeder; ÖAMTC staff. In the front: Bradley Smith, Marc Marquez. Road safety is a top priority of ÖAMTC, running serveral driving safety centers in Austria, as well for the Austrian Government and the Austrian Motorcycle Association (arge2Rad).

FRANCE 3-THE NETHERLANDS 2 France has opened their score box in 9th minute, soon after this The Netherlands had a good chance to answer, but the ball hit the crossbar. Despite this in the second quarter The Netherlands equalized the result with a beautiful 16 meters free-kick. It was a wake-up call for France and in the sixth minute of second quarter they came up with a goal. There was less luck for them in the end of the quarter when France player got a hit in the head with a ball from 16 meters free-kick, at least the player left the field with some help from his teammates. In the second part of the game France got another goal, The Netherlands answered in the end of the game, but France did their job well and earned their first 3 points. BELARUS 4-LITHUANIA 2 In the first quarter Lithuania immediately

GERMANY 2-BELARUS 4 Germans began the game with high tempo and a lot of attacks, but couldn't get the ball in, while Belarus used their only chance effectively and scored in the first quarter, and again at the beginning of the second - beautiful long range shot into the corner. Only in the end of the quarter Germany at last managed to find the net and scored two goals. In the second part of the game Belarus took higher pace in attack and scored their third goal. Then they earned 11 meters penalty, scored and left Germans under big pressure, and their team just could not find their game until the end of the match. THE NETHERLANDS 2-LITHUANIA 4 The Netherlands scored their first goal in the first quarter and things didn't look bright for Lithuania, their captain received green card and was sent out for 2 minutes. In the second

In the week from Monday 6th to Sunday 12th August, the follow­ing European races will be held: 6-12 August - Motoball European Championship at Kovrov/Russia 11 August - European 125cc Youth Track Racing Cup at Divisov/Czech Republic 11-12 August - Enduro European Championship at Skovde/Sweden 11-12 August - European Trial Championship, Women, Youth , Over 40 and Junior Cup at Bilstain/Belgium 11-12 August - European 85cc Youth Speedway Cup at Skaerbaek/Denmark 11-12 August - Supermoto SM Junior and S3 at Siauliai/Lithuania

The Lommel, Belgium, circuit hosted FIM Europe’s classes of EMX125 presented by FMF Racing and EMX250 for this weekend’s round of Belgium alongside the FIM Motocross World Championship classes of MXGP and MX2. Maddi Racing Husqvarna’s Mattia Guadagnini and REVO Husqvarna UK’s Mel Pocock took full advantage of the opportunity to win this weekend and took their respective overall victories. The world class event was a massive and challenging stage for the nearly 200 riders entered into the EMX classes yesterday and today. Lommel is known as one of the most testing sand tracks in the world even for seasoned World champions. Coming into the weekend 100 riders were entered into the 125 class alone with another 91 in EMX250. By the start of Saturday’s points paying race a series of timed sessions combined with a last chance race narrowed the fields to 40 riders each. EMX250’s Saturday race was

Italian Matteo Grattarola (Sembenini Montesa, photo1) won the fourth round of the FIM Europe Trial Championship and he is very close to be crowned, as his leadership increased to 75 points with one round left. French Kieran Touly (Sherco, photo2) and Italian Piero Sembenini (Montesa, photo3) triumphed in Junior and Over 40 classes. In the hottest days of the year, all the European riders appreciated the fresh breeze that Santo Stefano d'Aveto – a small village at almost 1000 mt on sea level, chosen for this penultimate round - offered. Grattarola - as we already announced - did not like easy sections and never as today he grasped the victory for a while and due to a big mistake of English Dan Peace (Gas Gas), able to control the situation until the last section of the last lap. Peace rode very well in the whole competition. He was leading at

The UK round of the FIM Europe Vintage Road Race Championship was organised by the Classic Racing Motorcycle Club and held under sunny skies at the Donington Park Classic Motorcycle Festival. The former Moto GP circuit served up some brilliant racing over three days, thrilling a big crowd of spectators. The first set of races saw class wins for: Class 2 Stuart McDonald (Bultaco), Class 3 Charles Murdoch (Honda), Class 4 Tomas Karlsson (Yamaha) Class 5 Roel Pasop (Triumph), Class 6 Alan Major (Triumph), Class 7a Mike Smith (Triumph ) Class 7b Mike Smith (Yamaha). Conditions for racing remained ideal for the second set of races and the results were similar to the first set of races except that Bernd Pollman took the Class 4 win on his immaculate Aermacchi after race 1 winner Tomas Karlsson retired his 350cc Yamaha. The Championship moves to the former Grand Prix Rijeka circuit

The Finnish town of Sodankylä hosted the first Watercross European Cup in a cloudy weather with abouth 17 degrees. The riders present were 23 present, from the Scandinavian countries. The event was held ahead of around 1.500 spectators. The organizer did made a fantastic work up to this event and the spectators could see an event in top class. Free practice and qualification was done before lunch time and the finals after. The final result in European Watercross Cup 2018 saw Antti Holmberg from Finland winner with 25 points ahead of Joachim Olsen (in the photo in action) from Norway with 20 points and Morten Blien from Norway with 16 points.