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With the entries for the European Championship EMX250 and EMX125 round of Pietramurata, Italy now officially closed, Youthstream, the promoter of the European Series, has just announced that both classes are full. With a 100-rider limit, the EMX250 class has exceeded this number. All riders entered after the 100th entry was accepted will be reserve riders. Should one of the first 100 entries withdraw for any reason, the reserve riders will then automatically be entered. Meanwhile the EMX125 has impressively received 95 entries, which along with the maxed out EMX250 class and extraordinary depth of talent in both classes, only attests that the European Championship is the ultimate development series for any aspiring professional motocross rider.Full grid also for the Honda EMX 150 class, which will take its start in Pietramurata, too, but the entry list will be defined by Honda in the next days. ­ These results confirm the

  FIM Europe has signed a three years contract with ITP for the support of the European Quadcross Championship.ITP is one of the brands of the global operating company The Carlstar Group (formerly Carlisle Transportation Products). The European headquarter of The Carlstar Group is based in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The Company is well-known as a premier manufacturer of a comprehensive line of performance products for original equipment and aftermarket customers with a strong family of brands including Carlisle® belts, tires and wheels, Ultimax® powersports belts, ITP® tires and wheels, as well as Cragar®, Black Rock® and Unique® wheels. Made in USA, ITP tires and wheels are realized pursuing Advanced Traction Technology, and are well-known already in many Countries and specialized in Quads and UTVs.In Europe the use of quads is very popular. The races of the European Quadcross Championship in 6 different Countries are a good opportunity for both parties

The fourth and last round of European Snowcross Championship was held today in Demino, Russia, with two final heats which were broadcast in live-streaming.   After the double win of Saturday’s races, Russian rider Dmitry Sklyarov did not manage to repeat his successful series in today’s round. In the first heat Denis Ryazantcev, from Russia, gained the leadership from the start, and held it for the first 12 minutes, but then he was passed by Estonian Kaur Tiisler who won the race. Dmitry Sklyarov finished in third position after 15 minutes +1 lap. In the second race (which was also the last of the European Championship) Estonian Kaur Tiisler took a good start. In the 6th lap he crashed and and lost several positions, but today he was the fastest rider on track and at the end he managed to gain again the front of the race. He won the

On 21st and 22nd March the 2nd Workshop on Weight Training organised in collaboration with the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) was held at the Hotel Paradies - Graz (AUT). Even in this second Workshop the 12 Trainers, coming from 7 Countries (Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Sweden), had at their disposal the experience of the Irish presenter Colin Buckley, EWF Executive Board Member in charge of the European Coaching Framework. Not only theoretical information, concerning mainly postural analysis, functional movements, anatomical adaptations, overreaching and overtraining, but also group work focused on particular aspects as designing a warm-up program to be used before the race and how to design sample gym programs. At the end of the Workshop was discussed with the Teacher and with the Trainers the project to the study of FIM Europe to create a European Register of Trainers that, once approved and once found the resources,

The third round of European Snowcross Championship has started in Demino, Russia. With good snow conditions, the first day of race, on Saturday, offered great show and an unexpected winner: the Russian rider Dmitry Sklyarov, who had not taken part to the first two events of the Championship in Norway.   As for the first day of races, also today the third round of the European Series will be broadcast live on Russian Television. The races can be followed in live-streaming, too, at the website HDextreme.ru according to the schedule of the day. Today’s qualifying practice will start at 12.00 and the last heat is supposed to end at 15.30.After the first day of races, with one single day to the end of the European Championship, Ole-Herman Hagen Sjøgren from Norway is leading the standings. The standings after the Saturday races of the third round:1 - Ole-Herman Hagen Sjøgren - Norway

    The third round of European Snowcross Championship will be held this weekend in Demino, Russia. Weather forecast is good for the races, and today it was fine, too, with good snow conditions during the Circuit Control. The beautiful track on the banks of river Volga will host the third round of the European Series, which will be broadcast live on Russian Television. The races can be followed in live-streaming, too, at the website HDextreme.ru according to the schedule of the day. Qualifying practice will start at 12.00 and the last heat is supposed to end at 15.30, both on Saturday and Sunday.After the second round, Finnish Eetu Karjalainen leads the European Championship. The standings after the second round:1 - Eetu Karjalainen  - Finland with 109 points2 - Viktor Hertén - Finland with 108 points 3 - Ole-Herman Hagen Sjøgren - Norway with 99 pointsAll results on FIM Europe website.  

The Honda 150 European Motocross Championship is designed to provide young riders between the ages of 11 and 14 with four-stroke experience and prepare them for riding in European championships and World championships. The winner of the championship will receive a 2016 Honda supported ride in the European 250 championship. The first round will be at the first European event in the MXGP calendar at Pietramurata, Italy, on the 18th and 19th of April. Last weekend saw youth riders from throughout Europe, and as far afield as the United States, descend on Albaida, Spain for the Honda 150 -FIM Europe training camp. While the primary purpose of the training camp was to allow the riders to familiarise themselves with the four-stroke CRF150R, undergo physical assessment and benefit from the tutelage from stars from the Honda Racing Family, a selection process was also in place to decide who would join the

We are only a month out from the first rounds of the European Motocross Championships, which will take place at MXGP of Trentino in Pietramurata, Italy on the weekend of April 19th, and record-breaking numbers of entries has already been registered by the promoter Youthstream. While they are still taking entries for the European Motocross Championship, which will close tomorrow, March 20th, in the EMX250 class Youthstream has already received over one hundred entries for the rounds in Pietramurata, Italy and Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. The EMX125 class has already received more than eighty and the EMX300, as predicted, has doubled since last year.  In Pietramurata the Honda EMX150 championship will take its start, too, with full grid as well.With the European Championship becoming a fundamental series for any aspiring motocross rider, Youthstream stated to be proud of the stepping-stone that has been created with entries in the FIM Motocross World

Despite best efforts made by FIM Europe and for reasons outside of its control, it is with great regret that the Ucraine Motorcycling Federation has had to cancel the round of European Motocross Championship that was scheduled to be held at Kiev 24-26 April 2015. The event will be held in the same date at Senkvice, thanks to the proposal of the Slovakian Federation to combine it with their EMX65/85 round.  The updated calendar has now been changed to the following:

Despite best efforts made by FIM Europe and for reasons outside of its control, it is with great regret that the event in Piatra Neamt (ROU) scheduled on 27-28th June as third round of the European Enduro Extreme Cup, has been cancelled. The updated calendar has now been changed to the following: