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European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: the Final SMF President Peter Lazar, FIM Europe President Martin de Graaff and organizer and FIM Europe Track Race commission member Jakub Zliehovacia The city of Zarnovica, in Slovakia, hosted the final of the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup, which was held in front of around 2000 spectators. Nice weather and a sunny day welcomed the 18 riders in fight for the title. At the end of a thrilling competition and a hard-fought battle, Jan Kvech (from Czech Republic) won in front Evgenij Saidullin and Mads Hansen. On the occasion of the 300th speedway race on the track of Zarnoviva FIM Europe President Mr. Martin De Graaff and SMF President Peter Lazar were present at this competition and at Prize Giving Ceremony. The club also organized a party to celebrate the event and a nice photo book since 1953 was presented. Final classification: 1. Jan

European Speedway Cup: the U19 Individual and the 85cc Youth in Germany Semi Final 2 for the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup and Final round for the European 85cc Youth Speedway Cup in Güstrow, Germany. European U19 Individual Speedway Cup - Semi Final 2 The meeting was raced on a wet track due to the heavy rain, but thanks to the excellent job of the club members, all twenty heats and two run-off heats were completed within two and half hour. Sensational Drew Kemp claimed his victory undefeated all night on 15 points. There were two race offs for the 3rd and for the last qualifying place. Event classification: 1. Drew Kemp, Great Britain 2. Evgenii Saidullin, Russia 3. Jonas Seifert, Denmark European 85cc Youth Speedway Cup - Final The meeting was held on a cloudy Saturday following all night rain. Organizers did a great job and prepared an excellent

European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Semi Final 1 After one year the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup was back to Pardubice Stadium, Czech Republic, for the Semi Final 1. Excellent time for spectators and riders, fighting for the eight positions of the Final. Great performance for the 2018 champion Mads Hansen from Denmark. The Final meeting will be on Sunday August 11th at Žarnovica, in Slovakia. Final classification: 1. Mads Hansen, Denmark 2. Aleksandr Kaibushev, Russia 3. Jan Kvěch, Czech Republic 4. Mateusz Cierbiak, Poland 5. Petr Chlupáč, Czech Republic 6. Jason Edwards, Great Britain 7. Phlip Helström-Bengs, Sweden 8. David Pacalaj, Slovakia

Trial European Championship: day2 in France Andrea Soulier Spanish Gabriel Marcelli (Montesa) , French Kieran Touly (Scorpa) and Italian Andrea Soulier (Beta) ruled in Ancelle, France, FIM Europe Trial Championship, round # 3. Being too stressed the last year champion and leader until this round, Matteo Grattarola (Sembenini Nils Redmoto Montesa), decided to have a rest to prepare himself better for the hot final in the world championship and did not take part in this event.  So the battle with his number one rival both in the world and European series has been postponed in September. Marcelli thanked and won easily scoring 3 and one point in the two laps. More interesting the challenge for the positions behind him. It was an Italian matter, between 2015 European champion Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas) and Lorenzo Gandola (Vertigo). Both scored 10 points in the first lap, then the former improved to 8,

Trial European Championship: Hakonsen and Martinez ruled in France Ingveig Hakonsen Norwegian Ingveig Hakonsen (TRRS) and Spanish Pau Martinez (Vertigo) topped the podium in their respective classes, Women and Youth's, in Ancelle, French Alps, for the third round of the  2019 FIM Europe Trials Championship. In a wonderful mountain scenery the best very young riders and the women played their cards in this penultimate round of the series. In both the categories counting for a European title, there was a very close fight and the victory was assigned by a hair's breadth. Between the Women, Hakonsen broke the consecutive wins of Italian Alex Brancati (Beta) – who grabbed the runner-up position – riding at high level and limiting her mistakes. She led from the beginning, dropping 12 and 13 marks in the two loops. On the other side Brancati suffered the pressure in the first lap, ended only in fourth

Trial European Championship: ready to set in France Gabriel Marcelli The 2019 FIM Europe Trial Championship is again on the scene and all the titles will be assigned in this hot month. Two events full of competitions. The first one, number three in the series, will be held in the upcoming week-end at Ancelle, near Gap, in the French Alps. Last time that Ancelle hosted an international event was in 2002. It was a two-day round of the FIM World Championship. After 17 years the local club will welcome the best of European riders split through all the different categories. The heart of the event will be in the Pré Joubert car park (snack bar, restaurants and some sections). Other sections will be located at the cemetery of Ancelle castle, under the cross St Philippe (ski slope valley) and at the Collet d'Ancelle, Faudon road. On Saturday, the 10th , 

European Races of the weekend 10-11/08/2019

Vintage Hill Climb European Championship: final round in Germany The last round of the Vintage Hill Climb European Championship was held on 3rd-4th August in Lückendorf, Germany with 102 riders and sidecars present (80 solo riders and 22 sidecars), divided into 3 solo classes and 3 sidecars classes. Day 1 Strong rain in the midle of the day caused the delay on the timetable and sessions were partially modified. First position in class 8a sidecars was Gundiger Roland/ Gundinger Maria, in class 8b was Huml Jiry /Huml Vojtech and in class 8c was Rösler Detlef/ Schmidt Luca. Day 2 With good weather all classes raced on time, both solo moto and sidecars. Thanks to an excellent organization and many collateral events, over 10.000 spectators join the events. Round winner: 8a – Roland Gundinger / Maria Gundinger 8b – Warner Kohle / Manuel Stadler 8c – Peter Gierlinger / Helga Gierlinger

Road Race Hill Climb European Championship: the fifth round in Italy sdr_HDRB On 03rd-04th August was raced in Gragnana, Italy, the fifth round of the Road Race Hill Climb European Championship. Nice weather and summer temperatures welcomed riders and team, who on Saturday’s raced the free practices in 2 km long hill climb track. There were 165 entries in different categories, 28 for the European Championship. Race1 classification: 250GP – Guido Testoni (ITA) Supersport – Davide Lignite (ITA) Supermono Open – Alexander Ponzellini (ITA) Superbike – Cleaz Savoyen Romain (FRA) Race2 classification: 250GP - Guido Testoni (ITA) Supersport - Davide Lignite (ITA) Supermono Open - Alexander Ponzellini (ITA) Superbike – David Jean Kuc (FRA)

EMX 250 and EMX 125 European Championship: Van De moosdijk and Laengenfelder master Lommel The EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing raced the sixth round in Lommel at the MXGP of Belgium, and once again it was the sand masters who came out and showed amazing skills around one of the toughest circuits in the World. F&H Racing Kawasaki’s Roan van de Moosdijk is the king of the sand in the EMX250 class, going 1-1 and taking the points’ lead in the series standings heading to the next round in Sweden. The Dutchman was a level above his competition as he clocked lap times bunch of seconds quicker than the other EMX250 riders, Creymert Racing’s Kevin Horgmo was second overall and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory’s Mikkel Haarup third. In the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing it was WZ-Racing’s Simon Laengenfelder who scored 2-1 results to win the overall, ahead of series leader Maddii Racing Husqvarna’s Mattia Guadagnini and Team VRT’s Tom Guyon. Guadagnini continues to lead the series by 20