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Watercross Cup: the race in Finland The Watercross Cup raced its single event of the calendar on 3rd August in Sodankyla, Finland. 20 riders coming from all Europe raced in strong condition with 10° and mixed weather. After the Qualification round 6 riders had full score, including women rider Miranda Tjärnström from Sweden. In the final Morten Blien from Norway took the lead, but after 6 laps Norwegian rider Morten Blien won becoming the new Watercross European Champion. Final classification: 1. Morten Blien (Norway) 2. Antti Holmberg (Finland) 3. Olli Magga (Finland)

Vintage Road Racing European Championship: the race in Donington Park Photographs courtesy www.pjm-photography.co.uk Riders of the Vintage Road Race European Championship gathered at the former Grand Prix circuit Anderstorp for the opening round of the 2019 Championship. Practice and qualifying went without any major problems for the FIME riders who all qualified. On Saturday the weather was perfect for racing with temperatures in the 20’s and a dry track until the last race when a heavy shower brought out the red flags and an early finish to the days racing. Sunday’s racing resumed with a dry track and the schedule was completed without further interruption. With a strong Classic Racing base in the UK Great Britain riders dominated the results apart from classes 6 and 7a where Hasse Gustafson ruled the roost for Sweden and took four wins on his Ducati machines. Against tough opposition Tanja Hentschel retained her Class

European Races of the weekend 03-04/08/2019

Mini Moto Road Racing European Championship: registrations are still open The Mini Moto Road Racing European Championship is ready to set its round at the historic TT Assen, in the Netherlands, from 16th to 18th August. The registrations will still open until Thursday 15th August for these categories: MINI MOTO (2 stroke) Junior A - from 8 years old (7 for some countries). 40cc 12mm exhaust reduction. Junior B - from 9 years old. 40cc 15mm exhaust reduction. Junior C - from 10 years old. 40cc free exhaust. Open A - from 11 years old. Open 50 maximum 50cc liquid cooled. MINIBIKE Mini GP 50 - from 10 years old. 50cc 2 stroke. Ohvale 110 - from 9 years old.  110cc 4 stroke. Ohvale 160 - from 10 years old. 160cc 4 stroke. Ohvale 190 - from 11 years old. 190cc 4 stroke. Honda NSF 100 - from 9 years old. 100cc 4 stroke. Further informations: Click here to download the Generic Entry Form Click here for the

EMX 65 / EMX 85 European Championship: the final in Loket Bidzans and Marek are EMX85 and EMX65 Champions! The hillside circuit of Loket witnessed the future of motocross in action as the Finals of the European Championships EMX65 and EMX85 were held together with the premiere classes. Racing was nothing less than impressive with Latvian Edvards Bidzans catching the top step of the podium and local hero and 65cc World Cup winner Vitezslav Marek being crowned EMX85 and EMX65 European Championship respectively. EMX85 The opening EMX85 race saw a great performance from Latvian Edvards Bidzans as the he did not have a good start but could manage to be in fourth position in lap one and worked his way through the field to move into first place on lap three and controlled the race from there, winning ahead of Quentin Marc Prugnieres and Marchetti Racing KTM’s Valerio Lata. For Prugnieres, who led the race on the first lap had to settle

EMX Quad European Championship: round 3 in Latvia The third round of the EMX Quad European Championship was raced on 27th-28th July in Stelpe, Latvia, with a sunny and hot weather. Thrilling Race1 with Kevin Saar first for 10 laps and out due to the breaking of the front suspension. Sune Lewander from Sweden took the lead but was Romain Gwiazda to win the heat. In Race2 Saar succeeded in win in front of Valerijs Kuzmins, who overtook Lewander in the last corner on the last lap. Event classification: Sune Lewander, SWE Patrick Turrini, ITA Valerijs Kuzmins, LAT

SEC Speedway European Championship: Final Leon Madsen won the second round of the SEC Speedway European Championship held on Saturday’s evening in Torun, Poland. Dane topped the podium, leaving Grigorii Laguta, Kacper Woryna and Nicki Pedersen behind. After the round in Guestrow, it was Grigorii Laguta who had come to Torun with a leader’s golden jacket. Russian rider had had a three-point advantage over second – Bartosz Smektała and four points over Leon Madsen and Antonio Lindbaeck. Meeting started from jumping a gun, because in the first heat of the day, Paweł Przedpełski made a start way quicker than the referee pressed the button. In the second attempt, Kacper Woryna grabbed the win and in the first series of starts, “threes” appeared next to Leon Madsen, Jarosław Hampel and Adrian Miedzinski. Series’ leader – Laguta had a tumble, so it all started with some bad luck for him. Second series

Supermoto SM Junior and Supermoto S3: the second round in Estonia The second round of the Supermoto SM Junior and Supermoto S3 European Championship was raced on 28th July in Tabasalu, Estonia. SM Junior In Race1 poleman Jan Ulman won after a nice fight against Aksel Partelpoeg, who crashed finishing second. Crash for Ossi Rantala too, who succeeded in ending third. In Race2 Ulman took a hole shot: Partelpoeg tried his best to overtook him but at the end he was second, while Rantala took a double third. S3 In Race1 first and second position for Denis Flighr and Kristjan Siilak, penalized for jumping the yellow flag taking the points of the third and the fourth. In Race2 local championship started together and a crash with the red flag caused a second start. At the end Denis Fligr finished first in front of Kristjan Siilak.  

European Races of the weekend 27-28/07/2019

European Endurance Championship 2019: declared as finished The FIM Europe Management Council declares in the meeting held on 6th July in Zagreb the European Endurance Championship 2019 as finished, following a proposal of the Road Racing Commission. After cancellation of the round in Navarra (SPA) the Dijon round was cancelled as well. Therefore, the results of both races in Magny Cours count as valid for the European Championship. The 2019 European Champion in Endurance is team No. 333, VRD Igol Pierret Experiences. In 2020 the European Endurance Championship will not be carried out. The FIM Europe Road Racing Commission will observe the development of the Endurance Sport in Europe and may propose a new attempt in 2021.