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The FIM Europe Management council meeting in Fiumicino The FIM Europe Management Council meeting took place on Wednesday 20th March in Fiumicino (Rome), after the Internal Audit held on the previous day at the General Secretariat. The Acting President Mr Martin de Graaff dealt with the Management Council several sporting and beyond sport issues, the organisation of the coming Congress in Zagreb and presented the 2018 balance sheet and the 2019 budget to be approved by the next General Assembly.   From left to right: Rodolfo Romeo, Tapio Nevala, Laurent Delbroek, Jean-Marc Desnues, Silvia Monatti, Juhani Halme, Martin de Graaff, Alessandro Sambuco, Michal Sikora, Nicoleta Melania Olariu, Martins Lazdovskis, Silvio Manicardi.   Mr Martin de Graaff, Acting President “The day before the Management Council the two Deputy Presidents and the Secretary General discussed with the Press Officer the style of the press releases and newsletters. We should use the press

European Races of the weekend 23-24/03/2019 1. EMX 250 European Championship / EMX 2T European Championship, 23rd-24th March, Matterley Basin - Great Britain 2. Bajas European Championship, 23rd-24th March, Baja do Pinhal - Portugal  

The FIM Europe presents the Endurance Classic Cup 2019 The FIM Europe is pleased to announce the new season of the Europe Endurance Classic Cup. The calendars: - 11-12 May, Sunday Ride Classic, France - 7-8 June, Speedweek, Germany - 6-7 July, Bikers Classics, Belgium - 11-12 October, Vintage Championship, Italy More than 60 teams representing 10 nationalities (Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New-Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom) have confirmed their registration to date. In 2020 two more rounds will be added to the calendar, bringing the championship to six races.

The first round of the Tout Terrain Rally Cup was held in Spain Great success for the second edition of the Hispania Rally, first test of the TT Rally Cup, held from 5th to 9th March. The competition was more than 1200 km long, from north to south of the community of Valencia, passing through some of the most emblematic places for our sport, from the mountains to the sea, with a unique paddock to facilitate the assistance work situated at Ricardo Tormo Circuit, near Valencia. A total number of 110 riders fought in six different classes and for the overall classifications. Amazing performance of the Spanish riders, who ruled the overall podium with Joan Pedrero Garcia, first, Tosha Shareina Marzal, second, and Alejandro Andreu Batlles, third. The results: M1 class – 1. Carlo Augusto Canini (IT); 2. Edoardo Cavicchi (IT); 3. Alessandro Cavicchi (IT) M2 class - 1. Carlos Feltrer

The FIM Europe presents the 3rd Moto-Tour Assistant Training Course at Roma Motodays 2019 Four days of passion for two wheels. On the occasion of Motodays 2019, held in Rome from Thursday 7th to Sunday 10th March, FIM Europe took the opportunity to present the 3rd edition of the FIM Europe Moto-Tour Assistant Training Course, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 12th to 15th September 2019, in the HONDA Safe Riding Academy for road training, and the SS/100 off road KTM training camp. The purpose of this initiative is to organize a training session for a pre-selected group of Tour-Assistants (TAs), which will be allowed to attend a professional training course for Moto-Tour Assistants supplied by FIM Europe. The course will be composed of a theoretical part and of a longer practical part and will allow to receive a diploma, certifying that they are entitled to provide Moto-Tour Assistant Services. More info: office@fim-europe.com Special mention also needs

2019 FIM CV Repsol regulation The FIM and FIM Europe have published the rules that will regulate the 2019 FIM CEV Repsol. The regulations for the FIM Moto3™ Junior World Championship, Moto2™ European Championship and European Talent Cup are available here. For the purposes of simplicity and convenience/utility, these regulations include both specific sporting and technical rules for the above mentioned classes. Please, bear in mind that as from the last version the following articles have been modified in the Technical Rules appendix: STK600: 4.6.5 f); 4.6.8.1 f); 4.6.8.2 c) d) g); 4.6.8.12 a) ii); 4.6.10.6 h); 4.6.14.2 ETC: 5.6.4 f); 5.6.7.1 e); 5.6.9.5 g); 5.6.12.2 You can find all the results, videos, photos and information regarding the championship on the official website: www.fimcevrepsol.com

European Talent Cup: Series 2 The FIM CEV Repsol would like to announce that this season the European Talent Cup category will premiere the new Series 2 race series – the ETC S2. During the last three seasons, up to 50 riders have taken part in each edition of the European Talent Cup, with the current season being the most numerous to date: more than sixty riders representing 18 nationalities have confirmed their permanent registration to date. This level of participation has obliged the FIM CEV Repsol not only to call two practice groups in each of the events scheduled in the coming 2019 calendar (as happened previously on many occasions), but to offer an innovative option: riders who fail to classify during official practice will be able to take part on race Sunday in the new Series 2 race series of the European Talent Cup. In doing this the

FIM CEV Repsol Junior World Championship - Entry List The countdown is almost over. Here below the FIM CEV Repsol Junior World Championship - Entry List - 2019 permanent riders category Moto3, Moto2 and ETC. 2019_03_04_Permanent_Moto3_riders_FIMCEVRepsol 2019_03_04_Permanent_Moto2_riders_FIMCEVRepsol 2019_03_04_Permanent_ETC_riders_FIMCEVRepsol The calendars:   Fore more details: www.fimcevrepsol.com

The first FIM-Europe European Snowbikecross Cup was held in Russia On 2nd March the Ski Center “Gora Belaya” (Nizhny Tagil) hosted the first European Snowbikecross Cup. Previously, such competitions have never been held on the European continent, so this location became the center of the gathering of riders from all over Europe. 30 athletes from 8 countries took part in the competition, including Russia, Germany, Belarus, Spain, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. The competition consisted of two stages and the winner is Artem Iurchuk (from Russia) according to a double third position. Anton Pestov and Toms Macuks got the 2nd and 3rd place respectively. In the top five the Spanish Alfredo Gomes and the Russian Oleg Bibikov too. Thanks to the track built under the FIM Europe regulations and standards, no rider got hurt in race, also due to the flawless work of the flag marshals who promptly worked in

European Races of the weekend 2-3/03/2019 1. Snowbikecross Cup, 2nd March, Belaya Gora - Russia 2. Tout Terrain Rally Cup, 5th-10th March, Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia - Spain