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The new FIM Europe MAG is online and can be downloaded at this link. In this issue, all the news from FIM Europe: from the meeting with FEMA in favour of motorcyclists,  to the presence at Rome Motodays with three-times world champion Freddie Spencer, from the Moto-Tour Assistant Training Course to the Moto-Friendly Hotel Program. Besides, the report of the Management Council and the presence of FIM Europe at various events, such as the Bal of Printemps, the EU Sport Forum, the circuit KymiRing  and the General Assembly of MACEC.  

For the second year in a row the MXGP of Russia was kick started by an impressive Opening Ceremony. The Russian Children’s Center Orlyonok hosted the MXGP of Russia’s media event which invited the top riders of the World and European Motocross Championship along with various media and guests from the MXGP Paddock. Riders joining the event included Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie and Gautier Paulin, Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Vsevolod Brylyakov, Jago Geerts, and Ben Watson, Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen, TM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl and Samuele Bernardini, Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Shaun Simpson and Jeremy Seewer, BOS GP’s Evgeny Bobryshev, iFLY JK Racing’s Ivo Monticelli and Manuel Iacopi, KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Gianluca Facchetti, Team Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Arminas Jasikonis, Petar Petrov, Alberto Forato, and Mathys Boisrame, Gebben Van Venrooy Kawasaki’s Alessandro Lupino, and many others.

The first round of the EMX 65/65 European Championship of North West Zone an d t heEMX Women was held in Dennmark on the sandy track of Esbjerg. The weather onSunday was very good. It was cloudy with a temperature of around 12 degrees. The track was very well prepared and all riders were looking forward to exciting races. EMX85 - In Race1, Dutch Kay de Wolf was able to achieve the first place. In second place followed Belgian Liam Everts ahead of Tobias Caprani from Denmark. In Race2 DutchKay De Wolf prevailed again ahead of Kay Karssemakers from The Netherlands and of Liam Everts from Belgium. The overall was Kay de Wolf in front of Liam Everts and Kay Karssemakers. EMX65 – Race1 was won by a female rider from the Netherlands, Lotte Van Drunen. In second place Dutch Bradley Mesters ahead of Anton Isaksson from Sweden. In Race2,

The first round of European Hill Climb Championship was held at the traditional location at Landshaag, in Austria. Mr. Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe 1st Deputy President, visited the event. Besides the high level of organisation and nice number of spectators – around 15.000 - all the practices and heats were completed in optimal dry, sunny conditions without any crashes. In the practices the fastest rider in FIM Europe classes were: in 250cc Guido Testoni (FMI), in Supersport: Rafael Neuner (AMF), in Superbike: Wolfgang Gammer (AMF), in Supermono Open: Josef Frauenschuh (AMF). mde The winners of the races on Sunday are: in 250cc Guido Testoni from Italy; in Supersport Rafael Neuner from Austria; in Superbike Wolfgang Gammer from Austria; in Supermono Open Josef Frauenschuh from Austria. Considering also the Swiss and Austrian National Championships, the number of riders was 303. This shows the incredible high interest of the riders as

The town of Pardubice in the east of the Czech Republic hosted the SemiFinal 4 of the Individual Speedway European Championship, which was held in front of around 1100 spectators. The meeting was run with sunny, warm weather. 18 riders took part to the event. Thanks to the work of the local organizers, the track was ready for a perfect competition and the spectators enjoyed a very good race. Antonio Lindback from Sweden won ahead of German Kai Huckenbeck and of home rider Eduard Karcmar, and the three riders qualified to the challenge which will be held in Terenzano in one week (on May 5th) The meeting was crash free and was run over in less than 3 hours. Photos ©Jiří Zíta. Full results on FIM Europe website:  http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/511    

It was a superb meeting with many riders on equal points fighting for “Last chance” heat. Weather was perfect for an evening race, track was very well maintained and provided excellent racing. The winner Andriy Karpov from Ukraine ended second in the regular part after 20 heats behind his countryman Aleksandr Loktaev, but he managed to be at his best in the semifinal, where Loktaev conquered the second place. Local favourite Jurica Pavlic gave the crowd something to cheer about with his spirited ride, securing the spot, firstly in the last chance heat and then conquering the third place in the semifinal which leads to the ECC. The final will take place at Lonigo, in Italy, on May 5th. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/509  

In sunny, hot weather, the Semi-Final 3 of the Individual Speedway Euro Championship was held at Debrecen, in Hungary, in front of around 2.000 spectators. The event finished with three Danish riders on the podium: Mikkel Michelsen won ahead of Peter Kildeman and Nikolai Klindt. Since only two riders from the same Federation can go forward to the Final, Josef Franc from Czech Republic will do his access to the event instead of Klindt. The final will take place at Lonigo, in Italy, on May 5th.  

In sunny weather on the restaging date the Individual Speedway European Championship returned to the Russian city of Balakovo in front of a big crowd of around 8.000 spectators. The event had many exciting moments and it was mainly the competition between the Polish and Russian riders to keep high the emotions. The final heat decided that two Russian riders qualified for the European Championship: Ilia Chalov won in front of Andrei Kudriashov, both from Russia, with Polish Krystian Pieszczek in third position. The best rider after the main event, Szymon Wożniak, finished in fourth position. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/508

Youthstream and FIM Europe are pleased to announce that the 2018 Motocross of European Nations as well as the Women’s Motocross of European Nations will be held on the 8th and 9th of September and will once again return to Poland. The event will be held at the Gdansk circuit for the second year in a row. Hosting both the 2005 and 2017 editions the Gdansk venue, the Polish organization and their commitment in further developing the venue, have paved the way for this much awaited return. Click HERE to have more information on the venue. Photo ©Youthstream  

In the long weekend from Friday 27th April to Tuesday 1st May, the follow­ing European races will be held: 27 April - Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Balakovo/Russia 28 April - Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Gorican/Croatia 28 April - Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Pardubice/Czech Republic 28 April - Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Debrecen/Hungary 28-29 April - Road Race Hill Climb European Championship at Landshaag/Austria 28-29 April - EMX65 / EMX 85 European Championship NW and EMX Women’s European Championship at Esbjerg/Denmark 28-29 April - EMX65, EMX 85 SE and Open European Championship at Kiskunlachaza/Hungary 29 April - Superstreet Bike Championship at Kunmadaras/Hungary 28-29 April - European Moto2, Superstock 600 and Talent Cup at Valencia/Spain 30 April-1 May - EMX 250 and 300 European Championship at Orlyonok/Russia May 1 - Open Endurance Championship at Nuerburgring/Germany