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The fourth of five rounds of the Stocksport 300 European Cup and the second of five rounds of European Supermono Cup were held at Pannoniaring, Hungary. Stocksport 300 Cup (photo1) The qualifying practice was very smooth, and no crashes were registered. Polish rider Daniel Blin snatched the pole position, almost one second faster than Czech Schwarz. Race1 was the first of of the season without hard fight at the top, in fact the winner, Daniel Blin, had over 12 seconds of advantage of Vojtech Schwarz, who finished in second position in front of Peter Kacaba from Slovakia and Gyor Balint from Hungary. Ondrej Schwarz’s was the only of the race. In Race2 Blin won again, this time with 15 seconds advantage on Vojtech Schwarz. The fight between Kacaba and Balint was very interesting and saw the latter in third position. The next round will be at Grobnik, in Croatia, but

The European Motoball Games are going on in Cameret and Valreas, in France. In Day3 four matches were held: Germany-Ukraine, Belarus-The Netherlands, Russia-Ukraine and France-Belarus. 7th Game 15:00 - Germany – Ukraine 10:0 Finally the Ukraine Team arrived in Valreas (they had a delay due to Visa issues and their first race – expected on Friday - was rescheduled on Sunday). Ukraine played the first match against Germany and they did well in the first Quarter. After that Germany started to score and the game ended with a clear 10:0 for Germany. All photos © Ray 8th Game 16:45 - Belarus – The Netherlands 4:1 The Netherlands was not able to put the Belarus Team under pressure, so Belarus played better during the first half of the match and scored four times. In the second half of The Netherlands was stronger and the Dutch team scored their first goal in

The SF1 of the European U21 Team Speedway Championship has been held at Daugavpils, in Latvia, in front of around 2.500 spectators. Consistent rain prevented the practice, which was postponed twice and at the end - at 15:30 - cancelled. At the same time the rain stopped and the Jury and all team managers decided that after some track preparation the meeting could start. All photos courtesy of Vladimirs Vagels Finally at 16:25 the first heat started. At the first heat the first rider was excluded for touching the tape. It was Roman Laukhbaum from Russian team. After the first heat Ukraine was leading, followed by Latvia, Sweden and Russia with no points. In the following heats there was some tough racing as well as 8 riders being victims of the tough track conditions. When it started raining again - during the heat 10 - the Jury together with all

The European Motoball Games are going on in Cameret and Valreas, in France. In Day 2 three matches were held Russia-Belarus, Germany-Belarus and France-Germany. The match between The Netherlands and Ukraine was postponed to Sunday July 30th at 11 am since some players of the Ukraine team had problems with the Visa and did not arrive in time. “I want to thank the Dutch team for their understanding and cooperation”, commented Thomas Staudt, Jury President of the European Motoball Championship 2017 and vice-president of the FIM Europe Motoball Commission. “Since the match was moved we decided to reschedule the time of the match between Germany and Belarus to 17:30”. All photos © Ray 4th Game 15:00 - Russia – Belarus 5:0 Russia started the day with their first players’ selection and put Belarus under pressure from the beginning. The Belarus team, which is starting to integrate young players was good

The European Motoball games started in Cameret and Valreas, in France. In the first day, the Referee Meeting was held at 10:00 in Cameret. Pascale Reschko Jacquot, Chairwoman of FIM Europe Motoball Commission and André Cast (Clerk of the Course) welcomed the 6 participating Nations: Belarus, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine. André Cast made a detailed presentation of the rules which changed from last year. All photos © Ray 1st Game 15:00 - Russia – The Netherlands 11:0 Russia was showing its strength and the Netherlands tried to fight back. After the 1st Quarter the score was 2:0 and at the half time already 5:0. Finally the Russian Team scored 6 times more and won clearly. Russia did not play with their first selection to save some power for the following match against Germany. 2nd Game 17:00 - Germany – Russia 2:4 The participants of the Final 2016

In the weekend from Saturday 29th  to Sunday 30th July, the follow­ing European races will be held: 29 July - European Under 21 Team Speedway Championship at Daugavpils/Latvia 29-30 July - Mini Road Race European Championship at Most/Czech Republic 29-30 July - Open Endurance Championship at Dijon/France 29-30 July - European Stocksport 300 & Supermono Cup at Pannoniaring/Hungary Up to August 1st the European Motoball will go on at Camaret et Valreas, in France.

The fourth of five rounds of the Road Race Hill Climb European Championship was held at Le Petit Abergement, in France in front of around 1.300 spectators. The weather was cloudy on Saturday, sunny and warm on Sunday, In the qualification heat the Supersport class leader, Francesco Curinga, had a bad crash, but luckly without consequences. In the Superbike class there was a very interesting fight between Stefano Bonetti (I) and Jean-Luc David (F). In each race the gap between these two riders was about 0,1 sec. (in both races the fastest was Bonetti). At the end of the event in France three riders have already conquered the European title: Stefano Bonetti in Superbike, Francesco Curinga in Supersport and Andrea Majola in Supermoto. The three riders are all Italians. The last title, in 250GP, will be assigned in the next round, on August 27th, at Spoleto, in Italy. Full results on FIM Europe website:

The Circuito do Estoril in Portugal was the scene of the European Moto2 and European Talent Cup at Estoril, in Portugal. In Moto2™, Eric Granado (Promoracing, photo1) once again achieved a double, the second in a row and his fourth win of the season. The clear leader of the category took victory after pulling away with Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike), Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportscode T Pro) and Lukas Tulovic (Forward Junior Team). Behind the leading riders, Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) was forced to fight back after starting from seventh place on the grid. Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) bore the weight of the race while poleman Tulovic gradually lost touch enabling Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) to pick him up with two laps remaining. Then Eric Granado (Promoracing) passed Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) in a surprise move on a corner to take his third victory of the season, with Steven

Everyone loves the sound of two strokes and the young rippers of EMX65 took theirs on the circuit of Loket this weekend. In front of thousands of fans the Danish rider, Mads Fredsoe Sorensen, was crowned as the 2017 EMX65 European Champion today. With area races throughout the year, this weekend’s racing was the pinnacle of the season and the lone championship decider, a highlight for not only riders but fans alike. This weekend was also scheduled to host the EMX85 Championship Final but it was cancelled after a red flag incident resulted in the tragic loss of the young Moldovian rider Igor Cuharciuc. In the EMX65 race one on Saturday the two dutch youngsters, Ivano Van Erp and Damian Knuiman, had a fierce battle for the lead all the way to the finish after the early race leader, Jaka Peklaj while crossing finish jump. The podium of the EMX65

The track of Zarnovica, in Slovakia, hosted the European Pairs Speedway Championship Semi Final 2. The meeting was run on a very well prepared track in sunny, hot weather and 2000 spectators followed with interest the event. The first place was decided in Run Off and the winner was Mateusz Szczepaniak (PZM) in front of Kudryashov (MFR) and Bogdanovs (LaMSF). The three top pairs qualified to the Final which will be held in Lonigo (Italy) on 30th September 2017.