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Polish Przemysław Pawlicki won the SEC Challenge in Gorican, Croatiam in front of 3.500 spectators. Danish Kenneth Bjerre was second and his compatriot Nikolai Klindt, who won play-off heat, was third. The promotion to SEC 2017 gained seven riders from the top of the GC - apart from mentioned three: Mateusz Szczepaniak, Martin Smolinski, Kacper Gomólski and Adrian Miedziński. Big emotions started already in the first heat and it was just a sign of what was to come yet. Kenneth Bjerre and Kim Nilsson were fighting all the way until the last meters of the lap. The fight was won by the Swede, who blocked the Dane trying to attack from the outside. On the other hand, the most unlucky rider was Andriej Karpow, who broke the tape in his first start and was disqualified from the third gear, losing important points needed for advancing to the Speedway Euro Championship.

This weekend EMX 150 and 300 are being held at Teutschenthal, in Germany. In EMX 150, Italian Andrea Adamo won Race 1  in front of Luis Outeiro from Portugal and Anton Nordström Graaf from Sweden. In EMX 300 it was Brad Anderson, from Great Britain, to snatch the victory in Race1, setting his KTM in front of Mike Kras from The Netherlands, on KTM, too, and of Erik Willems from Belgium, on Husqvarna. Tomorrow Race2 for both classes will be held. In the photo @Youthstream, the start of EMX 300.

On Friday the riders arrived in Châtel St. Denis, in Switzerland, under very frosty temperatures with max + 5 degrees. The roads which should host the race were full of snow. Nobody could imagine practice during the next day. On Saturday morning it was cloudy and wet, but with the passing of time the streets became dryer and the temperatures rose up to 10 degrees. The training started in dry conditions at 1 pm. During the heats it was sunny, too. The track – street from Châtel St. Denis to Les Paccots – was in best condition for qualifying. The organising Moto Club Châtel St. Denis did a very good job and the 55 marshals worked perfectly. 31 riders in 4 different FIM Europe classes performed 3 training heats in a day who saw 163 riders at the start. The fastest riders were: Bernard Depierreux from Belgium in the 2T/250

In the weekend from Saturday 20th  to Sunday 21st May, the follow­ing European races will be held: 20 May - Individual Speedway European Championship at Goriçan/Croatia 20-21 May - Road Race Hill Climb European Championship at Chatel St. Denis/Suisse 20-21 May - EMX 150 and 300 at Teutschenthal/Germany 20-21 May - EMX 65/85 North East Zone and Women’s European Championship  at Cieszyn/Poland 20-21 May - EMX 65/85 North West Zone at  Mäntyharju/Finland 20-21 May - EMX 65/85 South East Zone and Open at Mladina/Croatia  

Following the 2nd event of the FIM Europe Club, held in September 2016 in Sweden and as announced on the occasion of our Congress in Kavala, the 2017 “Châteaux de la Loire” FIM Europe Club Experience has been organized by FFM. The Experience will be held in Blois – France from the 22nd to the 24th of September 2017. As already decided, the FIM Europe Club automatically includes, as Members, all FIM Europe officials (as listed in the Yearbook) as well as the Presidents and the Secretaries General of all FMNs affiliated to FIM Europe. It is foreseen the participation of the FIM Europe Club Members only by motorcycle, choosing to participate with their own bike or renting it on spot. Château de Chambord, Centre, France (Chambord Castle, Loire Valley) “Everything is very well organized by the Vice-President Jean-Marc Desnues (FFM). I take the occasion to thank him for the

Yesterday in Rome the docu-film “Goals - The invisible strength” was presented to media: it tells the real stories of three “special” riders – the European Champion Nicola Dutto from Italy, his compatriot Emiliano Malagoli and Australian Alan Kempster. All of them are disabled after a motorcycle accident, but they have come back riding on the two wheels, and at international levels. Malagoli and Kempster – both amputees, are going to race on Saturday 20th May on the French circuit of Le Mans, the day before MotoGP, and Dutto – paraplegic – is preparing to race the next edition of Dakar in South America. From the left Silvio Manicardi, Fiammetta La Guidara and Emiliano Malagoli The docu-film has been written and directed by FIM Europe press officer Fiammetta La Guidara with the photography of sports tv director Mauro Valentinuzzi and aims to underline how passion and strong will can overcome

The excellent 2017 season of Michael Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team) continued at his home race as the Italian took a dominant 2.3s victory at Imola in the Superstock 1000 European Championship, with Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team) and Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) also on the podium. Controlling a restarted race from pole position on the grid, Rinaldi was unaffected by two aborted race starts - which were cut short by red flags - as he held his nerve to strengthen his position at the head of the standings. After his win at Aragon and second place at Assen Rinaldi outpaced his rivals over the 9 lap sprint, with Tamburini and Razgatlioglu unable to catch him. Turkish rider Razgatlioglu was the only non-Italian in a top six which also featured Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team), Marco Faccani (Althea BMW Racing Team) and Matteo Ferrari (DMR

In very warm and hot weather of more than 30 degrees the conditions on the Sparta Racing Circuit were challenging for men and machines. TM Factory Racing rider Diego Monticelli took his first win in 2017 and the Red Plate in the S2 Championship after some epic racing in Greece. Photo BProm S2 Race 1 When the lights dropped for the second race of the season, it was defending World Champion and current leader TM Factory rider Thomas Chareyre who took the holeshot into the first corner, followed by SMW BRT rider Marc-Reiner Schmidt and Chareyre’s teammate at TM, Diego Monticelli. Behind the top three it was BRT SWM rider Edgardo Borella, Suzuki Grau Racing rider David Gimenez and Gazza Racing rider Lorenzo Promutico who completed the top six in the first lap. TM Factory Racing rider Joan Llados had a false start and to come in for a stop

The FIM Europe Vice President Silvio Manicardi visited the ASI Motor Show, the biggest non-racing event of historical bikes in Italy. The cooperation between FIVA (ASI is the Italian branch of FIVA) and FIM Europe is growing having some common objectives such as - probably the most important one - the free circulation of historical bikes (and cars) all around Europe. From left, Palmino Poli, FIVA director for motorcycles and ASI event Responsible, with Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe Second Deputy President The event, from 12 to 14 May, was extremely rich of participants with over 700 motorcycles on the track - and even more in the paddock - and it was attended by plenty of Champions of the past: from Carlo Ubbiali - 9 times World Champion - for the Fifties to Giacomo Agostini - 15 World titles - for the Seventies, from Freddie Spencer to Loris Capirossi  - both 3

It was a case of Italian dominance at the business end of the timesheets in the STK1000 qualifying session at Imola on Saturday as Michael Rinaldi (Aruba.it Racing - Junior Team) took pole and was joined on the front row by his fellow countrymen Luca Vitali (Nuova M2 Racing) and Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team). Ducati equipped Rinaldi took his second pole position of 2017 with a 1'49.113 lap of the 4.936 km Imola circuit, to put him at the head of the grid for his home race. Qualifying +0.629s behind Rinaldi in second place was Aprilia rider Vitali, whilst a further +0.088s margin back Yamaha’s Tamburini made it three Italians and three different manufacturers on the front row. In fourth place Frenchman Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team) was the only non-Italian in the top six, in front of home riders Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing