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The track of Pleven, in Bulgaria, hosted the European round of Supermoto S3 and Junior in front of 1000 spectators and with arounf 12 degrees and rainy weather. S3 Qualification was won by Hakan Halmi (KTM, BUL) with a time of 1:29:310, who made a gap of 2.2 secs to the runner up Alex Dimitrov (KTM, BUL) with 1:31:588. Third was the rookie for the class Dimitar Petrov (KTM, BUL) with 1:33:316. The Qualifying practice for S3 was red flagged 12 minutes after its start due to thunderstorm and very heavy rain. Sunday's weather was cold (10-12 degrees) with rain through the whole day which resulted in more complicated racing conditions. SM Junior Kristian Ivanov (KTM, BUL) won the two heats of the SM Junior class leading from start to finish, challenged only by VIktor Neychev (KTM, BUL) who managed to close the gap between both only in race 2, but

After heavy rain the conditions of the first round of the European Enduro Championship at Gouveia, in Portugal, changed over the night and the track switched into a good shape today. Without the dust, senior E3 class Italian Oscar Balletti took the overall win in front of the reigning champion, his compatriot Maurizio Micheluz. Photo @Robert Pairan - Oscar Balletti Third place in the overall ranking for a rider, who was still a junior last year: Olivier Nelson. In the first day, the Swedish rider had big disadvantages through the dust. Andreas Linusson, also from Sweden, who has had switched from 300 2-stroke to the 250 4-stroke KTM, won the senior E1 class. He also took the lead in the championship, ahead of French Luc Breban and of the reigning champion of the class, Italian Guido Conforti, who took the second place in Day2. With his fantastic performance in the

Following an incident during today’s European Superstock 1000 Race at the TT Circuit Assen, Marvin Fritz (Bayer-Bikerbox Yamaichi) is in a stable condition at a local hospital in The Netherlands. The session was red flagged on the opening lap after the German rider was involved in a crash with four riders at turn 16. Two medical cars and then two ambulances were immediately on the scene to treat the 24 year-old, where every possible procedure was undergone in order to stabilize and assist Fritz by TT Assen Circuit. Due to the severity of his condition, the decision was taken to transfer Fritz by road to the nearby Hospital, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen. After further examination, Fritz is now in a stable condition and has regained consciousness. Dorna WSBK Organization, TT Circuit Assen and FIM Europe wish to pass on their best wishes and a fast recovery to the Fritz, his family,

A new FIM CEV Repsol season got under way this weekend at the Circuito de Albacete. After a few days of bad weather the sun finally came out allowing 11,000 spectators to enjoy the intense racing on display. In the Moto2 European Championship, World Championship rider Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline, in the photo) fulfilled pre-race predictions by leading from start to finish. Behind the Malaysian rider came Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS), taking a well-deserved podium in his debut in the category. Augusto Fernández (Easyrace Moto2 Team) ended up in third position in his debut on the Suter after racing last season with Tech3. Augusto Fernández ended up snatching the third position on the last lap from defending champion Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportscode T. Pro), who finished fourth ahead of Eric Granado (Promoracing). The Brazilian rider, like Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda), faded halfway through the race and finished off the

The first race in EMX 65 class was lead by Italians Ferruccio Zanchi and Alessandro Gaspari. Third place went to French rider Mathis Valin. The second holeshot went to Italian Alessandro Gaspari but Ferruccio Zanchi lead again 7,37 sec ahead of Alessandro Gaspari and 9.09 sec of Slovenian Jaka Peklaj. The overall winner of the event was Italian Ferruccio Zanchi in front of Alessandro Gaspari and of French Mathis Valin. Race1 in EMX 85 was lead by Spanish David Braceras. Yesterday’s  qualification winner  Eddie Jay Wade from Spain was out due the technical problems. Second and third place to Italian riders Andrea Rossi and Pietro Razzini. The second holeshot went to Spanish Raul Sanchez, who won the 2nd race as well. in front of his compatriot David Braceras. Third position for Italian Matteo Luigi Russi. The overall winner of the event was Spanish David Braceras, in front of Raul Sanchez

Spanish Arnau Farrè (Gas Gas) put all British riders behind in Day2 at Bilstain, in Belgium, for the third round of  the European Championship. Italians won in the other classes: Manuel Copetti (Vertigo) and Valter Feltrinelli (Beta). Soon the first two riders in the overall standing Farré and British Toby Martyn (Vertigo) justified their positions presenting their first lap cards with 15 marks each, tied at the top of the provisional standing Iwan Roberts (Beta) was leading the group of chasers with 22 mistakes. Behind him his compatriot Jack Peace (Gas Gas) with 23 and Italian Pietro Petrangeli (Sherco) on 24. Arnau Farrè -  All photos @Phototrial Farrè improved smoothly in the second part, scoring 12, while Martyn worsened (17) and Roberts overtook him. Like yesterday, Roberts gave his best in the second loop: his score of 8 points was the best of the whole day and allowed him to

The Honda 150 European Championship is the Junior support class to the FIM Motocross World Championship. This Championship provides Motocross young riders, from 11 to 14 years old and will be run in association with the FIM Europe, taking place jointly with five rounds of the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship with the following calendar: Round 1     20-21/05/2017    Germany    Teutschenthal Round 2     01-02/07/2017    Portugal    Agueda Round 3     05-06/08/2017    Belgium    Lommel Round 4     19-20/08/2017    Sweden    Uddevalla Round 5     09-10/09/2017    Netherlands    Assen From the left: Fabrizio Paris – Sports Psychologist, Marco Infusino and Fabrizio Bernardini – Trainers, Alessandro Sambuco – FIM Europe Secretary General, Gordon Crockard – Honda Motor Europe Off Road Racing Manager, Gerry Bryce – Racedays Promotion Director. All photos @ Ula Serra For the fifth year consecutively a FIM Europe Staff attended the Training Camp.  This year the Staff was composed by the Secretary

The first round of  EMX SW Zone EMX65/85 European Championship started today in sunny Gazzane di Preseglie, in Italy with 77 riders in EMX 65 and 49 in EMX 85. The weather conditions early in the morning were really good but the ground was still muddy. After few hours it was sunny and windy. The track was well prepared. In EMX 65 qualification race the first position went to the young Italian rider Alessandro Gaspari  6,72 sec ahead of his compatriot Andrea Valetti and 12,11 sec in front of Spanish rider Alejandro Perez. In EMX 85 group A the first position went to young Spanish rider Eddie Jay Wade, almost 11 sec ahead of Italian rider Matteo Luigi Russi. Third position for Spanish Guillem Farres. In EMX 85 group B first position for the Spanish rider Raul Sanchez who struggled with French Baptiste Bordes, only 0.91 sec late below the

The first round of the European Enduro Championship started today at Gouveia, in Portugal. On the demanding track, among rocks and stones and a lot of dust, the French junior rider Theophile Espinasse took the first victory. The Sherco rider won all the first five tests and finished 25,6 seconds in front of Italian Oscar Balletti. The latter had an advantage from the technical problems of Anthony Geslin – the French was second until but he had technical problems at the last timecheck and dropped down to 14th position. Photo @Robert Pairan - Theophile Espinasse Espinasse won the junior E2/E3 class as well, with more than half a minute of advantage on his compatriots David Abgrail and Hugo Balanjoue. In the junior-class E1 the first place went to French Jeremy Miroir, who won ahead of Italian Matteo Rossi and of Czech Kristof Kouble. Among the under 20 Brit Daniel Mundell

British Iwan Roberts (Beta), French Kieran Touly (Sherco) and German Markus Kipp (TRS) are the winners in the first day of the event held in the historic venue of Bilstain, Belgium, second round of the FIM Europe Championship and Cup. The schedule foresaw 15 sections to be repeated twice, all in the famous Domain Trial and Enduro, a private area belonged to Crosset family. And more or less the obstacles chosen were the same as those faced for years by the world top riders in the seventies and eighties. Many big rocks, sometimes quite difficult because covered by mud. This time, with the sun shining almost all day long, all the sections were easily overcome by any competitor and in any class. In the photo @Phototrial, Iwan Roberts Roberts found the right concentration and built his victory recovering from a temporary second place behind Jack Peace (Gas Gas), leader with