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From the left, Remi Bizouard, Maikel Melero and Luc Ackermann It was a sensational end to the FIM European FMX Championship Saturday night in Mannheim. 11 Freestyle Motocross athletes from seven nations came together for battle at the Night of the Jumps in the SAP Arena. The 7,000 spectators that filled the SAP Arena were treated to one of the finest freestyle mx competitions to determine the fourth and final European Championship round of 2016.The evening had two major duels to focus on. The most important was the battle for the Gold medal and European Champion crown between Remi Bizouard (FRA) and Maikel Melero (ESP). The second duel was between Luc Ackermann (GER) and Petr Pilat (CZE) to battle for the Bronze medal. First of all it would be the qualification round to determine ranking for the final and it was the 18 year old local hero, Luc Ackermann who

The second round of the European Motocross EMX65 and EMX85 Championships took place in the motocross circuit of Troyan, in Bulgaria. During the weekend the track evolved from muddy conditions to real hard pack due to the strange weather. In the EMX65 class, the Romanian rider Marius Popovici got a double win, ahead of Hungarian rider Laszlo Tecsi, both with KTM motorcyles. Third step of the podium for Matija Sterpin from Croatia, also with KTM. In the EMX85 class, Nikola Hranic (Husqvarna) from Croatia reached the top place of the podium with full points, followed by Antonis Sagmalis (KTM) from Greece. Third place for Bulgarian Kristian Ivanov, also with KTM.The next round will be held in Sevlievo, Bulgaria, on 4th and 5th June. Full results on FIM Europe website:http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/197

Third round of the European Trial Championship and second day at Bréal sous Montfort (France), once again dominated by Peace brothers. As the day before in dry conditions, Dan and Jack Peace kept faith with the Country they are from, confirming themselves unbeatable in the rain and on slippery rocks, as English riders often do. If organizers thought to modify some sections to make them more difficult because the day before more than one rider happened to "clean" a whole loop, they immediately changed their mind watching how much it had rained during the night. No changes in the sections, but a completely different race, because, even if rain alternated with some beams of sun, all the rocks were very slippery due to the mud brought by the tires. Scores grew in all the classes. Dan Peace (Gas Gas) had no rivals, above all in the first lap, when he

Two English brothers won in the main classes in the second round of the FIM Europe Trial Championship, held in Bréal sous Montfort, Bretagne, France. Dan and Jack Peace both triumphed by one single point in Europe class and Junior class, respectively. Worried for possible rain, the organizers kept the level of the 15 sections quite low. Rain did not arrive and all the riders had to ride in high concentration because one single mistake would be fatal. Unfortunately during the inspection of the sections the day before, one of the favorites, Spanish Francesc Moret, crashed and broke a metacarpus of his right hand. Moret was not able to race.His first rival and leader of championship, the compatriot Miquel Gelabert (Sherco) started soon very well, but Dan Peace (Gas Gas) was very close, dropping only 2 marks. In third position another English rider, Iwan Roberts (Beta) whose score was 7.

On a sunny day the first round the EMX 65cc and 85cc North East zone kicked off at Cieszyn, in Poland. The event is hosting also the Women's Cup. In the 65cc class 41 riders are present, in the 85cc class 32 riders and in the Women's Cup 54 women are at the start.In the first race of the Women's Cup the winner was Julie Dalgaard, from Denmark, who finished in front of her compatriot Sara Andersen. On the podium also Gabriela Seisdedos, from Spain.In EMX 65cc the fastest of the qualifying race was Kiril Vorobylev, from Russia, who snatched the pole position for Sunday's races. Second place for Eduards Bidzans from Latvia, and third for his compati Karlis Albers Reisulis.In the EMX85 qualifying race the fastest rider was Jorgen Matthias Talviku, from Estonia. Second place for Artsiom Sazanavets, from Belarus, ahead of Allar Pent, from Estonia.Full results on FIM

In the weekend from Friday 20th to Sunday 22th May, the following European races will be held: 21 May - Freestyle European Championship in Mannheim/Germany21-22 May - EMX 65/85 North East Zone in Cieszyn/Poland21-22 May - EMX Women's European Cup in Cieszyn/Poland21-22 May - EMX 65/85 South East Zone in Troyan/Bulgaria21-22 May - Trial European Championship, Over 40 Cup & Junior Cup in Bréal Sous Montfort/France21-22 May - Hill Climb Road Race European Championship in Chatel St. Denis/Switzerland

In Bréal Sous Monfort, close to Rennes (France), the second and third round of the European Trial Championship are kicking off this week-end. The venue is very well known in the world of trial, because the organizers have already hosted important world events in the past: in 1994, 2003 and 2011, in addition to a Trial des Nations in 2006. A large private area with many rocks and steep hills is the place where 12 sections have been drawn, all of them easily reachable by the spectators, just walking inside this area.Riders will face two laps each day. After the first round, held in Pietramurata, Italy, over one month ago, in every class the situation is quite uncertain. In the Europe class, young Spanish Miquel Gelabert (Sherco, in the photo by Mario Candellone)  was partially the surprise since at his first race in these European series he gained soon the

The calendar of the European Supercross Championship has been updated: the event scheduled on October 8th at Gelredome in Arnhem (The Netherlands) has been anticipated to September 10th, in the same venue. The new calendar is the following:  

From the left: Silvio Manicardi, Dolf Willigers, Jesper Christensen, Steve Aeschlimann, Morten Hansen, Rolf Frieling, John Chatterton Ross 17th of May was the occasion for another meeting of the FEMA and FIM Europe working group. The meeting was hosted by FIM at the new headquarters in Switzerland.From FEMA the representatives were Morten Hansen, Rolf Frieling and the Secretary General Dolf Willigers, from FIM Europe Vice President Silvio Manicardi, Jesper Christensen and John Chatterton Ross and from FIM Steve Aeschlimann, Executive Director Operations.The Group discussed the progress of co-operation of the two organisations; subjects covered included the forthcoming FIM Europe Congress and Road Safety Conference.Other items included the continuing work on the new CEN standard for protective clothing for street riders, and the many challenges and opportunities coming to our motorcycling world from new developments on automatic vehicles.Vice President Manicardi issued an open invitation to the FEMA colleagues to attend the

The new stadium of Liberec, in Czech Republic, and the city of Zarnovica (Slovakia) hosted the Individual Speedway Euro Championship. Saturday's race was a promotion of the sport and it was big entertainment for the spectators in the small "family stadium" in the North of the Czech Republic.Polish rider Michal Szczepaniak won the Semi Final 3 and advanced to the Challenge of this year: the Final European Championship.With him on the podium, Russian Artjom Laguta and Swedish Joonas Kylmakorpi, in front of Polish Tomasz Jędrzejak. They all will race in the Final at Olching, next May 26th. In Zarnovica (Slovakia), the win was taken by Fredrik Lindgren (who defeated Anders Thomsen in the additional heat). Advance was reached also by Przemysław Pawlicki and Tomas H.Jonasson. Other riders including Krzysztof Buczkowski did not manage to go through. Additional heats had to be taken to select the riders who will take part in SEC