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In Aragon (Spain), in the context of World Superbike and Supersport Championships, the first round of European Stock 600 and of European Junior Cup took place. FIM Europe STK600 ChampionshipClose fight in the opening round of the FIM Europe STK600 Championship has seen 18 year old Toprak Razgatlioglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) come on top after an exciting last lap decider saw the Turkish rider notch up his 2nd win in the series, following his win as a wildcard in Magny-Cours last year. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (San Carlo Team Italia) scored his first ever podium with a fine ride to 2nd (+0.060s) with Federico Caricasulo (Pata Honda Junior Team) completing the first podium of the weekend for the STK600 riders (+2.647s). The 11 lap race, saw the leading riders exchanging positions throughout, with the top 7 locked together, until the final 3 laps when the first two eased away from the chasing

On the second day of riding Enduro Championship in Rieti (Italy) the defending champion Maurizio Micheluz (in the photo) was unstoppable again: the newly crowned Husqvarna rider again won the overall title of all riders, as thus the E1 class. Second in the overall standings, Tom Sagar: "I have had to switch my style. Yesterday I had problems while riding in the sand at home and now on the local stones. This day it was much better", rejoiced the Briton.In the intermediate state of the championship, the Frenchman Benoit Fortunato is tied for second place. Almost the same picture in the E1 class: there is Fortunato second behind the Italian.In the E2 class, the result of the previous day was repeated: Sagar wins before the German Marco Neubert and Diego Nicoletti, and so is the state of the Championship after the first two of eight special days.Martin Sundin from Sweden won

Italian  Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas), Frenchman Pierre Sauvage (Sherco) and Italian Valter Feltrinelli (Sherco) climbed the top of the podium, respectively in the Europe, Junior and Over40 classes in the first round of the 2015 FIM Europe Championship as well as second day of competitions within the special area for any kind of off-road vehicles of Pietramurata, near Trento, Italy. In spite of the very good weather and the very dry terrain, in all the classes the difficulties chosen by the organizers were insidious enough to make riders work hard, especially because some of them were not at their ease under the no stop rules, also because in some national championships these rules havenot been applied, yet.New record of entries in the top class: 32, with a total of 105 riders taking their start today. This fact can only confirm how these series continue to be appreciated by the majority

From the left, Silvio Manicardi, Jean-Marc Desnues, Silvia Monatti, Alessandro Sambuco, Martin de Graaff, Dr Wolfgang Srb, FIM Europe President, Juhani Halme, Nina Birjukova, Michal Sikora, Laurent Delbroek, Rodolfo Romeo, Michel Turk, Paola Bianchetti Following the natural succession of the management activities planned during the year for the FIM Europe, this is a period full of commitments. The annual meeting of the Board of the Auditors for the usual internal auditing took place on 10th April at the premises of the General Secretariat in Rome. The meeting was preceded by the election of the Chairman Mr. Laurent Delbroek (FMB). The following day, the 11th April, at the Tiber Hotel in Fiumicino, also the Management Council Meeting was held. A long and challenging meeting, given the amount of topics to be discussed but, at the same time, satisfactory as held in a very positive and constructive atmosphere, where every member has offered

Maurizio Micheluz in action The overall champion from last year, the Italian Maurizio Micheluz, won the first day of the season-opener in Rieti (Italy) in front of the French Benoit Fortunato. This shows, that the small motors have been the fastest in the tests, because both riders used the 250cc-motorbikes. Third in the overall ranking was British rider Tom Sagar two places in front of the German Marco Neubert – both riding in the E2-class and so Sagar won the class in the last lap.Not this strong has been the class with the big bikes, the E3-class: winner of the day, Swedish rider Martin Sundin lost more than one and a half minute to Micheluz and was only 23rd in the overall, in front of Finnish rider Rony Nikander.Werner Müller, the eight-times-champion, seems to be unbeatable: after the first round nearly 5 seconds back, he pushed into the lead and

Sara Trentini in action British Toby Martyn (Beta) and Italian Sara Trentini (Sherco) topped the first podiums in the Youth and Women class respectively, in Pietramurata, near Trento, North-East of Italy. The 24th edition of the FIM Europe Trials Championship started for the second consecutive year in this closed circuit surrounded by the chain of the Alps. About 70 riders took part split in the classic four categories: two of them reserved to the "weaker sex". But absolutely not really weak in this case, because 21 courageous girls rode on the 12 sections posted in the short loop, to be repeated twice,  showing at least the same determination of the males, still dominant in this tough discipline.Local idol women’s class winner Sara Trentini gave her best in the second loop, after she was tied with German rival Therese Bauml (Ossa) at the turning point: both scored 21 points. Sara was

A spectacular photo of Ib Andersen: the rider from Norway is one of the favourites In the next week-end the 24th edition of the European Trial championship is going to start in the same venue successfully chosen last year: the mountain village of Pietramurata, surrounded by the Alps chain scenery, in Trentino region, North-East of Italy.   Two days of competitions for all the categories this championship counts. On Saturday on the stage there will be Youth and Women classes, fighting on the 12 sections to be repeated twice in the two loops. Then, the day after, the more blazoned riders belonging to the Europe Class, Junior Class and Over 40, to mention the categories valid for the titles, will face 15 hazards twice on the same close circuit. Not only but other categories are admitted for riders that only wish to have fun without any stress to compete for

After a 2014 season full of twists, the riders of the European Classic Series met again at the track of Paul Ricard in Castellet for the opening round of the 2015 season. After the qualification sessions we found the title holders, the Belgian riders Richard Hubin and Grégory Fastré in pole postion, followed by the English Team Sweatshop Phase One, with Hugh Brasher, Stéphane Mertens and Ian Simpson and the Italians Giorgio Cantalupo and Cristiano Ascanio from team Taurus.When the French flag announced the start of the four-hour race, team Taurus signed for the holeshot and took the lead after the first lap, staying in that position for 10 laps. Unfortunately, the young Italian rider was too eager, causing the GSX 1100 R to blow up its engine and leaving the team with no other option than to abandon in the 24th lap. The same path was set out for

Julian Georgiev, winner of the first heat in the 85 cc In the weekend of 4-5 April the South East European Motocross 65 and 85 cc Championship event was held in Giannitsa (Greece). The event showed a very good cooperation among all the parties involved: FIM Europe, Bulgarian Motorcycling Federation and organizers, Greek Motocross Club OFMG, who carried out all their work in perfect conditions.     Three thousand people gathered in Giannitsa MX Park to enjoy the thrilling races the MX kid riders in EMX65 and EMX85 were about to perform. Timetables were respected and the races were interesting, despite there were not many riders: 37 riders from 6 different countries were present, despite the raining that was pouring on since Sunday morning.                EMX85                        Croatian Nikola Hranic (Husqvarna) was the winner of the day in EMX85, having won last race in front

The start of the EMX 65 In the weekend of 4-5 April the North West European Motocross 65 and 85 cc Championship event was held in Emmen and for the first time it was organised by the MSV Motodrome Emmen. During the week before the event the weather had been very rainy and the club made an excellent job preparing the circuit. At the start of the event, all conditions were perfect for good racing. Both racing days benefitted from sunny weather, which allowed around 1.000 spectators to watch the event live in the track.After the technical control there were 28 riders in the EMX65 class and 66 riders in the EMX85 class.    EMX65        The first heat of the EMX65 class was dominated by Dutch rider Kay Karssemakers. After the start he never lost the leadership until the chequered flag was given. He won with a gap of more