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Northern Talent Cup: Luciano and Hosciuc victorious in Assen Race1 Lorenz Luciano (Junior Black Knights Team) was back on the top step in style at the TT Circuit Assen, the Belgian pulling away for a vital win in the standings and another victory in the Netherlands. Rossi Moor (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) and Jakub Gurecky (JRT Brno Circuit) completed the podium after a close fight for second, all taking vital points as the countdown to the finale continues... and Gurecky sets his sights on the Cup in Race 2. Moor took the holeshot, but it didn't take long for Luciano to take over in front. Moor wouldn't go down without a fight though, and the two had Noel Willemsen (MCA Racing Team), Jacopo Hosciuc (Hos Racing Team) and points leader Gurecky for close company near the front of a huge group fight. Bit by bit, however, Luciano was able to

Vintage Enduro European Championship: third round in Germany After the first round in Casciana Terme, Italy, and the second one in Villebrett, France, the 3rd race of the Vintage Enduro European Championship took place in Itterbeck, Germany. Almost 30 riders came from Italy, Spain, France and Germany to join the race. The race was perfectly organized and riders could ride enduro with the amazing landscape close to the Netherlands and the North-Atlantic Sea. The route was 66 km long per lap (2 laps) with an amazing Special Cross Country Tests to be raced four times, for a total of about 5 hours. The winner: Classic1 – Ole Fleischer, GER Classic2 – Jens Oestreich, GER Classic3 – Johannes Steinel, GER Expert2 – Xavier Castey, SPA Open2 – Daniel Delomenede, FRA Open3 – Andrea Rastrelli, ITA Visit our track racing page

European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship: SF2 SemiFinal 2 of the European Under 23 Team Speedway Championship in Pardubice, in the Czech Republic, in a a hot and sunny summer day. The event, opened to the public, saw the Polish U23 Team won with 56 points. Second place for the Swedish team with 27 points. For the third place it was a battle between the Mixed Team (Slovenia, Slovaka and Austria) and the Czech Team: in the end the home team scored 20 points. The best riders in the polish team were Wiktor Lampard and Jakub Miskowiak, both with 12 individual points. Filip Hjemland and Gustav Grahn (Sweden) scored 8 points each. Team Poland will meet Team Denmark, who qualified earlier this month in Brockstedt for the Final, and Team Germany, who is the best 2nd placed Team from both SemiFinals (44 Points in Brockstedt) will meet the home Team

Hawkers European Talent Cup: update of the Sporting Regulations The FIM Europe have updated the sporting rules that regulates the 2021 Hawkers European Talent Cup. As at today the maximum number of riders allowed on the grid for the races of the HETC will be 30. Please, bear in mind that the amended paragraph has been: “1.15.3 Motorcycles”, and the change is marked in bold type. In the coming weeks, the complete amended regulations will be available on FIM Europe and CEV Repsol websites. Visit FIM CEV Repsol web site Visit our Road Racing page

Motocross European Championships Calendar Update: EMX2t Presented by FMF Racing Rounds Three and Four Postponed The FIM Europe and Infront Moto Racing would like to inform that rounds three and four of the EMX2t Presented by FMF Racing will not go ahead as originally planned in Turkey on the 4th and 7th of September and instead will be postponed to a later date with a new venue to be announced shortly. Meanwhile the rounds of Turkey and Afyon on the same dates will still see the EMX Open event running as already confirmed. More news on the venues that will host the final rounds of the EMX2t Presented by FMF Racing series will be released shortly as we prepare to crown this year’s champion. Visit MXGP web site Visit our Motocross page

European races of the weekend 14-15/08/2021    

Trial European Championship: final round in Kramolin The final round of the Trial European Championship was held in the little town of Kramolin, in the Czech Republic. AMK Nepomuk is an experienced organizer with several European and World Championships for Trials and also a regular organizer for the Sidecar Motocross. In the Women class three riders fought for the podium. The German Vivian Wachs had a very good day, taking the lead from the start and keeping it through the whole race. Behind her Alice Minta (GBR) and Naomi Monnier (FFM). Thanks to this second position and the victory in the first round, Alice got the title. Second position for Naomi and third for Vivian. The battle in the Youth class were even harder with Harry Hemmingway (GBR) and David Fabian (CZE). The scores for David were 1, 0, 0 and for Harry 1, 1, 1. The win for David

Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup: ups and down for Sofuoglu Race1 With the sun shining over the Czech venue for the Tissot Superpole, bLU cRU rider Sofuoğlu managed to qualify in ninth on board the #54 R3 GYTR-kitted bike, seeing him start Race 1 from the inside of the third row. The Turkish rider immediately joined the battle at the helm of the field in the race, trading places out front for the opening six laps. On the following tour though, the leader managed to pull a gap over the rest of the group, seeing Sofuoğlu now in a fight for second. On the final lap, the 18-year-old made his move and was alongside second position going into the final corner, but was compromised on the exit and dropped to fifth across the line. For Yamaha MS Racing WorldSSP300 Supported Team’s Unai Orradre, qualifying got off to a strong

EMX 250 European Championship and EMX Open European Championship: Horgmo and Krestinov top the podium in Latvia The European Championship races saw Kevin Horgmo of SM Action Racing Team YUASA Battery took an overall victory in EMX250 to edge closer to the series leader Nicholas Lapucci of Fantic Factory Team Maddii. While KMP Honda Racing’s Gert Krestinov made a perfect wildcard appearance in the EMX Open class to go 1-1 and take the overall win. In the first EMX250 race it was Maxime Grau of Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing who was the leading rider as he headed into the first and second corner. There were a few riders caught up in some crashes during the first two laps, this included Tom Guyon of Team VHR KTM Racing and Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing’s Andrea Bonacorsi. Grau’s time in the lead didn’t last long as Liam Everts of Liamski KTM jumped into the lead, as Kevin Horgmo of SM Action Racing Team YUASA

Northern Talent Cup: Moor and Farkas victorious in Styria Race1 The Northern Talent Cup is back from summer break and Rossi Moor (FAIRIUM Next Generation Riders Team) is back on the top step! In a close-fought battle for victory in Race 1 at the Red Bull Ring, the Hungarian headed a podium covered by just 0.044 seconds, with Lenoxx Phommara (Phommara Team) back on the box in second and Kevin Farkas (Agria Racing Team) taking a debut rostrum in third. Jonas Kocourek (JRT Brno Circuit) took the holeshot from pole, with the front row staying as-you-were with a solid start for both Loris Veneman (Kahuna Security Racing) and Phommara. The battle then began in earnest, with the slipstream playing a key role at the Red Bull Ring and the three joined in the battle by the likes of points leader Jakub Gurecky (JRT Brno Circuit), Jacopo Hosciuc (Hos Racing Team) and Lorenz