Motocross

The 2018 MXGP of Latvia is well underway from Kegums and joining in the action of the World Championship was the two FIM Europe classes of EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing. While the MXGP and MX2 classes are running their points paying races this afternoon the EMX riders started their championship racing Saturday and finished it up early today. Topping the overall standings was Honda Redmoto Assomotors Mathys Boisrame and KTM Junior Racings Rene Hofer! EMX 250 A reversed track layout provided exciting racing both Saturday and Sunday in both classes but in EMX250 Race 1 on Saturday Estonia’s Karel Kutsar took the lead early and held it for the first 12 laps before Honda Redmoto Assomotors Mathys Boisrame took the premier position away (photo 2). Boisrame who started in 3rd also passed KTM Silver Action’s Gianluca Facchetti for second on lap 3 before overtaking Kutsar. BUD Racing

Belgian motocross legend Eric sadly passed away on 6 May in a tragic accident on a lake in northern Belgium. The legendary multi-time motocross champion is reported to have drowned while attempting to rescue his dog. Eric Geboers was one of the many Belgian motocross icons and youngest member of the “Geboers clan” the eldest of whom, Sylvain, was the arch-rival of fellow countryman Joël Robert in the 250cc class, finishing runner up in 1969 and 1970 and third in 1968, 1971 and 1972. Actually, the young Eric started his racing career on the same day Sylvain participated in his last race. It was also the only time that all five brothers raced together at one same event. Eric’s FIM World Championship career was launched in 1980 by Sylvain, who was the Suzuki factory team manager. He claimed victory in France during his second GP, becoming the youngest winner ever

On the Bulgarian track of Sevlievo, the practice and qualifying of the EMX 65 and 85 South East Zone European Motocross Championships have been held today in hot, dry condition. EMX 85 - Croatian rider Luka Kunic won Qualifying race in very hot weather. The championship leader confirmed his supremacy ahead of Marius Kanakis from Greece and of Romanian rider Marius Popovici. EMX 65 – The protagonists of the top positions in the general standings were fighting for the first three places in the qualifying race. Zoltan Ordog was the leader from start to finish. Behind him the battle for second and third place saw Israelian rider Ofir Tzemach finishing in second place ahead of Hungarian Adam Horvath. dig

For the second year in a row the MXGP of Russia was kick started by an impressive Opening Ceremony. The Russian Children’s Center Orlyonok hosted the MXGP of Russia’s media event which invited the top riders of the World and European Motocross Championship along with various media and guests from the MXGP Paddock. Riders joining the event included Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie and Gautier Paulin, Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Vsevolod Brylyakov, Jago Geerts, and Ben Watson, Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen, TM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl and Samuele Bernardini, Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Shaun Simpson and Jeremy Seewer, BOS GP’s Evgeny Bobryshev, iFLY JK Racing’s Ivo Monticelli and Manuel Iacopi, KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Gianluca Facchetti, Team Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Arminas Jasikonis, Petar Petrov, Alberto Forato, and Mathys Boisrame, Gebben Van Venrooy Kawasaki’s Alessandro Lupino, and many others.

The first round of the EMX 65/65 European Championship of North West Zone an d t heEMX Women was held in Dennmark on the sandy track of Esbjerg. The weather onSunday was very good. It was cloudy with a temperature of around 12 degrees. The track was very well prepared and all riders were looking forward to exciting races. EMX85 - In Race1, Dutch Kay de Wolf was able to achieve the first place. In second place followed Belgian Liam Everts ahead of Tobias Caprani from Denmark. In Race2 DutchKay De Wolf prevailed again ahead of Kay Karssemakers from The Netherlands and of Liam Everts from Belgium. The overall was Kay de Wolf in front of Liam Everts and Kay Karssemakers. EMX65 – Race1 was won by a female rider from the Netherlands, Lotte Van Drunen. In second place Dutch Bradley Mesters ahead of Anton Isaksson from Sweden. In Race2,

Youthstream and FIM Europe are pleased to announce that the 2018 Motocross of European Nations as well as the Women’s Motocross of European Nations will be held on the 8th and 9th of September and will once again return to Poland. The event will be held at the Gdansk circuit for the second year in a row. Hosting both the 2005 and 2017 editions the Gdansk venue, the Polish organization and their commitment in further developing the venue, have paved the way for this much awaited return. Click HERE to have more information on the venue. Photo ©Youthstream  

For the eight time, the best riders from Night of the Jumps flew through the sold out Olympic Hall in Munich on Saturday night. 10 riders from five nations were invited to the opening round of the FIM European FMX Championship and were lifted by the collective cheering of the 10,000 strong crowd. The list of riders was incredibly strong with the 4-time consecutive, reigning World Champion, Maikel Melero (ESP), Libor Podmol (CZE), David Rinaldo (FRA) and Remi Bizouard (FRA) as the FIM World Champions to grace the track. All riders had only one goal, and that was to beat the German FMX Wunderkind, Luc Ackermann on his home turf, after sealing the win in NIGHT of the JUMPs Berlin after landing his Double Backflip. It wouldn’t be an easy task of course, with the 20-year old German riding so much smoother and safer in 2018 despite his aggressive style.

Slovenia hosted the first round of the EMX Open European Championship and the second round of EMX SW zone 65&85 European Championships. Qualifying races took place in a sunny, hot weather. Italian rider Brando Rispoli won the EMX 65 Qualifying race in front of Slovenian best rider Jaka Peklaj and of the winner of the first round, Italian Alessandro Gaspari. Spanish riders were dominating in the EMX 85 Qualifying race. The pole position was taken by Raul Garcia Sanchez ahead of Antonio Gallego Ramos and Italian Andrea Viano. Slovenian MXGP rider Klemen Gerčar snatched the pole position in the EMX Open Qualifying race. The race day in Brežice started with 18°C and later in the day it was hotter with 28°C. Race1 was won by Italian Brando Rispoli, 13 sec. ahead of Slovenian Jaka Peklaj and Italian Jas Janout. Race1 was led again by Italian Brando Rispoli, who won 7,93

Round 2 of the EMX125 Championship presented by FMF Racing has been recorded today at Trentino, Italy, circuit of Pietramurata. With thousands of Italian motocross fans lining the track fences and 97 entries into the class for the weekend Italy’s own Emilie Scuteri was able to put together a winning performance. In Saturday’s race one we saw a textbook performance from KTM DIGA Junior Racing’s Emil Weckman (photo 2) who took the lead off of the start and stayed in front each of the 15 laps. Behind Weckman a battle kicked off between Emilio Scuteri (photo 3( and Mieco Vettik. Scuteri had second position to his name the first lap but the following 6 laps Vettik led the Italian. At the half way point however Scuteri reclaimed the position and pushed toward the lead of Weckman. At the finish Weckman won by just less than 4 seconds over Scuteri who

The MXGP of Turkey which is set to take place on September the 1st and 2nd in Afyonkarahisar was officially presented to over 120 guests including national and international media as well as national sponsors on January the 9th. The event was hosted at the famous Çırağan Palace, a former Ottoman Palace now 5 star hotel, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus. Both national and international authorities were invited to the outstanding Palace’s Ballroom where a press conference was held. In attendance was Youthstream Vice President Luigi Zompetti, FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb and Turkish Motorcycling Federation President Bekir Yunus Ucar, Governor of Afyonkarahisar Mustafa Tutulmaz and the Mayor of Afyonkarahisar Burhanettin Coban, all of which took the stage to introduce the event from their unique perspectives. The whole event was broadcasted LIVE on the local channel Kanal 3 while TRT Sports (Turkish Radio Television) showed a