Motocross

Last weekend there was the 3rd trainers meeting in Riga (Latvia). This meeting was organised for the FIM Europe MX GP trainers from the North Europe (countries like Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia etc.) with the aim of giving to participating trainers the MX-C certificate. All 16 trainers passed the proof and can now train at their local clubs riders after an educational program with final proof. “In this traditional time of the year Riga is an important place for this training. The group is increasing with more trainers from different Federations“, stated Mr Martin de Graaff, FIM Europe Vice-President. “After the training for the A and B certificate the trainers were educated for the C level. “With this certificate they are able to work in their home country with these skills. The group of educated riders is growing in this way in Europe, which is important for better

For the first time ever in Poland, the European Supercross Championship in Gdansk is getting closer. This Saturday in Ergo Arena riders from 15 countries will fight for the European Champion title. Freddy Verherstraeten has already started building the track. Starting lists are almost full, but there are still free spots for riders who would like to join the competition last minute. The track will be built with over 4 000 tons of dirt, that is about 170 truckloads. As always Freddy designed a safe and challenging track, which will definitely be exciting for fans to watch, as well as for the riders to ride. The track features include impressive jumping sections along with popular whoops, which make riders face a specific challenge - a very fast, demanding and technical track. Besides the four European Championship classes (SX, SX250, SX125, SX85) there will be also a SX65 show race. Who

FIM Europe Motocross Commission is very pleased to announce the date and venue of the 2018 edition of the Sidecarcross of European Nations together with the Quadcross of European Nations will be at Slagelse in Denmark on the 22/23 September 2018. «As usual this event is open to any FIM affiliated Federation worldwide. We already know that the Quad team USA will compete and attempt to repeat their success at this year's event held at Cingoli in Italy», stated Mr Eddie Herd, Chairman of the FIM Europe Motocross & Snowcross Commission.  

Today the best motocross riders in the world joined by some of the biggest names, brands, and organizers of the 2017 season at the Matterley Basin circuit, venue of the 2017 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations presented by Fiat Professional, for the 2017 MXGP Awards. Photo @Youthstream This year’s awards ceremony was held behind the circuit’s new start on the Podium and Skybox structure, hosted by MXGP Presenters Paul Malin and Lisa Leyland then broadcasted live to everyone worldwide via Facebook and MXGP-TV. Youthstream President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo and FIM President Mr. Vito Ippolito were on hand to present the awards to the 2017 FIM Motocross World Champions Antonio Cairoli and Pauls Jonass, in addition to the industry award winners. FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb joined Mr. Giuseppe Luongo to present the 2017 European Champions EMX65 Mads Fredsoe Sorensen, EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Brian Strubhart Moreau, Honda

Today in Cingoli 3 races for sidecars plus 3 races for quads took place to decide the Nations team results. Perfect weather greeted the large crowd in the morning which was to change at the start of the last quad race. Quads- Team USA dominated the races but not without incident. In the first race Thomas Porter Brown holeshot but within 2 laps his team mate Joel Hetrick was in 2nd position despite starting on the second row. They continued to pull away from the rest of the field but Hetrick's quad suffered engine failure which put him out of the race. Italy's Andrea Cesari finished 2nd with French duo of Antoine Cheurlin and Yoann Gillouin taking 3rd and 4th place. The second race was totally dominated by the 2 Team USA riders, Chad Wienen and Joel Hetrick with Wienen holeshotting from the front row and Hetrick slotting into second

The 2017 Motocross of European Nations saw 17 teams from 16 different countries come together to race in Gdansk, Poland this weekend. Today marked the second of the 2 day event. An Opening Ceremony started the morning with FIM Europe President Dr. Wolfgang Srb, Major of Gdansk Mr. Pawel Adamowicz and Mr. Michal Sikora, Vice President of the Polish Automobile and Motorcycling Federation PZM, all welcoming the participants. After a wet Saturday the weather made a change for the better Sunday to provide great racing and at the conclusion of which it was the French Federation celebrating as their team took the MXoEN winner’s trophy while the Women of the Netherlands celebrated their Women’s Motocross of European Nations victory. Motocross of European Nations 125cc/250cc In the first race of 125cc and 250cc Ukraine’s Volodymyr Tarasov led the first 2 laps but had France’s Mathys Boisrame and Germany’s Tom Koch behind him.

The yearly event of Motocross of the European Nations wil be held at Gdansk, in Poland, in the weekend of 2-3 September. Also the Women Motocross of European Nations will be held in the same weekend and in the entry lists there is also the name of the four-times world champion Kiara Fontanesi (in the photo). The provisional entry lists of the event have already been issued and are as follows:

Photos @Youthstream - The first overall race finishes to be decided at the Fiat Professional MXGP of Belgium were those of EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing. Over two days of racing GL12 Racing’s Mike Kras and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Mikkel Harrup came out ahead of the rest winning their respective classes. EMX125 At the beginning of the weekend the 125cc class had 74 racers entered and only 40 making it through qualifying. Saturday’s Race 1 started with BUD Racing Monster Energy’s Brian Strubhart Moreau leading Gianluca Facchetti and Alessandro Manucci but on the third lap mistakes took all of them out of the top 3. The one rider who didn’t have any costly errors was Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Mikkel Haarup who moved into the lead on lap 4 and stayed in the top spot the remainder of the race to

Everyone loves the sound of two strokes and the young rippers of EMX65 took theirs on the circuit of Loket this weekend. In front of thousands of fans the Danish rider, Mads Fredsoe Sorensen, was crowned as the 2017 EMX65 European Champion today. With area races throughout the year, this weekend’s racing was the pinnacle of the season and the lone championship decider, a highlight for not only riders but fans alike. This weekend was also scheduled to host the EMX85 Championship Final but it was cancelled after a red flag incident resulted in the tragic loss of the young Moldovian rider Igor Cuharciuc. In the EMX65 race one on Saturday the two dutch youngsters, Ivano Van Erp and Damian Knuiman, had a fierce battle for the lead all the way to the finish after the early race leader, Jaka Peklaj while crossing finish jump. The podium of the EMX65

The 3rd round in EMX 65cc and EMX 85cc in the NE Zone and the 7th round in EMX Open were carried out in Kovel, Ukraine. On a well prepared track, with rainy weather the free Practice, pre qualifying practice and qualifying races were held on Saturday. In the EMX 65cc qualifying race the winner was Maksymilian Chwalik from Poland who the pole position for the Sunday races, in front of Richard Paat from Estonia and Janis Kubulins from Latvia. In the EMX 85cc class in qualifying the fastest rider was Romeo Karu from Estonia in front of Mairis Pumpurs from Latvia and Edvards Bidzans from Latvia. In the Open class the first rider over the finish line of the qualifying race was Dmytro Asmanov from Ukraine followed by Kristers Drewinskis from Latvia and Volodyyr Tarasov fromUkraine. On a sunny Sunday, with 26°C, the riders started the day with warm