Motocross

The fourth round of the North Western EMX 65 and 85cc Motocross European Championship was held today in Bielstein (Germany) in sunny weather conditions. The first heat of the EMX65 was won by the Dutch rider Raf Meuwissen (KTM) that dominated the most part of the race. The only worries came by the Danish rider Bastian Boegh Damm (KTM), who made the fastest lap of the race, but finished in second place. In the second heat, Meuwissen (NED) made the best jump start, but during the first lap fell down and ended up in the back position. The winner was the Dutch rider Raivo Dankers (KTM) who lead all the race; second Danish Bastian Boegh Damm (KTM); third Swedish Filip Olsson (KTM). In the EMX85 the winner of the first heat was the German rider Tilo Wittlerbaumer (KTM). The best start and the best lap were made by Brian Hsu

The Slovenian Tim Kaiser won both heats of the third round of the 125cc 2 stroke Motocross European Championship held today in Agueda (Portugal). The track conditions were tougher for the young riders due to the rain, but it did not stop Tim Gajser (KTM) to dominate the first heat of the race, arriving in front of Dutch Calvin Vlaanderen (KTM) and Norwegian Magne Klingsheim (KTM). Tim Gajser took the holeshot of the second heat and easily opened a big gap with his pursuers. The Slovenian rider crossed the finish line 47 seconds ahead of the second classified James Dunn (KTM) and obtained the third overall round victory of the season. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Slovenian Tim Gajser with 150 points, followed by Italian Davide Bovini with 106 points and Dutch Calvin Vlaanderen with 102 points. The fourth round is scheduled to be held on Sunday the

The third round of the North Western EMX 65 and 85cc Motocross European Championship was held yesterday in Halle (The Netherlands). Sunday morning the rain started and got stronger, but during the first 2 races it stopped for a while. In the EMX65 class, in the first race Netherlands young Brian van der Klij (KTM) did the hole shot in front of Swedish Rasmus Häkansson (KTM) and Danish Bastian Boegh Damm (KTM). Already in second lap Häkansson could overtake van der Klijs and that was the positioning until finish in lap 7: First Häkansson, second van der Klij and third Boegh Damm. In the second heat, in the hole shot Brian van der Klij in front of R. Häkansson and R. Meuwissen (KTM). Van der Klij and Häkansson did a start to finish race as first and second. Third got again Bastian Boegh Damm and forth Dutch Raivo Dankers (KTM)

The first round of the EMX 250 Motocross European Championship was held in St Jean d’Angely (France) during the world MX series event. Monster Energy Yamaha’s Pocock has become the first leader of the 2012 UEM EMX250 championship after wining the two heats in Saint Jean d’Angely. Yesterday the British rider got a really tight victory ahead of home rider Maxime Desprey, but today he succeeded in taking the lead during lap four and he kept the lead until the chequered flag. The British rider was speechless after the second heat and he is fully determined to keep the red plate on his Yamaha until the end of the season. The second position was for Swiss rider Jeremy Seewer, who finished third in both heats. The Suzuki MX Team 91 rider has made a solid debut in the championship after finishing third last year in the UEM EMX125 series, and

The third round of the EMX65 / EMX85 in North-Eastern zone and the sixth round of the EMX Open Motocross European Championship were held yesterday in Ivanovo (Belarus). In the EMX65 class victory of both heats by Estonian rider Andres Hiiemagi (KTM). In the EMX85 the first heat was won by Russian rider Makar Yurchenko (KTM), while in the second victory went to Latvian rider Kristers Drevinskis (KTM). The EMX Open class saw the dominance of Ukrainian Roman Morozov (Kawasaki), who won both heats. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Russian Timur Petrashin (KTM) in the EMX65 with 144 points, of Latvian Kristers Drevinskis (KTM) in the EMX85 with 121 points and of Belarus Evgeny Tyletski (KTM) with 270 points. The fourth round of the EMX65 and EMX85 in the North-Eastern area and the seventh round of the EMX Open are scheduled on the 10th of June in Kaunas

The second round of the EMX65 / EMX85 in North-Eastern zone and the fifth round of the EMX Open Motocross European Championship was held in In Velke Uherce (Slovakia). In EMX65 first race the Russian rider Timor PETRASHIN (KTM) finished first in front of Ukrainian Mykola MOSKALUK (KTM) in second position and another Russian Daniil BALANDIN (KTM) in third position. In second race EMX 65 again victory by PETRASHIN. Second position also againe to MOSKALUK and third position from Estonian Andreas HIIEMAGI (KTM). In the class EMX85, the first race was won by Estonian rider Karl-Robert REINIKE (KTM) in front of two Slovak riders Denis POLAS (KTM) in second position and Pavol REPCAK (KTM) in third place. In second race EMX85 two Slovak riders finished on first two places Richard SIKYNA (KTM) first and Denis POLAS (KTM) second. Third finished Latvian Kristers DREVINSKIS (KTM). First race in EMX Open was

The track of Brezice (Slovenia) hosted this weekend the 2nd round of the South-Western EMX 65cc and EMX 85cc and 4th round of the EMX Open. The time schedules was changed because of weather forecasts of heavy rain and thunder. The EMX 65cc class made therefore free training, qualifying training and 2 races on Saturday. In the first race EMX 65cc was the fastest rider Slovenian Luka Milek (KTM) with Italian Alessandro Facca (KTM) and Rene Hofer AUT (KTM) on the second and third place. In the second race EMX 65cc was fastest rider Swiss Xylian Ramella (KTM) with Alessandro Facca and Luca Milek on the second and third place The first race in the EMX 85cc saw the Italian Lorenzo Camporese (KTM) as the fastest rider and Spanish Jorge Prado (KTM) and Italian Tomas Ragadini (KTM) on the second and third place. Second race in the EMX 85cc was

The second round of the North-Western EMX 65 and 85cc Motocross European Championship was held today in the German track of Culitzsch. In the EMX65 class, victory of Swedish Rasmus Hakansson (KTM) in the first heat in front of Danish Bastian Boegh Damm (KTM) and Swedish Filip Olsson (KTM). In the second heat victory of Dutch Twan van Essen (KTM), followed by Olsson and Hakansson. In the EMX85 class, the first heat was won by British Conrad Mewse (KTM), followed by two Dutch riders Davy Pootjes (KTM) and Bas Vaessen (KTM). In the second heat the victory went to German Tilo Wittlerbaumer (KTM), second position to Dutch Davy Pootjes (KTM) and third to German Brian Hsu (Suzuki). In the provisional rankings Olsson is leading the EMX65 class with 87 points, while Wittlermaumer leads the EMX85 class with 86 points. Third round of the North-Western Zone EC is scheduled on the

The third round of the South-Eastern EMX 65 and 85cc Motocross European Championship was held in Troyan (Bulgaria). Both races in EMX 65 were won by Bulgarian rider Hakan Halmi (KTM) in front of Moldavian rider Igor Cuharciuc (KTM). Third in the first race was Bulgarian Momchil Ivanov (KTM), while in the second race third place went to Bulgarian Julian Georgiev (KTM). In EMX 85 both races had the same podium: first place went to Bulgarian Michael Ivanov (KTM), second place was Bulgarian Ivan Petrov (KTM), while in third place finished Croatian Matija Kelava (KTM). The provisional rankings see the leadership of Igor Cuharciuc in the EMX65 with 138 points and of Michael Ivanov in the EMX85 with 140 points. Next round of the South-Eastern Zone is scheduled on the 27th of May in Haskovo (Bulgaria). (UEM Press Release 34/2012)

The third round of the EMX Open Motocross European Championship was held yesterday in Zarnesti (Romania) together with the EMX 65 and EMX 85 events. Both heats were won by Belarus Evgeni Tyletski (KTM). In the first heat he was in front of Moldavian Mihai Cociu (KTM) and Ukrainian Roman Morozov (Yamaha). In the second heat, second position went to Morozov and third position to Cociu. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Tyletski with 141 points closely followed by Morozov with 137 points. Next round is scheduled on the 13th of May in Brezice (Slovenia). (UEM Press Release 31/2012)