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Vintage Road Racing European Championship: the opening round in Sweden Pictures by www.classicmotofoto.com - Richard Peers-Jones #33, Colin Sleigh #29 & Bjorn Gunnarsson #74 On 28th-29th June competitors in the FIM Europe Vintage Road Race Championship gathered at the former Grand Prix circuit Anderstorp for the opening round of the season. The weather was perfect all weekend for racing with temperatures in the 20’s and a dry track. Practice and qualifying went without any major problems for the FIME riders who all qualified. In Saturday’s races Lars Sanberg made it a double success when he took wins in both class 5 and 6. Other class winners were Tanya Hentschel (Class 2), Hans Pallesen (Class 3) Paul Allender (Class 7a) and Richard Peers-Jones (Class 7b), but in the new class 9b all four riders had problems and did not start. Sunday was the hottest day of the weekend, testing the reliability

Supermoto S2 European Championship: Thomas Chareyre takes his third victory of the season With the sun out and temperatures rising to a blistering 38 degrees the third round of the 2019 S2 Supermoto European Championship was held on 30th June in Poland on the racetrack of Tor Poznan in the region of Greater Poland. The track with its long very fast corners and technical off-road part hosted the European championship multiple times and the races are always full of action and speed for the spectators alongside the circuit. After a hot day of racing it was TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre who took his third victory of the season in Poznan. Race 1 When the lights dropped for the first time in Poznan the temperature outside already reached 32 degrees in Poznan. At the start it was Phoenix Racing rider Markus Class who took the holeshot into the first

Enduro European Championship: double victory for Kytönen The junior 19 years old Rony Kytönen from Finland won the third round of the European Enduro Championship in Madona, Latvia, on the second day with another day's victory in the class and overall ranking. He extended his lead in the Junior E1 too. For the young rider this is the first overall victory in the European Championship. "This gives me a lot of self-confidence" said the Husavarna rider, whose father Vesa, a former Enduro World Champion (1999), had accompanied him on this trip. Second place for Albin Elowson, only 18 seconds behind. But the Swedish was ill just before the competition and had to take antibiotics. He was also reconciled with the fact, that he naturally won the big four-stroke class and, despite his retirement in Slovakia, slipped back to second place in this championship. "I had a small crash on the

Superstock 1000 and Supersport 300 Cup: Race 2 Supersport 300 Big battle up to the finish line for the first step of the podium with three riders busy in a hard-fought race. At the end David Kuban won 0’’072 seconds in front of Jiri Nespesny and Miloslav Hrava, everybody from Czech Republic. Superstock 1000 Cristopher Bergman won race2 FIME Superstock1000 class at Pannoniaring at the end of an amazing race. Kamil Krzemien finished second for just 0’’050 seconds after a few overtakes in the first lap and a great battle with Michal Prašek, third. Arnaud Friedrich finished fourth, Tomas Svitok fifth, Michal Šembera sixt, Mate Laczko seventh.

Superstock 1000 and Supersport 300 Cup: live the races The third round of the season is being help at Pannoniaring, Hungary. Stay tuned! Click the link below and follow live the races. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCty4sO0xBj65HvLbyJbod8g The schedule: Warm Up > from 8 am to 10:45 am Races > from 10:50 am to 4.00 pm

Superstock 1000 and Supersport 300 Cup: Race 1 Third round of the Superstock 1000 and Supersport 300 Cup at Pannoniaring, Hungary. Supersport 300 Miroslav Hrava (CZE) won race1 at Pannoniaring class Supersport300. Second position for Jiry Nespesny (CZE), third for Manuel Rocca (ITA) after a big fight. Under the podium fourth position for David Kuban (CZE) and fifth for Mate Szamado. Superstock 1000 Cristopher Bergman (SWE) won race1 Superstock1000 class. Second step of the podium for Kamil Krzemien (POL) and third for Michal Prašek (CZE). Fourth final place for Michal Šembera (CZE). Tomorrow Race 2! The schedule: Warm Up > from 8 am to 10:45 am Races > from 10:50 am to 4.00 pm

Enduro European Championship: Juniors fight to the end At the third round of the European Enduro Championship in Latvia the juniors fought for the overall victory until the last special-test on the first competition-day. Up to this time the Finnish Roni Kytönen was still back: "Things didn't go so well in the very first test, but I almost caught up until the end. I knew that I simply had to risk everything. - The Husqvarna rider did as he said and even managed to take seven seconds off championship leader Kristof Kouble. So finaly the Finn finally won the day. "In the end, Roni was simply faster than me” - Kouble admitted without envy, but he still keeps his lead in the championship for a long time. Of course, both riders also won their respective cubic capacity classes at the same time: Kytönen the Junior class E1, and Kouble on

Enduro European Championship: ready for the third round in Latvia The European Enduro Championship will move to Latvia for the third round of the four competitions: the paddock and the administration will be located in the middle of Madona on the coming weekend of 29th and 30th of July 2019. On Saturday and Sunday, the 100 riders from 14 nations will be sent out for the three laps from 8:00 a.m. onwards. There are around 180 km to be ridden daily and two different special stages to be completed in each lap. The Enduro test and the Crosstelst are not far apart, so that it will be easy for spectators and teams to follow the competition. It won't be that easy for the riders, because in Madona regular international competitions, from the Enduro Sprint to the Baltic Enduro Cup, have been taking place for several years now. So that there

European Races of the weekend 29-30/06/2019

EMX 250 European Championship and EMX 125 European Championship: Rubini and Guyon take top step in EMX The circuit of Teutschenthal hosted the round of EMX Championships EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing. Through the 2 days of racing where the Summer heat ups the Talkessel circuit it was Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Stephen Rubini and Team VRT’s Tom Guyon who proved to be the most prepared to challenge the technical German track. F&H Racing Kawasaki’s Roan Van De Moosdijk came out of the first lap with the lead in the EMX250 opening race and held that position for 12 laps before second placed Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Stephen Rubini closed up and passed the Dutchman on lap 13 and took the win. Van De Moosdijk finished second while Team Maddii Racing Husqvarna’s Alberto Forato finished third. Behind the trio Team DIGA-Procross Husqvarna’s Jeremy Sydow, Steelsdrjack’s Nicholas Lapucci and Yamaha Europe EMX125 MJC’s Thibault Benistant were battling for 4th. Alberto Forato was the man on