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EMX 125 2T and EMX 250 European Championship: Forato and Guadagnini dominate duo in Trentino The second rounds of the 2019 EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing Championships took place this weekend at the Trentino circuit where Italy’s own Alberto Forato and Mattia Guadagnini from Maddii Racing Husqvarna took the respective wins. The round of Trentino is always one of the best attended by fans and riders due to not only Italy’s passion for motocross but also the incredible venue, its surroundings, and unique circuit. This weekend the two FIM Europe Championships had a combined list of 193 entries. EMX250 Race 1 on Saturday started in dramatic fashion as riders piled up in both the first and second turn. Creymert Racing’s Kevin Horgmo came away unscathed and held the lead early but Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Stephen Rubini moved to the premiere position in the second lap. Rubini led the way while the championship leader, Maddii Racing Husqvarna’sAlberto Forato, was back in around 4th. Forato

Enduro European Championship: double win for Kouble in Portugal The only 21-year-old Krystof Kouble from the Czech Republic won both the first and the second day at the start of the European Enduro Championship in Gois, Portugal, taking the in the overall classification. Heavy rain and hailstorms made the track muddy and slippery and led the organizers to some detours. In Day 1 the KTM rider immediately took the lead and extended his lead to 22 seconds until the end. After a crash in the enduro test his lead had shrunk a little, but overall all participants had to struggle more with the weather conditions than with the competition. Second overall position for the Finnish Eemil Pohjamo (TM 300 2T) and third for the Swede Albin Elowson. The Czech Zuzana Novackova won the Women category, collecting the fewest penalty minutes on the demanding track: in the end she had over

European Supersport Cup 600: the season starts in Spain The first round of the European Supersport Cup 600 was held this weekend at MotorLand Aragon, Spain. As part of the FIM Supersport World Championship, the ESSP 600 riders have dealt with strong adversaries, with an intriguing race in the first part of the 16-lap encounter, before a traditional fairing-bashing battle took place in the final part of the race. Good race for Kyle Smith (Team Pedercini Racing), who finished 9th receiving 7 points for the standing. Too bad for the French Xavier Navand (DK Motorsport) and Gaetan Matern (Flembbo Leader Team), crashed at the beginning of the race Next round of the ESSP 600 in on 14th April at TT Assen, the Netherlands.  

EMX 65 and EMX 85 European Championship: Coenen and Marek leader at the end of round 1 On Sunday 7th April was raced the round of the EMX 65 and EMX85 Europen Championship in Velke Uherce, Slovakia. Due to the bad weather conditions, Saturday’s qualifying was cancelled, but fortunately on Sunday the weather was perfect for all the races. The final results of EMX85 saw the Belgian Sacha Coenen win in front of Cas Valk, second, and Ivano Van Erp, third. Final result class EMX 85: 1. Sacha Coenen BEL FMB Yamaha 2. Cas Valk NED KNMV Yamaha 3. Ivano Van Erp NED KNMV Yamaha Final result class EMX 65: 1. Vítezslav Marek CZE ACCR KTM 2. Lotte Van Drunen NED KNMV KTM 3. Ashton Boughen GBR ACU YZ  

Superenduro Cup: the season ends in Bilbao The last event of 2019 years Superenduro European Cup was held on 06th April in the Bizkaia Arena of Bilbao, Spain, together with Maxxis FIM Superenduro World Championship and an exciting crowd of over 2.000. 15 riders took part to the qualification for the finals, in a technical track with a lot of different jumps and obstacles such as logs and stones. Winner of the first final was the French Paul Bury, while the German Robert Scharl got the second. After the two finals Scharl won followed by Bury, second, and Tom Knight, third.  

Snowcross European Championship: Filip Öhman rules the competition The FIM Europe Snowcross Championship took place on 4th April in Bodens Travbana, Sweden, in a partly cloudy day with cold temperatures. On the 740m long track Filip Öhman was the most impressive once the racing started taking the lead of Final 1 from the first lap and never losing the position before finishing nearly 20 seconds ahead of second place rider Jens Vikman. Final 2 was led by Robert Lunden for most of the time but with 4 laps of 16 remaining he dropped to 4th handing the lead to Öhman. After holding on to the inherited lead for the final laps Öhman took the race by 4 seconds and the overall championship win with the maximum 50 points! 2nd overall went to Jens Vikman and Gustav Salomonsson took 3rd.

CEV Repsol Moto2 European Championship: the season starts at Estoril Circuit The 2019 FIM CEV Repsol season started this weekend at the Circuito do Estoril in Portugal. Niki Tuuli (Team Stylobike) took the win in the first Moto2™ race, which was affected by water on the track. Edgar Pons (Baiko Racing Team) took the lead from the pole, but just three laps later Yari Montella (Team Ciatti) passed the Baiko Racing Team rider to pull away, imposing a good pace and posting a series of fast laps. Niki Tuuli also passed Edgar Pons and worked hard to claw back the leading rider. However, everything changed with four laps to go when Montella went down, losing all hopes of a win. But things went from bad to worse for the Team Ciatti rider: after rejoining in fourth position he fell yet again and, in the end, pulled out of the race.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing European Championship: Mattia Guadagnini starts on top in the Netherlands In addition to the World Championship classes of MXGP, MX2, and WMX this weekend the 125cc two-stroke of EMX125 presented by FMF Racing ripped around the Dutch circuit of Valkenswaard. Spring weather combined with the ring and premix of two strokes invoked some of the most unique racing all weekend. The FIM Europe Championship is one of the most competitive and popular in the world hosting 100 entries through two days of racing. The 125cc riders started their fight through the deep and challenging sand of Valkenswaard on Saturday for Race 1. Maddii Racing Husqvarna’s Mattia Guadagnini took the race win after leading every one of the 14 laps with A1M Husqvarna’s Jorgen Matthias Talviku finishing 2nd and RFX KTM Racing’s Joel Rizzi 3rd. On Sunday morning Race 2, just prior to the first MX2 and MXGP Races. Guyon

Vintage Enduro European Championship: the first round in Italy The first round of the Vintage Enduro European Championship was held in Piacenza, Italy. About 100 riders took part to the first event of the calendar, with spring weather conditions and temperatures. The Overall winner was the Italian Fausto Scovolo, who ruled in the six special tests in front of Paolo Giulietti, second, and Osvlado Armanni, third. The Enduro Vintage European Championship calendar: 1. Italy (30th-31st March) 2. France (1st-2nd June) 3. Spain (4th-6th October)

European Races of the weekend 30-31/03/2019 1. EMX 125 2T European Championship, 30th-31st March, Valkenswaard - Netherlands 2. Vintage Enduro European Championship, 30th-31st March, Piacenza - Italy