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The second day of the final round of the Enduro European Championship took place at Gelnica, in Slovakia today. In four classes the European Champions have already been crowned. The first new European champion was Joakim Grelsson in the U20 class for 125cc riders. In the morning the Swede was just nine points ahead, but his countryman and challenger Calle Johansson had technical problems and went out prematurely. So the KTM rider won this title as well as the working-pavilion, which the promoter Wolfgang Butzner had donated as support for the youngest riders. Photos ©Robert Pairan Matteo Pavoni (photo1) is the new European champion in the Junior E1 class. The KTM rider needed just a fourth place in his class to catch the title, but he managed to win and in the very last special stage he did the fastest time and finished in second position in the overall. Tomorrow

The first day of the final round of the Enduro European Championship took place today at Gelnic, in Slovakia. More than 180 kms of challenging offroad trails had to be crossed. In the overall, Junior Matteo Pavoni was able to defend his leadership with a seventh position. The second rider in the championship, Oscar Balletti, suffered from a technical problem and the former third, the Italian Maurizio Micheluz, two times overall champion, won the special tests. Second position for German Marco Neubert in front of Jonathan Rosse from Switzerland. Maurizio Micheluz - Photo ©Robert Pairan Micheluz passed his countryman Balletti not only in the class rating, but also in the overall championship, and now he is only three points behind Pavoni, who won his junior-class E1 and expanded the championship lead. In the senior class E1 the current leader, Andreas Linusson from Sweden, didn’t risk anything and finished in fifth

In the weekend from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 13-15 October – International Classic GP Cup at Almeria/Spain 13-15 October – Enduro European Championship at Gelnica/Slovakia 14 October – Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Lublin/Poland TORUN 30.06.2017SEC INDYWIDUALNE MISTRZOSTWA EUROPYFOT. JAROSLAW PABIJAN/400MM.PL        

On October 7th the annual Nordic Motorsport Council meeting took place at the Hilton Reykjavík Nordic Hotel, hosted by the Icelandic Motorcycle and Snowmobile Association. The Presidents and Secretaries General of DMU (Denmark), MSI (Iceland), NMF (Norway), SML (Finland) and Svemo (Sweden) took part to the meeting. Also FIM Europe 1st Deputy President Martin de Graaff and Secretary General Alessandro Sambuco were present. “It was a great pleasure to host the NMC conference this year and have our colleagues from the Nordic countries and visitors from FIM Europe visit Iceland”, stated Hrafnkell Sigtryggsson, NMC President. “There are many similarities among the countries despite their different sizes and we all seem to share the same challenges within the motorcycling sports. The opportunity to have discussions like this and share ideas and solutions among us is immensly valuable, especially for us in Iceland as we are still developing our spoŕting environment". On

At MotorLand Aragón Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) and Eric Granado (Promoracing - photo1) shared the honours in the Moto2™ European Championship. In the European Talent Cup Alejandro Díez (Team Honda Impala, photo2) and Maikon Kawakami (Playstation Laglisse Academy, photo3) both won for the first time. Ricky Cardus (Team Stylobike) prevailed in the first race of the Moto2™EC, making good on his third pole of the season. The Team Stylobike rider and Eric Granado (Promoracing) took the lead in a group that included Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro), Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) and Joe Roberts (AGR Team), the quickest riders of the weekend. With 10 laps remaining Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) and Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro) had established a gap of more than a second, but Eric Granado (Promoracing) was in full pursuit, leaving Joe Roberts (AGR Team) and the other riders behind. The last few laps were an

At MotorLand Aragón this weekend Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike, photo1) in Moto2™ and Manuel González (Halcourier Racing, photo2) in the European Talent Cup took pole in their respective categories. In the European Kawasaki Z Cup Raul Martínez (Motorbike Moya Competition) won the first race of two this weekend from pole position (photo3). Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) gave his rivals no chance in Moto2™, taking his third - and second consecutive - pole of the season with a time of 1:53.920. He was the only rider to lap under 1.54, beating Eric Granado (Promoracing) by 0.2. Joe Roberts (AGR Team) made it onto the front row for the first time – clear evidence of his progress since riding in the World Championship. Lukas Tulovic (Forward Junior Team), Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro) and Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) complete the second row of the grid; they must take care that Ricky

In the weekend from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th October, the follow­ing European races will be held: 6-8 October – European Moto2, European Talent Cup (in the photo) and European Kawasaki Z Cup at Aragon/Spain        

In the Superstock 1000 European Championship race at the Pirelli French Round a great last lap battle between two home riders, Jeremy Guarnoni (Pedercini Racing Kawasaki) and Florian Marino (Pata Yamaha Official STK1000 Team), saw Guarnoni take a tight victory over his compatriot Marino. Italian rider Federico Sandi (Berclaz Racing Team) took third place to complete the podium. Guarnoni got the better of Marino in the final stages of the race, outpacing his fellow Frenchman on the last lap to ultimately cross the finish line by a 0.414s winning margin for another Magny-Cours triumph. The second place result for Marino, meanwhile, keeps him in the title fight going into the final round at Jerez in three weeks’ time. In third place Sandi was followed across the line by fourth placed Roberto Tamburini (PATA Yamaha Official STK 1000 Team), who started the race on pole. The Superstock podium. Photo ©WorldSBK Illia

The European Pairs Speedway Final was held at Lonigo (Italy) in front of 1800 spetactors in a sunny day. Nineteen riders were present, representing 7 teams. Poland-Italy  It was an entertaining meeting with a lot of close racing and several passes, especially in the first half of the meeting. Poland won the 2017 Pairs Championship dominating the meeting. The runner-up place went to Russia while France climbed on the last step of the rostrum. Russia-Poland The hosting Country Italy finished at the fourth place with Covatti scoring 12 points out of 15 of the total of the team. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/470 The podium

On Thursday 28th September, FIM hosted its 2017 policy debate and annual reception at the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels. This event titled “Motorcycles & Scooters: A New Boost for Electric Mobility?” was supported by Members of the European Parliament, Ms Inés Ayala Sender (Spain, S&D), Mr Dominique Riquet (France, ALDE) and Wim van de Camp (Netherlands, EPP). From the left, Steve Aeschlimann, FIM CEO, Stéphane Mertens, FIM Endurince World Champion, Dolf Willigers, FEMA Secretary General, Dietmar Krohm, Steering Governmental Affairs at BMW Motorrad, Antonio Perlot, Segretary General ACEM, Dominique Riquet, MEP, Inés Ayaha Sender, MEP, Jos Driessen, FIM Board Member, John Chatterton-Ross, FIM, Silvio Manicardi, FIM Europe Second Deputy President, Jesper Christensen FIM Director, Public Affairs Commission The event also saw the participation of special guest, Mr Stéphane Mertens (FIM Endurance World Champion 1995 and 2002), alongside Mr Jos Driessen (FIM board member) who framed the debates. This introduction was