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After the cancellation of the round of the SM Junior and S3 classes in Sosnova, an experimental double race weekend was made for the first time in the European Supermoto Championship. The weather was hot and there were around 1.000 spectators. The two days event hosted the standard free practices and qualifying, but also 2 heats per day scoring points for FIM Europe. The venue at Kjustendil, Bulgaria, is an all asphalt facility and the good weather contributed to the nice 2 days of Supermoto racing. The timed practices in both days were won by Kristian Ivanov (SMJ, KTM, photo1)) and Hakan Halmi (S3, KTM, photo2). Day 1 SMJ - The Bulgarian Viktor Neychev (KTM) was leading from start to finish the 15 laps of the heat, leaving the championship leader Kristian Ivanov (BMF, KTM) in second position with an enormous gap of 20 secs. But in Race 2, Neychev

On a really fine racetrack at Lokomotive Stadion of Daugavpils, in Latvia 16 young rider under 21 years, all nearly on the same level, signed a spectacular final with close and hard race. The races were performed in front of 3.500 spectators, who in the end could see the rider Robert Lambert from Great Britain become the new European champion, with Bartosz Smektale from Polen and Andreas Lyager from Denmark immediately behind him. Russian rider Gleb Chuganov finished at the 4th place after a rerun with Andreas Lyager from Denmark. Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/445        

The fifth and last round of the European Hill Climb Championship was held at Spoleto, in Italy. Sunday’s race started with perfect weather and very good track conditions. The morning started with two practice heats, with 17 riders at the start. At 2 p.m. according to the timetable the first race started with 250 class. The winner was Italian Marco Queirolo on Aprilia in front of his compatriot Guido Testoni (photo1) on Honda and of Belgian Bernhard Depierreux on Yamaha. In the Supersport class the winner was Daniele Stolli, from Italy, on Honda, in front of Yuri Storniolo and Filippo Parolin. In Supermoto open class the fastest in race one was Italian Andrea Majola on TM (photo2) ahead of Daniel Bailo and Philippe Bongard. Also the Superbike class was won by an Italian rider: Fabrizio Lanutti on Honda in front of Nicholas Riccardo Rovelli and Francesco Maria Piva. The second

Today at Spoleto (Italy) the first timed practice of the fifth round of the European Hill Climb Championship started, with the track in good conditions. The fastest time in 250 class was set by Marco Queirolo from Italy. In the Supersport class it was Juri Storniolo to sign the fastest time (photo1). The Superbike class was dominated by Francesco Maria Piva with a gap of nearly 2 sec. on Nicolas Rovelli. Also the fastest time in Supermoto Open class was set by an Italian rider: Andrea Majola (photo2). Considering the various classes there are 17 riders at the starting line of the European championship. In the Superbike class the title has already been won by Stefano Bonetti from Italy, with a gap of 52 points on Jean Luc David and the two riders are not present in Spoleto. But Lanutti and Peclat now are in 3rd and 4th position and

In the weekend from Saturday 26th to Sunday 27th August, the follow­ing European races will be held: 26 August – European Under 21 Individual Speedway Championship at Daugavpils/Latvia 26-27 August – Road Race Hill Climb European Championship at Spoleto/Italy 26-27 August – Supermoto European Championship, Supermoto Junior and S3 at Kustendil/Bulgaria European Supermoto ©BProm    

This year the 32nd edition of the Nitrolympx was held at the famous Hockenheim Circuit in Germany. On Friday only one qualification round was held - the second round was cancelled due to rain. On Saturday two qualification rounds were held in very warm weather. In Sunday elimination was performed, in sunny, cloudy weather. Top Fuel Bike, Rikard Gustafsson (SWE, photo 1) was nr. 1 qualifier, winner of the race and author of a new speed record 387,41 km/h. Second was Richard Leeks (GBR) ahead of Rene van der Berg (NED). Super Twin Bike: The winner was Martin de Haas (NED, photo2) ahead of Marcus Christiansen (DEN) who was also nr. 1 qualifier. Third position for Roman Sixta (CZE) Pro Stock Bike: There were 16 qualified riders who were competing for a 16-bike field. Fredrik Fredlund (FIN, photo3) was nr. 1 qualifier, winner of the race and also he made

The European U21 Team Speedway Championship was scheduled last weekend at Krosno, in Poland. Heavy rain, as the toughest challenge of speedway races, stopped Polish youngsters on their way to the podium since they’ve won four out of five heats. Maybe a lot would have changed in next 15 heats, but Referee and the Jury stopped the meeting after Heat 5, which wasn’t enough heats to verify results; at least 10 heats should be done to decide the U21 European Team Champion. After many glances to the sky and a bit of hope that the rain will stop, the track was already soaked from the rain and it was not possible to continue. The group of 19 riders from 4 Countries was informed at 19:10 that they had to leave lovely stadium, notwithstanding the organizer did its best to provide them best conditions. Due to the bad forecast on the

The track of Kivioli in Estonia hosted the fourth round of the 2017 ITP European Quadcross Championship. More than 10.000 spectators packed around the track were present for the organization of SA Kivioli Seiklusturismi Keskus. A storm hit the track on Saturday evening, but luckily the weather turned out to be better on Sunday. Even so the organizer did a massive job to maintain the good quality of the track. Local Estonian rider Kevin Saar (Honda, in the last two photos) took full advantage of the Championship's visit to his native country and went ahead to easily win both motos in front of his home crowd. The fight was on for the other two spots on the podium: Polish Roman Gwiazda (Yamaha) managed to win the battle with Christoher Tveraen (Yamaha) in the first race, just edging himself in front at the finish line. It was Martin Filatov (Honda), a

In the weekend from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th August, the follow­ing European races will be held: 18-20 August – Superstock 1000 European Championship and Supersport Cup at Lausitzring/Germany 18-20 August – Drag Racing, Supertwin Bike, Top Fuel Bike, Pro Stock Bike European Championship and Superstreet Bike Cup at Hockenheim/Germany 19 August – Track Racing European Under21 Team Speedway Championship at Krosno/Poland 19-20 August – EMX 125 and 150 at Uddevalla/Sweden 19-20 August EMX ITP Quad European Championship at Kivioli/Estonia       Superstock 1000 ©WorldSBK

The Polish Team will defend the title conquered last year: Poland, in fact, won in 2016 the European U21 Team Speedway Championship in Stralsund. Poland will host teams from Denmark, Latvia and Germany. Riders will arrive at Krosno on August 19th very early, because practice is scheduled for 11 am on the day of the competition. The final will start at 5 pm. “It will be a great race, not on black track any more, because the track surface has changed. Of course we aim to win, and our goal is only one: the gold medal”, said the coach Rafał Dobrucki. Krosno is waiting for fans to come, not only from Poland, and the city is ready to welcome guests from all over Europe. During the press conference in Krosno, before the European U21 Team Speedway Championship, the drawing for the colours of the helmet took place, done by the