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The Circuito do Estoril in Portugal was the scene of the European Moto2 and European Talent Cup at Estoril, in Portugal. In Moto2™, Eric Granado (Promoracing, photo1) once again achieved a double, the second in a row and his fourth win of the season. The clear leader of the category took victory after pulling away with Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike), Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportscode T Pro) and Lukas Tulovic (Forward Junior Team). Behind the leading riders, Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) was forced to fight back after starting from seventh place on the grid. Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) bore the weight of the race while poleman Tulovic gradually lost touch enabling Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) to pick him up with two laps remaining. Then Eric Granado (Promoracing) passed Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) in a surprise move on a corner to take his third victory of the season, with Steven

Everyone loves the sound of two strokes and the young rippers of EMX65 took theirs on the circuit of Loket this weekend. In front of thousands of fans the Danish rider, Mads Fredsoe Sorensen, was crowned as the 2017 EMX65 European Champion today. With area races throughout the year, this weekend’s racing was the pinnacle of the season and the lone championship decider, a highlight for not only riders but fans alike. This weekend was also scheduled to host the EMX85 Championship Final but it was cancelled after a red flag incident resulted in the tragic loss of the young Moldovian rider Igor Cuharciuc. In the EMX65 race one on Saturday the two dutch youngsters, Ivano Van Erp and Damian Knuiman, had a fierce battle for the lead all the way to the finish after the early race leader, Jaka Peklaj while crossing finish jump. The podium of the EMX65

The track of Zarnovica, in Slovakia, hosted the European Pairs Speedway Championship Semi Final 2. The meeting was run on a very well prepared track in sunny, hot weather and 2000 spectators followed with interest the event. The first place was decided in Run Off and the winner was Mateusz Szczepaniak (PZM) in front of Kudryashov (MFR) and Bogdanovs (LaMSF). The three top pairs qualified to the Final which will be held in Lonigo (Italy) on 30th September 2017.

The 23rd FIM Europe Congress in Rome (Italy) hosted the 11th edition of Road Safety Conference, which traditionally deals with the most important and updated topics of the matter. In the latest years, the Road Safety Conference dealt with road accidents, industry responses and initiatives, the systems to improve Road Safety, traumatic injuries and first aid, 2 wheeler behaviour and safety, roadside barriers and crash tests, and devices derived from track, such as airbag for motorcyclists. Last year, the Road Safety Conference dealt with themes related with the development of electronics and technology. All these issues can be seen on FIM-Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.com/road-safety-conference/ The main focus at this year’s conference dealt with Sharing the road with Robots: When Motorcycle Meets Automation. The theme of this year raised a lot of interest with the presentations of high level experts. The presence of European Parliament Member Mr Wim van de Camp has also been highly

In the weekend from Saturday 22nd  to Sunday 23rd July, the follow­ing European races will be held: 22-23 July - CEV Repsol, Moto2  & European Talent Cup (in the photo) at Estoril/Portugal 22-23 July - European Road Racing Hill Climb at Petite Hebergement/France 22-23 July - EMX 65 & 85 at Loket/Czech Republic 22-23 July - Bajas European Championship at Ruse/Bulgaria 22-23 July - European Cross Country Cup at Kegums/Latvia 22-23 July -   European Pairs Speedway Championship at Zarnovika/Slovakia 22-23 July -  Vintage Road Racing European Championship at Anderstorp/Sweden

During the 23rd FIM Europe Congress, which was held in Rome at the Hilton Airport Hotel, the General Assembly and the Road Safety Conference were broadcasted in live-streaming. The two full videos are now freely available on FIM Europe YouTube Channel at the following links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhEYXYP0ykg  for the General Assembly and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dDY8UzQ0t4&t=3037s for the Road Safety Conference.

The games of the 31st edition of European Motoball Championship will be held  in France, at Camaret and Valreas and will start on July 27th, to continue until August 1st. All the games will be streamed live on www.promotoball.ru A video has been issued, for the promotion of the live-streaming. “Thousands fans, sixty players, six Countries, two stadiums and only one champion”, is the claim. The link of the video is as follows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlreXAKax08

Artem Laguta won the second SEC round in Güstrow, Germany, in front of Andzejs Lebedevs and Krzysztof Kasprzak. The first German fans went into the stadium only a moment after the gates opening, but campers popular in speedway world were staying near the stadium the day before. In the first series the wild card Kai Huckenbeck, who was third in Güstrow last year, won his first race. His second heat made a lot of noise on the stands too, because oatn the last corner he passed Andrey Kudryashov. Russian Artem Laguta won his first and second race with huge advantage, which pushed him forward in the general standings. In heat 9 Laguta faced two other favourites for the whole tournnament victory. Andzejs Lebedevs and Vaclav Milik did a beautiful fight. At the end the Latvian was the fastest and passed from tihrd to first position. The first rider to win

This weekend the track of Güstrow, in Germany, is going to host the second final of the European Individual Speedway Championship. The first final was at the Motorena of Torun, in Poland, where Jarosław Hampel started as a wild card and won in front of Vaclav Milik and Andzejs Lebedevs. The final was held in bad weather conditions: the organizers had to cancel the practice due to rainfall. Luckly, the track was good enough to start the competition at 19:00. At last, fans watched an exciting show. The first heat showed how important Speedway European Championship really is for riders. Russian Grigorij Laguta, from the second gate, did not manage to control the pressure and broke the tape. Therefore, Paweł Przedpełski had a chance to start in his hometown in SEC. At the end, he finished the race second, behind Artem Laguta. In heat 3, the spectators saw a beautiful

In the weekend from Saturday 15th  to Sunday 16th July, the follow­ing European races will be held: 15 July - European Individual Speedway at Güstrow/Germany