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In the photo, Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Milik and Engman   The third round of Speedway European Championship series in Kumla (Sweden) ended with the victory of Emil Sayfutdinov. The Russian rider beated his compatriot, Grigory Laguta, Nicki Pedersen and Antonio Lindbaeck in the grand finale. In Kumla Peter Kildemand and Piotr Protasiewicz did not start. Both riders suffered injuries in earlier performances and their participation in SEC was impossible. In Sweden Tomasz Gollob was present, but he did not show up on a track not even once.Riders maximally used first and second gate, which in the first two rounds were the best. The only rider who broke that pattern was later winner, Emil Sayfutdinov.The second part of the competition was the essence of speedway. Amazing fight, racing over a distance of four laps and passing at the very last moment. Fans who sat at ICA Maxi Arena certainly were very pleased

Theresa Baeuml, from Germany, won in the Women Class - Photo by Mario Candellone Theresa Baeuml (Ossa) and Toby Martyn (Beta) topped the podium of the main classes in the second round of the FIM Europe Trial Women and Youth championship, held in the famous venue of Bilstain, North-East of Belgium. On the sections quite slippery due to the rain dropped during the night before, all the riders' scores were higher than usual. The competition consisted in two loops with 12 sections each, according to what the rules ratify in these championships, reserved to the very young riders and to the women. Today it was the second but also the penultimate round. Indeed these series will end next Saturday in Grimmialp, Switzerland.In the Youth class, Martyn reinforced his leadership putting a serious option on his possible crown, but he had hard time in defending himself from other brilliant riders. At the

  Hotel Borgo Tre Rose in Valiano di Montepulciano, Tuscany. As decided by the Management Council of last April and announced in occasion of the Secretaries General Meeting held at the Congress in Malta, it has just been created the FIM Europe Club. This Club automotically includes, as Members, all FIM Europe officials (as listed in the 2015 Yearbook) as well as the Presidents and the Secretaries General of all FMNs affiliated to FIM Europe.Each year two experiences for the Club Members will be organized, one on the road and one off-road.It is foreseen the participation of the FIM Europe Club Members only by bike, with an eventual accompanying person as passenger.The first experience is planned in Tuscany/Italy, from the 16th to the 19th of October 2015.It is possible to participate with one’s own bike or to fly to the airport of Firenze Peretola, renting a bike on spot.“Everything is

The Italian Gianluca Tournour is the leader of the general standings - Photo by Mario Candellone After three rounds in which three different riders topped the podium, there is much anticipation over the next two weekends to crown the 2015 champion of the FIM Europe Trial  Championship. In this upcoming Sunday - for the second consecutive year - it will be the turn of blazoned Bilstain, in North-East of Belgium, to host the European series: a large private area, well known to all old Trial fans, because it was the scene of important world rounds held in the 80’s. The nowadays leader of the top class, Italian Gianluca Tournour (Gas Gas) demonstrated in the previous rounds to have the right skill to face the huge rocks which are typical of this terrain. But his lead on Spaniard Francisc Moret (Vertigo) and Frenchman Steven Coquelin (Gas Gas) with whom he shared the

Yesterday at Hungaroring (Hungary), immediately after the start of Alpe Adria SBK race 2, there was an accident in the first turn. Slovenian rider Berto Camlek died after his crash. Berto Camlek was born on 30th April 1970. He had started racing in the Eighties. He took part to 8 races in World Superbike Championship, 2 races in 2001, 4 races in 2004 and 2 races in 2006. From the beginning of his career he had been participating in Alpe Adria Road Racing championship, where he had won the title several times. He was known as a warm and nice guy, always ready to help. FIM Europe, together with Alpe Adria Road Racing commission members, all staff from Slovakia Racing and all the people from the paddock express condolences to Camlek family and to all his relatives and friends.

Martijn de Haas. Photo by Ivan Sansom and Rose Hughes The second round of the FIM Europe Drag Racing Championship and Cup were held in very hot weather at the Hockenheimring in Germany. The Nitrolympix were celebrating their 30th year and the 75.000 spectators who attended the event were hoping to witness fast and close racing worthy of the milestone. They were not disappointed.     In Super Twin Bike, Martijn de Haas (NED) qualified at the top of a six bike field with a 6.841 second run. In eliminations, de Haas progressed to the final round where he eventually raced against Job Heezen (NED). The final promised a close race but Heezen suffered an engine explosion after 100m, leaving de Haas the win with a 6.756 second pass. Gert-Jan Laseur. Photo by Ivan Sansom and Rose Hughes In Pro Stock Bike, the crowds witnessed the largest gathering of the

Tom Sagar - Photo by Robert Pairan The second day of the Enduro Championship in Jämsä (Finland) brought a surprise with the overall victory of Tom Sagar: on the demanding track, the British rider has been in advantage after the third place in the overall of yesterday. "I had to do well in the enduro tests," Sagar said . "The cross track was too slippery for my 450”. At the end he won before Marko Tarkkala and Roni Nikander, who had  preceeded him the first day.Thus the KTM rider now leads not only in the E2 class, but also in the overall ranking of all riders, because defending champion Maurizio Micheluz was not better than the day before: "I have to concentrate on the title in the class, where I could keep my advantage”, said the Italian. In the E1-class now he has a to defend himself from Jonathan Rosse now,

Photo by Rien Willems The second day of the last round of ITP European Quadcross Championship was held in Kegums (Latvia)Among 24 starters, the holeshot went to the new European Champion Edgars Mengelis shortly ahead of Mike van Grinsven. The leader after lap 1 was Mengelis, in front of van Grinsven, the Russian Vlasov, and Jani Tanhuanpaa, who still had a chance for the over all podium. Priit Järvloo, another candidate for a place on the podium, behind Mengelis and/or Van Grinsven, was only in 9th position. After 5 laps van Grinsven made a mistake and fell back into 4th position. Vlasov was  second and Tanhuanpaa third for 5 laps. In lap 11 van Grinsven gained again one position and he will finish the race in 3rd position.Vlasov kept the 4th place only for 1 lap, then Karlis Bole, from Latvia, managed to overtake him and he was in 4th positio,

It was an extremely physically demanding first day at the third round of the Enduro Championship in Jämsä (Finland). In perfect weather conditions, the over 50 kms long circular course presented many rocks, roots and driveways. The day foresaw three courses over 50 kms each in the forests of Jämsä with three special stages each.More than half of all riders did not arrive at the finish-line, and gave up from exhaustion or timeout.In such difficult conditions the race today was clearly dominated by the Finnish riders with guest starters Roni Nikander (KTM) and Marko Tarkkala (Beta). Only in third place in the overall standings, the British KTM-rider Tom Sagar, who was able to prevail against two other Finns behind him. This result gave the British the leadership in the European Championship, as the reigning champion, Maurizio Micheluz, finished only in the 18th place overall, third in the E1 class. Micheluz

Edgars Mengelis, from Latvia, leader of qualifying - Photo by Rien Willems The sixth and final ITP EMX QuadCross event of the season 2015 is being held by the well known organizer in Latvia, in Kegums, approximately 55 kms East of the Latvian Capital Riga. The weather was hot on Saturday and for Sunday some rain and temperatures up to  25°C are announced. The track was very well prepared and there have been 35 entries and 26 riders present, which is quite good considering that it is the last race of the seson. On Saturday's qualification practice the pole position went to the European Champion of last year, Mike van Grinsven, in front of the new Champion, the Latvian Edgars Mengelis, who is 1.46 secs behind. Third position went to Jani Tanhuanpaa, FIN.