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The third round with two races of the FIM Europe Road Racing Supermono Cup was held this weekend at the Red Bull Ring - Spielberg / Austria. Friday was sunny and very hot, Saturday, the weather conditions was cloudy and later rain. The first race was won by Austrian Lukas Wimmer, followed by two Dutch riders Mike Velthujzen and Jerry Van de Bunt. Velthujzen managed to win in the second race in front of Wimmer and Dutch Ricard van Duijn. The provisional rankings see the leadership of Wimmer with 70 points, in front of German Frank Bruntrup with 54. The next event will take place from Friday 22nd to 25nd August on the Circuit of Oschersleben / Germany    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 120/2014      

 (in the picture from left: Mr. Alessandro Sambuco, Secretary General; Mr. Martin De Graaff, 1st Deputy President; Mr. Wolfgang Srb, President; Mr. Michal Sikora, Treasurer; Mr. Silvio Manicardi, 2nd Deputy President)   On July 23rd was held the Executive Board Meeting of the new FIM Europe management.  The meeting, which is the first of the mandate which has just started after the election of Dr. Wolfgang Srb as new FIM Europe President on July 5th, was hosted by Youthstream Media, at its headquarters in Geneva Airport. Among the questions faced, it was considered important to start immediately operationalactivities within FIM Europe, dealing with the most relevant issues of the current managementand, most importantly, starting to plan future activities both for the sport and for the non-sportmatters. The economic and financial situation was also analyzed in order to make the availableresources congruent with the final phase of the sports season and with future programs.The current FIM

The second Final of the 2014 FIM Europe Speedway European Championship (SEC) took part in Togliatti (Russia) on a nice evening of the 6th of July 2014. 9.000 spectators have seen a very spectacular, hard and fair speedway event. The atmosphere of the stadium was fantastic. Russian public was very keen. The SEC Final has been broadcasted live by EUROSPORT all over the world and was a perfect advertising for European Speedway sport. The victory went to Nicki Pedersen / Denmark followed by the local hero Emil Sayfutdinov and the Polish Patryk Dudek. The Final 3 of this exciting and high class European Championship will be in Holsted (Denmark) on the 9th of August.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 118/2014    

Sunny Italy welcomed the European SuperMoto riders in the all asphalt circuit of Castelletto di Branduzzo, offering a one day event in extremely hot conditions, typical for the season. Race 1 of the SM2 for the GP of Europe began not in the best way for the winner of the pole position Yuri Guardala from Italy. Due to outside assistance at the grid he was disqualified from the race in question. However, the Italian performed at a top level and at the second race he proved his style and ambitions this season. In any case, the epic battle for the European championship included a heavy Italian pressure on the current leader of the series – Asseri Kingelin, who won Race one ahead of Paolo Gaspardone, and his fellow Italians – Gioavanni Bussei – third and Fabrizio Bartolini at fourth place. The top five in Race 1 was finalized with the

The third round with two races of the Road Racing Hill Climb European Championship was held this weekend at Chatel - St. Denis in Swiss. This event was held for the second time in Switzerland. On Saturday, the weather conditions was cloudy and later rain. Afternoon was strong rain and the practice on Sunday morning must be delayed for one hour. The overall winners of the two races are the following: 250GP: Pierre Yves Brian (France, Yamaha) 600cc: Jean Noel Salvi (France, Honda) 1200cc: Stefano Bonetti (ITA, Yamaha) Supermoto: Josef Frauenschuh (AUT, KTM)/Philippe Bongard (SUI, Suzuki) Sidecar: Olivier Dichamp/Vicent Peugeot (FRA, LCR Suzuki) The next event will take place on Saturday 19st and Sunday 20nd of July Chalamont/ France    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 116/2014    

The sixth round of the EMX250 and EMX300 Motocross European Championships were held this weekend in the Finnish track of Hyvinkää. Next round for both classes is scheduled in Dutch track of Lommer on the 3rd of August. EMX250Sand always throws a spanner in the works, as it requires a type of motocrossing finesse to ride. With today being the semi-final round of the EMX250 championship, and the final being in the dunes of Lommel in three weeks time, the Dutch riders, known for their superior sand riding ability, took full advantage of banking crucial championship points. Yesterday, Creymert Racing’s Brent Van Doninck banked his first lot of twenty-five points when he took the checkers ahead of HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Brian Bogers and Kemea Yamaha Racing’s Nick Kouwenberg. When the gates dropped for race two, the sand was a little deeper and a lot gnarlier than yesterday which played

After the 4 regional qualification rounds, the final of the EMX65 and EMX85 Motocross European Championship was held in the Finnish circuit in Hyvinkää, which embodies one of the most mentally and physically demanding terrains in our sport, sand. Young Russian Nikita Kucherov was crowned as the new European Champion in the EMX65. Watching those little 12” wheels tearing through the sand on a full blown MXGP circuit was astonishing, as was the speed and poise of the eventual EMX65 champion Nikita Kucherov from Russia who rode impressive in both races to be crowned champion with a second place in race one and a win in race two this morning. Landing on the second step of the podium, young Swede Noel Nilsson was clearly the fastest kid on the track. He isn’t afraid to ride on the edge which worked both for and against him this weekend when he cartwheeled

The 20th FIM Europe Congress in Cracow hosted the 8th edition of Road Safety Conference. The event traditionally combines with the Continental Union Congress, and every year a different subject matter is illustrated. After dealing with the themes of road incidentality, of industry responses and initiatives, of the systems to improve Road Safety, on traumatic injuries and first aid, of 2-wheeler behaviour and safety, of roadside barriers and crash tests, this year the Road Safety Conference dealt with themes related with Safety concepts and devices derived from Track, such as airbag for motorcyclists. The main aim was to demonstrate how the experience of the track can be transferred to improve road safety in everyday's use. The conference was held under the auspices Silvio Manicardi, chairman of FIM Europe Marketing Commission, and of Jean-Pierre Moreau, Chairman of Public Affairs Commission. As tradition dictates, the first lecturer to speak was a representative

The Motoball European Championship, scheduled from the 25th to the 31st of August in Tikhoretsk (Krasnodar region, Russia), was cancelled this year due to the announcement of the teams of France, Netherlands and Lithuania of their intention not to participate to the 2014 edition. The German team also canceled the participation of the event for this year. The organisers announced, however, that the Championship will be regularly held in 2015 on the Tikhoretsk venue. --- The 2014 edition of the Trans Carpatic rally, valid also as European Cup, scheduled on from the 2nd to the 8th of August in Romania, has been cancelled.     Download here FIM Europe Press Release 112/2014  

The first Final of the 2014 FIM Europe Speedway European Championship (SEC) took part in Guestrow (Germany) on a very warm and sunny evening of the 6th of July 2014. Nearly 8.000 spectators in a "sold-out" stadium have seen very spectacular and hard speedway races on a high sporting level. The SEC Final has been broadcasted live by EUROSPORT all over the world and was a perfect advertising for European Speedway sport. The victory went to Nicki Pedersen / Denmark followed by his fellowman Peter Kildemand / Denmark and Janus Kolodziej / Poland. The Final 2 of this exciting and high class Euroean Championship will be in Togliatti / Russia on 20th July 2014.    Download here FIM Europe Press Release 111/2014