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Hill Climb European Championship: the first round in Italy Spoleto-Forca di Cerro, Italy, was the first round of the 2020 Hill Climb European Championship, raced with high temperatures and strong heat. Day 1 In 250GP class Loris Guerrini won Race 1 ahead of actual Champion Guido Testoni for just 0,22 seconds, while in Race 2 Guido finished first and Loris second. At the end of the day overall victory for Testoni. In SSP600 class double win for Maurizio Bottalico ahead of Daniele Stolli. Great show in the SuperMoto Open class with the battle between the Italian Alexander Ponzellini and the French Steven Bellavoine, finally second. In Superbike class Stefano Bonetti won ahead of Amalric Blanc, second, and Salvatore Sallustro, third. Day 2 In 250GP class Testoni won again ahead of Guerrini, both faster than day 1. Third position for Rolf Haller. The SSP600 class saw a bad crash that caused

European Races of the weekend 22-23/08/2020

2020 EMX Championships Update Following the big success of the Latvian stops of EMX and the support received, EMX continues to look forward to more epic races this season and therefore FIM Europe and Infront Moto Racing would like to reveal the most recent updates to the 2020 EMX Championships racing calendar. Following the evolution of COVID-19 restrictions and the difficulty of travel, the decision has been made to postpone to 2021 the GP of Turkey in Afyonkarahisar, originally scheduled on the 5-6th of September. Instead, following the success of the Latvian triple-header, the European Championships will anticipate the event in Faenza, Italy, for three epic Grand Prix races with the MXGP of Italy on the 5-6th of September, the MXGP of Città di Faenza on the 8-9th September and the MXGP of Emilia Romagna on 12-13th September. Additionally, EMX will head to Mantova in Italy for another trio of

European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Jan Kvech wins the final in Slovakia The final was raced on 16th August in Zarnovica, Slovakia in heavy rain condition. At the end of a hard-fought race, the Czech Jan Kvech won ahead of Marcus Birkemose, who crashed in the last corner of the last lap, and Daniel Klima, third. The final standing: Jan Kvech – Czech Republic Marcus Birkemose - Danimark Daniel Klima - Czech Republic

EMX 250 and EMX Open European Championship: Benistant and Savaste win the third round in Kegums The EM250 and EMX Open races have concluded rounds four and three of the European Championships here in Kegums, Latvia, that saw Thibault Benistant of Hutten Mataal Yamaha Racing take his third consecutive overall victory in the EMX250 class, meanwhile in EMX Open it was Kim Savaste of 137 Motorsport who stood on the top step of the podium. In the opening EMX250 race it was Meico Vettik who was flying out of the gate become the early race leader. Though he did come under pressure straight away from Tom Guyon of Team VRT Nordpesca Holland. Gianluca Facchetti of Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing got a brilliant start and was running second in the race, while his team-mate Thibaul Benistant was down in 10th on the opening laps. Bastian Boegh Damm from WZ-Racing was also

European U19 Individual Speedway Cup: Ernests Matjusonoks wins the qualifying round The qualifying round of the European U19 Individual Speedway Cup was raced on 14th August in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The meeting was raced on a wet track, but despite the bad weather conditions there were no problems thanks to the excellent work of the club staff. The six best speedway riders were promoted to the finals, scheduled on 16th August in Slovakia. Ernests Matjusonoks – Latvia Petr Chlupac – Czech Republic Esben Hjerrild – Denmark Drew Kemp - Great Britain Daniel Klima - Czech Republic Ricards Ansviesulis - Latvia

FIM Europe Enduro & Rally Commission News It’s with great regret that FIM Europe and the Enduro & Rally Commission have to announce the cancellation of the Tout Terrain Rally event in Romania scheduled on September 13th. This is a tough decision taken by the promoters and the organizers, following the increasing epidemic situation of Covid-19 in Romania and the numerous travel restrictions to enter and depart from the country. All the incoming riders should have to go quarantine for 14 days when entering in Romania and then again when returning to their country. The events in Greece and Portugal are still confirmed: click here to go directly to the 2020 calendars. FIM Europe's priority is the total protection of the riders, organizers, public and all the staff involved in the events.  

EMX 250 and EMX Open European Championship: Benistant and Kutsar victorious in Riga Rounds three and two of the EMX250 and the EMX Open Championships have concluded yesterday at the round of Riga, as Thibault Benistant of Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing claimed his second round victory in the 250 class and Karel Kutsar clinched the overall in the EMX Open and became the new championship leader. It was a perfect day for Thibault Benistant who once again put his Hutten Metaal Yamaha machine at the front of the field going on to claim both race victories, the overall and extend his championship lead to 24 points. The opening EMX250 race started with drama on the first turn, which saw Jorgen-Matthias Talviku of ASA United Husqvarna getting caught up in that as well. Though at the front of the field it was Tom Guyon who was fastest out of the gate, closely followed by Benistant, Meico Vettik and the second Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing rider Gianluca Facchetti. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory’s Kay de Wolf didn’t have the best opening

European Races of the weekend 15-16/08/2020

EMX 250 and EMX Open European Championship: Benistant and Macuks victorious in Latvia Following a long five-month break, the European Championships made their return with the EMX250 and EMX Open races on Saturday 08th August in Kegums, Latvia. The intense sun made for hot and tricky conditions that tested even the best riders, though what made it better was the presence of fans that were keen on cheering on their favourite riders from the public area. In the opening EMX250 race it was Tom Guyon who got a flying jump of out the gate and reached the first corner in pole position. He then led the rest of the European 250 riders until lap five when Koen Gouwenberg briefly moved into first place for one lap. By the following lap Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing’s Thibault Benistant was comfortably in the lead as he opened up a nice gap between himself and the rider in second Tim Edberg. Benistant