2010

The Finnish rider Mika Ahola (HM-Honda) won the first race in the FIM Indoor World Championship, held in the Palafiera in Genoa (Italy) and watched by 7000 spectators. Three finals, and three different winners on three different motorbike manufacturers. There could have been no better start. Other than Ahola, Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) and Tadeusz Blazusiak (KTM) were the winners of the other fin...

Saturday’s NIGHT of the JUMPs in Vienna rounded off a giant double bill of freestyle motocross. Libor Podmol staged a superb comeback to take the honours in the 12th round of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championship. The Czech rider goes into the title decider in Fortaleza (Brazil) six points ahead of his main rival Brice Izzo. William van den Putte was absent from the starting line-up after his...

A clearly determined Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa got his season off to the best possible start by winning round one of the 2011 SPEA FIM X-Trial World Championship, held in Genoa, Italy. Bou’s triumph puts him in pole position for a fifth consecutive title as the series now takes a short break before resuming in January. “I am delighted with this victory,” explained Bou. “It was really important fo...

An in-form Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa got his latest campaign off to a solid start as he scored a narrow victory over Albert Cabestany - Sherco at round one of the 2011 SPEA FIM X-Trial World Championship, held at the Palasport Fiera di Genova arena in northwest Italy. Adam Raga - Gas ...

Current Championship leader Thomas Chareyre started the weekend leading the time practice in front of Mauno Hermunen, Adrien Chareyre and Ivan Lazzarini, and they will all take part in tomorrow’s Superpole. Davide Gozzini was fifth and he will start from the second row of the grid.  747 Motorsport TM Racing Factory’s Thomas Chareyre was the fastest in today’s time practice but second class...

Having claimed the title in four consecutive seasons Toni Bou - Repsol Montesa will begin the defence of his crown as the 2011 SPEA FIM X-Trial World Championship kicks off in Italy’s atmospheric Palasport Fiera di Genova arena this evening. Bou is in a confident mood having won both the Indoor and Outdoor titles last season, however, he is mindful of the ever present threat that his closest riva...

Vienna, 26th November 2010: The Stadthalle in Vienna was the perfect setting for the eleventh round of the NIGHT of the JUMPs / FIM Freestyle MX World Championship. With a flip worthy of Travis Pastrana himself, Brice Izzo secured victory over main rival Libor Podmol to trim the deficit in the championship standings to four points. The Viennese air was obviously very much to the riders’ liking ...

Inclement weather at the Jerez circuit in Andalucía meant that the Marc VDS Racing Team got only one day on track in dry conditions, with the other two days disrupted by rain. Scott Redding had just set the fastest time in the dry on the second day when his session was ended prematurely by a crash. The British teenager ran wide exiting the final turn, touched the grass on the outside of the tra...

The Repsol rider does just four laps before the rain comes. In spite of this, Márquez significantly improves yesterday’s times.
 Marc Márquez adaptation to the Moto2 on which he will compete next season has once again been influenced by the whims of the weather, with the rain putting in appearance when the Repsol rider had done just six laps – four of them valid for taking down his times –. This ...

Former Chief Executive Officer of the French Motorcycle Federation (FFM), Mr Daniel Barthélémy passed away yesterday in Paris, following a long illness. He was 61 years old.Graduated as a sports teacher, holder of a diploma in management and communication, he became technical and educational advisor in the public sector (linked to the Ministry of Youth and Sports). He then became FFM Chief Executi...