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The rain had transformed the track into a big mud pool making the races though. But this didn’t keep our Formula Europe riders from giving their best.

In Junior Men, Bastien Merle was eliminated on Saturday in the quarters, but on Sunday he made it all the way to the main event in which he just missed out on the podium with a 4th place.

Sandra Aleksejeva, Rookie in the Elite Women Category, lacked some power on the heavy track against the more powerfull riders in her category. However on Saturday, she managed to qualify for the main in which she took 6th place. On Sunday, she was eliminated in the motos.

Kevin Sprengers was racing his last race before getting a shoulder surgery that will keep him of his bike the rest of this season. Kevin was eliminated in the quarters on both days. Kevin ends his season in 10th place of the European Elite Men Ranking.
We wish him all the best with his surgery and speedy recovery. We are looking forward to see him back on his Formula bike next season.

Our other Elite Men Rider Edzus Treimanis successfully defended his 4th place in the ranking this weekend.
On Saturday, he missed the cut in the quarters with a 5th place finish. On Sunday, Edzus qualified for the main event. With a great move in the first turn, he went from 5th place into the lead and kept his position till the finish line.

Edzus was stoked with his victory and said he’s ready for the final rounds in Sandness (Norway) in 3 weeks.

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June 5&6, Rounds 7 and 8 of the European Championship were held on the 2004 Worlds Track in Valkenswaard (Holland).

The entire Formula Team was present, but Lucie Meerholz was still out of competition. She will be back on her BMX bike in a few weeks.

In Junior Men, Bastien Merle was representing the French National Team. Saturday he put in some good laps in the motos, passed 1/8th and 1/4th to find his way to the semis. He didn’t have a good gate, but managed to fight his way back to the front making a move for 4th and qualifying position when he skid in turn #3 and race this was over.
On Sunday he made it all the way to the main in which he was held up in the first turn by a crash and finished in 7th place.
After 8 rounds, Bastien enters the Top 10 of the European Ranking.

Latvian Elite Women’s Rookie Sandra Aleksejeva, has some really strong laps on Saturday beating some of the big names in the strong Elite Women Category. She qualified for the main event in which she was battling for a top 4 spot when she unclipped and was pushed back to 6th place.
On Sunday she had an off day and didn’t make it out of the motos. Sandra is currently ranked #14.

Although Kevin Sprengers was riding with an injury, he was still taking strong gates and making top finishes. Saturday he made it to the semis he missed the gate and didn’t make the cut. On Sunday he was out in the quarters after he hit the back tire of the leader and lost all speed.
After 8 rounds Kevin is in 10th place of the European Elite Men Ranking.

Our other Elite Men Rider, Edzus Treimanis, made it comfortably to the semis on both days. On Saturday, he was in qualifying position but was passed when he went a bit too wide in the last turns and on Sunday he crashed on the rhythm section while racing in the 3rd spot.
After this weekend, Edzus is ranked 4th.

Nico van Dartel had an off weekend. He was eliminated in the motos on Saturday, but with a little luck in Sunday’s semi, he qualified for the main in which he had to settle for 8th place.

Next Rounds will be held in Klatovy (Czech Republic) in 2 weeks.

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On Friday evening Jonas landed at Landvetter airport after having spent a month at ICI’s training center in Aigle, Switzerland.

He has trained under former world champion Thomas Allied command and it was actually days that made a lot of new experiences in training, both in the gym and on the track. Unfortunately he injured himself in the last week and could not complete all fystester mm. He was nevertheless pleased with his stay and what it did.

Success for Formula Team Sweden at the premiere

Over the weekend May 29 to 30 the first two races in this year’s Swedish Cup of BMX were held. The premiere took place at Malmö’s BMX track and as usual it was windy, but the rain stayed away until the finals on Sunday’s race.

It was the debut of the BMX team, Formula Team Sweden, but with only four riders on the gate as Henrik Thorsen had commitments for their upcoming graduation and Jonas are still felt by his chest injury he suffered in Switzerland and he could not attend this weekend’s races. Nevertheless, he was in and coached his team members and it was extraordinary results.

In class, boys 11-12 years, we have Andrras Bjorkman. He wasoutstanding and took home all the heats in two days and leads the class thus far after two races. He was completely unchallenged, and he flew on his new Formula bike.

Jesper Petersson competes in class boys 13-14 years and also made terrific results. He won the first races in the big dough and still the second day was even better with the increased self-confidence. He took easily to the A-final but it was really tight and he finished third. Located in overall second place after the two races.

Victoria Boraie is actually compete in the girls’ class up to 16 years, but this year has been classified up to compete against junior / elite ladies. Now that class is not opened, so she drove in the class of boys 17 +. She did it with honor and made the journey despite excellent heat resistance. Went to A-final both days and is in sixth place overall after the weekend’s races.

Frederick Johansson dominated the category of boys up to 16 years. LikeAndreas, he won all his heats quite easily in two days and thus lead the class comfortable. Now it seems that he may classify up to the elite class for the next race and it will be interesting how he can handle the tougher opposition.

What’son?
This upcoming weekend, 5-6 June, the two European Championship races in Valkenswaard, Holland.
In place of the Formula Team Sweden is Jonas Franzen, Victoria Boraie and Andreas Bjorkman.
Jonas is also admitted to the Swedish national team at this race and we hope that his chest injury do not stop this also.
The weekend after, on 12-13 June, will race 3 & 4 of the Swedish Cup, Kalas Cup, on Märsta BMX track outside Stockholm. Here, we hope that the whole team is in place for the first time.

In Saturday’s Pro Open Race, he was fastest in the Time Trial. Top 16 riders qualified for the semi-final motos. Edzus won his semis and went on to
holeshot in the main and lead from start to finish.

He was the strongest rider again on Sunday, taking the win in the first round of the Latvian National Series.

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Sandra was looking good in practice but the side wind on the first double blew her of balance and the SX event was over before it began.

In Friday’s Time Trial, Kevin took first run 66th in the second run and in the second run he landed sideways on the big triple into the first turn and went down.

Edzus didn’t have a good first run and had to wait to qualify in the second run. He managed to finish with the top 64 and qualified for racing day.

On Saturday the wind was a lot less and Edzus was ready for his race.  He got drawn in a pretty stacked 1/8 final, but after some finishes in the top  three he managed to get through to the 1/4 final. With the 7th gate pick there was no place for mistakes if he wanted to qualify to the semis.
Things went his way and he took 4th place on the second straight and kept it save to the finish.
In the semi final, after a pretty bad gate Edzus got stuck in traffic in the first turn. In the rest of the track he managed to pass some riders and with a nice high-low in the last turn he passed last years SX overall winner Sam Willoughby to strand in 5th place, just 1 place away from a spot in the final.

Most important form him, he earned some points in the first race of the 2012 Olympic games qualification period.

Upcoming race for our team are the European Championships Rounds in Weiterstadt, Germany.

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The Formula Europe Team was racing their brand new Race Kit with a new jersey design and Royal SP247 Race Pants.

The entire Euro Team was competing except for Lucie Meerholz. She broke her colar bone during the second National Race in Heiloo. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope to see her back on her bike soon.

The Perugia track was very technical, even a bit dangerous and causing a lot of casualties.

In Junior Men, Bastien Merle was putting in some good motos earning points for the ranking. He qualified easily for the main on Saturday in which he was in 4th position when he cased the first double of the Pro Section and lost his speed. He crossed the finish line in 7th place. On Sunday he looked like he was going to repeat his performance, but stranded in the semis. Bastien is in 10th place of the Junior Men Ranking after 4 rounds.

Sandra Aleksejeva, Rookie in Elite Women, had an impressive weekend. She managed to pass some really though motos against some of the World’s more experienced top riders. With some really nice moves in the semis on both days, she qualified for the main. On Saturday she had to settle for 7th place, but on Sunday, she passed several riders with some amazing turns putting her in 3rd position after turn number 3. She lost some track speed and was passed by 1 rider. Sandra managed to hang on till the finish giving her 4th place for the day.

In Elite Men, Kevin Sprengers and Edzus Treimanis were representing the Formula Colors.

Kevin was looking good and finishing his motos out in front. He passed the 1/4th finals on Saturday in which he got in contact with another rider on the Pro Section and was pushed back and his racing day was over. He made it up on Sunday, fighting it all the way to the final. He was up in the mix in the main. He was in 4th position turning on the flat going into the Pro Section barely having enough speed to jump. He fought to hang into his spot but had to settle for 7th. Kevin is now in 12th place of the Elite Ranking.

Edzus Treimanis had a good weekend. He was 1 of the fastest guys on the track. With his gates improving, he was definitely 1 of the men to beat. Edzus qualified for the mains both days. Saturday he finished in 4th missing the podium by a few inches, Sunday he finished in close second. Edzus moves up to 3rd place in the Elite Men Ranking.

Upcoming event for our Elite Riders is the World Cup in Copenhagen next weekend.

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The Formula Europe Team Riders will debute the new race gear upcoming
weekend at the European Championships Rounds 3 and 4 in Perugia, Italy.
The Team will race the super light SP247 Pants and Rivet Gloves.

We’d like to thank Royal Racing for their support.

Formula Europe’s Edzus Treimanis and Kevin Sprengers travelled to Seoul, South-Korea for the Crown Haitai International, the first BMX race ever organized in Korea.

The track was a bit unconventional with small pointy jumps, glued sand, that looked like concrete, and a very steep starting hill.
But as usually in Asia, the organizer did a perfect job on the organization. The track was dressed up nicely, the riders were pampered and the event was made into 1 big show.

On Friday a Time Trial was held. The laps were timed with 2 chronometers and an average was taken to determine the seedings in Saturday’s race.
Edzus finished in 5th and Kevin in 7th place.

Saturday’s Race Day started with an official opening for spectators and sponsors. After this the riders were presented to the public and then it was race time.
Both Edzus and Kevin made it through the Main Event in which Kevin finished in 5th place and Edzus made the podium with a solid 3rd behind Raymon van der Biezen and Olympic Gold Medal Maris Strombergs.

After the Award Ceremony, in which the riders got a nice big check, the event was closed with a nice diner and a performance of a Korean Pop Singer and a traditional band.

The event was a great experience! We thank the organizer and wish Korea all the best for their future in BMX.

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Result

• Edzus Treimanis 3rd
• Kevin Sprengers 5th

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