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di Lorenzo Resta
The second day of the 81st edition of the International Motorcycle Exhibition once again saw MotoLive activities taking place in the outdoor area of EICMA. Inside the MotoLive Arena alternated shows of freestyle and trial joined Maurizio Perin with his Buggy Back Flip that left breathless the audience of EICMA, who came to see the stunt-tricksman, being enchanted by their skill, accompanied by the commentary of speakers and voices of Radio Deejay from the stage placed in front of the set up of the paddock SBK and the bivouac tendered of the Africa Eco Race. The final of the Italian E-Bike Cross FMI Just1 Championship, the second exciting battle of the Champions Charity Race and the Superenduro trophy heats animated the MotoLive racing area with some of the best riders in the off-worldRoad committed on the land and sand of EICMA.
The second race of the exciting duel between the specialists of the maxienduro bicilindriche saw the presence of 16 riders with the bikes of 16 different brands, to compete on the challenging dirt road with a long sandy sector. At the end of the competition, the protagonists donated and handed over to Paolo Kessisoglu, the entire prize pool made available by EICMA, to "C'è da Fare ETS". To triumph with his Ducati Desert X, the Enduro World Champion Antoine Meo who has won at the end of an exciting duel of the Italian Motorally Champion and winner of the Africa Eco Race, Jacopo Cerutti, in the saddle of the Aprilia Pegasus, with Dakarian Alessandro Botturi out of the final and third in the saddle of the Yamaha Ténéré for only two thousandths of a second!
Day of rematch in the EICMA 2024 Superenduro trophy with the E2 World Champion, Andrea Verona who signs the Tissot Holeshot and wins the Friday challenge, climbing on the first step of the podium with a first and second place, Finishing ahead of the Thursday winner and 2023 Enduro GP World Champion, Steve Holcombe (Honda), third in the first stage after a big comeback and first in the second. Third position for the three-time World Champion Billy Bolt, second with his Husqvarna in race one behind the Italian and fourth in the second.
After the penultimate race of the MotoLive Championship yesterday, the Italian E-Bike Cross FMI Just1 Championship closed today in front of the EICMA audience, awarding titles and trophies from all categories in competition. In EX1, Alessandro Nobile (Mondraker Craf) was the 2024 Champion, finishing second behind Antonio Guidi (Yamaha), who won 50 points and closed behind the new champion. In the EX250 Open, Tommaso Bianchetti (Specialized) confirms his superiority of the previous day, taking home both heats even on the final day, ahead of the new champion Andrea Pignotti (Polini), winning the bronze season behind Luigi Cantoreggi (Focus) that ends in 4th place of the day, with Matteo Raimondi (Polini), third. In the EXJ, Christian Buniva (Elettrabike), who had won the red table of the class on Thursday, is back to win over Mattia Sala (Fulgur Polini) and wins the tricolor title. In EXS, it is once again Alex Costa (Elettrabike) who finishes the season in third place, ahead of the new Champion of the category, Giorgio Luppi (Leaderfox) and Glauco Ciarpaglini (Husqvarna), with Carlo Sperandio (Thok), 5° of day but silver seasonal. Serghei Mori (Husqvarna) wins the EXU title in 2024. In the Dirt Evo, after winning the race yesterday, Matteo Medizza (Talaria) finishes in 3rd place behind the day’s winner Marcello Disetti (Eboost) and Andrea Tull (Talaria) and is the new Italian champion, ahead of Tull and Lorenzo Manuzzi (Talaria) Who captures the seasonal bronze. In the Dirt Open the red table of the series, Simone Angeretti (Eboost) wins and conquers the title, ahead of Ivan Negri (Talaria) and Manuel Favaretto (Eboost) who closes the championship in 2nd place ahead of Negri. In the Dirk Bike Stock, a day’s success for Colin Bendotti (SWM) who wins over Tomaso Giupponi (Talaria) and Samuele Pozzali (Talaria). Fourth place for Samuele Manuzzi (Talaria) who centers the success of the championship, finishing the season ahead of Bendotti and Giupponi, respectively 2 and 3 of the season.
The MotoLive Day 3 at EICMA 2024 will see the protagonists on track the drivers of Supercross who will compete for the first of the two final days of the International Supercross 24MX with the drivers of 65cc, 85cc, 125cc, SX Lite and SX450. On stage and live on Sky Sport from 13.45 also the third round with the Champion Charity Race, this time in a Legend version that will give the emotion of having on track against each other, former MotoGp drivers like Casey Stoner, Loris Capirossi and Marco Melandri, against off-road specialists such as Stefan Everts, Alex Puzar and Chicco Chiodi, challenge themselves in the saddle of single cylinder flat track two and four stroke.
