Promoters of the FIM Motocross World Championship, Youthstream, have signed a long term agreement for the exclusive rights of all the Motocross European Championships.
Vincenzo Mazzi, President of the UEM stated, "The Management Council welcomed this agreement with a lot of interest because it will help to make way for an economical autonomy. Relations with Youthstream have always been rich of satisfaction. With this contract we are working on giving more value to our cooperation in the interest of riders and Federations."
Youthstream's Giuseppe Luongo believes this a very important step for the future of Motocross in Europe and said, '80% of all the business linked to the Motocross World Championship is based in Europe and for this reason, as has already happened in many major sports like football and athletics, etc, we have to develop the European Championship and give more value to the European title. In the meantime we will continue developing the 125 2 stroke and EMX2 Championships which are already very successful.
"We are working on giving more value to the Motocross of European Nations (MXOEN) and from 2012 we would like to see all the National teams participating with their top riders," Luongo said. "And on top of that a new 'European Champions League' is being created with all the top European riders from the World and European Championships coming together in a unique event to compete for the European Champions title. Naturally, these events will be organized with the Youthstream standards in partnership with UEM on the best circuits in Europe and with full TV and media coverage."
Main Photo: Giuseppe Luongo (Left) and Vincenzo Mazzi
