The FIM, Polski Zwiazek Motorowy (PZM), Federazione Motociclistica Italiana (FMI) and the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund e. V. (DMSB) are pleased to announce the host venues for the three editions of the FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy (EVT) that will run from 2024 until 2026.
This announcement follows a recent meeting with FIM President Jorge Viegas together with the Presidents and representatives of the relevant National Federations who had expressed interest in organising the event in forthcoming years.
The selected host venues are as follows:
2024 – Camerino (Italy)
2025 – Kielce (Poland)
2026 – Zschopau (Germany)
Since its debut at the 2016 FIM International Six Days of Enduro in Spain, the EVT has grown steadily in popularity and in 2021 was made a stand-alone event when it was held on the Italian Mediterranean island of Elba.
The event features two main categories – the Vintage Veterans Trophy Team class for three-rider national teams all with riders over the age of fifty and the Vintage Silver Vase Team class for three-rider teams all with riders over the age of forty. Individual entries are also welcomed, with the machines being split into five period classes ranging from 1975 to 1991.The event now also includes the Women’s Club Team class for three riders aged over twenty-five on 1 January of the event year.
After the success of last year’s event in Portugal, the 2023 EVT will be staged by the RFME in north-east Spain from 18-21 October with the tests being held between the towns of Fontanals de Cerdanya and Alp, close to the borders with Andorra and France.
Italy will travel to Spain as the reigning champions in the Vintage Veterans Trophy after its three-rider team comprising Enrico Tortoli, Giorgio Grasso and Tulio Pellegrinelli raced to victory over four highly competitive days at Santiago Do Cacem ahead of Germany and Portugal.
An Italian trio also won the Vintage Silver Vase class title with Maurizio Bettini, Luigi Mazzoni and Mario Graziani topping the podium for MC Pantera 1 while America’s Fred Hoess produced the best Individual performance ahead of the Italian duo of Giorgio Volpi and Adriano Micozzi.
FIM President Jorge Viegas is delighted by the announcement, saying: “It is such a fantastic event, so it is really good news that we have confirmed the host venues for the FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy up to and including 2026. This event has really captured the imagination of riders and fans in a relatively short space of time. The friendly, nostalgic atmosphere is unique, but while the riders and their machines may belong to a different generation the competitive spirit remains unchanged.”
John Collins, FIM Enduro Commission Director, stated: “The popularity of the FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy has grown and grown since it was introduced in 2016 and every year it is eagerly awaited so we are very happy to be able to confirm the venues for a further three years. I have no doubt that this event will continue to grow even further over the coming years.”
FIM Communications