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                Pedro Bianchi Prata European Baja winner
   

Pedro Bianchi Prata on Husqvarna TE 449 Rally was crowned European champion Baja 2012, motorcycle category and class B1, winning the last race of the season in Idanha-a-Nova in Portugal. The Portuguese debut in the European Championship Baja EMU has succeeded in breaking through to his tenacity and talent from the first race in Poland showed against the competition. In second place overall was ranked the other Portuguese Rui Costa on Husqvarna TC 510, that in his home race was able to gain valuable points in the championship that allowed him to graduate also European champion class B2. Third overall in the league and second in the class B1 the Hungarian Richard Hodola. Physical problems in the knee accused during the trip to Portugal, closed in 5th place with the loss of valuable points, and the difference of the two worst results imposed by Regulation 2012 Hodola relegated from the head of the championship bronze medal. The darling Portuguese Liliana Calado wins the category reserved for ladies to win the seventh place in the European.
Bianchi Prata in Portugal wanted to run their own race without force or risk unnecessarily by controlling in fact the direct followers of the European Championship and finished the race in 3 hours: 25 ': 36 ".
The TT Baja Idanha-a-Nova held 28-29 of September, a total distance of 240 km developed on the beautiful hills of Beira Baixa province of Portugal bordering Spain, and divided into three stages was won by the Portuguese Mario Patrão in 2h: 56 ': 10 "at an average speed of 84 km / h, followed by Luis Ferreira to 3': 28" and Helder Rodrigues at 9'02 ".
UEM European Championship Standings Baja 2012 bike: Absolute: Pedro Bianchi Prata 97, Rui Costa 89, Hodola Richard 85, Horvat Laller 65, Brunod Andrea 64. Class B1: Pedro Bianchi Prata 50, Richard Hodola 45.50, 34.50 Brunod Andrea. Class B2: Rui Costa 50, Horvat Laller 36, Rui Panda 11. Class W: 12.50 Liliana Calado.
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