2010 EYBIS.com Race Pilots

Northern Ireland - Eugene Laverty

World SUPERSPORT 2010 - PARKALGAR Honda Team

After having been 3rd in the British Supersport Championship of 2006, Eugene moved for 2 seasons - 2007 and 2008 - into the World Championship 250.

In 2009, he becomes - in his first World Supersport season - Vice World Champion, with 4 impressive wins behind his name.

With a dominant victory @ the last race of 2009 @ Portimao, (Portugal) and an impressive win again in the first race of 2010 @ Philip Island (Austrialia), Eugene is more than ever ready to go for the World Supersport title 2010.

2010 is also the first season during which Eugene will ride with the "www.EYBIS.com" visor sticker on his helmet.

After having taken in 2009 the European title Superstock 600 with Gino Rea, and the World Superstock 1000 title with Xavier Siméon, it is the aim of EYBIS to take the World Supersport 2010 title with the sympathic and very fast Eugene Laverty.

Follow Eugenes season on his EYBIS blog.

France - F. FORAY

World ENDURANCE - 2010

French SBK Championship

In 2006 and 2007, Freddy Foray got 4 times on the podium in the French Championship Stocksport (2006) and Superbike (2007).

In 2006, 2007 and 2008, he won for 3 consecutive times the Bol d'Or in the Superstock category.

In 2007, he also won the 24hr of Le Mans.

In 2008, he completed a season of the FIM Cup Superstock 1000 with the Coutelle Junior Team of Stéphane Coutelle.

His best performance of the season was a 2° place, behind the Czech EYBIS pilot Matej Smrz, at Magny-Cours (Octobre 2008). Freddy finally became 8° in the final standings.

Due to the age limit of 24 years in this class, Freddy Foray returned for the 2009 season to the French Superbike Championship, where he raced on an official Suzuki GSX-R 1000 k9 of Suzuki France. He became 3rd in the Championship.

For the prestigious Bol d'Or 2009, Freddy got the opportunity to replace Barry Veneman on the n° 1 SERT bike. They won this prestigious 24h race.

For the 2010 season, Freddy is - besides Guillaume Dietrich and Vincent Philippe - one of the official SUZUKI Endurance Racing Team (SERT) riders, with as only target taking the World Title Endurance.

Beside this ambitious program, Freddy goes also for the French Superbike title, on an official GSX-R 1000 from SUZUKI France.

Follow Freddy's adventures on his blog.

Czech Republic - Matej SMRZ

IDM SUPERBIKE - 2010 - INGHART Racing

Matej Smrz became in 2001, besides his participation in the European 125 cc, Czech champion 125 cc.

In 2003, he passed on to the STK 1000, where he had a terrible crash a year later. He won the struggle for his life, but could not race anymore until the end of 2005.

At the end of 2005, he had his first race in the STK 600 since his crash, and won it.

From 2006, he entered the STK 1000 again, where he raced since 2007 with "www.EYBIS.com" on his visor.

Matej and his brother Jakub Smrz (World SBK) are the most famous racers of the Czech Republic. Matej is very praised fo his great fighting spirit during the races, which is a delight to watch. After a first podium in 2007, he found his way to the podium several times in 2008, with a win at Magny-Cours.

2009 became a strange year. On one hand, a bad overall package couldn't bring Matej good results during his World Supersport season. But on the other hand, his wild card in IDM SBK @ Assen, that same year, meant a turning point in his career: in his first race ever in IDM SBK, Matej won the race. Nobody in the histsory of IDM had ever done this!

From that moment on, many IDM SBK teams were hunting for Matejs services for the 2010 season. Finally INGHART Racing was the one that could sign "Smrzino". Both have only one goal for 2010: taking the IDM SBK title!

Matejs adventures can be followed on his blog.

Czech Republic - Ondrej Jezek

FIM SUPERSTOCK 1000 - 2010 - Aprilia RSV4

Begin 2009, Ondrej signed to the Czech team MS Racing for the FIM Cup Superstock 1000.

After 5 years on Kawasaki ZX-6R, he switched this way to Honda CBR 1000 RR.

He finished 7th in the first race in Valencia. Since the 2nd race of the 2009 season - at Assen - Ondrej Jezek is racing with the EYBIS.com logo on his ARAI helmet.

We think that - behind Matej Smrz who was the 1st Czech rider to win a World Championship race (STK @ Magny-Cours in 2008) - Ondrej could well become the 2nd Czech winner.

We think that this could well happen this year, in Ondras second World Superstock 1000 season, maybe in Brno where he finished 3rd in 2009...

Further, we consider Ondra as a FIM Cup STK title contender the first 2 coming years., and a for sure multiple podium pilot.

Portugal - Luis Carreira

Portuguese STOCKSPORT 1000 Championship

For over 10 years now, the name "Luis Carreira" means reference in motorcycle racing in Portugal.

In 2005, Luis wins his first Portuguese Stocksport 1000 title and a first place in the international GP of Angola.

In 2008 - riding with Benimoto and Cetelem - he takes his second n° 1 plate in the Portuguese Stocksport 1000 Championship. Besides this title, he rides to an outstanding 4th position in the Macau GP, and manages to get a wild card for the first World SBK opening race on the new track of Portimao.

In 2009, Luis takes for the 3rd time the title in Stocksport 1000 and participates in the legendary "Isle of Man" race, where he got the "Best Rookie ever" classification (video).

In 2010, Luis Carreira will ride the 2010 season with "www.EYBIS.com" on his helmet visor. Target is a fourth 2010 Portuguese Stocksport 1000 title.

Luis will also be available for private lessons on the EYBIS events @ Jerez & Portimao. Read more in his EYBIS-blog!

Van Kluns to Pro 2010

Tim Vandekerckhove

Een samenwerking tussen EYBIS en MOTORRIJDER magazine leverde een unieke wedstrijd op.

De hoofdprijs bood de kans aan één absolute circuitleek om samen met EYBIS - tijdens het seizoen 2010 - een aantal van de mooiste circuits in Europa te ontdekken. Dankzij de professionele begeleiding van de EYBIS instructeurs is het de bedoeling dat de "kluns" doorgroeit tot een echte "pro", of anders gezegd "From ZERO to HERO" !

De winnaar werd Tim Vandekerckhove uit De Panne, die met zijn buell XB9SX een gedroomd motorjaar ingegaan is.

Naast zijn colum in MOTORRIJDER magazine, krijgt hij hier ook een EYBIS-blog waar hij zijn ervaringen delen kan met iedereen die het wil.

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EYBIS = 2009 Wereldkampioen STK 1000 & 600

De 2009 Wereldkampioenen STK 1000, SBK, Supersport en STK 600

V.l.n.r.: Xavier Siméon (Superstock 1000 - EYBIS), Ben Spies (SBK), Cal Crutchlow (Supersport), Gino Rea (Superstock 600 - EYBIS)

Xavier Siméon - Wereldkampioen Superstock 1000 met EYBIS

Gino Rea - Europees kampioen Superstock 600 met EYBIS

EYBIS met Siméon & Rea n° 1

In 2009 was EYBIS helmviziersponsor van o.a. de Belg Xavier Siméon en de Engelsman Gino Rea.

Xavier won met het officiële Ducati Xerox Junior Team de wereldtitel in de Superstock 1000 klasse.

Gino werd met z'n Ten Kate Honda Europees kampioen Superstock 600.

Rechts zie je de videobeelden van beiden, vlak nadat ze hun resp. titels veilig gesteld hebben.