IDM Nürburgring: Done it! Ilya Mikhalchik clinches title number 4

The International German Motorcycle Championship IDM entered the home straight of the 2024 season last weekend with a trip to the Eifel. At the sixth of seven events, the Champion-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team led by Belgian Werner Daemen was once again competing for the coveted championship points in the IDM Superbike. On the grid were Ilya…

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IDM Assen: Ilja Mikhalchik leads with 58 points

Last weekend, the Champion-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team had only a short trip ahead of them. For the Belgian team led by team boss Werner Daemen, the trip took them to their Dutch neighbours. The TT Circuit in Assen was the venue for the fifth round of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM. As always, Ilya Mikhalchik…

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IDM Schleiz: Double victory and lead in the IDM Superbike

Last weekend, tens of thousands of fans lined the track around the Schleizer Dreieck in Thuringia, where racing still takes place partly on public roads and which represents an absolute challenge for man and machine in the calendar of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM. As always, the Champion-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team led by Belgian Werner…

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IDM Most: Mikhalchik extends podium subscription

The head of the Champion-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team, Werner Daemen, certainly had the longest journey to the third round of the International German Motorcycle Championship. The Belgian, who is also in charge of the Endurance World Championship team for manufacturer BMW, came straight from testing in Suzuka, Japan, to the IDM Superbike weekend in Most, Czech…

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IDM Oschersleben: One double victory and four trophies

The Champion-Alpha-Van Zon-BMW team was on tour again last weekend. At the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, they met up with the Superbike competition of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM for the second round of the 2024 season. The successful team led by team boss Werner Daemen competed with three-time champion Ilya Mikhalchik from Ukraine, Austrian…

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Champion-alpha-Van Zon-BMW: Exciting IDM season opener

(German and Dutch text – scroll down) Champion-alpha-Van Zon-BMW: Exciting IDM season opener The long wait is over. The winter break of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM lasted more than half a year. But last weekend, things got underway again and the riders kicked off the 2024 season at the Sachsenring. The team led…

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BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW: 2023 season reaches the finish line

For the last time of 2023, fans and riders of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM went on the road last weekend. At the start in the Superbike class was the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team led by Werner Daemen and Andy Gerlich. The team and its five riders were at full strength for the finale at…

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IDM Assen: Back in the title race with a brilliant performance

Summery conditions prevailed at the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM last weekend. The BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team, led by Werner Daemen and Andy Gerlich, together with their riders Ilya Mikhalchik (Ukraine), Philipp Steinmayr (Austria), Max Schmidt (Germany), Bálint Kovács (Hungary), Kamil Krzemien (Poland) and wildcard rider Pepijn Bijsterbosch (Netherlands) made the journey to the TT Circuit…

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IDM Red Bull Ring: Adventurous tour of Austria

Last weekend things went a little differently for the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team than on the other race weekends in the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM. This is because team boss Werner Daemen and Superbike rider Ilya Mikhalchik were absent from the event at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Instead of the IDM, they went…

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IDM Schleiz: Pole position, Slip-up and Trophy

Last weekend saw the BCC-alpha-Van Zon-BMW team of Werner Daemen and Andreas Gerlich reach the halfway point of the International German Motorcycle Championship IDM 2023. The journey had taken the Belgian-German team with its BMW riders Ilya Mikhalchik from Ukraine, Kamil Krzemien from Poland, Bálint Kovács from Hungary, Philipp Steinmayr from Austria and Max Schmidt…

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