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Injured Bernd Hiemer Takes the Optimistic Approach As He Recovers
23 April 2009
It takes a lot of courage to sit out the opening of the Supermoto season when you are the reigning world champ but that is what Red Bull KTM's top rider Bernd Hiemer had to do when he broke his left arm and right wrist in a pre-season training session.

Power slides, High Jumos, Huge Pile-Ups - This is Supermoto!
09 December 2008
Supermoto combines the thrills and spills of motocross with all the fast and furious action of circuit racing to create a unique World Championship challenge. Now you can experience all the drama of the amazing 2008 season in the awesome Official Review DVD.
Tags: s1, s2, world, supermoto, dvds

KTM Supermoto Newsletter
21 October 2008
KTM S1 factory rider Bernd Hiemer of Germany got right into world championship mode in the first race of the final round of the 2008 competition on Sunday, sealing the S1 title then going on to take victory in the last GP of the season. - KTM factory rider Attilio Pignotti saved the best till last on Sunday putting in his best GP finish of the season in the final round to finish second and overall fourth in the championship.

KTM S1, S2 and Superstock 1000 Newsletter
08 October 2008
Hiemer moves ahead in S1 champs in incident filled GP of Alpi Del Mare - Pignotti holds onto fourth in S2 championship in penultimate GP - KTM Superstock riders gather more experience on Magny Cours circuit.

KTM S1 & S2 news from Andorra
22 September 2008
KTM's Bernd Hiemer may have missed the podium in the mountains of Andorra on Sunday but he came back strong in the second S1 race to hold onto the red number plate as championship leader. Hiemer had an event filled weekend, crashing in Saturday's training where he suffered nasty bruising and grazes.

Supermoto Series Looking Forward to Entering Andorra this Weekend
18 September 2008
For round six of the 2008 season SuperMoto goes to Pas de la Casa in Andorra to carry on the battle for the S1, S2, S3 and Open class titles. Bernd Hiemer tops the S1 standings from Thierry Van Den Bosch and an upcoming Ivan Lazzarini, even though the latter is 40 points adrift. Adrien Chareyre leads a close Davide Gozzini in the S2 Championship while third placed Gerald Delepine is more than 50 points behind the pair. Leading the UEM series are Oliver Pope (S3) and Heino Meusburger (Open).

Hiemer Third in S1 in Olbia
17 July 2008
KTM's own "Asphalt Surfer" Bernd Hiemer of Germany retained his perfect record for S1 podiums this season with a third overall in Olbia, Sardinia to retain the championship lead. Hiemer settled for third place in each race in conditions that were hot and tiring for the riders to retain the coveted red number plate as standings leader going into what is the home GP for Austrian manufacturer KTM in the next round.

KTM Racing Shows How It's Done
01 July 2008
In terms of the recognized giants of motorcycle production, KTM, the world leader in sports motorcycles may be the David among the Goliaths but when it comes to impact on the international racing circuits, the company takes its place as an equal. Half way through the 2008 racing season, KTM, its factory riders and its machines have made impressive inroads into the premier classes of both road racing and offroad international competition. The figures speak for themselves.
Tags: motogp, gp250, ktm, tommy searle, mx

FIM Supermoto Grand Prix of Spain Coming!
24 June 2008
Valladolid will host its very first FIM SuperMoto Grand Prix this weekend, in what has been predicted like the hottest weekend of the season with temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius. S1 series leader Thierry Van Den Bosch of Aprilia Off Road is all ready to face this Gran Premio de España Ciudad de Valladolid, as this represents a sort of second home Grand Prix for the Frenchman living in Andorra.

KTM's Bernd Hiemer 2nd in Castelletto
26 May 2008
KTM factory rider Bernd Hiemer shared the glory and the points in the S1Grand Prix of Europe on Sunday but had to settle for second place after rival Thierry van den Bosch stole victory in the second moto in the closing stages. The German racer won the first moto virtually from start to finish and looked set to take the second. Repeating his very good start in race one, Bernd led the way through nine of the twelve laps in heat two and with a two-second lead looked set to take the coveted red number plate as championship leader.

FIM Supermoto Grand Prix of Europe
25 May 2008
An almost new course is attending the FIM and UEM SuperMoto Championship riders at Castelletto di Branduzzo, the venue of this weekend’s GP of Europe which is the second of both series. In the S1 class Aprilia Off Road’s Thierry Van Den Bosch leads the pack but he had to face a strong opposition since the season opened in Torino. KTM Italia Miglio’s Bernd Hiemer is right on his tail, with both the Frenchman and the German being level in points. Castelletto might be the chance for Husqvarna CH Racing’s Thomas Chareyre to close in on the leading duo, as the youngster aims at collecting his maiden World Title one year after he took his first ever GP win (Torino 2007).

KTM Congratulates Bernd Hiemer On Italian Championship Title
18 October 2007
KTM's Supermoto factory rider, Bernd Hiemer was in peak form last weekend to demoralise some of his toughest rivals and to snatch the Italian title in the S1 class for the 2007 season. Winning the Italian title is a great confidence booster for the German rider going into the final world championship event this weekend in Athens, Greece. While the first three championship places seem to be secured, the injury of fourth placed Jerome Giraudo now puts Hiemer in the box seat to move up the standings ladder. Hiemer is lying fourth but has strong competition from Kevin Berthome who is only one point behind him in the championship standings.

Test of Endurance at Bulgarian S1 Grand Prix
22 July 2007
KTM factory rider Bernd Hiemer rode to tenth overall in the S1 class Grand Prix in Bulgaria on Sunday in the Supermoto World Championship. Bernd posted ninth and twelfth in the two motos on the brand new circuit in Pleven where extreme heat tested riders' concentration to the limit. It was the first time that Bulgaria had hosted an FIM Supermoto World Championship event and introduced another new circuit to the Supermoto riders, the third for the season. Riders have also competed in Turin and Alcarràs on new circuits earlier in the season.

Hiemer Comes in Fifth in S1 Supermoto Grand Prix of Spain
26 June 2007
KTM factory rider Bernd Hiemer rode a 4-5 result on Sunday for overall fifth place in Alcarras, Lleida, Spain in the S1 Supermoto Grand Prix on a brand new circuit that demanded more from road racing skills than offroad. "It was a very tough day for us," Hiemer said after the race. "It was tremendously hot and it was definitely more a road racing course than for motocross skills. The normal average speed is around 60-70 kmh, but today it was more near 100kmh.

Bad Weather Hampers Supermoto Riders In Italy
27 May 2007
KTM factory rider Bernd Hiemer and all the riders in the Supermoto S1 class had more to contend with on Saturday night than the new experience of competing in a night time race. Hiemer managed a fifth place in the first race but for the later night race only came across the finish line at fourteenth for an overall seventh in the season's second event. Set in the Oval Lingotto in the city of Turin, one of the Winter Olympics venues, the race should and was a real spectacle, if for the wrong reasons. Instead of the pleasure of racing in the balmy early summer night air the clouds broke and transformed the arena into a mud bath that made riding practically impossible, according to the German KTM Factory rider.

'Asphalt Surfer' Bernd Hiemer Confident Going To Italy
25 May 2007
The second round of the Supermoto World Championships takes a new turn this weekend with a Friday - Saturday program in the Italian city of Turin - including a night race - and KTM factory rider Bernd Hiemer is raring to try his skills. Organizers have transformed the Oval Lingotto, Turin's 2006 Winter Olympic Games venue, into a Supermoto arena and the German rider anticipates a great atmosphere for riders and crowd. The oval is just 500 meters away from the city centre, which should ensure a great attendance for this spectacular and crowd-pleasing event.

Mixed Fortunes For KTM's Bernd Hiemer In Opening Round
30 April 2007
Bernd Hiemer, KTM’s sole Supermoto factory rider for the 2007 racing season had mixed fortunes in the opening Grand Prix of Europe held at Castelletto di Branduzzo, Italy on Sunday. Hiemer, a rider who is never satisfied with anything short of success ended the day in overall seventh place. The German admitted after the conclusion of the day’s two races that he had got caught up in congestion at the start of the first race and during the intensive jockeying for positions in the scrum, the exhaust on his machine was damaged by the foot peg on the bike of another rider.

KTM's Hiemer Fit And Ready To Go For S1 Supermoto Season
26 April 2007
Bernd Hiemer, KTM’s factory rider for the 2007 Supermoto season goes into the Grand Prix of Europe, the first round of the world championships in Italy this weekend, secure in the knowledge that he and his KTM 450 SMR are both ripe for victory. Hiemer, who works closely with the KTM Research and Development Department to further develop the bike, has absolved a concentrated period of testing and says that on the eve of the S1 season, that both he and his bike have “never been fitter”.

KTM's Bernd Hiemer New Supermoto World Champion!
19 October 2006
KTM rider Bernd Hiemer has secured the crown in the S1 class of the 2006 Supermoto World Championship in the penultimate round held in Latina/Italy. The German underlined his supremacy and picked up his first world championship title with a convincing victory in the first race and a tactically clever second place.

Husqvarna Fight For The Second Place
18 October 2006
Last Sunday, on the Latina Supermotard track (Italy) Bernd Hiemer got the S1 World Title at one race to the end of the season. Now, the fight is for the second step of the podium and both Gerald Delepine, who gave the Title and crown to the new S1 leader, and Ivan Lazzarini, fresh italian Champion, know it.
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