By European Hill Climb Championship medallists per class take four, this time GP 250/125/Moto3 themed.
To date thirteen riders across five nations, have captured since the Championship’s renewal in this millennium (UEM Cup pilot year – 2012), first three European Hill Climb Road Race GP 250/125/Moto3 Championship finishing positions.
Italian Ultra-Lightweight classes specialist Guido Testoni (shown within the picture above with 125 cc bike) has thirteen medals in total (nine-times European Champion – third x4) and leads the GP 250 field in front of Belgium’s Bernard Depierreux (one-time Champion – second x8 – third x1).
Swiss racer Rolf Haller follows with seven overall top three finishes (second x2 – third x5).
European Hill Climb Road Race Championships medal winners 2013–2025 in GP 250/125/Moto3 classes, read as follows:
(Racers with the exact same number of GP 250/125/Moto3 European Hill Climb medals, sorted by best result and earlier achievement. Status before 2026 season, 125 cc/Moto3 class in 2013 season only)
GP 250:
Guido Testoni (Italy) – 13
Bernard Depierreux (Belgium) – 10
Rolf Haller (Switzerland) – 7
Jean-Paul Clement (France) – 2
Marco Vigilucci (Italy) – 2
Pierre Favre (France) – 1
Pierre-Yves Bian (France) – 1
Franco Federigi (Italy) – 1
Thomas Altendorfer (Austria) – 1
Marco Queirolo (Italy) – 1
125/Moto3:
Giovanni Ronzoni (Italy) – 1
Helmut Sommer (Austria) – 1
Christopher Eder (Austria) – 1
An added bonus, 2012 UEM Cup Overall Medallists in GP 250 plus 125 cc category:
GP 250:
Roberto Erba (Italy) – 1
Paolo Erba (Italy) – 1
Henrik Voit (Germany) – 1
125 cc:
Helmut Sommer (Austria) – 1
Carmine Sullo (Italy) – 1
Diego Lorenzi (Italy) – 1
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
