By Held concurrently aside CIVS (Campionato Italiano Velocita in Salita) penultimate round (final series round – Saline-Volterra, 19th-20th September, clashes with IRRC season finale at Frohburger Dreieck), the third, final round of this year’s European Hill Climb Road Race Championship took place last weekend at Spoleto in Italy.
Respective CIVS SuperOpen 1000, Super Open 800, Super Open 600 category winners in ultra-hot conditions (summer temperatures around thirty-five degrees) were:
Carmine Matarazzo (Super Open 600 x4), Daniele Stolli (Super Open 800 x4), Gabriele Peticca (SuperOpen 1000 x2) and new European Hill Climb Superbike Champion, 2026 Manx Grand Prix entrant Salvatore Sallustro (SuperOpen 1000 x2).
Overall fastest weekend exponent and outright winner of ‘Luca Salvadori L’Assoluta Challenge’ for 2026 season (racer collecting the quickest times of CIVS events – 2025 award attainer was Maurizio Bottalico) is quadbike class rider Matteo Lardori (top lap time achieved – 1.08.12).
Fastest two-wheel competitor was already-illustrated Gabriele Peticca (1.08.33 during Saturday opening CIVS races projected in main article photo from this year’s Landshaag Bergrennen meeting), the new Super Open 1000 (Superbike) CIVS Champion.
We will bring you later, complete, final 2026 European Hill Climb Road Race Championship standings per class, when they are-made available.
Spoleto/Forca Di Cerro 2026 – European Hill Climb Road Race Championship results, are as follows:
(Best race track time located near racer’s name)
Superbike Race 1:
1st – Salvatore Sallustro (Italy) – 1.09.91
2nd – Federico Tucci (Italy) – 1.10.93
Did not finish – Gabriele Peticca (Italy)
Superbike Race 2 :
1st – Gabriele Peticca (Italy) – 1.09.05
2nd – Salvatore Sallustro (Italy) – 1.09.50
3rd – Federico Tucci (Italy) – 1.12.56
Supersport Race 1:
1st – Simon Romieu (France) – 1.10.66
2nd – Edoardo Rea (Italy) – 1.12.81
3rd – Emiliano Di Folco (Italy) – 1.15.90
4th – Marco Gabrielli (Italy) – 1.18.66
Supersport Race 2:
1st – Simon Romieu (France) – 1.10.82
2nd – Edoardo Rea (Italy) – 1.12.88
3rd – Emiliano Di Folco (Italy) – 1.15.05
4th – Marco Gabrielli (Italy) – 1.18.27
Supersport 300 Race 1:
1st – Nicola Fongaro (Italy) – 1.22.49
2nd – Josep Bader (Germany) – 1.22.94
3rd – Jindrich Madola (Czech Republic) – 1.30.35
Supersport 300 Race 2:
1st – Josep Bader (Germany) – 1.22.44
2nd – Nicola Fongaro (Italy) – 1.23.98
3rd – Jindrich Madola (Czech Republic) – 1.29.50
250 GP Race 1 :
1st – Simon Romieu (France) – 1.12.52
2nd – Guido Testoni (Italy)– 1.15.47
3rd – Bernard Depierreux (Belgium) – 1.21.11
4th – Rolf Haller (Switzerland) – 1.28.57
250 GP Race 2 :
1st – Simon Romieu (France) – 1.11.89
2nd – Guido Testoni (Italy)– 1.15.89
3rd – Bernard Depierreux (Belgium) – 1.21.69
4th – Rolf Haller (Switzerland) – 1.27.96
Supermoto Race 1:
1st – Salvatore Sallustro (Italy) – 1.13.50
2nd – Alessandro Felice Mantia (Italy) – 1.13.55
3rd – Stefan Kuktits (Austria) – 1.14.69
4th – Lieven Wehmann (Austria) – 1.20.10
5th – Philippe Bongard (Switzerland) – 1.22.38
Supermoto Race 2:
1st – Stefan Kuktits (Austria) – 1.13.83
2nd – Alessandro Felice Mantia (Italy) – 1.14.18
3rd – Salvatore Sallustro (Italy) – 1.14.21
4th – Lieven Wehmann (Austria) – 1.19.61
5th – Philippe Bongard (Switzerland) – 1.20.64
Photo credit: Jan Vavra
Words by Jan Vavra
