By To date, twenty-one riders across five nations, have reeled in this millennium, top three European Hill Climb Road Race Superbike/Superstock 1000 Championship finishing positions, after renewal of this Championship in 2013 (post UEM Cup pilot year – 2012).
French rider, IRRC experienced, Jean-Luc David leads this ranking with seven medals (three times SBK Champion, second x2, third x1) before Italian trio, all with rich TT, Manx GP experiences, Stefano Bonetti (five-times SBK/Superstock Champion, second x1), Salvatore Sallustro (second x4, third x1 – SBK category) and Crowe Performance Team’s Maurizio Bottalico (SBK Champion for the past three seasons).
European Hill Climb Road Race Championships medal winners 2013–2025 in Superbike/Superstock 1000 class, read as follows:
(Racers with the exact same number of SBK/STK 1000 European Hill Climb medals, sorted by best result and earlier achievement. Status before 2026 season, since 2015 Superbike class including Superstock 1000 steeds, in 2014 season named as Superstock 1200cc)
Jean-Luc David (France) – 7
Stefano Bonetti (Italy) – 6
Salvatore Sallustro (Italy) – 5
Maurizio Bottalico (Italy) – 3
Uwe Rademacher (Germany) – 2
Wolfgang Gammer (Austria) – 2
Ossi Niederkircher (Austria) – 2
Raphael Peclat (Switzerland) – 2
Christophe Balmer (Switzerland) – 1
Marco Giovannoni (Italy) – 1
Fabrizio Lannutti (Italy) – 1
Amalric Blanc (France) – 1
Klaus Kaltenbacher (Austria) – 1
Toni Rechberger (Austria) – 1
Jean-Noel Salvi (France) – 1
Andreas Gangl (Austria) – 1
Romain Cleaz-Savoyen (France) – 1
Steven Bellavoine (France) – 1
David Lignite (Italy) – 1
Thomas Altendorfer (Austria) – 1
Thomas Mitgutsch (Austria) – 1
An added bonus, 2012 UEM Cup Overall Medallists in Superbike and Superstock 1000 category:
Helmut Schleindlhuber (Austria) – 2
Christian Zimmermann (Austria) – 1
Christian Wiesinger-Mayr (Austria) – 1
Manuel Schleindlhuber (Austria) – 1
Peter Hiltbrunner (Switzerland) – 1
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Jan Vavra
