Third round of Speedway Euro Championship 2016 is coming. On upcoming Saturday, in Togliatti at 5PM local time, the best European riders will be back in fighting for the championship points. Who will end as the best one? Emil Sayfutdinov, Grigorij Laguta or maybe Nicki Pedersen?
Andzejs Lebedevs is one of three wild card holders to start in Speedway Euro Championship 2016. Young and talented Latvian proved in the first round that he is able to reach a lot, so before the second round in his hometown - Daugavpils, he was put among the favourites to stand on the rostrum. That evening though did not belong to him. Maybe, the third round will be a breakthrough.
One of the favourites of the battle in the second round of Speedway Euro Championship was Grigorij Laguta and Russian got the things done great. During the rainy ceremony of the best riders of the evening he was standing at the top of the rostrum.
We are right after taking down the emotions of the second round of Speedway Euro Championship in Daugavpils and already in a week, we will be witnessing the third round of the battle to become the Individual European Champion. This time, riders will move East, to Togliatti, situated 985 kilometers from Moscow.
In this season, riders starting with a wild card have been doing really good so far. First, we had Kai Huckenbeck taking the third place in Güstrow and now, Maksims Bogdanovs was very close to repeating this success in Daugavpils.
Between the first and fourteenth rider in the overall classification of Speedway Euro Championship, there is only a 5-point difference. Can the fight for the Individual European Champion can be even more interesting than that?
Has it been the best meeting this year? We still have got 2 months ahead from finishing the season, but this clash in the second round of Speedway Euro Championship in Daugavpils can easily be a candidate for this title. Who hasn't seen it, should definitely regret.
Russian Grisha Laguta won saturday's competition in Daugavpils, second round of Euro Speedway Championship. Other places on the podium in Latvia went to Swede Joonas Kylmäkorpi and second Russian - Emil Sayfutdinov.
We're only hours away from beginning the fight in the second round of Speedway Euro Championshup 2016. On Saturday, in Latvian Daugavpils, the best European riders will clash for another time. Meeting starts at 7 PM local time.
Sam Ermolenko, legend of the American speedway, Individual World Champion 1993 and the Eurosport commentator sums up the first Speedway Euro Championship round in Güstrow.
The only Latvia's representative in Speedway Euro Championship - Andzejs Lebedevs - ended 7th in the first round in Güstrow. He's still in touch with the top positions though and in the next round - in Daugavpils, he should be fighting for the top.
Maksims Bogdanovs will start with the wild card during the Rietumu Bank Speedway Euro Championship in Daugavpils. Meeting in Latvia will be held on August 6th. Will Bogdanovs be able to reach a better result than Kai Huckenbeck, who got the third place in the inauguration?
