The event in Kumla will be special for Antonio Lindbaeck who starts in the local team Indianerna. However that’s not everything, “Toninho” has a big chance to win a medal of Individual European Championship and great start at his home stadium ICA Maxi Arena can help him to achieve it.
On Tuesday evening two matches of Swedish Elitserien were planned. However the weather wasn’t nice for fans and riders in Hallstavik where local Rosspiggarna hosted Ikaros Smederna Eskilstuna. The match was stopped after ten heats and score 30:30 was taken into consideration to the league table. In the second meeting Lejonen Gislaved lost on their home track with Piraterna Motala 39:51.
On August 15th in Swedish Kumla the third round of Speedway European Championships will be held. Fredrik Lindgren has received the wild card for this event. Joel Andersson and Fredrik Engman will be reserves.
To be honest, after the two rounds of Speedway European Championships nothing is known. Athough after the rounds in Torun and Landshut top two has crystallized, the advantage of the leader over the second rider is minimal. But fight for the last place at the podium and secury in next year series is getting more and more exciting.
„Kildemand has too many setbacks. He is often excluded and because of that it will be difficult for him to fight for the gold medal of European championships. SEC series prefers stabilization and consistent scoring of points” – said speedway lover and Radio Zet, Michał Korościel before the first round in Torun. Will his words come true in one hundred per cent?
On Sunday there were big storms in Poland but they didn’t interrupt in holding the round of PGE Ekstraliga. Hosts won in all matches and the most interesting event of the round was Darcy Ward’s debut in SPAR Zielona Gora.
Tomasz Gollob, the best Polish rider in the history surprised everybody in Landshut where he presented great speed and form. He missed only some luck to win the event, to be precise, goodwill of the referee.
His qualification to Speedway European Championships series was surprise for many people but as it is seen after the two rounds, it definitely wasn’t accident. He’s got thirteen points and real chance to qualify to next year series. Will Vaclav Milik be another outstanding Czech rider?
Current European Champion, Emil Sayfutdinov appeared the best during the second round of Speedway European Championships. Russian beat in the final Nicki Pedersen and Antonio Lindbaeck.
On Tuesday evening in Sweden there were two meetings of the local Elitserien. In the first match Ikaros Smederna Eskilstuna lost on their home track with Rospiggarna Hallstavik 39:51. In the second match Dackarna Malilla didn’t have any problems with winning with the last in the table Lejonen Gislaved.
In Torun he took the first place, in Landshut the second. He loses two points to the leader in the general classification after the two rounds of Speedway European Championships. What was Nicki Pedersen’s summary of his start in Germany?
Antonio Lindbaeck found himself in the final of Speedway European Championships event for the second time. Although he was fourth at MotoArena, in Landshut he jumped on the lowest step of the podium.
