Two hits of the 12th round of ENEA Ekstraliga ended with wins of Unibax Toruń and Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów. The team from Toruń won on their home track with SPAR Falubaz Zielona Góra 47:42 and Tarnów won in Gorzów with local team, Stal 48:42. Big step to play – off was made by Fogo Unia which was on the home track with Betard Sparta Wrocław 48:42. Practically the riders of Renault Zdunek Wybrzeże Gdańsk after loss in Częstochowa were relegated to the 1st league.
Emil Sayfutdinov won the third round of the Speedway European Championships in Holsted. On the podium were also Peter Kildemand and Martin Vaculik. Russian rider became the new leader of Speedway European Championships and before the last tournament in Czestochowa he has three points ahead of Peter Kildemand.
It’s already tomorrow on the 9th of August at 3 p. m. in Holsted, Denmark there is the third round of Speedway European Championships. Nicki Pedersen is definitely the favorite. Current leader of the series will ride on his home track and he wants to have proper advantage over the rivals before the last tournament in Częstochowa.
Support of fans at speedway stadium is really needed for riders who stay in front of tape. Although they are concentrated they hear sounds from stands and shout of thousand of fans provides them zest and helps to create unforgettable actions. The fifteen face of Speedway European Championships count on similar experience in Holsted.
Kjastas Puodżuks will start in Holsted and replace Martin Smolinski. German has to present in Marianske Lazne where is challenge of FIM Long Track World Championship. For Puodżuks it is a come back to the SEC series after not very successful last year experience.
Tuesday racing in Elitserien will definitely be remembered long by Paweł Przedpełski who had great influence in a win of his Smederna over Rospiggarna. Pole scored 13 points and was the best rider of his team. Apart from that Piraterna, Elit Vetlanda and Indianerna Kumla also won their matches.
Niels Kristian Iversen will start in Holsted with the wild card. Because 'PUK' is in a really great disposition, it can be expected that he will fight for a win in his homeland. If he manage to do that, he will repeat the feat of Krzysztof Kasprzak who won in Gorican last year also as a rider with a wild card.
There are only a few days left for the 3rd round of Speedway European Championships. On the August 9th , in Holsted/Denmark, home fans will have a great opportunity to cheer for their heroes: Nicki Pedersen, Niels Kristian Iversen and Peter Kildemand, who have just won the gold in FIM Speedway World Cup in Bydgoszcz. Organisers, promotors and sponsors of the SEC Holsted event have prepared special attractions for the fans, including ticket price change.
Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów beat Unibax Toruń 52:38 and took also bonus point for a better result in two matches. Although the result seems quite high, the match didn’t go well for the home team at the beginning. Only thanks to ideal ending they managed to have 14 – point advantage. In other matches Betard Sparta Wrocław won with KantorOnline Włókniarz Częstochowa and Stal Gorzów beat in Gdańsk local team Wybrzeże. Because of rain the match in Zielona Góra was postponed.
In a week, on the 9th of August at 3 p. m. in Holsted, Denmark the third round of Individual European Championship starts. The main candidate to win seems to be current leader of the SEC series, Nicki Pedersen, who will start on his home track. Surely the task won’t be easy because of the most dangerous rivals as far as the gold medal is concerned and the wild card, Niels Kristian Iversen.
We have already known the official starting numbers before the third round of Speedway European Championships in Holsted, Denmark, which is coming soon. On the 9th of August at Moldow Speedway Arena German, Martin Smolinski will start with the first number. The fourth heat looks really interesting because there will fight current leader of the series, Nicki Pedersen, runner Emil Sayfutdinov and Martin Vaculik, who is defending the title.
Martin Smolinski can’t be satisfied with the two rounds of Speedway European Championships. He is now only fifteenth with eight points in general classification and dreams of a good result must be postponed for the next year.