"Advance to SEC 2016" carousel is about to speed up. Only few days after first semi-final in Debrecen, another 16 riders will travel to Austrian Mureck.
This 389-metres long track in Austria can be a promotion to SEC Challenge for 4 riders. Looking at the starting list, it's not hard to point the favourites. Seems like it will be Poles and Danes having the biggest chances for securing their spots for Challenge. Krzysztof Kasprzak, Damian Baliński, Hans Andersen and Michale Jepsen Jensen - these four names are the most common in experts' talks while being asked for the favourites.
Krzysztof Kasprzak, sensational winner of the SEC 2013 round in Gorican, is going back to his great shape after a poor season, Back then in Croatia, Pole started with a wild card. Next, we have Damian Baliński - a very experienced rider, winner of Team World Championship in 2007. Except them: Hans Andersen, two-time participant of SEC and Michael Jepsen Jensen - Danish speedway's hope.
Surely, a surprise can happen, but when we're into the subject of "black horses" it can be French rider - David Bellego.
Official starting list:
1. Friedrich Wallner (Austria)
2. Tomas Suchanek (Czech Rep.)
3. Wadim Tarasienko (Russia)
4. Witalij Łysak (Ukraine)
5. Damian Baliński (Poland)
6. Denis Stojs (Slovenia)
7. Michelle Paco Castagna (Italy)
8. David Bellego (France)
9. Kevin Woelbert (Germany)
10. Hans Andersen (Denmark)
11. Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland)
12. Ziga Kovacic (Slovenia)
13. Nicolas Covatti (Italy)
14. Theo Pijper (Holand)
15. Rene Deddens (Germany)
16. Michael Jepsen Jensen (Denmark)
17. Daniel Gappmaier (Austria)
18. Alexander Schaaf (Austria)
