Kenneth Bjerre got the 10th place during the first round of Speedway Euro Championship 2017. Dane ended the meeting with 8 points gathered, out of which 7 were made in his last three starts.
Round in Toruń was Bjerre's debut in the Euro Championship. Bjerre got promoted to the TOP 15 of European riders through the SEC Challenge in Gorican, where he was 2nd.
After two first series in Toruń, Dane had only 1 point reached. As he admits, poor beginning was caused by his wrong decision while choosing a bike, which was working not the way he had expected.
- First heats were quite bad for me. I chose the wrong bike, which completely didn't work. It was irritating, because after switching it to another one, I got 7 points. If I had done it earlier, I could be fighting for the final - Bjerre said.
Dane was one of the riders with the most spectacular style of racing during this first round of SEC. Especially his action from heat no.20 got into fans' heads, when at the last corner, he passed Jarosław Hampel. Thanks to a good ending of the meeting, Bjerre is only four points away from the leader amongst permanent participants - Vaclav Milik.
- I am not happy with my result, but I still know that these were important points to the general classification. I'm still in the game for TOP5 - Dane added.
Second round of SEC 2017 will take place in Güstrow. Despite a fact that from Bjerre's last performance there it has already been 15 years, Dane counts on some good score in this round.
- My last time in Güstrow was in 2002 or 2003. This will be another meeting for me fighting for the best possible result. This year's SEC is extremely important for me, so I give all of my best. If I will have good starts and get it going on the distance, I will be able to fight for good result - Bjerre ended.
Official starting list Speedway Euro Championship, II round - Güstrow:
1. Vaclav Milik #13 (Czech Rep.)
2. Przemysław Pawlicki #59 (Poland)
3. Adrian Miedziński #20 (Poland)
4. Andreas Jonsson #100 (Sweden)
5. Krzysztof Kasprzak #507 (Poland)
6. Andzejs Lebedevs #129 (Latvia)
7. Martin Smolinski #84 (Germany)
8. Kai Huckenbeck #16 (Germany)
9. Mateusz Szczepaniak #58 (Poland)
10. Nicolai Klindt #29 (Denmark)
11. Kacper Gomólski #44 (Poland)
12. Grigorij Laguta #7 (Russia)
13. Nicki Pedersen #12 (Denmark)
14. Leon Madsen #66 (Denmark)
15. Kenneth Bjerre #91 (Denmark)
16. Artem Laguta #2 (Russia)
17. Erik Riss (Germany)
18. Mathias Bartz (Germany)
