We met 12 riders, who will take part in SEC Challenge in Terenzano on May 5th - in the SEC eliminations final.
In semifinals in Gorican (Croatia), Debrecen (Hungary) and Pardubice (Czechia), 12 riders promoted to the final. The biggest loser of semifinals is Nicolai Klindt, who is a victim of SEC regulations, who was third, but only two riders from one country can be promoted to SEC Challenge. In that way, the bigges lucky guy is Jozsef Franc.
In SEC Challenge line-up are still 4 places to ensure. The will be riders, who will get wild card from organizers. Their names will be known in next few days.
Promotion to Speedway Euro Championship will be accomplished by the best 5 riders from SEC Challenge.
2. semifinal, Gorican:
1. Andrey Karpov (Ukraine) 14 (3,1,3,3,1,3)
2. Aleksandr Loktaev (Ukraine) 15 (2,3,3,2,3,2)
3. Jurica Pavlic (Croatia) 11+2 (1,3,1,2,3,1)
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4. Kacper Woryna (Poland) 11+3 (2,2,1,3,3,0)
5. Tomas H. Jonasson (Sweden) 11+1 (1,3,2,3,2)
6. Andreas Lyager (Denmark) 9+0 (3,1,1,1,3)
7. Kjastas Puodżuks (Latvia) 9 (0,2,3,2,2)
8. Krzysztof Buczkowski (Poland) 9 (2,2,2,1,2)
9. Denis Gizatullin (Russia) 8 (3,1,3,0,1)
10. Nick Skorja (Slovenia) 8 (2,0,1,3,2)
11. Erik Riss (Germany) 7 (3,w,2,1,1)
12. Michele Paco Castagna (Italy) 6 (1,0,2,2,1)
13. Matic Ivacic (Slovenia) 5 (1,3,0,1,0)
14. Mike Jacopetti (Austria) 2 (0,2,0,0,0)
15. Daniele Tessari (Italy) 1 (0,1,0,0,0)
16. Vladimir Borodulin (Russia) 0 (0,w,d,d,-)
17. Jan Pintar (Slovenia) 0 (0)
18. Dennis Fazekas (Italy) DNS
3. semifinal, Debrecen:
1. Mikkel Michelsen - 16 (3,2,2,3,3,3)
2. Peter Kildemand - 15 (3,3,3,3,1,2)
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3. Nicolai Klindt - 14+2 (3,3,2,3,2,1)
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4. Josef Franc - 8+3 (0,2,3,0,3,0) - promotion
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5. Marat Gatiatow - 11+1 (3,1,2,2,3)
6. Jacob Thorssell - 11+0 (2,3,3,1,2)
7. Oliver Berntzon - 8 (2,0,1,3,2)
8. Wadim Tarasienko - 8 (1,d,2,2,3)
9. Valentin Grobauer - 8 (1,3,1,1,2)
10. Renat Gafurow - 6 (2,1,3,d,-)
11. Stanisław Melnyczuk - 6 (2,1,0,2,1)
12. Norbert Magosi - 5 (1,2,0,2,0)
13. Roland Benko - 5 (0,2,1,1,1)
14. Jozsef Tabaka - 3 (1,1,1,0,0)
15. John Bernard - 1 (0,u,0,w,1)
16. Gabriel Comanescu - 1 (u,0,d,1,0)
17. Mark Barany - 0 (0)
4. semifinal, Pardubice:
1. Antonio Lindbaeck (Sweden) - 11+3+3 (1,3,2,3,2)
2. Kai Huckenbeck (Germany) - 12+2 (3,2,3,1,3)
3. Eduard Krcmar (Czechia) - 11+2+1 (0,3,3,2,3)
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4. Kevin Woelbert (Germany) - 12+t (3,2,3,1,3)
5. Anders Thomsen (Denmark) - 11+1 (1,3,1,3,3)
6. Timo Lahti (Finland) - 10+0 (0,1,3,3,3)
7. Piotr Protasiewicz (Poland) - 9 (2,1,2,2,2)
8. Hans Andersen (Denmark) - 8 (3,2,1,2,0)
9. Adam Ellis (Great Britain) - 8 (3,2,1,0,2)
10. David Bellego (France) - 8 (2,w,3,2,1)
11. Robert Lambert (Great Britain) - 7 (2,3,0,1,1)
12. Lasse Frederiksen (Norway) - 5 (1,1,2,1,0)
13. Dimitri Berge (France) - 4 (2,0,1,0,1)
14. Zdenek Simota (Czechia) - 2 (1,1,0,0,0)
15. Glenn Moi (Norway) - 2 (0,0,0,1,1)
16. Andriej Kobrin (Ukraine) - 0 (0,0,0,0,0)
17. Hynek Stichauer (Czechia) - ns
18. Patrik Mikel (Czechia) - ns
SEC Challenge participants:
- Ilya Chalov (Russia)
- Andrey Kudryashov (Russia)
- Krystian Pieszczek (Poland)
- Andrey Karpov (Ukraine)
- Aleksandr Loktaev (Ukraine)
- Jurica Pavlic (Croatia)
- Mikkel Michelsen (Denmark)
- Peter Kildemand (Denmark)
- Josef Franc (Czechia)
- Antonio Lindbaeck (Sweden)
- Kai Huckenbeck (Germany)
- Eduard Krcmar (Czechia)
