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Russian shock victory at Vojens ... but Poland win Final on a last heat decider
Despite the final 3-pt winning margin, the Czechs had a comfortable win in the Latvian qualifier, but it was sad to see the once-great USA reduced to virtually a one-man team. Meanwhile in Italy, Slovenia needed a run-off to beat Germany, who lost Speiser (dislocated shoulder and hip, and chipped pelvis bone) in a terrifying crash with Franchetti in ht 19. Before the meeting, Speiser had been robbed at the track of a 1,000 Euro prize won in a German longtrack meeting the previous day.

Inspired by Sayfutdinov, Russia pulled off the shock result of the SWC since it began 8 years earlier, when they dominated Event 1 at Vojens, and all their riders scored at least one race win. Denmark were already missing Andersen, injured in a crash with Sayfutdinov five days earlier, and then lost Nicki Pedersen in a ht 15 clash with Laguta. Nicki went to hospital with second degree burns on his leg, but due to reserves not being allowed, the Danes could not track a rider in two races, and they finished 3rd, behind Sweden. But Bjerre was magnificent in this match with a 6-ride maximum.

A surprise result, too, at Peterborough, where Poland and Australia fought another of their always-exciting duels, with Poland winning and so qualifying directly to the Final, which surprised the team as much as the fans. Gollob chose to be excluded under the 2 minute rule in the final heat as his team could not be beaten. The weakest link for Australia was track specialist Ryan Sullivan. GB left out Nicholls (having a terrible season) and Richardson, and never seriously threatened the top two, but Danny King was their star - I have never seen him ride so aggressively.

Australia (with Shields replacing Sullivan) always looked winners of the Race-Off , it was just a question of which of the other 3 teams (GB, Denmark, Sweden) would accompany then to the Final. For most of meeting that looked like being GB, whose recall to the team of Lee Richardson looked like paying off big time. With just four races remaining, GB held a 4 pt lead over the Danes, and a 7 pt lead over the Swedes. But GB fell apart, and Sweden used their Joker - result of the last 4 heats: Sweden 13 Denmark 5 GB 2 ! So GB and Denmark were eliminated. The Danes had Andersen back from injury, but were without N Pedersen. Andersen was truly bad - " I produced nothing. It was a scandalous performance. I was the reason Denmark ain't in the Final" he said.

The Final, due to heavy rain, was delayed from 7pm Saturday night until 11am Sunday morning when - due to even more rain - the Final took almost 5 hours to run. [It was a real test of endurance - I saw more circuits of a speedway track by tractors than by bikes that weekend!] It had been a poor meeting for Gollob - just 3 pts in his first 4 rides, the end of each race accompanied by the massed whistles of derision by the home crowd. But when it came down to the final heat - with the score Poland 41 Australia 41 - it was Gollob who had to face track specialist Leigh Adams in the decider. And it was the Gollob of old (on Kasprzak's bike) who roared straight out of gate 1 and then, as the roar of approval increased with each lap, so did he increase his lead over Adams, until the finish line was reached and the celebrations began. But all four teams were a credit to the sport, and even Russia, despite finishing in 4th place in their first SWC Final, were only 9 pts behind the winners - the rain was a great leveller.

QUALIFYING ROUNDS (Winners to Events 1 & 2)

QUALIFYING ROUND 1 Sat 02.05 : Daugavpils, Latvia Att: 5,000 Referee: Mick Bates (GB)
Czech Republic 48 Latvia 45 Finland 29 USA 26

Daugavpils 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total
1 Ales Dryml © 1 3 3 3 3 13
2 Adrian Rymel 3 3 1 3 f,ex 10
3 Lukas Dryml 2 3 3 0 2 10
4 Lubos Tomicek 2 2 2 2 0 8
5 Matej Kus 2 0 3 2 0 7
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 4 6 8 10 10 13 16 19 21 22 25 27 30 33 33 35 37 40 43 43 43 46 46 48 48
1 Viatcheslav Gieruckis 0 f,ex - - - 0
2 Leonid Paura 1 3 2 1 2 1 10
3 Kjastas Puodzhuks© 3 2 2 3 2 3 15
4 Maksim Bogdanovs 3 2 2 f,ex 3 3 13
5 Evgeny Karavatski 1 2 0 2 2 7
LATVIA 0 1 4 7 8 10 12 14 14 17 19 19 19 21 23 24 27 30 32 34 36 38 39 42 45 45
1 Kalle Katajisto 2 1 f,ex - - 3
2 Tomi Reima 2 1 - f,ex - f,ex 3
3 Juha Hautamaki 0 1 ef 1 1 3 6
4 Kaj Laukkanen 1 1 2 ef 1 ef 5
5 Kauko Nieminen © 3 0 3 3 1 2 12
FINLAND 2 4 4 5 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 14 17 17 17 20 21 21 22 23 24 27 27 29 29 29
1 Greg Hancock © 3 3 3 2 3 14
2 Ryan Fisher 0 1 1 f 1 3
3 Chris Kerr 1 0 f,ex 1 2 4
4 Ricky Wells 0 2 1 f,ex 1 4
5 Kenny Ingalls 0 0 1 f f,ex 1
USA 3 3 4 4 4 7 8 8 10 10 13 14 14 15 16 18 18 19 19 19 22 23 25 26 26 26

QUALIFYING ROUND 2 Sat 02.05 : Terenzano, Italy Referee: Christian Froschauer (Ger)
Slovenia 51+3 Germany 51+2 Italy 26 Hungary 22

Terenzano 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 RUN
OFF		 Total
1 Matej Zagar © 3 3 ex 2 3 3 3 14 +3
2 Denis Stojs 3 3 3 1 2 12
3 Izak Santej 0 2 2 - 3 7
4 Maks Gregoric 3 2 1 2 1 9
5 Aleksandr Conda 2 1 2 3 1 9
SLOVENIA 3 6 6 9 11 13 15 16 19 22 23 25 25 28 30 31 33 35 38 41 42 45 47 50 51 +3 51 +3
1 Martin Smolinski © 0 3 2 3 2 2 10 +2
2 Tobias Kroner 2 3 3 3 1 12
3 Christian Hefenbrock 2 3 3 3 0 11
4 Richard Speiser 2 2 2 f,ex - 6
5 Thomas Stange 3 2 3 2 2 12
GERMANY 0 2 4 6 9 12 15 18 20 22 24 27 30 32 35 38 41 44 44 46 48 49 49 49 51 +2 51 +2
1 Mattia Tadiello 2 0 1 1 3 ef 7
2 Mattia Cavicchioli ex-t 1 - 0 - 1
3 Guglielmo Franchetti 3 0 3 1 1 0 8
4 Andrea Baroni 0 1 0 0 - 1
5 Mattia Carpanese © 1 1 2 0 3 2 9
ITALY 2 2 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 12 12 14 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 21 21 24 26 26 26
1 Laszlo Szatmari © 1 0 0 2 1 4
2 Norbert Magosi 1 2 ex 1 1 1 6
3 Jozsef Tabaka 1 ex 1 2 2 3 9
4 Roland Kovacs 1 1 1 0 0 3
5 Attila Lorincz 0 0 0 - - 0
HUNGARY 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 7 8 9 9 9 11 11 12 14 15 15 17 18 19 22 22

EVENTS 1 & 2 (Winners to Final ; 2nd & 3rd to Race-Off)

EVENT 1 Sat 11.07 : Vojens, Denmark Att: 5,000 Referee: Marek Wojaczek (Pol)
Russia 51 Sweden 47 Denmark 45 Czech Republic 12
Team Manager: Oleg Volochov Team Manager: Tobias Johansson Team Manager: Jan Staechmann Team Manager: Milan Spinka
Hans Andersen (non-riding ©)

Vojens 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total
1 Roman Povazhny 2 1 3 3 1 10
2 Denis Gizatullin © 3 0 1 2 3 9
3 Renat Gafurov 2 3 2 2 1 10
4 Emil Sayfutdinov 2 3 3 3 3 14
5 Grigori Laguta 2 2 f,ex 3 1 8
RUSSIA 2 5 7 9 11 12 12 15 18 20 23 24 26 29 29 32 34 36 39 42 43 46 47 50 51 51
1 Antonio Lindback 0 1 2 0 3 6
2 Fredrik Lindgren 2 1 3 3 2 11
3 David Ruud 3 1 1 2 0 7
4 Andreas Jonsson © 1 3 3 2 4^ 13
5 Jonas Davidsson 3 3 1 2 1 10
SWEDEN 0 2 5 6 9 12 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 25 28 30 30 33 35 37 39 39 43 44 47 47
1 Nicki Pedersen 3 2 f,ns - - 5
2 Bjarne Pedersen 1 2 2 0 0 5
3 Nicolai Klindt 1 2 2 1 2 8
4 Kenneth Bjerre 3 3 3 3 3 6^ 21
5 Niels K Iversen f,rm 2 1 1 2 6
DENMARK 3 4 5 8 8 10 12 14 16 19 21 23 26 27 27 28 31 32 32 32 35 37 43 43 45 45
1 Ales Dryml © 1 0 0 1 2^ 4
2 Adrian Rymel ex-t 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lukas Dryml 0 f 2 1 2 5
4 Josef Franc 0 1 0 0 0 1
5 Matej Kus 1 0 0 1 0 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 10 12 12 12
Time 58.6 58.8 58.6 58.8 59.0 58.6 58.2 58.6 58.6 58.6 60.6 58.6 60.5 60.3 60.2 60.6 60.6 60.1 58.8 60.1 60.6 61.1 60.3 60.4 60.2

EVENT 2 Mon 13.07 : Peterborough, UK Att: 5,000 Referee: Pavel Vana (Cz Rep)
Poland 54 Australia 52 Great Britain 34 Slovenia 13
Team Manager: Marek Cieslak Team Manager: Craig Boyce Team Manager: Rob Lyon Team Manager: Tomas Pozrl

Peterborough 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total
1 Tomasz Gollob © 2 1 3 3 ex-2 9
2 Krzysztof Kasprzak 2 1 2 3 3 11
3 Piotr Protasiewicz 1 2 3 3 1 10
4 Adrian Miedzinski 3 1 2 1 3 10
5 Jaroslaw Hampel 3 3 3 2 3 14
POLAND 2 4 5 8 11 12 15 16 17 19 22 24 27 30 32 34 37 40 43 44 47 48 51 54 54 54
1 Ryan Sullivan 1 2 1 3 0 7
2 Dave Watt 3 2 1 2 2 10
3 Leigh Adams © 3 3 2 1 2 11
4 Chris Holder 2 3 1 2 2 10
5 Jason Crump 2 3 3 3 3 14
AUSTRALIA 1 4 7 9 11 13 15 18 21 24 25 26 28 29 32 35 37 38 40 43 43 45 47 49 52 52
1 Edward Kennett 0 1 1 - 1 3
2 Lewis Bridger 1 2 2 0 1 6
3 Chris Harris © 2 0 6^ 1 2 11
4 Tai Woffinden 1 1 1 1 1 5
5 Daniel King 1 3 2 2 1 ef 9
GREAT BRITAIN 0 1 3 4 5 8 9 11 11 12 14 20 21 23 24 25 26 28 29 29 30 30 31 32 34 34
1 Matej Zagar © 3 2 ex-t ret 2 3 10
2 Denis Stojs 0 0 0 - 0 0
3 Izak Santej 0 0 0 - 0 0
4 Maks Gregoric 0 0 0 0 1 1
5 Aleksandr Conda 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
SLOVENIA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 12 12 12 13 13
Time 60.7 61.5 60.9 60.8 61.1 61.7 61.9 61.4 61.9 62.0 61.7 61.4 60.8 61.5 61.9 61.7 61.8 61.8 62.0 62.4 61.5 61.9 61.4 61.7 62.0

RACE-OFF (1st & 2nd to Final)
Thu 16.07 : Leszno, Poland F.I.M Official Att: 22,000** Referee: Istvan Darago (Hun)
Australia 51 Sweden 39 Great Britain 35 Denmark 34
Team Manager: Craig Boyce Team Manager: Tobias Johansson Team Manager: Rob Lyon Team Manager: Jan Staechmann
** 22,000 is just not true. Without Poland competing, the crowd was small, no more than 5,000 is my estimate.

Leszno 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total
1 Dave Watt 3 3 2 1 2 11
2 Adam Shields 1 1 2 0 f,ex 4
3 Leigh Adams © 3 2 2 1 3 11
4 Chris Holder 3 2 f,ex 3 3 11
5 Jason Crump 3 3 3 3 2 14
AUSTRALIA 3 4 7 10 13 16 19 20 22 24 26 28 28 31 33 34 37 40 41 41 44 46 48 48 51 51
1 Antonio Lindback 0 1 3 1 3 2 10
2 David Ruud 0 1 1 0 - 2
3 Fredrik Lindgren 2 2 0 2 2 8
4 Jonas Davidsson 2 0 1 0 - 3
5 Andreas Jonsson © 2 2 3 3 0 6^ 16
SWEDEN 0 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 11 12 13 16 19 20 20 20 22 22 25 26 26 29 35 37 39 39
1 Chris Harris © 1 3 2 1 2 0 9
2 Lee Richardson 3 3 6^ 1 2 2 17
3 Lewis Bridger ef ex-t - 0 - 0
4 Daniel King 0 0 1 - 0 1
5 Tai Woffinden 0 2 2 2 1 1 8
GREAT BRITAIN 1 4 4 4 4 4 6 9 12 12 18 19 21 23 24 26 27 29 29 31 33 34 34 35 35 35
1 Patrick Hougaard 2 1 0 - 2 1 6
2 Nicolai Klindt 2 1 0 0 - 3 6
3 Niels K Iversen 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Hans Andersen © 1 0 0 - 0 - 1
5 Kenneth Bjerre 1 3 3 6^ 3 1 17
DENMARK 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 12 12 12 13 13 16 22 22 23 25 28 29 29 30 33 34 34
Time 63.35 62.13 62.09 62.18 61.94 61.90 62.28 62.72 63.10 63.47 63.59 62.87 63.44 63.34 64.28 63.00 62.97 62.82 63.59 63.78 63.35 63.38 64.37 64.10 64.25

FINAL
* Sun 19.07 : Leszno, Poland F.I.M Official Att: 20,000 Referee : Istvan Darago (Hun)
Poland 44 Australia 43 Sweden 36 Russia 35
Team Manager: Marek Cieslak Team Manager: Craig Boyce Team Manager: Tobias Johansson Team Manager: Oleg Volochov
* Postponed from Sat 18.07 due to thunderstorm

Leszno 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total
1 Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 1 1 3 2 10
2 Piotr Protasiewicz 1 2 f,ex 0 - 3
3 Jaroslaw Hampel 3 3 2 3 4^ 3 18
4 Tomasz Gollob © 1 2 0 0 3 6
5 Adrian Miedzinski ex 3 1 2 1 7
POLAND 3 4 7 8 8 11 13 16 17 19 19 20 21 21 23 23 26 26 28 31 32 34 38 41 44 44
1 Dave Watt 2 1 0 1 1 5
2 Troy Batchelor 0 1 1 2 0 4
3 Leigh Adams © 2 3 3 2 2 12
4 Chris Holder 2 3 3 0 2 10
5 Jason Crump 2 2 2 3 3 12
AUSTRALIA 2 2 4 6 8 10 11 12 15 18 19 22 25 27 27 29 29 32 33 35 37 40 41 41 43 43
1 Jonas Davidsson 0 1 2 1 0 4
2 Fredrik Lindgren 3 3 2 1 0 9
3 Antonio Lindback 1 2 0 1 3 7
4 Andreas Jonsson © 3 0 1 6^ 1 11
5 David Ruud 3 0 1 1 0 5
SWEDEN 0 3 4 7 10 11 14 16 16 16 18 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 31 32 32 32 35 36 36 36
1 Renat Gafurov 1 0 3 2 0 1 7
2 Emil Sayfutdinov 2 2 3 6^ 2 3 18
3 Roman Povazhny 0 1 - 0 - 1
4 Denis Gizatullin © 0 0 f f,ex - 0
5 Grigori Laguta 1 ex 2 3 1 2 9
RUSSIA 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 7 10 10 12 15 21 24 26 28 28 28 31 32 32 34 35 35
Time 61.87 61.69 60.75 59.93 61.75 60.44 60.41 61.10 60.06 60.85 61.47 61.12 60.97 60.91 62.19 61.28 60.93 60.75 61.15 63.16 62.46 62.85 61.50 60.84 62.00

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