Press Release

Individual Speedway Euro Championship

at Gorican (Croatia)

Polish Przemysaw Pawlicki won

the SEC Challenge in Gorican,
Croatiam in front of 3.500 specta-
tors. Danish Kenneth Bjerre was
second and his compatriot Nikolai
Klindt, who won play-off heat,
was third. The promotion to SEC
2017 gained seven riders from the
top of the GC - apart from men-
tioned three: Mateusz Szczepa-
niak, Martin Smolinski, Kacper
Gomlski and Adrian Miedziski.
Big emotions started already in
the first heat and it was just a
sign of what was to come yet.
Kenneth Bjerre and Kim Nilsson
were fighting all the way until the
last meters of the lap. The fight
was won by the Swede, who bloc-
ked the Dane trying to attack
from the outside. On the other
hand, the most unlucky rider
was Andriej Karpow, who broke
the tape in his first start and
was disqualified from the third
gear, losing important points
needed for advancing to the
Speedway Euro Championship.
Excellent speedway skills were
shown by Adrian Miedziski. De-
spite his weak start, Miedziak
had shown a great commitment,
running after Andriej Lebiediew
all the way for four laps. His
stubbornness awarded him a win
on the last meters before the fi-
nish line.
At the 6th heat Andrei Karpov,
who attacked leading Gomlski,
crashed. Luckly, he got up fast,
but of course, he was excluded.
The Ukrainian rider, one of the
favorites, was not so competi-
tive as he expected. In his next heat, his bike broke in the second lap. The 8th race of the day was
one of the most interesting. Adrian Miedziski, blocked on first corner, made a terrific chase. Fi-
nally he lost the battle against Michael Jepsen Jensen, but only few centimeters decided about
that.
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Next heats marked bigger and bigger differences

among competitors. Nicolai Klindt, after scoring
zero points in his first run, managed to win all of
his other heats. The first rider to advance was
Przemysaw Pawlicki, who won also the SEC Chal-
lenge. Martin Smoliskis wild run on the last me-
ters in heat 18 awarded him a victory. The
German-born rider was fighting for it for the
whole run with Kudriashow, just to outrun him on
the finish line.
After 20 races, riders on first and second place
were known, but to emerge third rider of the
night, organizers needed the play-off, in which
Gomlski, Klindt, Szczepaniak and Smoliski took
part. Finally the Dane won with a huge advan-
tage.
Andriej Kurdriashow, Adrian Miedziski, Mikkel Bech and Michael Jepsen Jensen were fighting for
the last place awarded with advance to the series. After Miedziskis great attack on Bech on the
second lap, it was him who won the heat and was the fourth Pole to qualify to the Speedway Euro
Championship series.
So, now we know 12 riders, who will take part in SEC 2017. Except top 7 from this SEC Challenge,
right to take off have top 5 from last year tournament (Pedersen, Milik, Kasprzak, aguta and Mad-
sen). The last 3 riders, who will ride with a wild card, will be given soon. The first SEC 2017 round
will take place in Toru, Poland, on June 30th.
Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/349

The actual issue of FIM Europe MAG is online and can be downloaded here.

PRESS RELEASE
nr. 110/2017 - May 21st 2017
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Fiammetta La Guidara
FIM Europe Press Officer
Tel + 39 342 9231793
fiammetta.laguidara@fim-europe.com

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