PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted May 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Noodles said: Why unavailable? Or do not you mean won't ride for Hans? You can add Leon Madsen to that list. How about Kikdemand or Mikkelsen? MJJ is awful. LEON Madsen is the Enfant Terrible of Daniksh speedway. Seems to have many off-track issues. On results alone he would be a pick. Kildemand's form is certainly not as good as MJJ and he falls off too often. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1,497 Posted May 24, 2018 4 hours ago, Col said: Has anyone answered this? I'm not local but there is a train station fairly close. Belle Vue is the name of the train station. I assume there is a train station at Manchester airport since it's the biggest in England outside London, but it is a fair way south of the city. Google says it's 50-60 minutes by train going via the city centre train station. Again I've never used the city centre train station and these can be confusing. https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Manchester-Airport-MAN/Belle-Vue-Stadium It was answered on the previous page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 1,497 Posted May 24, 2018 12 hours ago, Col said: And Speedway team managers have never found a way to bend the rules, ever.... Maybe they have bent the rules before but GB can only change the 2018 team through injury. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobMcCaffery 2,752 Posted May 24, 2018 14 hours ago, Col said: Has anyone answered this? I'm not local but there is a train station fairly close. Belle Vue is the name of the train station. I assume there is a train station at Manchester airport since it's the biggest in England outside London, but it is a fair way south of the city. Google says it's 50-60 minutes by train going via the city centre train station. Again I've never used the city centre train station and these can be confusing. Belle Vue railway station only has a pretty irregular service so it's best to get one of the many buses from the city centre along Hyde Road. You can get a train from the airport to Piccadilly and get a bus from the road outside or get a Metrolink tram to Piccadilly Gardens and get a bus from there to the track. The buses are numbered 201, 203 and 204 and start from Piccadilly Gardens, passing by Piccadilly station en route to Hyde Road. Transport for Greater Manchester have a great website with plenty of maps and a journey planner. https://www.tfgm.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,853 Posted May 25, 2018 Must say how impressed I am with some of the announced teams like Italy and Slovakia etc.This new comp has improved their chances no end!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted May 25, 2018 1 minute ago, iris123 said: Must say how impressed I am with some of the announced teams like Italy and Slovakia etc.This new comp has improved their chances no end!! BUT if it helps the growth or interest of speedway in those countries then it is no bad thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,853 Posted May 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: BUT if it helps the growth or interest of speedway in those countries then it is no bad thing. I agree Phil,but after all those GPS in Italy,if that didn’t help will this?Doubt very much,but we can hope Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noodles 1,337 Posted May 25, 2018 20 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: LEON Madsen is the Enfant Terrible of Daniksh speedway. Seems to have many off-track issues. On results alone he would be a pick. Kildemand's form is certainly not as good as MJJ and he falls off too often. You haven't answered why Iversen & Pedersen are unavailable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,853 Posted May 25, 2018 59 minutes ago, Noodles said: You haven't answered why Iversen & Pedersen are unavailable. Petersen said during the winter that he didn’t want to be considered and wanted to make way for the younger riders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted May 25, 2018 1 hour ago, PHILIPRISING said: BUT if it helps the growth or interest of speedway in those countries then it is no bad thing. But it wont Might as well have a two day world final in Amsterdam and hope for a Dutch speedway revival. This argument of stimulating interest in small nations is as false as it has always been. And I can't believe it is still being used. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,053 Posted May 25, 2018 13 minutes ago, Grand Central said: But it wont Might as well have a two day world final in Amsterdam and hope for a Dutch speedway revival. This argument of stimulating interest in small nations is as false as it has always been. And I can't believe it is still being used. Indeed, GC. The only thing that might help is if those smaller countrie did well in the competition and generated publicity in their own country because they'd won or come close...but that ain't gonna happen. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grand Central 2,654 Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) 37 minutes ago, norbold said: Indeed, GC. The only thing that might help is if those smaller countrie did well in the competition and generated publicity in their own country because they'd won or come close...but that ain't gonna happen. Too right it wont. And just two years ago that speedway backwater of Great Britain got a commendable second place in a REAL World Championship TEAM event on home soil at the new National Speedway Stadium. And we all know the incredible 'force for good' that had on the sport in this country or on the public's perception of it. Similarly for running GPs in Italy, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Latvia, Australia and so on. It is idiotic to offer this argument of helping the lesser nations when we know it has zero validity. Why are sane people being so daft? Edited May 25, 2018 by Grand Central 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss 10,686 Posted May 25, 2018 Iversen is having a shoulder operation next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erinil1 7 Posted May 26, 2018 Since it looks like nowone have published the full squads yet to the competition here they are. Race off 1, Teterow, Germany USA: Greg Hancock, Luke Becker Ukraine: Andrej Karpov, Aleksandr Loktajev Russia: Artem Laguta, Emil Sajfutdinov, Gleb Chugunov Slovenia: Matej Zagar, Matic Ivacic, Nick Skorja Germnay: Kai Huckenbeck, Martin Smolinski, Mikael Härtel Latvia: Andzejs Lebedevs, Jevgenijs Kostigovs, Olegs Mihailovs Denmark: Michael Jepsen Jensen, Kenneth Bjerre, Frederik Jakobsen Race off 2, Manchester, GB Czech Republic: Vaclav Milik, Josef Franc, Jan Kvech Finland: Timo Lahti, Tero Aarnio GB: Tai Woffinden, Craig Cook, Robert Lambert France: David Bellego, Dimitri Bergé, Gaetan Stella Sweden: Fredrik Lindgren, Antonio Lindbäck, Joel Kling Italy: Nicolas Covatti, Michele Paco Castagna Australia: Jason Doyle, Max Fricke, Jaimon Lidsey Final, Wroclav, Poland Poland: Maciej Janowski, Patryk Dudek, Maksym Drabik Source: http://se.aktuellspeedway.eu/2018/05/23/trupperna-till-speedway-of-nations-offentliggjorda/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,853 Posted May 26, 2018 Kevin Wölbert not happy,yet again http://m.speedweek.com/Speedway-der-Nationen/news/127209/Kevin-Woelberts-Abrechnung-Welche-Konsequenzen.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites