SON 2021 finals Sat/Sun 16th/17th Oct- FINALS START AT 4PM BOTH DAYS

[racers and royals 8,712]

15 minutes ago, Col said:

2nd Event was safer, but less interesting to watch, shame USA were in first semi would have been a better tussle for top 3 had they been involved.  Latvia & France progressing means there are a couple of decent spoilers in the final, but no more than that.

What's happened to Bogdanovs, Kostigovs & Puodžuks for Latvia?

Bogdanovs injured probably retired- other 2 are not as good as Mihailovs

[Col 850]

Puodžuks briefly rode for Oxford as teenager 2005 didn't he?  

[iris123 20,935]

10 hours ago, Col said:

Latvia & France progressing means there are a couple of decent spoilers in the final,

No idea how you come to that conclusion. Think they will both be out of their depth. Got through because of the lack of any other competition. If Huckenbeck had any sort of back up like a fit Smolinski or Riss then Germany would have beaten one if not both of them

Edited September 20, 2021 by iris123

[lbw 869]

50 minutes ago, iris123 said:

Latvia & France progressing means there are a couple of decent spoilers in the final,

No idea how you come to that conclusion. Think they will both be out of their depth. Got through because of the lack of any other competition. If Huckenbeck had any sort of back up like a fit Smolinski or Riss then Germany would have beaten one if not both of them

The NSS can be a leveller due to the nature of how it rides,. For example, Joe Jacobs & Jye Etheridge av beaten many a top class rider around there riding for Belle Vue so who's to say the likes of Bellego, Bergé, Lebedevs etc can't be spoilers? 

Those 3 are well established & very capable riders so to disregard them would be like sayin Southampton had no chance at Man City at the weekend! 

[iris123 20,935]

45 minutes ago, PirateShip said:

 so who's to say the likes of Bellego, Bergé, Lebedevs etc can't be spoilers? 

 

I just did

[f-s-p 832]

28 minutes ago, iris123 said:

I just did

Never found the 2019 SoN qualifier from Youtube, but I believe Lebedevs was on his way to a maximum before Morris decided to scrape off the outside line midway trhough. Probably just before GB meeting LV. 

[iris123 20,935]

12 minutes ago, f-s-p said:

Never found the 2019 SoN qualifier from Youtube, but I believe Lebedevs was on his way to a maximum before Morris decided to scrape off the outside line midway trhough. Probably just before GB meeting LV. 

And a few years ago Tai was the best rider in the world. 

[racers and royals 8,712]

MONSTER ENERGY SON FINAL DRAW:

DAY 1:

A – GREAT BRITAIN

B – LATVIA

C – POLAND

D – AUSTRALIA

E – SWEDEN

F – FRANCE

G – DENMARK

 

DAY 2:

A – LATVIA

B – SWEDEN

C – AUSTRALIA

D – FRANCE

E – GREAT BRITAIN

F – POLAND

G – DENMARK

[f-s-p 832]

2 hours ago, iris123 said:

 And a few years ago Tai was the best rider in the world. 

Yeah well, Lebedev could be a spoiler. 

[lbw 869]

3 hours ago, iris123 said:

I just did

There's always one village id*ot! 

[lbw 869]

3 hours ago, iris123 said:

And a few years ago Tai was the best rider in the world. 

And he still is! Form is temporary class is permanent 

A quote I know from someone very close to him. "He may be having a sh*t season but he's still number 5 in the world! 

He'll be back! 

And I don't just judge a rider by wot they do on track, Tai is top class off it as well with his charity work and the personal things he does for his fans. 

Edited September 20, 2021 by PirateShip

[iris123 20,935]

1 hour ago, f-s-p said:

Yeah well, Lebedev could be a spoiler. 

There is a big beer on it then, next time we meet 

[SPEEDY69 1,249]

On 9/17/2021 at 7:05 PM, chunky said:

Madsen really looks like he's never been on a bike before...

Right leg danglers can't cope with the unexpected grip.

[lbw 869]

1 hour ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Right leg danglers can't cope with the unexpected grip.

Funny u should say that coz the doc said that to me once when I went in for me mot! 

Edited September 20, 2021 by PirateShip

[Col 850]

17 hours ago, iris123 said:

No idea how you come to that conclusion. Think they will both be out of their depth. Got through because of the lack of any other competition. If Huckenbeck had any sort of back up like a fit Smolinski or Riss then Germany would have beaten one if not both of them

Bellego, Berge & Lebedevs have had decent outings at NSS before, inconsistently they will mix it with the top 5 teams. Not convinced any German rider would. Becker would also have been a decent spoiler.