DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted August 11, 2011 Motorcycling Australia (MA) would like to advise it has withdrawn the Australian Team from the 2011 FIM Team Speedway Under 21 World Championship to be held in Balakovo, Russia on 3 September. MA has made this decision primarily on the grounds of logistical and insurance concerns. MA’s CEO David White said that while MA is strongly committed to supporting International team events, the livelihoods of riders must always be given priority. “MA has a proud history of supporting the FIM Team Speedway Under 21 World Championship, and this decision has not been an easy one,” White said. “Unfortunately, MA has identified a number of insurance and logistical issues that could have a negative impact upon our riders. “Whilst FIM Team Speedway events are of paramount importance to MA we must be satisfied these have events have minimal impact on our riders’ professional commitments. “In this instance MA was not convinced the impact was acceptable and sustainable.” http://www.worldspeedway.com/artman/publish/article_17002.shtml so how many teams left? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,863 Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) Sweden have withdrawn as well due to, logistical problems, insurance problems and time aspects. Its not a surprise since it has been hinted a few days ago that this would be likely to happen. I think one of the major factots behind the decision is that there is a schedule conflict with this event and the Allsvenskan finals which means that 4 of the 5 riders who rode on the team in the tea, U21 seminal would miss out on the finals. Three of them rides for the same team (Rospiggarna) which is favourites to win Allsvenskan's promotion series. So i think that Svemo don't want to ruin it for Rospiggarna if they make it to the final (which is likely),by sending half their team to Russia. http://www.svemo.se/...-JVMforSverige/ Edited August 11, 2011 by Ghostwalker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted August 11, 2011 Just to add some heat I want to say here, that the two U21 indivual finals scheduled for Bahia Blanca, Argentiina next year are confirmed. This was told to me by CCP member Teromaa in July... Denmark said on in July that they were going to be there and win. I wonder whats gonna happen now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoMinuteWarning 69 Posted August 31, 2011 Bit of a joke competition now. Sweden and Australia withdraw, Poland decline to compete, so the line-ups for the Final on Sat Sept 3 at Balakovo, Russia are: RUSSIA Vitaly Belousov Alexey Kudryashov Ilya Chalov Vladimir Borodulin Artem Laguta DENMARK Rene Bach Mikkel B Jensen Jonas B Andersen Michael Jepsen Jensen Mikkel Michelsen UKRAINE Kiril Tsukanov Andrey Kobrin Aleksandr Loktaev Vladimir Tejgel Stanislav Ogorodnik CZECH REPUBLIC Michael Hadek Roman Cejka Jan Holub Vaclav Milik Michal Dudek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted August 31, 2011 is this where shamak and piotr were originally meant to be for poland team or was that somewhere else (2nd and 3rd) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoMinuteWarning 69 Posted August 31, 2011 (edited) is this where shamak and piotr were originally meant to be for poland team or was that somewhere else (2nd and 3rd) No, they are at Leszno for the the Polish Championship Final on Sat 3rd, and at Gorzow for the Polish Under-21 Final on Fri 2nd Edited August 31, 2011 by TwoMinuteWarning Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted August 31, 2011 Finland was also asked to do this a couple of weeks ago. FIM has put up some extra money for the teams travel, so to just travel it might work out. When adding the missed meetings during the 4+ days missed in Europe and cost of racing it's adds up to a pretty big expense for the riders. Argentina 2012 here we come! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f-s-p 832 Posted September 2, 2011 Reading the Holsted website they say (I think) that Jonas B Andersen's bike has been left at the border because the paperwork does not add up. So Denmark is going to Balakovo with 4 bikes. Doesn't surprise me, since a year or two ago Kai Lehtinen's trip to an European Championship ice racing meeting in Russia was stopped at the first border station on the Russian side for similar reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,110 Posted September 3, 2011 Seems the meeting will be streamed live at 13:00 british time here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gray 11 Posted September 3, 2011 Seems the meeting will be streamed live at 13:00 british time here here: http://balakovo.stream-info.ru/ru/video/ and here http://mirvpotoke.com/ video-online Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 21,110 Posted September 3, 2011 Fingers crossed for a Danish win Unfortunately i am off out for the day,so won't be able to see any action.Just hope for a good meeting and no injuries.Same for the Polish final afterwards.Enjoy all Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandonbee48 1,194 Posted September 3, 2011 Good stream for me here in the USA. Thanks to Iris and Gray for the links. Weather looks good and a very good crowd. We even have "The Russian Abba" playing Alan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,777 Posted September 3, 2011 Good stream for me here in the USA. Thanks to Iris and Gray for the links. Weather looks good and a very good crowd. We even have "The Russian Abba" playing Alan Link plse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brandonbee48 1,194 Posted September 3, 2011 Teams. Russia - 0 points. 1. Andriej Kudriaszow - Andrei Kudriaszow first - () () 2. Artiom Łaguta - 2nd Artiom Łaguta - () () 3. Wadim Tarasienko - 3rd Vadim Tarasienko - () () 4. Ilja Czałow - 4th Ilya Czałow - () () 5. Władimir Borodulin - 5th Vladimir Borodulin - () () Czechy - 0 pkt. Czech Republic - 0 pts. 1. Michael Hadek - 1st Michael Hadek - () () 2. Jan Holub - 2nd Jan Holub - () () 3. Vaclav Milik - 3rd Vaclav Milik - () () 4. Roman Cejka - 4th Roman Cejka - () () 5. Michal Dudek - 5th Michal Dudek - () () Ukraina - 0 pkt. Ukraine - 0 points. 1. Kirił Cukanow - Kirill first Cukanow - () () 2. Andriej Kobrin - Andrey Kobrin second - () () 3. Aleksandr Łoktajew - 3rd Alexander Łoktajew - () () 4. Wołodymir Tejgel - 4th Volodymyr Tejgel - () () 5. Stanisław Mielniczuk - 5th Stanislaw Mielniczuk - () () Dania - 0 pkt. Denmark - 0 pts. 1. Rene Bach - 1st Rene Bach - () () 2. Mikkel Bech Jensen - Mikkel Bech Jensen 2nd - () () 3. Jonas B. Andersen - 3rd Jonas B. Andersen - () () 4. Michael Jepsen Jensen - 4th Michael Jepsen Jensen - () () 5. Mikkel Michelsen - 5th Mikkel Michelsen - () () Thanks to Sportowfakty. Alan. Link plse http://mirvpotoke.com/ There are two links on the World 21 team thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,777 Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Teams. Russia - 0 points. 1. Andriej Kudriaszow - Andrei Kudriaszow first - () () 2. Artiom Łaguta - 2nd Artiom Łaguta - () () 3. Wadim Tarasienko - 3rd Vadim Tarasienko - () () 4. Ilja Czałow - 4th Ilya Czałow - () () 5. Władimir Borodulin - 5th Vladimir Borodulin - () () Czechy - 0 pkt. Czech Republic - 0 pts. 1. Michael Hadek - 1st Michael Hadek - () () 2. Jan Holub - 2nd Jan Holub - () () 3. Vaclav Milik - 3rd Vaclav Milik - () () 4. Roman Cejka - 4th Roman Cejka - () () 5. Michal Dudek - 5th Michal Dudek - () () Ukraina - 0 pkt. Ukraine - 0 points. 1. Kirił Cukanow - Kirill first Cukanow - () () 2. Andriej Kobrin - Andrey Kobrin second - () () 3. Aleksandr Łoktajew - 3rd Alexander Łoktajew - () () 4. Wołodymir Tejgel - 4th Volodymyr Tejgel - () () 5. Stanisław Mielniczuk - 5th Stanislaw Mielniczuk - () () Dania - 0 pkt. Denmark - 0 pts. 1. Rene Bach - 1st Rene Bach - () () 2. Mikkel Bech Jensen - Mikkel Bech Jensen 2nd - () () 3. Jonas B. Andersen - 3rd Jonas B. Andersen - () () 4. Michael Jepsen Jensen - 4th Michael Jepsen Jensen - () () 5. Mikkel Michelsen - 5th Mikkel Michelsen - () () Thanks to Sportowfakty. Alan. http://mirvpotoke.com/ There are two links on the World 21 team thread Both keep freezing for me -is it still ok for you ?Edit ok now Edited September 3, 2011 by racers and royals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites