World Cup - Wroclaw July 2023

[auntie doris 2,342]

Would have gone for Wright, Lawson, Worrall, Harris, King over Brennan and Ellis.

[foreverblue 6,096]

1 hour ago, auntie doris said:

Would have gone for Wright, Lawson, Worrall, Harris, King over Brennan and Ellis.

Not Ellis, he has not been great this season and he wont be suited by the track in my opinion, Harris should ride all day long

[Mr Blobby 2,662]

Don’t really think it matter who GB put out as the last 2 picks all will score as poorly as each other anyway. Always going to be a 3 man team of riders capable of scoring points.

Edited July 21, 2023 by Mr Blobby

[eric i 620]

So Chris Harris has 2 point higher average than Brennan in championship and 1.5 higher average in Premiership. He has wealth of experience and doesn't buckle under pressure. How can anyone justify Brennan being a better rider? OK neither rider is world class but Simon stead should be picking the current best riders.

[Ghostwalker 1,859]

9 hours ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

SEMI-FINAL 1 – TUESDAY, JULY 25

GERMANY – RED

1. Kai Huckenbeck ©
2. Kevin Wölbert
3. Norick Blödorn
4. Martin Smolinski
5. Erik Riss

Team Managers: Sascha Dörner / Mathias Bartz

SWEDEN – BLUE 

1. Fredrik Lindgren ©
2. Jacob Thorssell
3. Antonio Lindbäck
4. Oliver Berntzon
5. Kim Nilsson

Team Manager: Morgan Andersson

GREAT BRITAIN – WHITE

1. Tai Woffinden ©
2. Dan Bewley
3. Robert Lambert
4. Adam Ellis
5. Tom Brennan

Team Manager: Oliver Allen / Simon Stead

CZECH REPUBLIC – YELLOW

1. Jan Kvěch
2. Eduard Krčmář
3. Petr Chlupáč
4. Daniel Klíma
5. Václav Milík ©

Team Manager: Zdeněk Schneiderwind

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SEMI-FINAL 2 – WEDNESDAY, JULY 26

FINLAND – RED

1. Timo Lahti ©
2. Jesse Mustonen
3. Antti Vuolas
4. Timi Salonen
5. Niklas Säyriö

Team Manager: Aki-Pekka Mustonen

FRANCE – BLUE 

1. David Bellego ©
2. Dimitri Bergé
3. Steven Goret
4. Mathieu Trésarrieu
5. Mathias Trésarrieu

Team Manager: Laurent Sambarrey

DENMARK – WHITE

1. Mikkel Michelsen ©
2. Nicki Pedersen
3. Anders Thomsen
4. Leon Madsen
5. Rasmus Jensen

Team Managers: Nicki Pedersen / Henrik Møller

AUSTRALIA – YELLOW  

1. Max Fricke
2. Jack Holder
3. Jason Doyle ©
4. Jaimon Lidsey
5. Chris Holder

Team Manager: Mark Lemon

Timi Salonen is replaced by Tero Aarnio

 

[r8gdp 461]

GB need to make sure they win on Tuesday don’t want to be going into play off round with what could be Denmark or Australia 

Poland to be too strong in the final 

[szkocjasid 3,046]

11 hours ago, DJC said:

Because it is. How many Team Manager's pick themselves in the team? 

Don't think he'd have got near the squad if he wasn't the manager

How many team managers still ride in the Polish Extraleague? Pedersen is clearly one of the top 5 Dane's, manager or not!

[DJC 251]

7 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

How many team managers still ride in the Polish Extraleague? Pedersen is clearly one of the top 5 Dane's, manager or not!

How many team managers are still riding in general, regardless of league I don’t think I’ve ever come across it. Maybe in the old conference league?
He took the job as a back up incase he wasn’t fit enough after the big crash, should be one of the other for me.

 

would love to see him go out and score a hat full of points but I can’t see it, plus it doesn’t show much faith in the rest of the squad if he thinks he has to go and do it! 
just my opinion and plenty will disagree 

[DJC 251]

Also, Having caught up on the Polish action from last night, will Woffy be able to ride after appearing to dump tackle an away fan and rumoured to have broken their arm? 
can’t see that going unpunished even if the fan shouldn’t have been near the track.

video on socials doesn’t look great 

[Ghostwalker 1,859]

16 minutes ago, DJC said:

How many team managers are still riding in general, regardless of league I don’t think I’ve ever come across it. Maybe in the old conference league?
He took the job as a back up incase he wasn’t fit enough after the big crash, should be one of the other for me.

 

would love to see him go out and score a hat full of points but I can’t see it, plus it doesn’t show much faith in the rest of the squad if he thinks he has to go and do it! 
just my opinion and plenty will disagree 

Nicki rides in Ekstraliga and his average is the same as Max Fricke and Robert Lambert.

Danish riders' ranking in Ekstraliga 

3. Leon Madsen; 2,371

8. Anders Thomsen; 2,213

12. Mikkel Michelsen; 2,078

15. Nicki Pedersen; 1,962

Rasmus Jensen is the 5th rider in the Danish team , but doesnt seem to do Ekstraliga. Outside these two there are Iversen and Mads Hansen, but I definitely would pick Nicki over those two.

https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/statystyki/lista-klasyfikacyjna/

[Lefty 1,268]

1 hour ago, DJC said:

Also, Having caught up on the Polish action from last night, will Woffy be able to ride after appearing to dump tackle an away fan and rumoured to have broken their arm? 
can’t see that going unpunished even if the fan shouldn’t have been near the track.

video on socials doesn’t look great 

Was it a "Just Stop Tattoo's" protester that he pole-axed? 

[Hawk127 1,359]

Are the meetings being shown live and if they are which channel? I cannot see any listing on TNT/Eurosport 

[DJC 251]

49 minutes ago, Ghostwalker said:

Nicki rides in Ekstraliga and his average is the same as Max Fricke and Robert Lambert.

Danish riders' ranking in Ekstraliga 

3. Leon Madsen; 2,371

8. Anders Thomsen; 2,213

12. Mikkel Michelsen; 2,078

15. Nicki Pedersen; 1,962

Rasmus Jensen is the 5th rider in the Danish team , but doesnt seem to do Ekstraliga. Outside these two there are Iversen and Mads Hansen, but I definitely would pick Nicki over those two.

https://speedwayekstraliga.pl/statystyki/lista-klasyfikacyjna/

I’m aware of the stats, if you read what I said  that wasn’t my argument.

But, Kolodziej rider there too and his average is higher than all but 2 of the Polish team but I’d be equally as surprised to see him in the final 5.

Nicki is doing ok in the Polish league pretty average in Denmark and picking up quite a few more exclusions than usual from overriding. 
1 from 4 with 3 exclusions in his last meeting? Did well the one before but another fall in that.An exclusion and a 0 in his last meeting in DK?

 

 

[racers and royals 8,737]

13 minutes ago, Hawk127 said:

Are the meetings being shown live and if they are which channel? I cannot see any listing on TNT/Eurosport 

Semi’s are on Discovery + only and Race off and final are on Eurosport 1

[Hawk127 1,359]

1 hour ago, racers and royals said:

Semi’s are on Discovery + only and Race off and final are on Eurosport 1

Thanks for this.