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A couple of more signings: Andrej Karpov and Daniel Henderson have signed with Hammarby. Martin Vaculik have signed with Vargarna.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportowefakty.pl%2Fzuzel%2F388022%2Fkrzysztof-cegielski-zachowanie-bsi-trzeba-tepic-jak-tylko-mozna "Krzysztof Cegielski reacted with outrage to reports, allegedly FIM SGP participants could prohibit performances in SEC competition. - Preservation of BSI must eradicated as soon as possible - he says."

Imo fhe first round from Gdansk was very good, plenty of good racing and a good stadium.

The EU-laws have something that is called free movement for goods and services on the inner market of the European Union. I don't know how it works in practicality but its there to prevent countries/organisation from exuding restriction in trade of goods and services. I don't know if it applicable here however we had a similar situation in Sweden where Svemo tried to stop the riders who had a Svemo license from participating in events organized by the the stand alone organization Folkspeedway. (not Svemo/FIm affiliated). However this was ruled as illegal due to EU-laws and other laws that exist to prevent restriction of competition. In the same way Svemo cannot set rules that relegates that minimum number of Swedes in a lineup since it also violates the same EU-rules. This have been solved by a verbal agreement but I doubt that would hold up in court if it would go that far (very unlikely though). This was not a ruling for speedway in particular but more of a general ruling that a federation does not have exclusive right to organize events and completions in sports. Basically it means that someone could start a new international Speedway federation to compete with FIM and it would be up to each national federation and each team to decide who they wanted to belong to, I am no expert but I will have a look at what the law says.

I agree with that, and I seriously doubt that the EU will allow such restrictions since it would be against the current EU-rules.

I agree with this. Especially when it comes to unsatisfactory start. I can understand if the airfence or the tape need to be repaired replaced and etc. I've sometimes seen in league racing that when a rider is ex'd for 2min violation the referee cancels the heat and re-start the 2min clock. I also thinks that when the 2min clock is activated only riders should be allowed on the track except for a small zone near the pit entrance. Mechanics should not be allowed to bring a new bike all the way to the tapes or anything like that.

Nicki Pedersen have been confirmed to Dackarna. https://www.facebook.com/Dackarna http://www.fyens.dk/article/2376003:Sport--Nicki-Pedersen-skifter-klub-i-Sverige

regarding Cadiff, Stockholm, Copenhagen and etc, I don't think the number of Brits, Swedes and Danes at those GP's. I think the most important isn't how many there are but how good they are. If Tai wins the title and stays a top contender next year I think that would bring more people then Harris, Nicholls and King would bring together if they all would ride at Cardiff (with no Tai).

A couple of more signings: Fredrik Engman will be a guestrider for Masarna in Allsvenskan. Anders Mellgren and Daniel Nermark will also ride in Allsvenskan for Valsarna. Tai Woffinden have signed with a yet unknown team, probably Vetlanda or Vargarna. Nicki have also stated earlier this week that he would sign a contract with a new club for 2014, Dackarna is the prime candidate. Smederna is negotiating with 10 riders for 4+2 spots, some of the have been named; Zorro, PK, L. Eklöf, Walasek, Laguta and Lebedevs. The other four I think is Pawlickis, possible Tai and another Sweden for a guestrider position. Remember for Elitserien the guestriders cannot have an average that is higher then 1.250

They were No they were not released, they were offered new contracts but they decided to leave since they obviously wouldn't be used much with Darcy, Greg and Chris in the team. I think that several teams are interested, Probably Vetlanda, Smederna, Vargarna and Rospiggarna. I think it depends what other riders these team will have. If Smederna retains Laguta we could fit the Pawlickis in but Zorro and Puodzuks would be left outside the lineups (if Zorro re-sign with Smederna).

yes they can. Team will likely be Darcy rider with max 1.209 average, Greg Sundström Holder Engman Rosén use this excelfile: http://www.mediafire.com/view/yrp1csss8rvuv1n/team_build_2014.xls to build your own teams.

When you look at the schedule I think it's too bad that there are no GPs at the Saturday of the third week of June, Like the Swedish GP or Copenhagen, since it in Sweden (not sure about DK and FIN) is a very big holiday where most people have 3½ days off from work and thus would be able to do a mini vacation without having to take out extra leave days. I don't know but I would guess that it would at least increase attendances to some extent in a Swedish or Danish GP,

Two more signings today, Kjastas Puodzuks to Smederna and Linus Sundström who will stay another year with Piraterna.

Michael Jepsen Jensen have signed a new tow year deal with Dackarna,

Joonas Kylmökorpi to Dackarna Linus Sundström and Greg Hancock re-signs with Piraterna where they are joined by Simon Gustafsson.

well if he is fit enough to ride in the SEC, surely he will be fit enough to ride on Monday as well? And if he not is fit enough to ride on Monday, sure he shouldn't ride in the SEC either? I'm just saying that a rider cannot be both fit and not fit at the same time and in general riders usually try to comeback a little to early which I sometimes think is a bit stupid and that it would be better if the made sure that they were 100% fit before returning to the track,

any news about the Danish GP?

Viasat sport definitely is (£25/month) Tv10 is usually included with most subscriptions packages is usually available for free for those who have analogue cable. Also FSP is right, Mikael Teurnberg and Tobias Lyons are doing from Stockholm, no studio and no own interviews. Erik Stenlund is still doing some commentary for the highlights at SVT.

Grand Prixs and Polish Speedway are shown by TV10/VIASAT Sport . Elitserien and the Elite League are shown by C more. Also SVT (equivalent of BBC) shows summaries from each GP.

I doubt two Polish riders will get it since there are already two Polish riders in for 2014. My picks would be Jonsson, G. Laguta, Dudek and Holder. Also on the list, how come Janowski is higher then Dudek? Dudek have a higher average then Janowski in Sweden and Poland as well as the U21 champ title. Janowski is eight in the SEC in which Dudek does not ride. While Janowski didn't ride in the U21 championship. So in my book Dudek should be ranked higher then Janowski.

Andreas Jonsson have signed with Rospiggarna. Troy Batchelor will stay with Västervik.

Imo Gollob have been one of the best for almost 20 years but I think he and BSI should consider it time for Tomek to bow out of the SGP series. In the same way as Leigh Adams did. I think Dudek would be a better choice then Gollob, You can't keep clinging on to the what has been sooner or later you will have to let go. Imo that time has come now, Sure in his best moments Gollob is still one of the best but there have also been GPs where he didn't seem to bothered or even trying and in that case then I can't see why he should get a wild card,

Good to see that Billy stil keeps it up with the riding.

Team build spreadsheet updated with the averages for Allsvenskan's rider.

Joel Andersson and Mikael Max have signed with Indianerna. http://www.speedwayn...for-indianerna/ Jarek Hampel stays with Vetlanda. http://www.speedwaynyheter.se/vetlanda/jaroslaw-hampel-kvar-i-evs-ytterligare-tva-ar/