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Live Superleague from Ufa now Alternative stream

Another busy weeekend in Russia with the Super League rounds 5/6 in Ufa, and the Major League Rounds 1/2 in Neftekamsk. Ufa hope to have a video stream and the meeting starts at 9am GMT both days, whilst the Neftekamsk meeting doesn't appear to have a stream at the moment, but this can change. The best stream last week in Shadrinsk came from a fan in the crowd with an iPhone so it may well be the same this week. No start time for the Major League meeting at this stage, but as it is in the same time zone as Ufa, it may very well run at the same start time. Once I have the links I'll post them. The Russian Forum usually carries live updates to both meetings http://www.russpeedway.info/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=24

International Meeting, Weißenbach, Austria, 20.1.19 Luca Bauer (D) (3 3 3 3 3) 15 3 18 1. Jasper Iwema (NL) (3 2 3 3 2) 13 2 15 2. Markus Jell (D) (3 3 2 3 3) 14 1 15 3. Günther Bauer (D) (3 3 3 2 1) 12 0 12 4. Charly Ebner (A) (2 3 3 3 0) 11 11 5. Simon Reitsma (NL) (2 2 2 1 2) 9 9 6. Josef Kreuzberger (A) (1 2 2 2 1) 8 8 7. Marc Geyer (D) (1 0 2 1 3) 7 7 8. Franz Mayerbüchler (D) (2 2 1 M 2) 7 7 9. Niek Schaap (NL) (1 1 1 0 3) 6 6 10. Sebastian Gegenbauer (D) (2 1 1 2 0) 6 6 11. David Lizak (CzR) (0 1 0 1 2) 5 5 12. Jiri Wildt (CzR) (0 1 1 1 1) 4 4 13. Philip Lageder (A) (0 F 0 1 1) 2 2 14. Martin Behal (CzR) (1 M 0 0 0) 1 1 15. Kevin Arzl (A) (0 0 R 0 0) 0 0 16. FINAL: L. Bauer, Iwema, Jell, G. Bauer Cracking meeting to watch, and all the results from Baansportfansite.nl in real time (from whom these results came)

Super League Round 4, Shadrinsk Sunday 20/01/19 Ufa 37 Nikolai Krasnikov 7, Dinar Valeev 15, Ivan Chichkov 9, Nikita Borodin 6 Togliatti 34 Danil Ivanov 10, Nikita Toloknov 10, Evgeni Saydullin 9, Igor Saydullin 5 Shadrinsk 29 Franz Zorn 5, Konstantin Kolenko 8, Dmitri Borodin 2, German Khazmurzin 0, Dmitri Koltakov 14 Kamensk Ural 19 Dmitri Khomitsevich 6, Evgeni Sharov 3, Dmitri Solyannikov 8, Vasilli Nesytyh 0 League Table: Togliatti 13, Ufa 11, Shadrinsk 5, Kamensk Ural 4 MFR Cup, Lukhovitsy, 19/20.01.19 Sergei Makarov 21+3 (9+12) Alex Kolganov 21+2 (11+10) Nikolai Makarov 18 (10+8) Nikita Panov 17 (8+9) Artem Afanasyev 16 (8+8) Vlas Nekrasov 13 (7+6) Danil Nohrin 10 (5+5) Elisha Vydrin 10 (5+5) Konstantin Kolesnikov 9 (4+5) Sergei Volodin 7 (4+3) Vyatcheslav Rogojin 4 (2+2) Ivan Kosjakov 2 (2+0) The International event at Weißenbach, Austria will be on Periscope from 12 noon GMT - Search for "Harm Jan" and you'll find it, whilst there are live updates on https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/340/internationale-ijsspeedway-weissenbach.html

Russian Junior Championship, Vyatskiye Polyany, Saturday January 12, & Sunday January 13 1. Dmitry Solyannikov - 15 + 14 = 29 2. Nikita Tarasov - 14 + 13 = 27 3. Nikita Bogdanov - 10 + 14 = 24 + 3 4 Ivan Khuzhin - 13 + 11 = 24 + u 5 Evgeny Saydullin - 11 + 12 = 23 6. Vadim Svinuchov - 10 + 10 = 20 7. Nikita Shadrin - 6 + 10 = 16 8. German Khanmurzin - 9 + 7 = 16 9. Aleksandr Kozyrev - 8 + 5 = 13 10. Andrei Stepanov - 7 + 5 = 12 11 Artem Afanasiev - 5 + 5 = 10 12 Daniil Lushnikov - 4 + 5 = 9 13. Nikita Panov - 3 + 2 = 5 14. Nikolai Makharov - 3 + 2 = 5 15. Elisha Vydrin - 1 + 3 = 4 16. Andrei Anisimov - 0 + 2 = 2 17. Vlas Nekrasov - 0 + 0 = 0 18. Danil Nokhrin - 0 + DNR = 0 The Super League Rounds 3 & 4 take place this weekend (19/12 Jan) at Shadrinsk, with an 8am Start for the UK (13.00Hrs Local time). If there is a live video feed I'll post it.

Apologies!

You have to feel sorry for Luca in some respects, in that Dad is pushing him forward when he's possibly not ready. Yes he can ride, and Yes he has SOME experience, but he needs to ride in meetings where his Dad isn't riding. That may be hard if he can't drive or doesnt have the resources to travel to meetings without Dad. On your second point, Bauer is a fans favourite because he will sign autographs and pose for pics with fans as he did for you and your son. He just appears to have a problem with other German riders. However I fully expect him to be the Inzell wild card this year!

Thanks for posting the results, Jesper, as I've been snapping footy today, and getting cold and wet in the process! OK, so how does Gunther Bauer get a reserve slot when he didn't even compete in the qualifying round? Is it a case of who you know?

It started a few years ago, when Bauer claimed he was better than all the other German riders, who were were rubbish in his opinion. He has had fall outs with all the German riders, and myself, Iris 123 and a couple others jokingly refered to him as Gunther No Mates. Then I was in Sanok for the Team Final a few years ago, when Bauer sat apart from the other Germans with his back to them, and the joke stuck. If you can find it on YouTube, at Inzell in 2015, Weber was leading Bauer, and when they came into the second turn Bauer deliberately barged Weber taking him out. I have a sequence of the crash and in one pic, Webers wheels are clear of the ice. (If you have a look on my Instagram - I put it on there, there is a link below) The two don't even stand next to each other on the parades such is their dislike of each other. Bauer though is very popular and puts bums on seats, and I'm sure if he put the effort in with the others and settled his differences, then the Germans could be a force again. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgrCnBljhtHVLh9MCe6PUHAl-AwUUOerEhjAI0/,

'No Mates' Bauer may well get the permanent wild card if he doesnt qualify, however I'd like to see Busch Iwema and Ebner go through. My head says the more experienced riders will go through. Surpised to see how few 'regulars' are in the qualifiers, and it does seem odd not to have a Klatovsky riding. I know Jesper will be doing live updates from Finland, but are there any updates from Sweden?

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2, KAMENSK URAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 SATURDAY Danil Ivanov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 Dinar Valeev (3 3 3 2 3) 14 Dmitri Khomitsevich (2 2 3 3 3) 13 Nikita Toloknov (2 1 2 3 3) 11 Dmitri Koltakov (3 2 1 3 2) 11 Sergei Makharov (2 3 2 2 2) 11 Evgeni Sharov (3 d 3 1 1) 8 Ivan Chichkov (1 2 1 2 1) 7 Evgeny Saydullin (1 3 1 0 1) 6 Konstantin Kolenkin (1 1 1 1 2) 6 Ivan Khuzhin (1 0 2 2 0) 5 Dmitri Borodin (0 2 0 0 2) 4 Vladimir Bobin (2 1 0 1 0) 4 Igor Saydullin (0 0 2 0 1) 3 Nikita Shadrin (0 1 0 1 0) 2 Nikita Tarasov (FdR 0 d 0) 0 OVERALL Daniil Ivanov (13 13 15 15) 56 Dmitri Koltakov (15 15 10 11) 51 Dmitri Khomitsevich (13 10 13 13) 49 Dinar Valeev (10 12 11 14) 47 Nikita Toloknov (9 12 11 11) 43 Sergei Makharov (8 8 12 11) 39 Evgeni Sharov (7 7 4 8) 26 Dmitri Solyannikov (11 9 4 0) 24 Ivan Chichkov (4 6 6 7) 23 Evgeni Saydullin (6 5 3 6) 20 nikita Tarasov (4 6 8 0) 18 Igor Saydullin (6 3 4 3) 16 Konstantin Kolenkin (3 1 6 6) 16 Ivan Khuzhin (2 1 7 5) 15 Nikita Bogdanov (5 6 0 0) 11 Vladimir Bobin (2 4 1 4) 11 Nikita Shadrin (1 1 3 2) 7 Dmitri Borodin (N N 2 2) 4 Danil Ivanov is the new Russian Champion, defending Champion Koltakov finished second overall after two meetings I suspect he'd rather forget. It eans Ivanov, Khomitsevich, Valeev and Nikita Toloknov go to the Ice Speedway Gladiators qualifiers, whist Makharov gets the European Championship spot. Some great racing today, including a last bend dash in Heat 30 by Khomitsevich to pass Koltakov and Makharov to take the win.

Kamansk ural day 2 live now

I believe Koltakov as defending World Champion is seeded to the series, then its the top 5 from each round, then 4 permanent wild cards, and then the wild card for each round

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2, KAMENSK URAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 5 FRIDAY: Danil Ivanov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 Dmitri Khomitsevich (3 2 2 3 3) 13 Sergey Makharov (2 3 3 3 1) 12 Dinar Valeev (2 3 2 2 2) 11 Nikita Toloknov (2 2 2 2 3) 11 Dmitri Koltakov (3 1 3 3 d) 10 Nikita Tarasov (3 0 2 R 3) 8 Ivan Khuzhin (2 1 R 2 2) 7 Konstantin Kolenkin (1 1 3 0 1) 6 Ivan Chichkov (0 2 1 2 1) 6 Dmitri Solyannikov (1 3 F N N) 4 Evgeni Sharov (0 2 1 1 0) 4 Igor Saydullin (1 0 0 1 2) 4 Evgeny Saydullin (1 d 1 1 0) 3 Nikita Shadrin (Res) (1 0 1 1) 3 Dmitry Borodin (Res) (0 0 2) 2 Vladimir Bobin (0 0 1 R 0) 1 Nikita Bogdanov (0 N N N N) 0 OVERALL (after 3 rounds) 1 Daniil Ivanov (13 13 15) 41 2 Dmitri Koltakov 15 15 10 40 3 Dmitri Khomitsevich (13 10 13) 36 4 Dinar Valeev (10 12 11) 33 5 Nikita Toloknov (9 12 11) 32 6 Sergey Makharov (8 8 12) 28 7 Dmitri Solyannikov (11 9 4) 24 8 Evgeni Sharov (7 7 4) 18 9 Nikita Tarasov (4 6 8) 18 10 Ivan Chichkov (4 6 6) 16 11 Evgeny Saydullin (6 5 3) 14 12 Igor Saydullin (6 3 4) 13 13 Nikita Bogdanov (5 6 0) 11 14 Konstantin Kolenkin (3 1 6) 10 15 Ivan Khuzhin (2 1 7) 10 Koltakov dropping points in his second race, as he finished third behind Ivanov and Khomitsevich, then clipped a stawbale in his final heat to finish 6th. Ivanov was incredible, winning all his heats and looking like the Ivanov of old, and leads the standings going into the final rounds tomorrow. The Stream was a bit dodgy today, dropping in and out and the other stream kept freezing for me. However its all to play for in the morning. Looks like another early start!

Day 1 Live coverage from Kamensk Ural New Stream

Russian Final 2 Kamensk Ural, Friday January 4 and Saturday January 5 Draw: 1 Danil Ivanov 2 Evgeni Saydullin 3 Vladimir Bobin 4 Sergei Makharov 5 Dmitri Koltakov 6 Nikita Bogdanov 7 Ivan Khuzhin 8 Konstantin Kolenko 9 Nikita Tarasov 10 Evgeni Sharov 11 Nikita Toloknov 12 Igor Saydullin 13 Dmitri Khomitsevich 14 Dmitri Solyannikov 15 Dinar Valeev 16 Ivan Chichkov R17 Nikita Shadrin Meetings both start at Noon (Local Time) which is 7am here. Live updates here: Friday: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/337/russisch-kampioenschap-ijsspeedway-finale-3-kamensk-uralsky.html Saturday: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/338/russisch-kampioenschap-ijsspeedway-finale-4-kamensk-uralsky.html Once I find live TV links I'll post them,

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1, TOGLIATTI, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 SUNDAY: FINAL 1.2 Koltakov 15, Ivanov 13, Valeev 12+3, Toloknov 12+2, Khomitsevich 10, Solyannikov 9, Makharov 8, Sharov 7, Tarasov 6, Chichkov 6, Bogdanov 6, E. Saydullin 5, Bobin 4, I. Saydullin 3, Kolenkin 1, Khuzhin 1, Shadrin (Res) 1 OVERALL (after 2 rounds) Koltakov 30, Ivanov 26, Khomitsevich 23, Valeev 22, Toloknov 21, Solyannikov 20, Makharov 16, Sharov 14, E. Saydullin 11, Bogdanov 11, Tarasov 10, Chichkov 10, I. Saydullin 9, Bobin 6, Kolenkin 4 Khuzin 3

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL FINAL 1.1, TOGLIATTI, SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 Dmitri Koltakov 15 Daniil Ivanov 13+3. Dmitri Khomitsevich 13+2 Dmitri Solyannikov 11 Dinar Valeev 10 Nikita Toloknov 9 Sergey Makarov 8 Evgeni Sharov 7 Evgeni Saydullin 6 Igor Saydullin 6 Nikita Bogdanov 5 Ivan Chichkov 4 Nikita Tarasov 4 Konstantin Kolenkin 3 Vladimir Bobin 2 Ivan Khuzhin 2 Nikita Shadrin 1 Andrei Stepanov NS

Igor Saydullin will replace Igor Kononov in Final 1. Start time for Saturday is Noon for UK viewers and there is usually a link on Jesper's live updates page. Alternatively, look on MegaLada's YouTube Channel and it should be on there.

This is terrible news. The loss of his Father in such tragic circumstances will be hard for him. I just hope Igor isn't too badly hurt.

Russian Final Togliatti Draw: 1 Dmitri Koltakov 2 Ivan Chikov 3 Sergei Makharov 4 Dinar Valeev 5 Nikita Bogdanov 6 Dmitri Khomitsevich 7 Evgeni Sharov 8 Danil Ivanov 9 Ivan Khuzhin 10 Nikita Tarasov 11 Dmitri Solyannikov 12 Evgeni Saydullin 13 Konstantin Kolenkin 14 Nikita Toloknov 15 Igor Kononov Res: Igor Saydullin Nikita Shadrin Vladimir Bobin Mega Lada have their own channel on YouTube so the meeting should be broadcast Live on that both days. I'll post links nearer the time.

RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINALS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 SEMI FINAL 1, SHADRINSK Dmitri Koltakov (Shadrinsk) 30 (15+15) Dinar Valeev (Ufa) 27 (13+14), Evgeni Sharov (Kamensk Ural) 23 (12+11), Nikita Tarasov (Kamensk Ural) 22 (11+11), Konstantin Kolenkin (Shadrinsk) 21+3 (8+11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nikita Shadrin (Ufa) 21+2 (10+11) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dmitri Borodin (Shadrinsk) 16 (7+9) Eduard Krysov (Yaroslavl) 16 (9+7) Maxim Korchemakha (Novosibirsk) 15 (7+8) Sergei Volodin (Yaroslavl) 12 (6+6) Andrei Zhdanov (Novosibirsk) 8 (5+3) Rustam Akumbaev (Shadrinsk) 8 (7+1), Maxim Filatov (Kumertau) 7 (3+4) Vladimir Bashmakov (Neftekamsk) 4 (2+2) Artem Afanasyev (Ufa) 4 (1+3) Ivan Lvov (Novosibirsk) 0 (0+DNR) SEMI FINAL 2, UFA Danil Ivanov (Togliatti) 29 (15+14) Nikita Bogdanov (Ufa) 26 (13+13) Dmitri Solyannikov (Kamensk Ural) 26 (13+13), Nikita Toloknov (Togliatti) 22 (10+12), Ivan Chikov (Ufa) 22 (10+12) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vladimir Bobin (Kamensk Ural) 21 (10+11) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- German Khazmurzin (Shadrinsk) 18 (9+9), Vadim Svukhov (Togliatti) 16 (9+7), Maxim Karpuhin (Saransk) 13 (7+6), Dmitri Bulankin (Ufa) 11 (4+7), Elisha Vydrin (Ufa District) 10 (6+4), Maxim Masilov (Saransk) 8 (6+2), Danil Lushnikov (Saransk) 7 (4+3), Anton Sozykin (Neftekamsk) 6 (2+4), Nikita Panov (Ufa) 2 (0+2), Alexei Dmitriev (Meleuz) 2 (1+1) Yevgeni Urakov 1 (1+DNR) There should have been a run off in Ufa but aparently Solyannikov refused to ride in one so Bogdanov was awarded second and Solyannikov awarded third. SEMI FINAL 3, KAMENSK URAL Igor Kononov (Togliatti) 30 (15+15), Evgeni Saydullin (Togliatti) 24+3 (12+12), Ivan Khuzhin (Kamensk Ural) 24+2 (11+13), Dmitri Khomitsevich (Kamensk Ural) 23 (11+12), Sergei Makharov 20+3 (10+10) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Igor Saydullin (Togliatti) 20+2 (12+8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Kozyrev (Glazov)17 (8+9), Andrei Stepanov (Togliatti) 14 (6+8), Vasilli Nesytyh (Kamensk Ural) 14 (11+3), Alexei Kolganov (Lukhovitsy) 13 (6+7), Dmitri Strelkov (Izhvesk) 10 (4+6), Savili Vedyanov (Togliatti) 10 (4+6), Nikolai Makharov (Lukhovitsy) 7 (4+3), Konstantin Kosyakov (Glazov) 7 (3+4), Vlas Nekrasov (Izhvesk) 4 (2+2), Ivan Kosyakov (Glazov) 2 (1+1) Top 5 in each Semi Final go to Final, 6th Places rider qualifies as reserve. The Final takes place over two rounds with Final 1 at Togliatti over the weekend of December 22/23. Final 2 is at Kamensk Ural over the weekend of January 4/5 2019. All four rounds will be shown live on YouTube.

It appears that the result does not stand and Round 2 will be expunged from the records.

SUPER LEAGUE ROUNDS 1 & 2, KAMENSK URAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 ROUND 2 - Sunday (Abandoned after 8 heats) Togliatti 15 (Kononov 6, Ivanov 5, Toloknov 3, I. Saydullin 1) Ufa 12 (Valeev 6, Krasnikov 3, Chikov 2, Bogdanov 1, Shadrin 0) Shadrinsk 11 (Koltakov 6, Kolenko 2, Zorn 2, Akumbaev 1) Kamensk Ural 10 (Nesytyh 5, Khomitsevich 3, Haarahiltunen 1, Sharov 1) The riders apparently complained that the ice was too soft and was cutting up. After a lengthy track inspection after 8 heats the referee called the meeting off. I dont know if the results will stand. Despite the cold, it was quite sunny in Kamensk Ural, so its quite possible that has caused a few problems.