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Quite funny making the Polish federation's president present them with the trophy though.

That rain looks bad now, Kelvin will want this presentation hurried along, just in case.

Australia the first ever team to score the most points in the meeting and go on to win the SON. Dudek letting the Poles down. Ah well...

I've nothing really against any individual rider in this final, but it's always good to see Australia beaten, so I'm probably siding with Poland. Kurtz having another world title robbed by Bartosz would be sickening for him.

Was that Patryk Dudek or Jerzy Dudek? Impressive dive.

A Polish engine failure?

He's desperate to get it called off at the next available milestone, must be on a promise.

Is it just my TV or is the rain making virtually zero difference to the track? Kelvin is talking as if the Ark is about to appear from the pits.

Bewley's fault sadly. The bike seemed to stop when it hit that dirt. That's our meeting over I'd say, right when we were looking good finally!

It's the same in the GPs, you eventually lose track/forget who's doing what. I'd also like to see the race positions done similarly to the Ekstraliga, not in size 4 font in the corner.

We only had 8 points after 2 races last year in fairness. We just need to ignore the fact we'd faced Aus/Den last year, not Den/Lat. Keep the faith.

Can we get Bubba to teach Bewley how to gate? We might end up with the world's best rider.

GB looked poor there. I'm not too worried yet, the track in the semi/final will be much more suited to Bewley. We just have to get there!

Poland looked dominant there. Reminiscent of when they used to steamroller the SWC 15 years ago. Big statement of intent.

Everyone will be getting a block to themselves at Warsaw next year judging by this!

Is it time they split out the U21s from the whole SGP/SGP2 structure and replace the SGP2 with something more akin to the SEC? SGP2 then becomes a place where your Huckenbecks, Kvechs, etc. ride. Maybe they can offer a full SGP spot for the winner/top 3 (balanced out by a relegation spot(s) from the SGP). This way, we can find out how good a rider is amongst what would theoretically be the top 16-30 in the world. It also offers a nice route for the likes of Parnitskyi, Przyjemski, etc. to experience a season-long competition without being dumped into the GPs. They could even have it on a Friday night before a GP, offering something meaningful and competitive for fans to make a weekend of it.

Unbelievable achievement. I don't think anyone had them down to win gold! They deserve it for that team riding in the last heat - only took 28 heats. The 12 year streak is over!!

They did, which I'm sure was a great help, but there's a lot of development before that. Woffinden didn't arrive in the UK until he was 15. Lambert did at least ride in the British Youth rounds, but famously spent plenty time in Germany. I don't even think Bewley rode in the British Youth rounds, he was another straight into the NL. The NL is (was?) a great training ground for youngsters, I was thinking more about what impact Vatcher & co's words of wisdom may have had.

And how much did the GB set-up realistically contribute to the development of 2 of those 3?

You could see the difference in Nagel there by keeping it tighter as opposed to hanging off around the outside. Smart riding. Germany might still have the edge by facing the Czechs in their last one.

Capitulation from the Poles. I thought Denmark might be able to beat them but I wasn't expecting most of field to.

Whoever it is—can we find someone else? (It's Vatcher)

Agreed. I'd like to see how he'd do if he swapped equipment with the Poles. Doesn't look that quick but is very effective and puts himself in the right places.

I know Kelv isn't everyone's cup of tea...but is he alright? I've always thought he was pretty good, and he was dropped in the deep end with the main commentary role, but it feels like it's one thing after the other this week. Even in the main comms role in the last couple of seasons he hasn't been this poor.

What have they done with Ratajczak's 550cc then? 😏