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Shoking news just arrived here... Johnny Tuinstra retires from the 2009/2010 season . On his website he says that he can't do another season as a '100% iceracer', caused by various problems and his busy life as self employee . This also means that René Stellingwerf or either Sven Holstein will race his first season as full GP rider! .

Quali 3 - Ufa - Day 1 1. Sergej Kazakov (0 0 2 2 1) 5 2. Stanislav Arkhipov (3 2 1 3 3) 12 3. Sergej Baltatchev (2 3 3 2 3) 13 4. Maxim Karpukhin (1 1 2 1 1) 6 5. Dmitri Bulankin (3 3 3 3 3) 15 6. Yevgeny Sharov (0 X 1 0 X) 1 7. Vladimir Chapolo (1 1 X X 0) 2 8. Daniel Belonogov (2 3 2 1 3) 11 9. Anton Sozykin (3 1 0 2 2) 8 10. Vyacheslav Aznaurov (1 1 1 1 0) 4 11. Nikolai Kornev (0 - - - -) 0 12. Eugene Dydykin (2 X 0 1 1) 4 13. Maxim Lushnikov (2 2 3 2 2) 11 14. Mikhail Bogdanov (1 3 1 3 2) 10 15. Andrej Shishegov (3 2 2 3 2) 12 16. Nail Galiakberov (0 2 3 X 1) 6 17. Maksim Jagovkin (0) 0 18. Mikhail Filatov (0 0 0) 0 Quali 4 - Togliatti - Day 1 1. Sergej Karachintsev (3 3 3 2 3) 14 2. Vladimir Lumpov (2 3 1 1 3) 10 3. Ilya Ulyanov (1 1 0 0 1) 3 4. Alex Abroskin (0 1 2 2 1) 6 5. Eugene Kosov (2 2 0 1 2) 7 6. Dmitri Vintaev (1 1 0 1 2) 5 7. Ilja Ruzanov (0 0 0 0 0) 0 8. Daniil Ivanov (3 2 3 3 X) 11 9. Nikolaj Buzmakov (1 1 2 0 1) 5 10. Nikita Alexeev (2 2 3 2 1) 10 11. Maxim Zakharov (3 2 2 2 3) 12 12. Ivan Ivanov (X 3 2 3 3) 11 13. Nikita Parfenov (1 0 1 0 0) 2 14. Sergej Larionov (0 0 1 1 0) 2 15. Igor Kononov (3 3 3 3 2) 14 16. Nikolaj Rjabokon (2 X 1 3 2) 8 17. Vasily Kosov ns

The first 2 rounds of the CZ Solo championship have been called off due lack of ice. The first round should start on the 2nd of January in Chocenice. Lineup looks good.. Antonín Klatovský Jan Klatovský Andrej Diviš Jan Pecina Martin Běhal Lukáš Volejník Radek Hutla Stefan Pletschacher René Stelingwerf Franky Zorn Martin Leitner Charlie Ebner Josef Kreuzberger +3 from Poland

I've posted the race-cards on my website (Russian championship) Or try this direct link: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/2010/rusland/solo/index.php.

Woohoo . Excellent! .

Well, the Russian Championship has been started woohoo ------------------------ (Day 1) - Quali 1 - Novosibirsk, RUS 1. Andrej Zhdanov (0 1 0 1 1) 3 2. Pavel Tsjajka (2 3 2 3 3) 13 3. Dimitri Khomitsevich (3 3 3 3 2) 14 4. Maksim Koltakov (1 1 2 1 2) 7 5. Artem Novick (X 2 0 2 1) 5 6. Roman Akimenko (3 0 3 2 1) 9 7. Vyacheslav Svitek (2 1 - - 2) 5 8. Dmitry Koltakov (X 3 2 1 2) 8 9. Ivanov Alex (1 0 0 0 0) 1 10. Andrej Utusikov (X 2 1 0 0) 3 11. Alexej Utusikov (2 0 2 0 0) 4 12. Anton Zmaga (3 2 1 3 0) 9 13. Vitaly Khomitsevich (3 3 3 2 3) 14 14. Anton Kovrizhina (1 0 1 2 3) 7 15. Maxim Korchemaha (2 2 3 3 3) 13 16. Alexander Kochetov (0 0 1 1 1) 3 Looked like pretty tough meeting between the Khomitsevich brohers, Tsjajka and Korchemaha. ------------------------ (Day 1) - Quali 2 - Shadrinsk, RUS 1. Eduard Krysov (2 X 3 1 2) 8 2. Maxim Melehin (0 1 0 1 1) 3 3. Junir Bazeev (1 3 X 3 3) 10 4. Alexander Rodin (3 2 2 3 2) 12 5. Michael Zelepukin (X - - - -) 0 6. Alfred Safin (X 0 - - -) 0 7. Dimitri Tikhonov (2 1 0 0 2) 5 8. Eugene Taushkanov (3 1 1 X 0) 5 9. Maxim Baraboshkin (X 3 2 X 3) 8 10. Sergej Makarov (X 2 3 2 3) 10 11. Dmitri Bryuhovskih (2 X 2 3 X) 7 12. Andrej Gavrilkin (3 3 3 2 2) 13 13. Daniel Belonogov (0 1 1 2 1) 5 14. Nikolaj Krasnikov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 15. Ilja Drosdov (2 2 2 2 1) 9 16. Vitali Belousov (1 X 1 0 X) 2 17. Akumbaev (1 2 1 1 1) 6 18. Kazantsev (0 1 0) 1 Nikolaj continiues his Full Max results with another 15 point max, also very good performance of Andrej Gavrilkin! .

Yes, looks like it.

So here are the lineups for the quali rounds sofar: Quali 1 - Saalfelden (Austria) CZ 2 - Lukas Volejnik, Jan Pecina GER 2 - Günther Bauer, Christoph Kirchner UKR 1 NL 2 - Johnny Tuinstra, Sven Holstein RUS 2 NOR 2 AUT 2 FIN 1 - Antti Aakko SWE 2 - Per Anders Lindström, Peter Koij Quali 2 - Sanok (Poland) CZ 2 - Antonin Klatovsky, Andrej Divis GER 1 - Max Niedermaier CH 1 - Heinz Göldi NL 1 - René Stellingwerf RUS 3 AUT 2 POL 2 FIN 2 - Henri Malinen, Jouni Seppänen SWE 2 - Per Olov Serenius, Stefan Svensson Quali 3 - St. Johann (Austria) CZ 1 - Jan Klatovsky GB 1 - Mark Uzzell GER 2 - Florian Fürst, Stefan Pletschacher CH 1 - Thomas Cavigelli or Dirk Fricke FRA 1 - Claude Gadeyne UKR 1 RUS 3 AUT 2 - Franky Zorn, Johnny Bruckner FIN 2 - Mats Järf, Kai Lehtinen SWE 2 - Hans-Olov Olsén, Fredrik Johansson

Yes looks like that Ian. Not 100% confirmed yet though. ---- Rider allocations World Championship Quali 1 - Saalfelden (Austria) CZ 2, GER 2, UKR 1, NL 2, RUS 2, NOR 2, AUT 2, FIN 1, SWE 2 Quali 2 - Sanok (Poland) CZ 2, GER 1, CH 1, NL 1, RUS 3, AUT 2, POL 2, FIN 2, SWE 2 Quali 3 - St. Johann (Austria) CZ 1, GB 1, GER 2, CH 1, FFM 1, UKR 1, RUS 3, AUT 2, FIN 2, SWE 2 Rider allocations European Championship Semi Final - Ufa (Russia) UKR 1, AUT 1, NL 1, FIN 1, GER 1, FRA 1, CH 1, GB 1, SWE 2, POL 1, CZ 2, RUS 2, NOR 1 Final - Ufa (Russia) AUT 1, NL 1, FIN 1, GER 1, SWE 1, CZ 1, RUS 2 +8 from Semi Final Rider allocations European Championship Juniors Final - Kamensk Ural (Russia) UKR 1, NL 1, FIN 2, GER 1, RUS 9, SWE 2

First class meeting in Novosibirsk on the 5th and 6th of December.... 1. Vitaly Khomitevich 2. Maxim Korchemaha 3. Maxim Zakharov 4. Ilja Drosdov 5. Igor Kononov 6. Dimitri Khomitsevich 7. Eduard Krysov 8. Dimitri Bulankin 9. Sergej Makarov 10. Daniil Ivanov 11. Alexander Kochetov 12. Sergej Baltachev 13. Mikhail Bodganov 14. Ivan Ivanov 15. Nikolaj Krasnikov 16. Stanislav Arkhipov 17. Pavel Tsjajka 18. Nikita Alexeev

Team World Championship.... Krasnogorsk, Russia: GER (1, 2, 15) CZ (3, 4, 16) SWE (5, 6, 17) AUT (7, 8, 18) RUS (9, 10, 19) NL (11, 12, 20) - Johnny Tuinstra, René Stellingwerf and Sven Holstein FIN (13, 14, 21)

Another update to the Sanok Cup lineup; Gunter Bauer (GER), Jouni Seppanen (FIN) and Heinz Goldi (CH) will also race there.

Another interesting article here. It says that quite a few western ice-racers are practicing in Slobodskoj (Russia); Max Niedermaier, Florian Fürst, Christoph Kirchner, Stefan Pletschacher, Harald Simon, Sven Holstein and René Stellingwerf . There will be a meeting including all these riders on the 5th and 5th December, also in Slobodskoj.

Yep, great improvement to CZ speedway .

Well he is 62 (?) now, I'm sure he will race a couple more years if his health stays okay .

Four riders have been confirmed for the Sanok Cup; René Stellingwerf (NL), Harald Simon (AUT), Henri Malinen (FIN) and..... POSA! .

The CZ federation has released their Ice Racing dates: Solo Round 1 - 19/12/09 - Chocenice, CZ Round 2 - 20/12/09 - Osecna, CZ Round 3 - 02/01/10 - Ruzena, CZ Round 4 - 03/01/10 - Osecna, CZ Pairs Round 1 - 06/02/10 - Ruzena, CZ Round 2 - 07/02/10 - Chocenice, CZ Round 3 - 13/02/10 - Osecna, CZ Round 4 - 14/02/10 - Osecna, CZ

Season 2009/2010 is going to start this weekend in Russia! . 21-22/11/09 - Round 1, Open Amur Region Championship - Rajchikhinsk (Russia) 28-29/11/09 - Round 2, Open Amur Region Championship - Rajchikhinsk (Russia) No idea on the lineup yet. --- Also some news from Sweden! This year they are running 2 leagues, the Elitserien and the Allsvenskan. Great news that they are back to 2 leagues . Eliserien: Funbo MS, SMK Gävle, ÖMK Rundbana, Strömsunds MC. Allsvenskan: Jämtlands MK, ÖMK Rundbana, Funbo MS, Bollnäs MK, SMK Gävle, Team Finland, Oslo MK ---

WC Quali - Saalfelden (Austria) - Johnny Tuinstra - Sven Holstein WC Quali - Sanok (Poland) - René Stellingwerf

Anyone got the FIM (and UEM) allocations already? The UEM allocations are also out.... this Russian website published a few of those allocations.. .

Russia will have 11 places in the Junior Euro Final, according to this Russian website. That means the UEM is hoping on 5 non-russia riders... hmm.

Got a shocking suprise Ian; the UEM will run a Junior Euro Final . 30-31/01 in Kamensk Ural (Russia).

Couple of modifications already, loooks like the German website made alot of mistakes...... I've edited the calender now .

Whoops, my bad; the Euro Final will be on the 23/24th .