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I'm sure he would have if he hadn't have had that e.f in his first heat.Apparently he was on the German tv report with the opinion he had made it(thinking the top 8 went through) Here is a report on Smoli.Says in training everything was perfect.He was about half a second quicker than most.Then in his first heat the engine went.He had to use his spare bike,which for some reason wasn't even set-up for the track.Guess he thought the first so good he didn't bother with the other one.

Like i said,in indivdual meetings like GPs he can be nominated by any country.Latvia,GB or even Sweden.But to ride in a team competition you need to be a citizen.Simon Wigg for instance "represented"the Netherlands and they played the Dutch anthem when he won in Longtrack.Much to his dislike According to one Latvian member he still didn't have citizenship in November of last year.So i guess he still doesn't otherwise he would surely be in the team Here

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Think he is from Vladivostok,right over the other side of the world.About as far away as you can get.His younger brother is in the Russian U19 team,but it seems Gregori has differences with the Russian federation.Not sure how different Latvian is to Russian,but they do use the western alphabet rather than the Russian one Just what i read in the German mag and on here was one member from Latvia who gave a bit more info on the problem

Not sure,but Hungarian meetings are normally very early.About 10 or 11 in the morning

Well they have a ready made replacement in Ricky Wells.Seeing as he is over in Europe for the U21's next weekend

Must still be problems with his nationality.He was having trouble last year.In particular with the language.Seems they have a test,and he could hardly speak a word.He could ride in Individual meetings as all you need is the nomination of a particular country.That is why he rode in the Ice Racing as a Latvian or in the Latvian GP.But to represent a country you need to be a citizen and he was having problems in that area.But Ferjan seemed to take years to get his Hungarian citizenship

Bank Holiday here.Time is right

For anyone interested there are live updates from the Open meeting in Güstrow Here

Britain don't really enter UEM competitions.Last year Nicki Glanz did,but he was an excetion,i think

Result of the Auerhahnpokal,Teterow taken from inspeed.de 1. Ulamek 2. Ruud 3. Batchelor 4. Hefenbrock 5. Walasek 6. Ferjan semis Ulamek 3 Ferjan 2. Hefenbrock 1. Klingberg 0 Ruud 3 Batchelor 2 Walasek 1 Hansen 0 quali heats Hansen 8pkt. Hougaard 5pkt. Smolinski 6pkt. Ferjan 12pkt. Hefenbrock 10pkt. Batchelor 9pkt. Klingberg 9pkt. Kröger 0pkt. Schultz 2pkt. Walasek 13pkt. Ruud 10pkt. Kennett 5pkt. Zabik 2pkt. Ulamek 14pkt. Kroner 7pkt. Kylmäkorpi 8pkt. Heat details here

From Denmark,Poland,Russia,Sweden.......where the riders come from anyway

All names from the past now(as far as i remember) ,apart as you mention Demmel.Hertrich packed up a few years back,then said he would comeback(twice i think),but don't think anything ever came of it.He was helping out last year at one of the Bavarian clubs(Landshut,maybe).Don't think i have seen Genz since ~2005

Would be good to meet up with you Anders.I am looking forward to the Fjelsted meeting.See what these young Swedes are like I have been saying for a few years on here,Kevin is one to watch.But even he admited after a great start last season,he went backwards.Although he did qualify for both the U19 final and the World U21 final.

Result of yesterdays German U21 quali round(North)from Güstrow 1. Sönke Petersen 15 2. Tobias Busch, 14. 3. Erik Pudel, 13. 4. Robert Baumann, 11. 5. Ramon Stanek, 10. 6. René Deddens, 9. 7. Denis Wienke, 7. 8. Arne Ledwig, 7. 9. Marcel Kalms, 7. 10. Sergej Malyschew, 7. 11. Fritz Riemer, 5. 12. Toni Brosowski, 4. 13. Domingo Krecklow, 4. 14. Danny Maaßen, 3. 15. Nils Hesse, 2. 16. Marco Gaschka, 1. 17. Clemens Sommer, 1. 18. Henk Koonstra, 0. Maximum from Sönke Petersen,who really seems to be in form this year.Also young René Deddens had 3 heat wins and two disqualifications.But maybe after a few years of the same riders at the top,there is another youngster coming through.Sometimes hard to believe that Sönke and Kevin Wölbert are still in the U19 category as they were impressive in the U21 qualis way back in 2004!!Some of these guys seem to have been around for ever

Yes really amazing.I saw a couple of photo early yesterday and just assumed they were from another(bigger) meeting.I wonder if Stralsund will even get 2,000 for the Final? I hope they get a good crowd,as i am sure the line-up will be fantastic

Steven Andersen-Denmark Dave Gifford-Born in England,but guess naturalised NZ

A.Laguta(Rus) (3,3,3,3,2)14 A.Vodjakov(Rus) (3,1,3,3,3)13+3 K.Wölbert (D)(2,2,3,3,3)13+2 B.Miturski(Pl)(3,3,2,2,2)12 D.Nozov(Rus)(1,2,2,2,3)10 -------------------------------- M.Bogdanov(Lat)(x,3,3,3,x)9 -------------------------------- J.Sidorin(Rus)(3,3,0,1,1)8 A.Kudriaschov(Rus)(1,1,2,0,3)7 J.Holub(Cz)(2,2,2,0,1)7 M.Lopaczewski(Pl)(2,1,1,1,2)7 O.Beschatsnov(Rus)(1,2,1,2,0)6 S.Karaitschenzev(Rus)(2,0,1,0,2)5 M.Dudek(Cz)(0,0,1,2,0)3 A.Kobrin(Ukr) (0,0,0,1,1)2 M.Lobosenko(Rus)(0,1,0,0,1)2 S.Ogorodnik(Ukr)(1,0,0,0,0)1 Kevin has to be among the favourites with the Final being in Stralsund.Looking forward to that one taken from the Russian forum.

Is that a good guess?Leaving out Tomicek or Bjerre?Not sure about the sweden team either with Max

Who are the others then?Bridger + 2

The hosting nation gets a wildcard if one of their riders doesn't make it.Had a look and Carpanese rode in the Terenzano final having been given a wildcard.This is quite common in competitions that the host nation are assured a rider in the final.

I would imagine CZ are assured of a rider in the Final,if one doesn't make it through the quali's.That was the case in Wiener Neustadt when Wallner was given a place in the Final,after getting "eliminated" in the previous round

Oh right.Thanks. Anyone know who the 2 Brits are in the Güstrow quali? I guess it is 6 riders from the 5 quali's plus two seeded riders

And at Norden the same day Max Dilger(D) Robert Kasprzak(PL) Mattia Tadiello(I) Richard Speiser(D) Adam Vandirek(CZ) Jannick de Jong(NL) Patrick Hougaard(DK) Grant Tregoning(NZ) Alex Marcucci(US) Denis Wienke(D) Henry van der Steen(NL) Hynek Stichauer(CZ) Adam Kajoch(PL) Ricky Wells(US) Jozsef Tabaka(H) Jade Mudgway(NZ) res: Sönke Petersen(D) Kristian Drossmann(D) Expect a good showing from Hougaard and possibly Kajoch.Some of these riders are unknown to me.Will be interesting to see how the NZ riders fare.And how Ricky Wells goes.Max Dilger could possibly win the meeting,if he rides at his best.Imo,Sönke Petersen is far better than Denis Wienke and being more local than Berliner Wienke might have helped the crowd numbers if he was in the line-up.Still,looking forward to it and hope the weather stays like it has been this week

Hope Kevin makes it through.At least having ridden for ZG for a couple of years he should be well prepared.Tough meeting though.Holder looks favourite,but hope Adam makes it through as well.Would say it is a much better line-up than Norden,though i am looking forward to seeing Ricky Wells