arnieg Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 You can find “delgado's” World speedway Rankings for the year @ http://speedwayranking.125mb.com/2006.htm They are extremely thorough (a real labour of love), and while not perfect they are pretty good Here are the top 20 (second figure is 2005 ranking): 1 2 Jason Crump 2 3 Nicki Pedersen 3 10 Hans N. Andersen 4 1 Tony Rickardsson 5 9 Andreas Jonsson 6 14 Greg Hancock 7 5 Leigh Adams 8 7 Scott Nicholls 9 24 Wiesław Jaguś 10 11 Jarosław Hampel 11 8 Tomasz Gollob 12 6 Rune Holta 13 4 Bjarne Pedersen 14 12 Peter Karlsson 15 21 Chris Louis 16 22 Ryan Sullivan 17 15 Mark Loram 18 17 Sebastian Ułamek 19 61 Matej Žagar 20 19 Keneth Bjerre a few observations: Gollob is no longer Polish number one, he drops to three behind Jagus and Hampel Top under 21 riders (i.e those eligible for 2006 World Champs) 1 Lindback, 2 Lindgren, 3 Zabik, 4 Miedzinski, 5 Hlib, 6 Kennett 7 Batchelor, 8 Heffenbrock, 9 Buczkowski, 10 Wright, 11 Simota, 12 King Highest new entry is Todd Wiltshire @ no 30 coming out of retirement Excluding veterans coming out of retirement (sometimes just for the odd meeting – does Brian Karger really merit a ranking on the basis of one meeting @ Auburn?) the highest new entries were John Oliver @ 320, Adam Kajoch (Pol) @420, Tai Woffinden @ 423 and another Pole - Jakub Śpiewanek @ 424 Big climbers include: Matej Zagar up from 61 to 19 Rory Schlein from 81 to 24 Karol Zabik from 133 to 43 Ollie Allen from 141 to 67 Richard Hall from 239 to 84 Lukasz Jankowski - 204 to 102 Steve Boxall – 327 to 123 Chris Holder – 414 to 126 Nilolai Klindt – 451 to 143 Kyle Legault – 344 to 152 Lewis Bridger – 477 to 156 Thomas H Jonasson – 733 to 163 Emil Saifutdinov – 292 to 177 Chris Mills - 394 to 190 Derek Sneddon - 582 to 298 Chris Kerr - 643 to 309 (Jurica Pavlic's progress was modest – from 275 to 216) Highest riders no longer ranked were Carl Stonehewer (87 in 2005), Peter Nahlin (107), Toni Svab (142) and Lars Gunnestad (153) – all retired New Zealand's highest entry is Andrew Bargh @ 647 – how times have changed Armando Castagna is still Italy's number one moving up 2 places to 194 (well ahead of Maida and Carpenese @ 360/363 Bottom of the rankings is Dutchman Sjoerd Rozenberg @ 697. (Lowest ranked Brit is John Branney @ 689) At the age of 49 Andrzej Huszcza is still ranked a respectable 141 (50 year old Bobby Schwartz is 508) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 How come Bjarne dropped so dramatically from 4 to 13? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) Also strange that Ronni Pedersen is still ranked as i don't think he rode in one meeting.Same with Michael Hertrich.Maybe he done 1 or 2,but i didn't notice.He said he was retiring to do kick-boxing instead.Danny Knakowski also partitcipated in very few Just checked and Danny didn't do any German U21 qualis or do any meetings for Teterow in either 1.Bundesliga or 2.Bundesliga.I remember something about Güstrow wanting to use him in the 2.Bundesliga final,but Teterow wouldn't allow it. Edited January 3, 2007 by iris123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Strangest of all, Nicholls eighth? And Chris Louis above Mark Loram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I guess we could argue about placings till the cows come home But Eric Andersson above Christian Hefenbrock!!!!3rd in both the Euro Final and the World U21s.Plus his average is better in both the Elite and Elitserien i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverstam Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Elitserien: Christian Hefebrock 4.03 Eric Andersson 4.31 Still, I'd probably rate Hefenbrock a little higher than Andersson going on 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Good job i put "i think" at the end.I was going on the figures on sportowefakty and wasn't sure if they were official.But for a first year in the league i would say he should be just above Eric as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I'm reminded of the saying attributed to Disraeli [amongst others] i.e. 'There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies and statistics.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 and i reminded of an pommy forum member who comes on to a speedway forum constantly trying to put on the dog sounding more like an extra from a bad Kenneth Branaghfilm sprouting off quotes and remarks from everyone to Henry 8th to his majesty royal pain in the arse Phillip The Greek. Think you need to put one one of those big cowboys hats old boy and join the rest of the pink hat wearing menopausal wenches who by now would at their rider shrines burning candles and chanting away after the performances of their Demi Gods in Rd.1 last night Give me a break. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's no use.This quote might explain Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 And Chris Louis above Mark Loram? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Probably down to Loram's poor performances in the Polish Ekstraliga last season. Rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Probably down to Loram's poor performances in the Polish Ekstraliga last season. Rico <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As opposed to Louis' sparkling form in Liga I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen till i die Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Strangest of all, Nicholls eighth? And Chris Louis above Mark Loram? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> so maybe Scott Nicholls does deserve his place in the gp's...? so boo hoo mongole man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subedei Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 so maybe Scott Nicholls does deserve his place in the gp's...? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In your dreams perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbieblackadder fan club Posted January 5, 2007 Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 just goes to prove maybe loram should have got the wild card for the GPs...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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