Mateusz Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 It`s in Polish. d - defekt - engine failure w - wykluczenie - excluded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 It`s in Polish. Sorry about that. Thanks for the explanation Mateusz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Well done Niels,6th place isnt bad at all,however if it wasn't for bike problems I think it would be Iversens name on the trophy not that clown Hampel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Well done Niels,6th place isnt bad at all,however if it wasn't for bike problems I think it would be Iversens name on the trophy not that clown Hampel. You are a clown saying such stupid things!!! If Iversen did not have an engine failure and got even 3 pts in that heat, he wouldn`t be higher than 3rd with 12 pts. Hampel is a great rider and he deserved the Champ title with no doubts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 He just picks and chooses his meetngs for Ipswitch here in Britian so I have lost all the respect I had for the guy.Ask their fans and Scott Nicholls what they think of him and you would get the same reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Your league is not everything! I know many British riders who picked and chose their meetings for Polish teams and I haven`t lost my respect for them. Ask people from Wroclaw what they think about Nicholls! I like Scott very much but he usually scores 5-8 points in Polish league... Polish / Swedish leagues are better for riders because they pay more and there are not as many matches as in England. Think why he never resigns from matches of Kaparna Goteborg or Atlas Wroclaw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberzbabe Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 welldone bomber!!!!;-) gutted for david :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garf Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 I heard that a lot of the riders had chain-problems, in fact 9 of the "front-chains" had broken, I''m told, and one rear chain as well. Anyona having any ideas of how that can be. Is it because they are running so hot on the long track that they burn all the "grease/Oil" out ? I was just wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Jake Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 injuries and machine problems prevented Bjerre from winning this year, as we all know his is the best rider in the competition, he will just have to wait again, he will be world champ soon anyways so who cares about these minor competitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner_girl4eva Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Yes well done Bomber shame he couldn't claim the victory but great effort to take 2nd. Good to see Matej Zagar & Iversen up there, I was hoping more for a podum spot though but still pleased! So that is David Howe's chances over now for ever being WU21 Champ, injuries seem to plague his career recently always at the wrong time. What happened to Ryan Fisher? Expected a better performance than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 injuries and machine problems prevented Bjerre from winning this year, as we all know his is the best rider in the competition, he will just have to wait again, he will be world champ soon anyways so who cares about these minor competitions. KB has a few more years left yet.....................If he never wins it i'll be VERY surprised....................But to be honest................How many U-21 Champs have gone on to be World Champ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Individual World U21 Championship Final in Kumla (Sweden) Saturday September 13th 2003 Attendence: 3001 Under blue skies, the World U21-final was held today. It was a good - but not exceptional - meeting which ended with much drama in the final round. Lindgren was gifted a win in heat eighteen when Bjerre suffered mechanical gremlins on the final bend, some friends of mine who stood closer to the action said that Bjerre didn´t have an engine failure at all but just slowed down to let Lindgren through. That was not obvious to tell from the view I had. Something that can´t be question though was heat twenty when Hampel lead by forty meters but slowed down to let Szombierski have the win and a run-off for the bronze medal. The crowd was furious and it didn´t help that Szombierski went on to win the run-off, both him and Hampel were booed at the prize ceremony. Such a shame to end an otherwise fine afternoon this way and even though Hampel didn´t use fair play in that particulary situation, no-one can take away his performence today, he was by far the best rider and never once looked like being beaten by another rider as long as he wanted to win. *-*-* 1 [64.2]: Ljung, Fisher, Bjerre, Howe. Excellent first and second bend by Ljung to hit the outside dirt and pass them all entering the backstraight for the first time despite starting from gate four. Howe never in it. 2 [64.5]: Davidsson, Szombierski, Smolinski, Allen (Ef). Davidsson passed Szombierski on the outside on bend two of lap one. Smolinski and Allen had a fine fight for third place, Allen got the advantage but suffered an engine failure on the final lap while third. 3 [64.6]: Harris, Zagar, Miskowiak, Lindgren. All the way for Harris. Miskowiak and Lindgren fought for third during the entire heat, exchanging third place between them, with Miskowiak taking the point. 4 [64.9]: Hampel, Kurmanski, Smith, Iversen (Ef). Iversen had an engine failure at the gate. Hampel won by an English mile with fellow countrymen Kurmanski in a comfortable second place. 5 [65.2]: Lindgren, Szombierski, Howe, Smith. Fine move by Lindgren who went between the Brits on the second bend to take the lead. Szombierski passed Smith on bend four of lap one and Howe on the line after the latter had suffered an engine failure while second on the final bend. 6 [65.1]: Hampel, Harris, Bjerre, Davidsson. From the gate. 7 [65.8]: Iversen, Fisher, Miskowiak, Smolinski. Miskowiak worked hard behind Fisher but couldn´t make it happen. 8 [65.6]: Zagar, Ljung, Kurmanski, Allen (Fx). Ljung headed for a comfortabel win but Allen suffered an engine failure on bend four of lap three and fell, he wasn´t able to get up in time so the referee had to stop it with Allen - naturally - being excluded. Zagar gated in the re-run and won easily. 9 [66.8]: Kurmanski, Howe, Miskowiak, Davidsson. A good heat, Howe gated but was chased by Kurmanski and Miskowiak on either side, Kurmanski managed to pass him on the outside of bend three of lap four. Davidsson never in it. 10 [65.9]: Iversen, Szombierski, Zagar, Bjerre (Ef). Iversen all the way. He looked to be followed by countrymen Bjerre but he had an engine failure when side by side with Szombierski on the final lap. 11 [66.1]: Hampel, Lindgren, Allen, Fisher (Ef). Despite having gate four, Hampel was unstoppable and took another convincing victory. Fisher Ef while third after a lap. 12 [67.4]: Harris, Smith, Smolinski, Ljung (Fx). Tough first bend, Smith took Ljung wide and headed for the lead but Smith lifted coming out of bend two and Ljung was on the outside trying to squeeze through but he hit the fence. Ljung was excluded, a tough decision IMO because he was left with very little space. Harris untouchable in the re-run with Smith and Smolinski having a fine battle for second. 13 [65.9]: Hampel, Howe, Zagar, Smolinski. Big distances between all the riders. 14 [66.0]: Bjerre, Miskowiak, Allen, Smith. Miskowiak passed Allen on the inside on bend one the second lap but Bjerre was long gone. 15 [66.3]: Harris, Szombierski, Kurmanski, Fisher (Ef). Fisher gated but was quickly passed by Harris on the second and Szombierski on the fourth bend, then his bike packed up. 16 [67.3]: Lindgren, Davidsson, Ljung, Iversen. Amazing heat! The Swedes were side by side after a lap and exchanged positions several times after that, Ljung went from first to third, Lindgren from third to first. Iversen never looked like taking a point but came storming back on the final bend but couldn´t catch Ljung on the line. Speedway at it´s best! 17 [67.4]: Iversen, Harris, Howe, Allen. Harris last from the gate but flew past the others on the backstraight. Iversen came back and regained the lead on bend four of lap one. At the back, Allen put some pressure on Howe who managed to hold on for one point. 18 [67.5]: Lindgren, Bjerre, Kurmanski, Smolinski. Bjerre was heading for a huge win but suffered mechanical problems on the final bend to gift Lindgren an extra point. 19 [67.6]: Zagar, Smith, Davidsson, Romanek. Tapes to flag. 20 [67.6]: Szombierski, Hampel, Miskowiak, Ljung. Hampel lead - almost - all the way, heading for an easy maximum but slowed down severly on the final bend so Szombierski could go through for the win and a run-off for the bronze medal. Run-off for bronze [67.1]: Szombierski, Lindgren. Lindgren gated. Szombierski chased well, tried the outside line on bend three of lap two, cut back to the inside and passed Lindgren on bend four. Lindgren came back on the inside of bend two of lap three but Szombierski made his move once again on the fourth bend of the third lap for the lead. Lindgren put some great effort into it on the final lap but Szombierski held on. Result: 1) (14) Jaroslaw Hampel, Poland, 14p. ( 3 3 3 3 2 ) 2) (10) Chris Harris, Great Britain, 13p. ( 3 2 3 3 2 ) 3) (5) Rafal Szombierski, Poland, 11p. ( 2 2 2 2 3 ) +3 4) (9) Fredrik Lindgren, Sweden, 11p. ( 0 3 2 3 3 ) +2 5) (12) Matej Zagar, Slovenia, 10p. ( 2 3 1 1 3 ) 6) (15) Niels-Kristian Iversen, Denmark, 9p. ( Ef 3 3 0 3 ) 7) (16) Rafal Kurmanski, Poland, 8p. ( 2 1 3 1 1 ) 8) (2) Kenneth Bjerre, Denmark, 7p. ( 1 1 Ef 3 2 ) 9) (6) Jonas Davidsson, Sweden, 6p. ( 3 0 0 2 1 ) 10) (4) Peter Ljung, Sweden, 6p. ( 3 2 Fx 1 0 ) 11) (1) David Howe, Great Britain, 6p. ( 0 1 2 2 1 ) 12) (11) Robert Miskowiak, Poland, 6p. ( 1 1 1 2 1 ) 13) (13) Jamie Smith, Great Britain, 5p. ( 1 0 2 0 2 ) 14) (3) Ryan Fisher, USA, 4p. ( 2 2 Ef Ef - ) 15) (7) Martin Smolinski, Germany, 2p. ( 1 0 1 0 0 ) 16) (8) Oliver Allen, Great Britain, 2p. ( Ef Fx 1 1 0 ) 17) (18) Lukasz Romanek, Poland, 0p. ( - - - - 0 ) 18) (17) --- Hampel never looked like being beaten when he needed to win. Harris turned in a strong performence after a subdue practise session. Szombierski had some gifted points due to engine failures but won the run-off fair and square from the back against Lindgren. Zagar blew hot and cold. Iversen could have had a podium finish, looked fast. Kurmanski was exciting, scraping the fence on bends three/four trying to find some extra grip. Bjerre started too slow but got going later on. Davidsson up and down all day. Ljung a bit unlucky and didn´t seem like himself after his crash. Howe worked hard, worth a bit more but obviously not matchfit. Miskowiak fought hard, not fast enough. Smith did what could be expected. Fisher could have had an upper half finish but it wasn´t surprising seeing him struggle with his machinery on a 375 meter track. Smolinski rode his heart out but should - and did - come up short against riders who rides against tough oppositions week in and week out. Allen likes the track but his machinery let him down, looked slow on the practise and nothing had changed today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 Well done Niels,6th place isnt bad at all,however if it wasn't for bike problems I think it would be Iversens name on the trophy not that clown Hampel. Clown is a harsh word and even though Hampel may pick and choose his meetings in Britain, that hasn´t anything to do with the U21-final in Sweden. Hampel never looked like being beaten in the final, he was far better than any other rider in the meeting, well deserved champion, whatever he does - or does not - in Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garf Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Thank you very much Anders. It is an excellent match report, which gave me a lot of clear answers, after I have been following the competition on the Polish homepage. Not an easy task as Polish is not my favourite language at all. Thank you again. Cya around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehammer Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 14) (3) Ryan Fisher, USA, 4p. ( 2 2 Ef Ef - ) Hopefully not taking the last ride was not a case of saying he blew 2 engines up..... if so we could be in trouble in the playoffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Shows how much of a clown he is by letting his fellow countryman through to take first place,CHEAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lioness Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Nobody else seems to have noticed but well done to Chris Harris for his second place. Another good acheivement for a young Brit who has come on by leaps and bounds in the past season on two Well done Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackofdiamonds Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Well said Lioness, a super and perhaps surprising result for Chris, he must be really chuffed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Well done Jarek on becoming World U 21 Champion I know it is something he has been wanting for awhile and he has finally done it and become World U 21 Champ! I think that Jarek is the next big thing to come from poland and sure he will be in the gp's soon Not sure if Jarek will be back at ipswich next year but well done to him and i wish him all the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pug/206 Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 well done chris but gutted 4 ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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