Red Panda Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Got to say well done to the Russians. On the Nicki P incident , i thought he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, the Russian had the line, Nicki made a bad call IMO, but one of those you can put down as being a racing incident , you cant legislate for footrest getting hooked up in someones wheel, but at least this proves that Nicki was half a bike length behind at the time. My thoughts exactly..................... RP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Agree with you, but have all Russians suddenly got bikes that quick?? With the old Team Rickardsson behind them its no shock, but to do it against Sweden ... nice But why was Emil the only russian not to be in team Kevlars? Because he is a one off ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liverpool chad Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 To be honest, I didn't really remember that well...I just had this vague memory of seeing a World Pairs from Australia where there was no fence around the outside. Wikipedia told me it was 1982, but it only had top 3 and the Aussies weren't there. USA - England - Denmark in that order, in case you were interested Your guess of who would be riding seems pretty good to me, though! The riders representing Australia in the world pairs final were Billy Sanders and Gary Guglielmi. Remember him? got a 12 month ban from the Australian authorities in '84 on a drugs charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekker Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 You don't become multi world champion by having a lack of trackcraft. Surely even a Swindon supporter can see that. In his case you become world champ by looking over your shoulder and turning right and putting riders in the fence ref hancock and ermolenko, not to mention trying to rig refs to his own advantage when he comes up to one who wont be intimidated by him and his cronie Olsen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Sorry to inteupt all this banter but I've had some infomation on the condition of Nicki Pedersen. Don't know if it's already been posted. Had a text late last night from a friend who does some work for the DMU - Nicki is still at the hospital and will see a specialist today to see if he needs a skin graft. He will not ride on Thursday. If I receive any further information, I'll post it. I'm sure SCB will have a chuckle at that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Gratulations to Russians If Team GB will win on monday at Showground, then on Thursday at Smoczyk there will be a small Final: Poland, Denmark, Australia and Sweden... Looks interesing :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekker Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 (edited) Give the guy a break, he was a bloody hard rider when he started out, but he has matured into a true world champion.The DIRTY DANE has fenced people down straights, he has intimidated competitors and refs for years, he flops off right left and centre when his lack of skill puts him in bad situations like last night conning refs. You know what LT it's payback time and it's hilarious to watch him running scared of the Russians. Nice rant BTW. The Poles must be under pressure to go into the race off due to the high ticket prices putting the locals off. If theyre not in maybe a few thousand watching the race off?? Edited July 12, 2009 by Dekker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Nice rant BTW. Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Some fotos from Vojens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbit Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Wow! What a meeting!! Just finished watching a recording have successfully avoided finding out the result (stayed away from Norbold's posts this time ) - so glad I did. The suspense was great and reminded me why the SWC beats the GPs hands down every year for drama. Big congratulations to the Russkis. Emil seems to have awakened some sort of latent desire in their riding - I've never seen the likes of Roman and even the Gaffer look so confident and consistent on track despite previous flashes of what they could do. A fully deserved progression to the final. Danes and Swedes slightly disappointing overall and makes you wonder if sub-consciously they'd written off the Russians before the start. Lindback seemed well out of it, and the Swedes seem to lack that 5th strong rider - has PK retired from international racing now, as i'd have thought on the world stage he'd have a bit more oomph than Ruud-boy. Danes very unlucky to lose Nicki with no replacement, but then we all know why that reserve rider option was pulled. On the Nicki incident, really nasty crash and even more eye-watering in slow motion. Hope he makes a swift recovery. I've read some of the comments about who was at fault, but in my eyes, Nicki was making a win it or bin it move down the outside, but Laguta seemed to pick up a bit and drift further out - only fractionally, but just enough when added to his move to shut the door on NP. I don't think you can say what might or might not have happened had the hook-up not intervened - that's open to conjecture - perhaps Laguta may have started to turn at that point leaving Nicki enough room, perhaps Nicki might have dumped it anyway - who knows? From an exclusion point of view, I thought it was the right decision, even if there was no intent. Just hard racing with a lot at stake. Bjarne, sadly also lacklustre, but then some of us have been trying to say he's been off-form badly this season to no avail. Perhaps now the penny will start to drop... Don't think Team GB have an easier or harder job now should they end up in the ride-off later this week. If anything, I'd sense more of a chance against the Danes than the Russians who'd probably have fancied their chances at Leszno had they been there. My only hope is that tomorrow's meeting is half as good as last nights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Sorry to inteupt all this banter but I've had some infomation on the condition of Nicki Pedersen. Don't know if it's already been posted. Had a text late last night from a friend who does some work for the DMU - Nicki is still at the hospital and will see a specialist today to see if he needs a skin graft. He will not ride on Thursday. If I receive any further information, I'll post it. well no one wants to hear that and it sounds like quite an awkward injury The riders representing Australia in the world pairs final were Billy Sanders and Gary Guglielmi. Remember him? got a 12 month ban from the Australian authorities in '84 on a drugs charge. ah Gary yes...... Billy and Gary were both class acts on their day but I think its time HenryW forgave them for not winning on home soil considering the class they were most likely up against The Poles must be under pressure to go into the race off due to the high ticket prices putting the locals off. If theyre not in maybe a few thousand watching the race off?? well I do think the Aussies are trying to win at Pboro considering the squad they selected which automatically gives the Poles an issue with qualifying directly if they want to ...... after Kelvin tried to play down the success of those who choose the race off route it looks like it is going to almost be as tough as the final itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateusz Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 The Poles must be under pressure to go into the race off due to the high ticket prices putting the locals off. If theyre not in maybe a few thousand watching the race off?? Well, everyone in the Polish team (the coach and the riders) claims they are gonna fight for the victory in Peterborough and not calculate... I'm not sure how honest they are in what they say in media but now, having two strong teams (Denmark and Sweden) in the race-off I would rather Poland get through directly. Race-off may be a risk as if one of riders gets injured at the beginning and is unable to carry on, the team may be in serious trouble. I think that if Poland win in Peterborough the crowd at the race-off won't be too impressive but should be a sell-out at the final, especially that ticket prices are much more decent than at last GP in Leszno. Some fotos from Vojens Nice ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 i think the Polish team will win in P'boro. because they are the best team and with the Russian winning yesterday the race off is going to be super tough. even if the Polish team are the best and having home track advantage, anything can happen in a race off and there is always a risk that they will miss the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollyanna Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 i think the Polish team will win in P'boro. because they are the best team and with the Russian winning yesterday the race off is going to be super tough. even if the Polish team are the best and having home track advantage, anything can happen in a race off and there is always a risk that they will miss the final. Really enjoyed this meeting. Am I right in that only one rider won from Gate 4 all night - and that was Kenneth Bjerre in Heat 13? It seemed as though if you were on the outside gate, you were doomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguest Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Laguta rode Nicki very hard up the fence, this happened at Poole the other week but luckily the riders were slowing down as it was the final bend. Hope Nicki is OK, not my favourite rider, but he was unlucky there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Nice ones Thanks Mateusz Really enjoyed this meeting. Am I right in that only one rider won from Gate 4 all night - and that was Kenneth Bjerre in Heat 13? It seemed as though if you were on the outside gate, you were doomed! Vojens and Olsen take a lot of stick,but it can be a very good track.But gate 4 has been a problem.I was talking to Kevin Wölbert and he had a good league meeting earlier in the season until he was off gate 4 twice in a row.......and Nicolai had a slight worry that his first heat was gate 4.He knew the importance of making a decent first race..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posh Red Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Isn't there a "gentlemans" agreement that the rider in front will leave a bit of room if there is a quicker rider behind. Perhaps Nicki wrongly assumed he would leave a bit and didn't. I don't believe this gentleman’s agreement applied when Nicki rode Greg Hancock into the fence in a previous GP (some years back admittedly). FWIW, I think Hans assessment was about right, Nicki was racing for a gap that wasn’t there, and got his wheel caught on Laguta’s footrest, after that both of them were passengers in the accident. Not Nicki’s biggest fan, but he didn’t do anything wrong in this instance, not that I think Greg did either it was just one of those things that happen in racing. Most importantly I hope his injuries are not too severe and he is back on his bike soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meYCYzaQuUo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snyper1010 Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Am i missing something in that video? i dont see how its funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Am i missing something in that video? i dont see how its funny.you must listen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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