pandorum Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 Not long now until the Speedway World Cup. With Teams now being announced, I will post below as riders are named. EVENT 1: Czestochowa, Poland 13 July 2013 RUSSIA (red) 1.Emil Sayfutdinov © 2. 3. 4. Others in squad: A. Laguta, G Laguta, R Povazhny, R.Gafurov, V. Borodulin, I.Chaliv, A. Kudryashov, V. Belousov, V. Kulakov TEAM MANAGER: IGOR DMITRIEV AUSTRALIA (blue) 1.Chris Holder © 2.Darcy Ward 3.Troy Batchelor 4.Jason Doyle Others in squad: D.Watt, A.Summers, D. North, J. Grajczonek, T. Proctor?, C. Woodward TEAM MANAGER: MARK LEMON LATVIA (white) 1. Kasts Puodzaks © 2. 3. 4. Others in squad: M. Bogdanovs, V. Giruckis, A. Lebedevs, J. Kostigovs TEAM MANAGER: VLADIMIRS RIBNIKOVS POLAND (yellow) 1. Tomasz Gollob © 2. 3. 4. Others in squad: K. Kasprzak, J. Hampel, M. Janowski, Pr Pawlicki, Pi Pawlicki, P. Dudek, A. Miedzinski, K. Buczkowski, J. Kolodziej TEAM MANAGER: MAREK CIESLAK Russia is obviously Emil plus the Laguta's. Their 4th man will probably be Povazhny but they may spring a surprise and give Chalov a go. Lebadevs and Bogdanovs pretty much a certainty for Latvia. Come on Russia Also hope our lads give a good account of themselves and give Cook and Worrall a go. Also be interesting to see Manzares. wasn't he the keyboard player with The Doors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreso Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Emil will not race, due his foot injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Emil will not race, due his foot injury. here is a link to confirm that: Emil Sayfutdinov has sensationally pulled out of the Speedway World Cup after doctors told him to rest his broken foot. The Russian, who leads the world championship series rode with a broken metatarsal on Saturday night at the Danish round of this years series. Sayfutdinov sustained the injury on June 24 riding for Czestochowa against Gorzow. http://www.speedway365.com/index.php/world-cup/4059-sayfutdinov-to-take-a-rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawel115 Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Emil pulled out due to injury wonder who will replace him huge blow for Russian team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 HUGE blow for the competition as a whole. Looks like Australia, Denmark and Poland to take on the Czech Republic in the final. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandorum Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Damn they could have won it as well. Tragedy for Speedway World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Had Russia down as serious contenders. Wonder if Emil will change his mind if they sneak into the final? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 (edited) HUGE blow for the competition as a whole. Looks like Australia, Denmark and Poland to take on the Czech Republic in the final. Oh yes, I'd forgotten about Czech Repub already in final, what a farce. Edited July 4, 2013 by pugwash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 HUGE blow for the competition as a whole. Looks like Australia, Denmark and Poland to take on the Czech Republic in the final. I cant get my head round the Czech's being in the final just because the meeting is held in Prague. How many more will that put on the gate against having a competitive 4 team meeting with close racing and a closer result. Baffling decision. It will be even more baffling if the racing is poor because of the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I cant get my head round the Czech's being in the final just because the meeting is held in Prague. How many more will that put on the gate against having a competitive 4 team meeting with close racing and a closer result. Baffling decision. It will be even more baffling if the racing is poor because of the track. CANNOT argue with any of that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Hopefully an expected farce of a performance from czech will result in no home nation ever being seeded again Good to see a different country host the final but outrageous that such a woeful speedway nation get a seed Could well fail to score a point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandits 13 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 EVENT 1 – CZESTOCHOWA, POLAND – JULY 13 RUSSIA (RED) 1. Viktor Kulakov 2. Artem Laguta 3. Grigorii Laguta (captain) 4. Andrey Kudryashov Team Manager: Igor Dmitriev AUSTRALIA (BLUE) 1. Chris Holder (captain) 2. Jason Doyle 3. Troy Batchelor 4. Darcy Ward Team Manager: Mark Lemon LATVIA (WHITE) 1. Kasts Puodzuks (captain) 2. Maksims Bogdanovs 3. Vjaceslavs Giruckis 4. Andzejs Lebedevs Team Manager: Vladimirs Ribnikovs POLAND (YELLOW) 1. Tomasz Gollob (captain) 2. Jaroslaw Hampel 3. Krzysztof Kasprzak 4. Maciej Janowski Team Manager: Marek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandorum Posted July 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Good luck to the Reds as they have been robbed of a golden chance to win the whole bloody trophy And also lets hope Latvia give a good showing and highlight the ridiculous ruling that the SWC have introduced that allows a team like the Czechs to stink out the final 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 I cant get my head round the Czech's being in the final just because the meeting is held in Prague. How many more will that put on the gate against having a competitive 4 team meeting with close racing and a closer result. Baffling decision. It will be even more baffling if the racing is poor because of the track. The strange thing to me is that it means that the race off meeting is guaranteed to be without the home nation. If they are seeding them to the final because they think locals wont turn up without them in there, it surely means the race off will be without these fans, and will be an even smaller draw to floating fans without the home nation than the final would be...It seems like the overall attendance over the two meetings is likely to be lower this way than having the home nation at the race off. It makes more sense to seed them to the race off and then they get an increased crowd for that, and with them enjoying home track advantage they have a chance to qualify for the final on merit. As for the selections by the various nations, I am quite surprised to see that Viktor Kulakov has got the nod for Russia. He hasn't exactly been scoring great in the meetings I have seen results from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandonbee48 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Good luck to the Reds as they have been robbed of a golden chance to win the whole bloody trophy And also lets hope Latvia give a good showing and highlight the ridiculous ruling that the SWC have introduced that allows a team like the Czechs to stink out the final The news about Chris Holder's crash at Coventry tonight alters the whole situation again. Obviously i hope ( along with everyone else) that it isn't as bad as first feared. I guess we will know more tomorrow. Regards. Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Confirmed broken shoulder, hip & heel for Holder. Sad news. Wish him all the best. X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Ace Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Davey Watt replaces holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Haven't taken much notice of the reason Czech are seeded apart from thinking the obvious, but was it the decision of the FIM, BSI or a condition of the deal done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 Haven't taken much notice of the reason Czech are seeded apart from thinking the obvious, but was it the decision of the FIM, BSI or a condition of the deal done? The new seeding to the final started last year with Sweden seeded to the Malilla final.I would think BSI call the shots as rights holder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 It's clearly an incentive to get other countries to stage it other than Poland, Sweden, England and Denmark. The big argument was always how do you sell a race off and final without the host nation likely to be in the final, the new seeding host to final gets by that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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