tyler42 Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 I agree. What's strange is he beats most of these riders in the EL but for some reason not in SGP. Does he use a different mechanic and team for the two different competitions? I'll think you'll find the GP's are a tad more harder then the EL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 Who on earth told him to wear that? lol Taking the mickey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted June 11, 2016 Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 I agree. What's strange is he beats most of these riders in the EL but for some reason not in SGP. Does he use a different mechanic and team for the two different competitions? To be honest I'm quite prepared to accept poor scoring from Chris in the GPs as long as he continues to excite and entertain me (and turn up!) as he has for years in league racing. As one who was privileged to watch Peter Collins and Chris Morton regularly at Belle Vue and the likes of Zenon Plech, Barry Thomas and Dave Morton round Hackney in my formative years I will always respect and admire a racer and domestically Chris is one of the best we currently have. Aha I'm watching in the pub so with football on a couple of tellies and speedway on the other we couldn't hear the commentary. Well done for getting it shown on a night like this. Thank god our speedway fans didn't decide to warm up for the event by fighting anyone they could find in Horsens.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Well is that a first.Having just watched the recording the commentators say Iversen has got excluded for looking at an opposing rider .Seems to me that riders are actually getting that bit tougher with Pedersen now,his days are gone now I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMcCaffery Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Well is that a first.Having just watched the recording the commentators say Iversen has got excluded for looking at an opposing rider .Seems to me that riders are actually getting that bit tougher with Pedersen now,his days are gone now I think. It wasn't just that he looked at him but that it was suggesting he was eyeing up his target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 It wasn't just that he looked at him but that it was suggesting he was eyeing up his target. I doubt he was doing that .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdmc82 Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 I'll think you'll find the GP's are a tad more harder then the EL. Yes of course but what I mean is he beats those same riders he's against in the GP in the EL, e.g, Doyle, Holder, Magic, Kildemand, NKI, AJ, Lindgren. However in the GP he doesn't always mix it with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 (edited) video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap--X8wO5dQ Edited June 12, 2016 by racers and royals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAST GATER Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 I thought it was an excellent GP I think it will be tough for Tai to retain his title (not saying he won't) but that would make all the better,did I hear right that Hancock is racing for another 3yrs ?.Love or hate him he is amazing to be one of the top 3 riders in the world at his age and raced as hard as anyone else last night and never complains about his workload either . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted June 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 I thought it was an excellent GP I think it will be tough for Tai to retain his title (not saying he won't) but that would make all the better,did I hear right that Hancock is racing for another 3yrs ?.Love or hate him he is amazing to be one of the top 3 riders in the world at his age and raced as hard as anyone else last night and never complains about his workload either . never complains about his workload- apart from last week http://www.speedwaygp.com/news/article/4923/travelling-troubles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Good GP in Denmark tonight,some hard riding, Just one gripe, why when the racing is so good , does no one in the stadium look excited, unless its one of the home riders winning or its Pedersen passing a helpless Greg Hancock Find the Danes totally partisan.Only really interested in their own riders Even the report today calls the meeting a "fiasco" for Denmark.Mostly concentrating on how poor the Danish riders were and how slow Nickis bikes seemed http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/motorsport/speedway/dansk-speedway-krig-og-roed-hvid-fiasko-i-horsens/6133594 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILIPRISING Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Find the Danes totally partisan.Only really interested in their own riders Even the report today calls the meeting a "fiasco" for Denmark.Mostly concentrating on how poor the Danish riders were and how slow Nickis bikes seemed http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/motorsport/speedway/dansk-speedway-krig-og-roed-hvid-fiasko-i-horsens/6133594 WHY is that surprising? The beginning of the end of substantial national newspaper coverage of speedway in Britain came about because of the dominance of Denmark through the 1980s. I can still remember calling back to the Daily Express (the paper I worked for) after yet another Denmark win and asking how much copy they wanted to be greeted by: "Not the bloody Danes again. Four pars will do." The writing was on the wall. Of course Ekstrabladet will concentrate on the performance of the Danish riders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=da&tl=en&u=http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/motorsport/speedway/dansk-speedway-krig-og-roed-hvid-fiasko-i-horsens/6133594&usg=ALkJrhi-zgl9ZvfbkMEvm_MA_eQoX1wRwQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 WHY is that surprising? The beginning of the end of substantial national newspaper coverage of speedway in Britain came about because of the dominance of Denmark through the 1980s. I can still remember calling back to the Daily Express (the paper I worked for) after yet another Denmark win and asking how much copy they wanted to be greeted by: "Not the bloody Danes again. Four pars will do." The writing was on the wall. Of course Ekstrabladet will concentrate on the performance of the Danish riders. OF course Philip.I am just trying to show the difference between countries that are very partisan and the British scene where many fans will support foreign riders and are fair in their support for a good race.Being in the crowd at Vojens or Parken you see the people are just interested in their guys bashing the rest of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 British speedway wont gain from it as he doesnt ride here. May as well be any jonny foreigner it will have the same effect. Ziltch. Yes i can see the newspaper reports and sky sport news writing all about Janowski or Holder winning the World title. Or just maybe if a British rider wins it for the third time thus making him a legend of our sport, there might actually be some big write ups in all the national papers, and there might actually be quite a big focus on it on sky sports??? No i see what you mean.....lets hope Janowski wins it so nobody reports on it! Got to laugh you have one person liking your post and thats Robert72 the forums biggest idiot, must make you happy when he likes what you write 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovalman Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Another superb gp, it just gets better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Someone mentioned earlier that temporary tracks seem to have got better. Havnt they now decided to use 2 weeks to prepare the track - ever since Warsaw 2015 I think. Danish GP last night was really good. Lindback and Zagar started off really well but tailed off, especially Zagar 2 wins, 2 lasts, what was that about? Freddie not up to scratch last night either after two really good gp's - shame, Jason Doyle not really on it either. Shame. Prague next. Not too sure about this one. It seems if its one of Tais really good tracks, but is the track really good..... not convinced yet. Lets hope some good racing their as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Another superb gp, it just gets better! Been brilliant so far. Downside is Prague next. A dreadful track that is usually a gaters paradise and bald as Kojak. Fantastic to see Holder getting back to where he was before his injury at Coventry. He had the word at his feet then and now its time to get back there. He could have won last night but he is a fair racer who always leaves room for his opponent, even if it means losing out on a gp win. Other riders might not have been so allowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Tai obviously goes to Prague full of confidence now he is back on top.Not a track Holder has a great record at,so Tai must be thinking he can pull out a bit of a lead from the rest.Janowski looks for me to be the possible main threat,although Hancock was surprisingly fast and going past people yesterday.The old boy keeps on surprising me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted June 12, 2016 Report Share Posted June 12, 2016 Yes of course but what I mean is he beats those same riders he's against in the GP in the EL, e.g, Doyle, Holder, Magic, Kildemand, NKI, AJ, Lindgren. However in the GP he doesn't always mix it with them. Those guys won't have the same standard of equipment as they do in the GP's and or Poland. Poland is a good indicator of where riders are, those guys are in the Polish top league while Harris has been binned off by a Polish 2nd division side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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