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I would be surprised in the Abensberg qualifier if Timo Lahti wasn't in contention for a qualifying place.

2 hours ago, smiles said:

So we have the following through so far

 

Current GP

Vaculik, Iversen , Zagar

Past GP

Cook, Ljung, Harris

New ones

Lambert, Aspgren,Thomson,Bellego, Mikklleson, Fricke.

German qualifyers

???

Bjerre , Smolinski(Past)

Millik,Sundstroem,Przedpelsi,Bech, wright (new ones)

Cant see anyone else doing anything.

 

What do people want next season?

3 current ones to qualifer

Any past GP riders

Or brand new faces

 

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18 hours ago, HenryW said:

The selections were Hampel, Buczkowski, Smektała, Wozniak, Przedpelski and Niedzwiedz.

Others that had been due to race in the final but weren't picked included Dudek, Janowski, Kołodziej, Pawlicki, Kasprzak, Drabik and Kubera.

Fairly sure Dudek & Janowski will be in the GP's in 2020 regardless, Dudek along with Madsen & Vaculik look the most likely to challenge Zmarzlik now Woffinden is ruled out of Prague & Hallstavik.  Janowski will get a wild card if he doesn't hit top 8.  The Pawlicki brothers should really have been selected above Przedpelski and Niedzwiedz.  You could argue a case for Drabik & Kołodziej also.  But I wouldn't be upset if there are only 3 Poles in the GP's next year!

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21 hours ago, screm said:

As things stand we are yet to get a qualifier from Poland for the GP Challenge, Pawel Prezdpelski is still to ride in Germany tomorrow but its been slim pickings so far.

I'm not convinced that the Polish riders are that much better than everyone else. The Polish lads have a huge advantage in that they get so much more quality racing and exposure on tracks they have grown up on. 

Look at last year you had Kolodziej, Hampel, KK, Pawlicki, Smeketa, Buckowski in the qualifiers. All top riders in Extraliga. Yet only Kolodziej finished top 3 in any of the 4  matches. 

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15 hours ago, smiles said:

So we have the following through so far

 

Current GP

Vaculik, Iversen , Zagar

Past GP

Cook, Ljung, Harris

New ones

Lambert, Aspgren,Thomson,Bellego, Mikklleson, Fricke.

German qualifyers

???

Bjerre , Smolinski(Past)

Millik,Sundstroem,Przedpelsi,Bech, wright (new ones)

Cant see anyone else doing anything.

 

What do people want next season?

3 current ones to qualifer

Any past GP riders

Or brand new faces

The best three riders who will enhance the GP series next season is who I want to see. Not someone who flukes a top 3 place in the final and who will be an embarrassment when it comes to the GP's next year and there's certainly a few names in there who have a history of that too!!....(sadly, two of them are British!!)

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4 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

Because the challenge final is in Gorican - so Croatia are assured of a place in the field.

I see - thanks for that.

A little bit of a joke if he flops today and then turns up at the final and walks into the GP series.

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22 minutes ago, Najjer said:

I see - thanks for that.

A little bit of a joke if he flops today and then turns up at the final and walks into the GP series.

rubbish happens. Harris has been knocked out, got back into the Challenge and qualified in previous years I think

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1 hour ago, ytsejam said:

The best three riders who will enhance the GP series next season is who I want to see. Not someone who flukes a top 3 place in the final and who will be an embarrassment when it comes to the GP's next year and there's certainly a few names in there who have a history of that too!!....(sadly, two of them are British!!)

How do you 'fluke' a top 3 place in the final? Surely you must 'fluke' your way through the other qualifying rounds as well. That's a lot of fluking.

If riders can't beat those you deem to be an 'embarrassment' then they don't deserve to qualify anyway.

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After 3 rides each in Abensberg

1 Paweł Przedpełski - 3 - 3 - 3  =  9
2 Martin Smolinski - 3 - 3 - 3  =  9
3 Kenneth Bjerre - 3 - 3 - 2  =  8
4 Aleksandr Lokoksiev - 3 - 1 - 3  =  7
5 Timo Lahti - 2 - 3 - 1  =  6
6 Linus Sundstroem - 2 - 2 - 2  =  6
7 Vaclav Milik - 2 - 0 - 3  =  5
8 Jurica Pavlic - 1 - 2 - 2  =  5
9 Charles Wright - 1 - 1 - 2  =  4

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After 4 rides.

1 Martin Smolinski - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3  = 12
2 Aleksandr Lokoksiev - 3 - 1 - 3 - 3  = 10
3 Kenneth Bjerre - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2  = 10
4 Paweł Przedpełski - 3 - 3 - 3 - 0  = 9
5 Timo Lahti - 2 - 3 - 1 - 3  = 9
6 Jurica Pavlic - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3  = 8
7 Linus Sundstroem - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2  = 8

Milik & Wright no longer in contention, both failed to score in their fourth rides.

Edit, sorry Milik finished 3rd in his 4th ride, but still not in contention despite a rather easy looking heat 17.

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5 minutes ago, iris123 said:

Smoli looks to be safe now, given his opponents in ht 20, surely

Przedpełski & Pavlic?  But he only needs 3rd to tie for top spot.

Heat 19 will decide allot.  Expect Bjerre to win heat 18 comfortably.

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3 minutes ago, Welwyn said:

Feel really sorry for Timo Lahti missing out because of the wildcard rule.

Could have been worse, he could have been drawn at Glasgow.  The quality of that field was in my opinion far higher than the others.

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6 minutes ago, andout said:

Smoli,  Lokoksiev and Bjerre it is then....

I know i missed it when Bombay became Mumbai and I missed the changeover from Rumania to Romania, so when did Loktajev become Lokoksiev?:blink:

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