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Unbelievable result in the Final!

However, what impressed me the most was the fact that 'we' beat arguably the form team of the day (Denmark) in a nerve jangling Semi-Final....

Our young HEROES showed incredible bottle/nerve and there was no luck involved, just pure 'CLASS'!

P.s I would have been tempted to rest Lambert/Bewley in the 'nothing' final race against Australia...just in case ? (especially with Doyle in the race).

 

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8 hours ago, Garry1603 said:

Yes, you're right.

In the past a Best Pairs event )which this effectively was) would be won by a 'Star' rider getting 16/17/18 points with a back up getting around 10 points - that would be enough for victory, but this system of 'avoid getting a last' encourages a more consistent second rider to win - and we did it very well.

Well done Team GB

Spot on...

It is effectively a "Best Pairs' event rather than a "Best Rider" event.

Coming last delivers you zero points, meaning to be successful 'the team' needs to avoid doing it..

 

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I had almost forgot the feeling of supporting the winning team it feels f##king awesome.Thank you boys for a great weekends racing.

32 years for a team GB win.

28 years for a Belle vue league win  :cry:

 

 

 

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Slightly disappointing on the official website in the latest post congratulating team GB on their fantastic win, apart from his picture and name in the scorers, not a mention of Tom Brennen by name. Think 7 out if 8 points from his 2 rides deserved a mention, don't think we'd have qualified for the semis if he'd have scored 0,0.

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20 minutes ago, gazzac said:

Slightly disappointing on the official website in the latest post congratulating team GB on their fantastic win, apart from his picture and name in the scorers, not a mention of Tom Brennen by name. Think 7 out if 8 points from his 2 rides deserved a mention, don't think we'd have qualified for the semis if he'd have scored 0,0.

GB finished 15 points ahead of Australia. Even if Kai Ward had ridden he'd have scored 4 points (both Brennan's races were against a single Swede). That would still have allowed us to squeeze into the semis by a mere 11 points.

But you can't fault Tom Brennan, and he certainly delivered under pressure in his Sunday ride, and like you I am underwhelmed by the speedwaygb coverage of our victory.

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1 hour ago, tellboy said:

Just woke up,had to watch the final race again to make sure I hadn't dreamt it.What a night I love it,just love it.Get in there boys,will some of those have sore heads this morning:D:lol:

Still got a test match at Glasgow tomorrow, then I think there might be some celebrating after :t:

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Well done to all involved with Team GB, especially the 4 riders. Unfortunate that Woffinden couldn't be there given that he pushed so hard for the professional setup they have now.

Tough on Poland given they finished so far in front but that's the way it goes sometimes. Always felt that whoever faced them in the final had a good chance against Janowski. 

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24 minutes ago, Endeavour said:

Well done to our boys. 

Terrible way for Poles to lose final . Felt sorry for Janowski, him and Smarzlik going for same bit of track.

Would love if we went back to four riders (and reserve) in a team.

 

Unfortunately, a lot of the competing countries don't have 4 capable riders at that level....

Certainly didnt feel sorry for the Poles !

Regarding those that say we were lucky? Tell me what was lucky about losing one of the best riders in the world on day one?

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8 hours ago, Pirate Nick said:

IMO it was Zmarzlik who lost the Poles the final. He drifted wide cutting off Janowkis’ run around the outside. Janowski has rolled off to avoid contact but he was in the dirt by then and as we saw rolling off in the dirt is never a good idea. It’s a pairs event and Zmarzlik should have had been looking for where his partner was rather than racing his own race.

Not sure I saw it that way.  From what I saw, Janowski went very wide on the 3rd bend.  There was no need to as he was miles ahead of Bewley.  He went so wide he couldn't turn the bike, so slowed down and then the front wheel bogged down in the mud.

Zmarzlik was well ahead and going faster, so Janowski would never have caught up with him.

Who knows what riders think when they make that split-second decision though.

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