First qualification round for Speedway Euro Championship ended surprisingly with Eduard Krcmar's win. The biggest surprise, though, was lack of promotion for Patryk Dudek.
Twenty heats were not enough. Ultimately, 7 riders were fighting for four spots. Additional heat was about to decide for the last spot and it was taken by Leon Madsen, who replaced Tero Aarnio. Dane crossed the finish line in front of Linus Sundstroem, Patryk Dudek and Timo Lahti.
Another additional heat gave the podium's line up. Eduarf Krcmar took the win with Martin Smolinski and Peter Ljung behind his back. SEC Challenge final will take place on May 26 in German Olching.
Results:
1. Eduard Krcmar (Czech Rep.) - 12+3 (3,2,2,2,3)
2. Martin Smolinski (Germany) - 12+2 (2,3,1,3,3)
3. Peter Ljung (Sweden) - 12+1 (2,3,2,3,2)
4. Leon Madsen (Denmark) - 11+3 (3,2,1,3,2)
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5. Linus Sundstroem (Sweden) - 11+2 (0,3,3,2,3)
6. Patryk Dudek (Poland) - 11+1 (3,2,3,1,2)
7. Timo Lahti (Finland) - 11+0 (3,3,3,1,1)
8. Andrzej Lebiediew (Latvia) - 10 (2,1,2,2,3)
9. Kjastas Puodżuks (Latvia) - 7 (1,1,3,2,R)
10. Hynek Stichauer (Czech Rep.) - 6 (2,EX,0,3,1)
11. Roland Benko (Hungary) - 6 (1,2,1,2,R)
12. Gleb Czugunow (Russia) - 5 (1,2,0,1,1)
13. Norbert Magosi (Hungary) - 3 (1,Ex,1,0,1)
14. Adrian Gheorghe (Romania) - 1 (0,1,d,0,0)
15. Marian Gheorghe (Romania) - 1 (0,0,1,-,-)
16. Jozsef Tabaka (Hungary) - 1 (1,Ex,-,-,-)
17. Sandor Tihanyi (Hungary) - 0 (0,0,0)
18. Dalibor Bot (Slovenia) - 0 (0,-,-,-,-)
Heat by heat:
1. Dudek, Stichauer, Magosi, M. Gheorghe
2. Krcmar, Lebiediew, Tabaka, Sundstroem
3. Madsen, Ljung, Puodżuks, A. Gheorghe
4. Lahti, Smolinski, Czugunow, Bot
5. Lahti, Madsen, Lebiediew, Stichauer (Ex/F)
6. Sundstroem, Czugunow, A. Gheorghe, Magosi (x2/Ex)
7. Ljung, Dudek, Benko, Tabaka (Ex/F)
8. Smolinski, Krcmar, Puodżuks, M. Gheorghe
9. Sundstroem, Ljung, Smolinski, Stichauer
10. Puodżuks, Lebiediew, Magosi, Tihanyi
11. Dudek, Krcmar, Madsen, Czugunow
12. Lahti, Benko, M. Gheorghe, A. Gheorghe (R/3)
13. Stichauer, Puodżuks, Czugunow, Tihanyi
14. Ljung, Krcmar, Lahti, Magosi
15. Smolinski, Lebiediew, Dudek, A. Gheorghe
16. Madsen, Sundstroem, Benko, Tihanyi
17. Krcmar, Benko, Stichauer, A. Gheorghe
18. Smolinski, Madsen, Magosi
19. Sundstroem, Dudek, Lahti, Puodżuks (R/4)
20. Lebiediew, Ljung, Czugunow, Benko (R/4)
Additional heat for 4 place:
21. Madsen, Sundstroem, Dudek, Lahti
Additional heat for 1-3 place:
22. Krcmar, Smolinski, Ljung
