On Saturday's afternoon, in Czech Liberece, third semifinal of qualifications to SEC Challenge will be held. Meeting in Liberec has got quite a strong line up. Who can be seen as the favourite then?
List of riders who will fight for Challenge in Olching includes Poles: Mateusz Szczepaniak and Tomasz Jędrzejak. First one will replace injured Piotr Protasiewicz. Jędrzejak however, was starting in SEC in the last season, but his results were far from being satisfying. Surely, Artem Laguta will also fight for promotion. Despite not so good start of the season, he can be seen as one of the favourites in Liberec. Who else is on that list?
Fans eyes' will be pointed at Kenneth Bjerre, Jurica Pavlic, Maxim Bogdanovs or Joonas Kylmaekorpi, who's been doing great so far in the Polish league.
Promotion to the Challenge in Olching (May 26) was already grabbed by: Michael Jepsen Jensen, Krzysztof Kasprzak, Hans Andersen, Nicolas Covatti, Eduard Krcmar, Martin Smolinski, Leon Madsen and Peter Ljung. After the Challenge in Olching, organizers will make a decision about giving the permanent wild cards.
Official starting list:
1. Mateusz Szczepaniak (Poland)
2. Artiom Łaguta (Russia)
3. Milan Manev (Bulgaria)
4. Jurica Pavlic (Croatia)
5. Joonas Kylmaekorpi (Sweden)
6. Tomasz Jędrzejak (Poland)
7. Matej Kus (Czech Rep.)
8. Wiktor Kułakow (Russia)
9. Maksim Bogdanow (Latvia)
10. Tobias Busch (Germany)
11. Kenneth Bjerre (Denmark)
12. Zdenek Holub (Czech Rep.)
13. Andriej Kudriaszow (Russia)
14. Jewgienij Kostygow (Latvia)
15. Kai Huckenbeck (Germany)
16. Nicolai Klindt (Denmark)
17. Michal Skurla (Czech Rep.)
18. Jaroslav Petrak (Czech Rep.)