2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark

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The 2001 Danish Speedway Grand Prix was held in Vojens as part of the Speedway Grand Prix series. It was won by Tony Rickardsson.

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Starting positions draw

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Hans Clausen and Jesper B.Jensen as Wild Card. Injured Chris Louis and Joe Screen were replaced by Henrik Gustafsson and Grzegorz Walasek.

1.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (3) Tony Rickardsson
2.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (13) Jason Crump
3.Flag of Poland.svg  POL (7) Tomasz Gollob
4.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (21) Niklas Klingberg
5.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (9) Ryan Sullivan
6.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (8) Todd Wiltshire
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (17) Jimmy Nilsen
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (1) Mark Loram
9.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (11) Peter Karlsson
10.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS (6) Leigh Adams
11.Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN (13) Nicki Pedersen
12.Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO (22) Matej Ferjan
13.Flag of the United States.svg  USA (5) Greg Hancock
14.Flag of Poland.svg  POL (16) Piotr Protasiewicz
15.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (12) Carl Stonehewer
16.Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN (19) Brian Andersen
17.Flag of the United States.svg  USA (2) Billy Hamill
18.Flag of Norway.svg  NOR (14) Rune Holta
19.Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE (15) Mikael Karlsson
20.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (10) Chris LouisFlag of Poland.svg  POL (26) Grzegorz Walasek
21.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (20) Andy Smith
22.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR (18) Joe ScreenFlag of Sweden.svg  SWE (25) Henrik Gustafsson
23.Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN (23) Hans Clausen
24.Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN (24) Jesper B. Jensen

Heat details

PlacingDrawRiderTotalPre-Main EventMain EventFinal Event
Round 1Round 2Round 1Round 21/2CFF
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11 Flag of Sweden.svg (3) Tony Rickardsson 251111
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg (13) Jason Crump 201122
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Heats 1-10: Pre-Main Event
1-4: First round
5-6: Last chance for second round
7-8: Second round
9-10: Last chance Main Event
Heats 11-20: Main Event
11-14: First round
15-16: Last chance for second round
17-18: Second round
19-20: Last chance for Semi-Finals
Heats 21-24: Final Event
21-22: Semi-Finals
23: Consolation Final
24: The Big Final
gate A – insidegate Bgate Cgate D – outside

Result

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