2018 Speedway European Championship

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2018 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates23 June – 15 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Leon Madsen
Runner-upFlag of Poland.svg  POL Jarosław Hampel
3rd placeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Robert Lambert

The 2018 Speedway European Championship season was the sixth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 18th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the fifth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

The Speedway European Championship (SEC) is an individual speedway competition consisting of a series of stand-alone events over the course of a season to determine the European champion.

The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off meeting, however the single event was replaced by the Speedway European Championship series in 2012. As of 2015, the competition was staged over four rounds in a Grand Prix format, with the winner being declared as the rider who accumulated the most points over the duration of the four rounds. The minimum age of a rider to compete is 16 years of age.

Contents

The championship was won by Denmark's Leon Madsen, [1] who finished 11 points ahead of Jarosław Hampel in second. Madsen won the last two rounds of the series, scoring a full 15-point maximum in the final round. Robert Lambert finished third overall, with Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen completing the top five.

Leon Madsen is a Danish speedway rider who rides for Slangerup Speedway Klub in Denmark and Unia Tarnów in the Polish Ekstraliga.

Jarosław Hampel Polish speedway rider

Jarosław "Jarek" Hampel is a Polish Speedway rider and a participant of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix in 2007 and 2010.

Robert Alan Lambert is a British speedway rider.

Qualification

For the 2018 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Andžejs Ļebedevs from Latvia was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Václav Milík, Krzysztof Kasprzak and Andreas Jonsson secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2017 season. Artem Laguta, who finished second in 2017, declined his invite, [2] meaning an extra wildcard was announced.

Andžejs Ļebedevs is a Latvian speedway rider.

Latvia Republic in Northeastern Europe

Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. Since its independence, Latvia has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, and Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia has 1,957,200 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km2 (24,938 sq mi). The country has a temperate seasonal climate.

Krzysztof Kasprzak Polish speedway rider

Krzysztof Kasprzak is an international speedway rider who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005. He is a son of former Polish national speedway team member Zenon Kasprzak. Brother Robert is also a speedway rider.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge, while Leon Madsen, Jarosław Hampel, Piotr Pawlicki Jr., Antonio Lindbäck, Kai Huckenbeck and Robert Lambert were named as series wildcards. [3]

Piotr Pawlicki Jr. Polish speedway rider

Piotr Pawlicki is a Polish speedway rider.

Antonio Lindbäck Swedish motorcycle speedway rider

Antonio Lindbäck is an international motorcycle speedway rider who currently competes in the Speedway World Championship, finishing eighth in 2016, and was a member of the Swedish team who won the Speedway World Cup in 2004 and 2015.

Qualified riders

#Riders 2017 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
Flag of Latvia.svg Andžejs Ļebedevs 14th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 34th
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak 44th
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Jonsson 53rd
Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov 15th
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen 21st
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Franc 31st
Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kudryashov 941st
Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Kildemand 53rd
Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 133rd
Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel 141st
Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 1st
Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck 83rd
Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 1661st
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert 1st

Calendar

Qualification

The calendar for qualification consisted of 3 Semi-final events and one SEC Challenge event.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
SEC Challenge5 May Flag of Italy.svg Terenzano, Italy

Moto Club Olimpia

 Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Franc Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kudryashov results

Championship Series

A four-event calendar was scheduled for the final series, [4] with events in Poland, Germany and Latvia.

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
123 June Flag of Poland.svg Gniezno, Poland

Stadion Miejski

 Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen results
214 July Flag of Germany.svg Güstrow, Germany

Stadion Güstrow

 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov results
318 August Flag of Latvia.svg Daugavpils, Latvia

Spīdveja centrs

 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík results
415 September Flag of Poland.svg Chorzów, Poland

Silesian Stadium

 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Sweden.svg Antonio Lindbäck Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Woryna Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel results

Classification

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of Denmark.svg (66) Leon Madsen 568141618
2 Flag of Poland.svg (33) Jarosław Hampel 45178911
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (505) Robert Lambert 41614138
4 Flag of Sweden.svg (85) Antonio Lindbäck 401341112
5 Flag of Denmark.svg (155) Mikkel Michelsen 40911812
6 Flag of Russia.svg (89) Emil Sayfutdinov 39611139
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (225) Václav Milík 3288106
8 Flag of Denmark.svg (25) Peter Kildemand 3281077
9 Flag of Germany.svg (744) Kai Huckenbeck 2611960
10 Flag of Russia.svg (91) Andrey Kudryashov 265885
11 Flag of Poland.svg (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 248637
12 Flag of Poland.svg (777) Piotr Pawlicki Jr. 2093–8
13 Flag of Latvia.svg (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 205573
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (100) Andreas Jonsson 197660
15 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Kacper Woryna 13–––13
16 Flag of Germany.svg (16) Kevin Wölbert 8–8––
17 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Adrian Gała 55–––
18 Flag of Ukraine.svg (19) Oleksandr Loktaev 4––4–
19 Flag of Latvia.svg (16) Oļegs Mihailovs 4––4–
20 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (444) Josef Franc 40013
21 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Jakub Miśkowiak 3–––3
22 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Robert Chmiel 11–––
23 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Norbert Krakowiak 11–––
24 Flag of Germany.svg (17) Max Dilger 1–1––
25 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Rafał Karczmarz 1–––1

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Leon Madsen new champion". SEC.
  2. ↑ "Lambert replaces Laguta". SEC.
  3. ↑ "Participants announced". SEC.
  4. ↑ "2018 SEC Events". SEC.
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