2020 Speedway European Championship

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2020 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates4 July – 29 July
Events5
Cities5
Countries1
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 5 events)
Winners
ChampionFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Robert Lambert
Runner-upFlag of Denmark.svg  DEN Leon Madsen
3rd placeFlag of Russia.svg  RUS Grigory Laguta

The 2020 Speedway European Championship season was the eighth season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 20th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the seventh series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

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Every round of the 2020 championship took place in Poland due to the global coronavirus pandemic. For the first time the winner of the series earned a spot in the 2021 Speedway Grand Prix series. [1]

The title was won by Robert Lambert, who beat Leon Madsen by three points. The pair won all five rounds between them, with Madsen winning the first three before Lambert won the last two. Grigory Laguta took third place overall, while defending champion Mikkel Michelsen claimed fourth.

Qualification

For the 2020 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Mikkel Michelsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Grigory Laguta, Leon Madsen, Kacper Woryna and Bartosz Smektała secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2019 season. Due to the cancellation of the SEC Challenge, the rest of the line-up was completed by nominations from each of the national federations. [2]

Qualified riders

#Riders 2019 placeSEC Ch placeAppearance
155 Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen 13rd
111 Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta 27th
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen 35th
223 Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Woryna 43rd
115 Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Smektała 52nd
52 Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Jepsen Jensen 64th
110 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen 77th
744 Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck 103rd
225 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Milík 126th
505 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert 133rd
415 Flag of France.svg David Bellego 142nd
98 Flag of Finland.svg Timo Lahti 171st
91 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kudriashov 212nd
507 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak 5th
36 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Ljung 2nd

Calendar

Championship Series

All five events in the final series took place in Poland due to the coronavirus pandemic. [3]

RoundDateCity and venueWinnerRunner-up3rd placed4th placedResults
14 July Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland

Rose Motoarena

 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Smektała results
28 July Flag of Poland.svg Bydgoszcz, Poland

Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium

 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Michelsen Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta Flag of Russia.svg Emil Sayfutdinov results
322 July Flag of Poland.svg Rybnik, Poland

Rybnik Municipal Stadium

 Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta Flag of Poland.svg Bartosz Zmarzlik Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen results
423 July Flag of Poland.svg Gniezno, Poland

Stadion Miejski

 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert Flag of Finland.svg Timo Lahti Flag of Russia.svg Grigory Laguta Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Kasprzak results
529 July Flag of Poland.svg Toruń, Poland

Rose Motoarena

 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Lambert Flag of Denmark.svg Leon Madsen Flag of Finland.svg Timo Lahti Flag of Germany.svg Kai Huckenbeck results

Final Classification

[4]

Pos.RiderPoints Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Poland.svg
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg (505) Robert Lambert 671410121714
2 Flag of Denmark.svg (30) Leon Madsen 64121416913
3 Flag of Russia.svg (111) Grigory Laguta 5271313118
4 Flag of Denmark.svg (155) Mikkel Michelsen 461013788
5 Flag of Poland.svg (115) Bartosz Smektała 451178910
6 Flag of Denmark.svg (110) Nicki Pedersen 45141011010
7 Flag of Finland.svg (98) Timo Lahti 438821411
8 Flag of Poland.svg (223) Kacper Woryna 3384759
9 Flag of France.svg (415) David Bellego 31661063
10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg (225) Václav Milík 2666563
11 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik 2510–15––
12 Flag of Germany.svg (744) Kai Huckenbeck 25334312
13 Flag of Poland.svg (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak 2571395
14 Flag of Sweden.svg (36) Peter Ljung 2315665
15 Flag of Denmark.svg (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 2234474
16 Flag of Russia.svg (191) Andrey Kudriashov 2158350
17 Flag of Russia.svg (16) Emil Sayfutdinov 14–14–––
18 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Paweł Przedpełski 10––––10
19 Flag of Poland.svg (16) Patryk Dudek 8–––8–
20 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Oskar Fajfer 3–––3–
21 Flag of Poland.svg (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński 11–––0
22 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Norbert Krakowiak 1–––01
23 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Kamil Brzozowski 00––––
24 Flag of Russia.svg (17) Sergey Logachev 0––0––
25 Flag of Poland.svg (18) Adrian Gała 0–––0–

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References

  1. ↑ "SEC stars set for SGP 2021". SGP.
  2. ↑ "Revised SEC line-up". SEC.
  3. ↑ "2020 SEC Events". SEC.
  4. ↑ "2020 SEC Standings". SEC.

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