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Post by Admin on Jan 18, 2016 17:10:52 GMT
16-Feb
RACE-OFF results
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Post by sheffielddons on Feb 16, 2016 11:55:19 GMT
SENIOR WORLD CUP RACEOFF RESULT - WINNER QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CUP FINAL
A great start from the Australian side as Coglin and Irwin won the opening heats although the Czechs ended the first round of races at the top of the scorechart with Janicek winning his race and all their riders scoring at least a point. Poland were just 2 off the lead, despite a 2 minute exclusion for Irzyk, while the Rest of the World made a very slow start as their young stars Chong and Te-Huna both failed to score in their first race. In the second round of heats the Czech Republic continued their charge with 11 points from a possible 12 to move to 19 points, Poland were hanging on behind thanks to strong showings from Tercjak, Jugovic and Irzyk whilst Australia were rapidly falling away and the Rest of the World already looked like they needed a miracle with Moore's 2 point return their best heat result over the first 8 races.
Heading to the interval this one looked like a two-nation race as the Czechs added 6 solid points whilst Poland closed the gap with heat wins from Tercjak, Jugovic and Ulabek. Surely there was no way back for the Aussies and Rest of the World now who found themselves 12 and 13 points away from qualification respectively.
Ales Fortes won heat 13 to stretch the lead to 5 points for the Czech Republic although Irzyk closed that by a point when heading Stampfl home in the next. Janicek against the unbeaten Tercjak looked a crucial clash in heat 15 with Coglin surprising everybody by taking the win although Tercjak followed him home to reduced the gap at the top to just 3 points for the Poles. After working hard to close on the leaders it was Zdenek Drahos who put the Czechs back in control in heat 16 however by leading home Irwin and Jugovic to send his nation into the last round of heats 5 points ahead. Australia had a good round, scoring 8 points, but had already left themselves too much to do and the nightmare for the Rest of the World continued as they failed to add any points from heats 13 to 16.
Every race was vital for Poland now who couldn't afford to lose further ground and their hopes were pinned on Irzyk against the wily Stampfl in heat 17. The young Pole did the job in style by winning the heat with the Czech Republic rider unable to get the better of either Moore or Pierce and the lead was quickly cut to just 2 points. Heat 18 brought out Ulabek to gate one for Poland with Fortes, another experienced head, lining up between Te-Huna and Hooper needing to produce a big result for his country. Experience told in this one as Hooper made the break from the outside and Fortes ensured good points for his country by following him home. Ulabek found himself pinned on the inside in the early stages and couldn't recover as the Czech Republic put one foot into the World Cup Final by extending their lead to 4 points.
The advantage of experience was very much in Poland's camp for heat 19 with 35 year old Jugovic facing off against World U21 Champion Janicek wearing the Czech Republic colours. On this occasion however youth won out, in some style, as Janicek hit the front and never looked back to take the win. When he did cross the line and look back the celebrations began in the Czech Republic camp with Jugovic trailing at the back meaning their 39 point total put them 7 clear with just one race remaining and into the World Cup Final! The last heat was a formality, more so after Tercjak fell in the first running, and gave Irwin and Chong a chance to provide a little cheer for Australia and the Rest of the World by leading home.
In the final analysis it was a strong performance from the Czech Republic from start to finish and the deserved their place in the World Cup Final - led by Janicek, Drahos and Fortes who all reached double figures on the day. Poland never quite recovered from a sluggish start and with a fall and exclusion for their leading riders, Tercjak and Irzyk, luck didn't seem to be on their side either as they missed out by 8 points in the end. Australia made a bright start and finish but fell away in the second and third rounds and just never looked like catching the leading nations despite impressive showings from Irwin and Coglin. The Rest of the World came in with good hopes of causing an upset but just never got going, Chong providing their one heat winner and Axentiff matching his 6 points return, and they were always outgunned.
So the Czechs will now go forward to the World Cup Final where they will be wanting to take the confidence of this performance forward and cause another upset. It will be a much tougher ask though up against the defending World Cup Champions the Celtic Nations, 4 times World Cup winners and current World Pairs Champs England and a Finland/Norway side led by Bergestol and Thoresen who have recorded 1st and 2nd place finishes in the last World Pairs Finals. I'm not sure many were tipping the Czechs to win this one though so who knows - it's certainly all to race for now!
CZECH REP 40 - QUALIFIED TO WORLD CUP FINAL 1. Zdenek Drahos............. 2 3 2 3 1 11 2. Ludek Janicek............. 3 3 2 1 3 12 3. Ales Fortes............... 2 2 1 3 2 10 4. Leonard Stampfl........... 1 3 1 2 0 7 5. Pavel Stutius............. Did not ride
POLAND 32 1. Yuri Jugovic.............. 0 2 3 1 0 6 2. Maciej Tercjak............ 3 3 3 2 Fx 11 3. Gabrys Irzyk.............. E 2 0 3 3 8 4. Kamil Ulabek.............. 2 0 3 1 0 6 5. Jozef Jarzabek............ 1 - - - - 1
AUSTRALIA 29 1. Ryan Irwin................ 3 2 2 2 3 12 2. Karac Coglin.............. 3 1 R 3 1 8 3. Korey Pierce.............. 1 0 0 1 1 3 4. Carl Hooper............... 0 0 1 2 3 6 5. Robbie Bell............... Did not ride
REST OF WORLD 19 1. Fillippe Chong............ 0 1 3 0 2 6 2. Wynton Te-Huna............ 0 1 1 0 1 3 3. Craig Axentiff............ 1 1 2 0 2 6 4. Darren Moore.............. 2 0 0 0 2 4 5. Colin Adlington........... Did not ride
No. Results CZ RE PO AU 1: Karac Coglin, Kamil Ulabek, Leonard Stampfl, Fillippe Chong..... 1 0 2 3 2: Ryan Irwin, Ales Fortes, Jozef Jarzabek, Wynton Te-Huna......... 3 0 3 6 3: Ludek Janicek, Darren Moore, Korey Pierce, Yuri Jugovic......... 6 2 3 7 4: Maciej Tercjak, Zdenek Drahos, Craig Axentiff, Carl Hooper...... 8 3 6 7 5: Leonard Stampfl, Yuri Jugovic, Wynton Te-Huna, Carl Hooper...... 11 4 8 7 6: Maciej Tercjak, Ales Fortes, Fillippe Chong, Korey Pierce....... 13 5 11 7 7: Ludek Janicek, Ryan Irwin, Craig Axentiff, Kamil Ulabek......... 16 6 11 9 8: Zdenek Drahos, Gabrys Irzyk, Karac Coglin, Darren Moore......... 19 6 13 10 9: Maciej Tercjak, Ryan Irwin, Leonard Stampfl, Darren Moore....... 20 6 16 12 10: Yuri Jugovic, Craig Axentiff, Ales Fortes, Karac Coglin (R)..... 21 8 19 12 11: Fillippe Chong, Ludek Janicek, Carl Hooper, Gabrys Irzyk........ 23 11 19 13 12: Kamil Ulabek, Zdenek Drahos, Wynton Te-Huna, Korey Pierce....... 25 12 22 13 13: Ales Fortes, Carl Hooper, Kamil Ulabek, Darren Moore............ 28 12 23 15 14: Gabrys Irzyk, Leonard Stampfl, Korey Pierce, Craig Axentiff..... 30 12 26 16 15: Karac Coglin, Maciej Tercjak, Ludek Janicek, Wynton Te-Huna..... 31 12 28 19 16: Zdenek Drahos, Ryan Irwin, Yuri Jugovic, Fillippe Chong......... 34 12 29 21 17: Gabrys Irzyk, Darren Moore, Korey Pierce, Leonard Stampfl....... 34 14 32 22 18: Carl Hooper, Ales Fortes, Wynton Te-Huna, Kamil Ulabek.......... 36 15 32 25 19: Ludek Janicek, Craig Axentiff, Karac Coglin, Yuri Jugovic....... 39 17 32 26 20: Ryan Irwin, Fillippe Chong, Zdenek Drahos, Maciej Tercjak (Fx).. 40 19 32 29
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Post by sheffielddons on Feb 16, 2016 11:56:18 GMT
U21 WORLD CUP RACEOFF RESULT - WINNER QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CUP FINAL
In the early races this one shaped up to be a repeat of the Senior Raceoff as Poland and the Czech Republic raced into the lead on 9 points each, Williamson won a race to keep the Rest of the World side in the hunt, just 3 further back. For England it was already a desperate situation after just 4 races with no points on the board and needing to start winning races quickly; two more scoreless races for the English all but ended their hopes, although they did fight back with 5 from heats 7 and 8. At the other end of the scorechart Cervenka won his second race of the meeting and the rest of the side just kept piling on the points for the Czechs to see them move into a 3 point lead from the Poles. Williamson also won a second race for the Rest of the World but they needed the supporting case to wake up and give him assistance quickly as the rest of the side had added just 4 points between them.
The Czech Republic looked like they were going to all but wrap this one up heading to the interval but a couple of pointless rides in heats 11 and 12 slowed their progress a little, although they still headed Poland by a 5 point margin. The third round of heats definitely belonged to the English with 9 points from a possible 12, Harmison claiming a good heat win as they closed to just 5 points behind the Poles in 2nd.
If the chasing nations were hoping for inspiration in the interval those ideas were quickly swept away by heats win from the Czech Republic's Ruzucha and Nemecek in heat 13 and 14 and Galuska and Cervenka made sure their grip on proceedings didn't slip with 4 more points. With just 12 points available to each side a lead of 10 for the Czech Republic had all but ended this as a contest with it being just a matter of pride for the Poles, English and Rest of the World teams.
The killer blow came in heat 17 with Galuska continuning the remorseless assault from the Czechs with another win meaning they could not be caught and emulated their Senior side by reaching a World Cup Final. Over the closing heats Poland rescued some pride by taking good points to finish 2nd here overall while England were happy to fight back from a pointless opening 6 heats to take 3rd on the day. Also, disappointingly in this case, matching their Senior side were the Rest of the World who ran in last in the last chance Raceoff.
So the defending champions, Poland, are out of the World U21 Cup and we will have new champions. Sweden were runners-up last time, after winning the title in 2006 and 2014, and will want to continue their fine junior record. Like the Swedes Denmark, U21 World Cup winners in 2013, saw their Senior side crash out of the competition at the earliest stage and they will be looking to show that the next generation of Scandinavian riders is bright with a win in this one. Finland/Norway have a best U21 World Cup finish of 3rd back in 2008 but will be wanting to do better than that after looking the most impressive side in the Event 1 meetings. The Czechs narrowly missed out to the Swedes in Event 1 but if they can perform like they did in the Raceoff who would really bet against them being at least in the mix for the title?
CZECH REP U21 42 - QUALIFIED TO WORLD CUP FINAL 1. Vaclav Cervenka........... 3 3 0 2 E 8 2. Dusan Galuska............. 2 2 0 2 3 9 3. Vaclav Ruzucha............ 2 2 3 3 2 12 4. Tibor Nemecek............. 2 2 3 3 3 13 5. Roman Lafata.............. 0 - - - - 0
POLAND U21 32 1. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 3 3 1 3 2 12 2. Jakub Baran............... 3 1 3 1 3 11 3. Dominik Witoszek.......... 2 1 0 0 2 5 4. Norbert Pakiet............ 1 1 0 1 1 4 5. Rafal Aranowski........... Did not ride
ENGLAND U21 25 1. Martin Payne.............. 0 3 2 R 3 8 2. Richie Rawlins............ 0 2 2 3 R 7 3. Tristan Bonham-Wells...... 0 0 2 2 0 4 4. Glen Harmison............. 0 0 3 2 1 6 5. Theo Craven............... Did not ride
REST OF WORLD U21 21 1. Bart Williamson........... 3 3 1 1 1 9 2. Jordan Lonie.............. 1 1 1 0 1 4 3. Leo McFarlane............. 1 0 2 1 0 4 4. Jorge Alvarez............. 1 0 1 0 2 4 5. Rex Stephenson............ Did not ride
No. Results CZ PO RE EN 1: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Tibor Nemecek, Jorge Alvarez, Richie Rawlins........ 2 3 1 0 2: Jakub Baran, Vaclav Ruzucha, Leo McFarlane, Martin Payne................ 4 6 2 0 3: Bart Williamson, Dusan Galuska, Norbert Pakiet, Tristan Bonham-Wells.... 6 7 5 0 4: Vaclav Cervenka, Dominik Witoszek, Jordan Lonie, Glen Harmison.......... 9 9 6 0 5: Bart Williamson, Tibor Nemecek, Jakub Baran, Glen Harmison.............. 11 10 9 0 6: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Vaclav Ruzucha, Jordan Lonie, Tristan Bonham-Wells.. 13 13 10 0 7: Martin Payne, Dusan Galuska, Dominik Witoszek, Jorge Alvarez............ 15 14 10 3 8: Vaclav Cervenka, Richie Rawlins, Norbert Pakiet, Leo McFarlane.......... 18 15 10 5 9: Tibor Nemecek, Martin Payne, Jordan Lonie, Norbert Pakiet............... 21 15 11 7 10: Vaclav Ruzucha, Richie Rawlins, Bart Williamson, Dominik Witoszek....... 24 15 12 9 11: Glen Harmison, Leo McFarlane, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Dusan Galuska......... 24 16 14 12 12: Jakub Baran, Tristan Bonham-Wells, Jorge Alvarez, Vaclav Cervenka....... 24 19 15 14 13: Vaclav Ruzucha, Glen Harmison, Norbert Pakiet, Jorge Alvarez............ 27 20 15 16 14: Tibor Nemecek, Tristan Bonham-Wells, Leo McFarlane, Dominik Witoszek.... 30 20 16 18 15: Richie Rawlins, Dusan Galuska, Jakub Baran, Jordan Lonie................ 32 21 16 21 16: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Vaclav Cervenka, Bart Williamson, Martin Payne (R).. 34 24 17 21 17: Dusan Galuska, Jorge Alvarez, Norbert Pakiet, Tristan Bonham-Wells...... 37 25 19 21 18: Martin Payne, Dominik Witoszek, Jordan Lonie, Roman Lafata.............. 37 27 20 24 19: Jakub Baran, Vaclav Ruzucha, Glen Harmison, Leo McFarlane............... 39 30 20 25 20: Tibor Nemecek, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Bart Williamson, Richie Rawlins (R).. 42 32 21 25
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Post by Admin on Feb 16, 2016 12:07:23 GMT
I guess that's Czech mate
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