2017 Speedway World Cup Race-off

The 2017 Monster Energy FIM Speedway World Cup Race Off was the third race of the 2017 edition of the Speedway World Cup. It was run on July 7 at the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium in Leszno, Poland and was won by Russia from Australia, Latvia and the United States. As a result, Russia progressed to the 2017 Speedway World Cup Final, where they will join defending champions and hosts Poland, Event One winners Great Britain and Event Two winners Sweden. Australia finished second, but were eliminated from the competition along with Latvia and the United States.[1]

2017 FIM Speedway World Cup – Race Off
Information
Date 7 July 2017
City Leszno
Event 3 of 4
Stadium details
Stadium Alfred Smoczyk Stadium
Capacity 25,000
Length 330 m
Track speedway track
SWC Results
Winner  Russia - 46 pts
Runner-up  Australia - 33 pts
3rd place  Latvia - 30 pts
4th place  United States - 15 pts

Emil Sayfutdinov led Russia to victory with a 15-point maximum, and he was well supported by Gleb Chugunov, Andrey Kudryashov and Vadim Tarasenko. The Russian team still made the final without Grigory Laguta, who was suspended in the build-up to the event after failing a doping test.[2] Jason Doyle top scored with 12 points for Australia, while Andžejs Ļebedevs was the star for Latvia with 18 points.

Results

Pos.National teamPts.
1 Russia46
2 Australia33
3 Latvia30
4 United States15

Scores

RUSSIA 46
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Emil Sayfutdinov 15 3,3,3,3,3
2 Grigory Laguta DNR
3 Vadim Tarasenko 10 3,1,2,3,1
4 Andrey Kudryashov 10 0,3,2,2,3
5 Gleb Chugunov 11 1,2,3,2,3
AUSTRALIA 33
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Jason Doyle 12 3,3,X,2,2,2
2 Sam Masters 2 1,1
3 Chris Holder 6 0,2,2,2
4 Troy Batchelor 7 2,3,2,X,0
5 Max Fricke 6 1,3,2
LATVIA 30
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Kjasts Puodžuks 4 2,1,1,0,0
2 Jevgeņijs Kostigovs 6 2,0,1,1,2
3 Andžejs Ļebedevs 18 3,2,6,3,3,1
4 Maksims Bogdanovs 2 0,0,2,E
UNITED STATES 15
No Rider Name Pts. Heats
1 Ricky Wells 6 2,2,0,1,1
2 Gino Manzares 2 1,0,1,0
3 Luke Becker 4 1,0,0,3
4 Max Ruml 1 0,0,1
5 Broc Nicol 2 1,0,0,1

References

  1. "2017 Speedway World Cup Race Off Result". SWC. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. "Grigory Laguta FIM statement". SWC.

See also

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