2020 Speedway European Championship
| 2020 Speedway European Championship | |
|---|---|
| Season details | |
| Dates | 4 July – 29 July |
| Events | 5 |
| Cities | 5 |
| Countries | 1 |
| Riders | 15 permanents 1 wild card(s) 2 track reserves |
| Heats | (in 5 events) |
| Winners | |
| Champion |  GBR Robert Lambert |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Denmark.svg DEN Leon Madsen |
| 3rd place | File:Flag 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.
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| # | Riders | 2019 place | SEC Ch place | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | Denmark Mikkel Michelsen | 1 | 3rd | |
| 111 | Russia Grigory Laguta | 2 | 7th | |
| 30 | Denmark Leon Madsen | 3 | 5th | |
| 223 | Poland Kacper Woryna | 4 | 3rd | |
| 115 | Poland Bartosz Smektała | 5 | 2nd | |
| 52 | Denmark Michael Jepsen Jensen | 6 | 4th | |
| 110 | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | 7 | 7th | |
| 744 | Germany Kai Huckenbeck | 10 | 3rd | |
| 225 | Czech Republic Václav Milík | 12 | 6th | |
| 505 | Robert Lambert |
13 | 3rd | |
| 415 | France David Bellego | 14 | 2nd | |
| 98 | Finland Timo Lahti | 17 | 1st | |
| 91 | Russia Andrey Kudriashov | 21 | 2nd | |
| 507 | Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak | 5th | ||
| 36 | Sweden Peter Ljung | 2nd |
Calendar
[edit | edit source]Championship Series
[edit | edit source]All five events in the final series took place in Poland due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]
| Round | Date | City and venue | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd placed | 4th placed | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 July | Poland Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena |
Denmark Leon Madsen | Robert Lambert
|
Denmark Nicki Pedersen | Poland Bartosz Smektała | results |
| 2 | 8 July | Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland
Polonia Bydgoszcz Stadium |
Denmark Leon Madsen | Denmark Mikkel Michelsen | Russia Grigory Laguta | Russia Emil Sayfutdinov | results |
| 3 | 22 July | Poland Rybnik, Poland
Rybnik Municipal Stadium |
Denmark Leon Madsen | Russia Grigory Laguta | Poland Bartosz Zmarzlik | Denmark Nicki Pedersen | results |
| 4 | 23 July | Poland Gniezno, Poland
Stadion Miejski |
Robert Lambert
|
Finland Timo Lahti | Russia Grigory Laguta | Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak | results |
| 5 | 29 July | Poland Toruń, Poland
Rose Motoarena |
Robert Lambert
|
Denmark Leon Madsen | Finland Timo Lahti | Germany Kai Huckenbeck | results |
Final Classification
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Rider | Points | Poland | Poland | Poland | Poland | Poland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (505) Robert Lambert
|
67 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Denmark (30) Leon Madsen | 64 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Russia (111) Grigory Laguta | 52 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| 4 | Denmark (155) Mikkel Michelsen | 46 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Poland (115) Bartosz Smektała | 45 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | Denmark (110) Nicki Pedersen | 45 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Finland (98) Timo Lahti | 43 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| 8 | Poland (223) Kacper Woryna | 33 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | France (415) David Bellego | 31 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | Czech Republic (225) Václav Milík | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 25 | 10 | – | 15 | – | – |
| 12 | Germany (744) Kai Huckenbeck | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Poland (507) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| 14 | Sweden (36) Peter Ljung | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 15 | Denmark (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| 16 | Russia (191) Andrey Kudriashov | 21 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Russia (16) Emil Sayfutdinov | 14 | – | 14 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Poland (16) Paweł Przedpełski | 10 | – | – | – | – | 10 |
| 19 | Poland (16) Patryk Dudek | 8 | – | – | – | 8 | – |
| 20 | Poland (17) Oskar Fajfer | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 21 | Poland (17) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 0 |
| 22 | Poland (18) Norbert Krakowiak | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Poland (18) Kamil Brzozowski | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Russia (17) Sergey Logachev | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – |
| 25 | Poland (18) Adrian Gała | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – |
See also
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