2019 Speedway European Championship

The 2019 Speedway European Championship season was the seventh season of the Speedway European Championship (SEC) era, and the 19th UEM Individual Speedway European Championship. It was the sixth series under the promotion of One Sport Lts. of Poland.

2019 Speedway European Championship
Season details
Dates13 July – 28 September
Events4
Cities4
Countries3
Riders15 permanents
1 wild card(s)
2 track reserves
Heats(in 4 events)
Winners
Champion DEN Mikkel Michelsen
Runner-up RUS Grigory Laguta
3rd place DEN Leon Madsen

The championship was won by Mikkel Michelsen,[1] who beat Grigory Laguta in a run-off after both riders had finished the series tied on 45 points. Defending champion Leon Madsen, who missed one round through injury, also won a run-off with Kacper Woryna to finish third, while Bartosz Smektała completed the top five.

Qualification

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For the 2019 season, 15 permanent riders were joined at each SEC Final by one wildcard and two track reserves.

Defending champion, Leon Madsen from Denmark was automatically invited to participate in all final events, while Jarosław Hampel, Robert Lambert, Antonio Lindbäck and Mikkel Michelsen secured their participation in all final events thanks to being in the top five of the general classification in the 2018 season.

Five riders qualified through the SEC Challenge,[2] while Nicki Pedersen, Anders Thomsen, Kai Huckenbeck, Paweł Przedpełski and Bartosz Smektała were named as series wildcards.[3]

Qualified riders

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# Riders 2018 place SEC Ch place Appearance
  Leon Madsen 1 4th
  Jarosław Hampel 2 2nd
  Robert Lambert 3 2nd
  Antonio Lindbäck 4 4th
  Mikkel Michelsen 5 2nd
  Grigory Laguta 1 6th
  David Bellego 2 1st
  Václav Milík 7 3 5th
  Michael Jepsen Jensen 4 3rd
  Kacper Woryna 5 2nd
  Kai Huckenbeck 9 2nd
  Anders Thomsen 6 2nd
  Paweł Przedpełski 7 2nd
  Bartosz Smektała 10 1st
  Nicki Pedersen 6th

Calendar

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Qualification

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

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
SEC Challenge 25 May   Nagyhalász, Hungary

Nagyhalász Speedway Ring

  Grigory Laguta   David Bellego   Václav Milík   Michael Jepsen Jensen results

Championship Series

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

Round Date City and venue Winner Runner-up 3rd placed 4th placed Results
1 13 July   Güstrow, Germany

Stadion Güstrow

  Grigory Laguta   Leon Madsen   Bartosz Smektała   Antonio Lindbäck results
2 27 July   Toruń, Poland

Rose Motoarena

  Leon Madsen   Grigory Laguta   Kacper Woryna   Nicki Pedersen results
3 10 August   Vojens, Denmark

Vojens Speedway Center

  Mikkel Michelsen   Kacper Woryna   Nicki Pedersen   Michael Jepsen Jensen results
4 28 September   Chorzów, Poland

Silesian Stadium

  Mikkel Michelsen   Leon Madsen   Paweł Przedpełski   Kacper Woryna results

Final Classification

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Pos. Rider Points        
1   (155) Mikkel Michelsen 45 7 8 15 15
2   (111) Grigory Laguta 45 15 12 7 11
3   (30) Leon Madsen 39 11 15 13
4   (223) Kacper Woryna 39 8 10 11 10
5   (115) Bartosz Smektała 36 12 7 10 7
6   (52) Michael Jepsen Jensen 35 10 6 11 8
7   (110) Nicki Pedersen 33 8 11 14
8   (323) Paweł Przedpełski 27 3 8 2 14
9   (33) Jarosław Hampel 25 7 8 4 6
10   (744) Kai Huckenbeck 24 9 5 8 2
11   (85) Antonio Lindbäck 23 11 2 1 9
12   (225) Václav Milík 22 8 4 5 5
13   (505) Robert Lambert 18 4 8 6
14   (415) David Bellego 14 8 4 2
15   (11) Anders Thomsen 14 3 3 8
16   (16) Adrian Miedziński 9 9
17   (98) Timo Lahti 9 9
18   (29) Andžejs Ļebedevs 8 8
19   (17) Andreas Lyager 7 7
20   (18) Frederik Jakobsen 7 7
21   (191) Andrey Kudriashov 6 6
22   (16) Maksym Drabik 6 6
23   (17) Jakub Miśkowiak 5 5
24   (16) Peter Kildemand 3 3
25   (16) Kevin Wölbert 2 2
26   (18) Igor Kopeć-Sobczyński 0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mikkel Michelsen new champion". SEC.
  2. ^ "SEC Challenge result". SEC.
  3. ^ "Participants announced". SEC.
  4. ^ "2019 SEC Events". SEC.
  5. ^ "2019 SEC Standings". SEC.
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