WORLD UNDER 21 SEMI FINAL
 
Sitiveni Chand from Fiji could afford dropped points in his final ride as he won this Semi Final comfortably to qualify for the World Under 21 Final.  Behind him Archie Sanders and Ray France recovered from slow starts to qualify as expected while Petr Marko also cruised through as most thought he would.  Jerzy Wieczorek from Poland impressed in totalling 9 points and Henrijs Birkerts and Tommy Davey scored just one less and will ride in the final.  It looked like an upset may have been on the cards when Louis Joossens had an engine failure in his last heat but he recovered quickly to win a run-off and reach the last 16.  No huge shocks although may would have expected Golden to go through and perhaps hoped to see more from Kasaka, who both lost out in the run-off against Joossens.  The hard luck story of the day was for Sampson who scored 6 points from his 3 completed rides but had bike problems and then a fall in his others to miss out on a shot at qualification by just a single point.
 
  1. Sitiveni Chand............ 3  3  3  3  1  13
  2. Archie Sanders............ 2  0  3  3  3  11
  3. Petr Marko................ 3  1  2  1  2   9
  4. Jerzy Wieczorek........... 3  0  1  2  3   9
  5. Ray France................ 0  2  2  2  3   9
  6. Henrijs Birkerts.......... 2  2  0  3  1   8
  7. Tommy Davey............... 1  3  1  1  2   8
  8. Louis Joossens............ 1  1  2  3  R   7
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  9. Alex Golden............... 0  3  3  0  1   7
 10. Hideto Kisaka............. 2  1  3  1  0   7
 11. Oliver Holmstrom.......... 2  3  1  0  0   6
 12. Carter Fortin............. 3  F  0  2  1   6
 13. Richie Sampson............ 1  2  N2 F  3   6
 14. Juraj Popluhar............ 0  2  1  0  2   5
 15. Manuel Martin............. 1  0  0  2  2   5
 16. Adam Jelen................ 0  1  2  1  0   4
 
 No. Results
  1: Carter Fortin, Oliver Holmstrom, Richie Sampson, Juraj Popluhar 
  2: Petr Marko, Hideto Kisaka, Tommy Davey, Adam Jelen 
  3: Sitiveni Chand, Archie Sanders, Louis Joossens, Alex Golden 
  4: Jerzy Wieczorek, Henrijs Birkerts, Manuel Martin, Ray France 
  5: Alex Golden, Richie Sampson, Adam Jelen, Jerzy Wieczorek 
  6: Tommy Davey, Juraj Popluhar, Louis Joossens, Manuel Martin 
  7: Oliver Holmstrom, Henrijs Birkerts, Hideto Kisaka, Archie Sanders 
  8: Sitiveni Chand, Ray France, Petr Marko, Carter Fortin (F) 
  9: Archie Sanders, Ray France, Tommy Davey, Richie Sampson (N2) 
 10: Sitiveni Chand, Adam Jelen, Juraj Popluhar, Henrijs Birkerts 
 11: Alex Golden, Petr Marko, Oliver Holmstrom, Manuel Martin 
 12: Hideto Kisaka, Louis Joossens, Jerzy Wieczorek, Carter Fortin 
 13: Sitiveni Chand, Manuel Martin, Hideto Kisaka, Richie Sampson (F) 
 14: Archie Sanders, Jerzy Wieczorek, Petr Marko, Juraj Popluhar 
 15: Louis Joossens, Ray France, Adam Jelen, Oliver Holmstrom 
 16: Henrijs Birkerts, Carter Fortin, Tommy Davey, Alex Golden 
 17: Richie Sampson, Petr Marko, Henrijs Birkerts, Louis Joossens (R) 
 18: Ray France, Juraj Popluhar, Alex Golden, Hideto Kisaka 
 19: Jerzy Wieczorek, Tommy Davey, Sitiveni Chand, Oliver Holmstrom 
 20: Archie Sanders, Manuel Martin, Carter Fortin, Adam Jelen 
 21: Petr Marko, Jerzy Wieczorek, Ray France (Fx) 
 22: Louis Joossens, Alex Golden, Hideto Kisaka 

 

 

 

 

WORLD UNDER 21 SEMI FINAL
 
Eddie Mendoza and Craig Leonard were the hotly tipped riders in this one and they qualified without a hitch, in 1st and 2nd respectively.  Another rider who is fancied to challenge for the title is Marco Bellini who was steady throughout to also progress.  There were a few surprise performances though as Keijo Pahlman recovered from a pointless first ride to finish 3rd overall and qualify and Frankie Young, Leo Olsson and Emil Westerberg also progressed ahead of riders that the bookies expected to do better.  The final qualifier was Gennady Baranov, the young Belarusian doing enough to take a final spot as he scored in each of his races.  There were two surprises against the pre-meeting odds with the non-qualification of both Riisik and Turati, the former unlucky with a couple of falls without which he would almost certainly have gone through and Turati just not doing enough in the middle of the meeting to make it.
 
  1. Eddie Mendoza............. 3  3  2  3  3  14
  2. Craig Leonard............. 3  3  3  0  3  12
  3. Keijo Pahlman............. 0  3  1  3  3  10
  4. Marco Bellini............. 1  1  3  2  2   9
  5. Frankie Young............. 1  1  2  3  2   9
  6. Leo Olsson................ 3  0  0  3  2   8
  7. Emil Westerberg........... 0  2  2  1  3   8
  8. Gennady Baranov........... 1  2  3  1  1   8
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  9. Leonhard Riisik........... 2  3  Fx 2  F   7
 10. Lorenzo Turati............ 3  1  1  0  2   7
 11. Jacob Cook................ 2  0  3  1  1   7
 12. Hans Classen.............. 2  2  1  2  0   7
 13. Arne Karlsen.............. 2  0  0  2  0   4
 14. Jakub Majewski............ 0  2  1  0  1   4
 15. Lukas Urbanik............. 0  0  2  0  1   3
 16. Mico Lahti................ 1  1  0  1  0   3
 
 No. Results
  1: Lorenzo Turati, Leonhard Riisik, Mico Lahti, Keijo Pahlman 
  2: Eddie Mendoza, Jacob Cook, Marco Bellini, Jakub Majewski 
  3: Leo Olsson, Arne Karlsen, Gennady Baranov, Lukas Urbanik 
  4: Craig Leonard, Hans Classen, Frankie Young, Emil Westerberg 
  5: Keijo Pahlman, Gennady Baranov, Frankie Young, Jacob Cook 
  6: Eddie Mendoza, Emil Westerberg, Mico Lahti, Leo Olsson 
  7: Leonhard Riisik, Hans Classen, Marco Bellini, Arne Karlsen 
  8: Craig Leonard, Jakub Majewski, Lorenzo Turati, Lukas Urbanik 
  9: Craig Leonard, Eddie Mendoza, Keijo Pahlman, Arne Karlsen 
 10: Jacob Cook, Lukas Urbanik, Hans Classen, Mico Lahti 
 11: Gennady Baranov, Emil Westerberg, Jakub Majewski, Leonhard Riisik (Fx) 
 12: Marco Bellini, Frankie Young, Lorenzo Turati, Leo Olsson 
 13: Keijo Pahlman, Marco Bellini, Emil Westerberg, Lukas Urbanik 
 14: Frankie Young, Arne Karlsen, Mico Lahti, Jakub Majewski 
 15: Leo Olsson, Leonhard Riisik, Jacob Cook, Craig Leonard 
 16: Eddie Mendoza, Hans Classen, Gennady Baranov, Lorenzo Turati 
 17: Keijo Pahlman, Leo Olsson, Jakub Majewski, Hans Classen 
 18: Craig Leonard, Marco Bellini, Gennady Baranov, Mico Lahti 
 19: Eddie Mendoza, Frankie Young, Lukas Urbanik, Leonhard Riisik (F) 
 20: Emil Westerberg, Lorenzo Turati, Jacob Cook, Arne Karlsen