This year’s edition of the Team World Cup belongs to history. Poland took first place in the final in Wrocław. Bartosz Zmarzlik scored eleven points in this event.
Bartosz Zmarzlik scored his first points in the first race. The Pole was lagging behind at the start, but he managed to defeat Nicki Pedersen and got one point. Daniel Bewley crossed the finishing line first, ahead of Jack Holder.
In the sixth race Zmarzlik showed great class. Despite being the last at the start, he accelerated on the straight and overtook all the other competitors. Robert Lambert won two points, Mikkel Michelsen was third, and Jason Doyle arrived last.
In the eleventh run Bartosz Zmarzlik finally made a good start, but Jack Holder overtook him on the first bend. The Australian won ahead of the Pole, Jensen and Woffinden.
The sixteenth race was an interesting duel between Zmarzlik and Madsen. In the end, the Polish rider turned out to be better and scored three points. In the fight for the third place Daniel Bewley turned out to be better than Max Fricke.
Madsen triumphed in the nineteenth run. After a beautiful fight with Daniel Bewley, Zmarzlik won two points. Lidsey was the last this time.
Results:
1. Poland: 33
1. Bartosz Zmarzlik (1,3,2,3,2) 11
2. Patryk Dudek (2,3,1,0 ) 6
3. Maciej Janowski (2,0,2,1,2) 7
4. Dominik Kubera (1,2,2,1,3) 9
5. Janusz Kołodziej (0) 0
2. Great Britain: 31
1. Tom Brennan (0,0) 0
2. Robert Lambert (3,2,3,3,1) 12
3. Tai Woffinden (3,3,0,0,1) 7
4. Adam Ellis (1,0,2) 3
5. Daniel Bewley (3,2,1,2,1) 9
3. Denmark: 29
1. Leon Madsen (0,1,3,2,3) 9
2. Rasmus Jensen (3,3,1,3,2,1) 13
3. Mikkel Michelsen (0,1,1) 2
4. Nicki Pedersen (0) 0
5. Anders Thomsen (1,0,2,2,0) 5
4. Australia: 27
1. Max Fricke (1,2,1,0,3) 7
2. Jack Holder (2,0,3,3) 8
3. Jason Doyle (2,0,2,3,3) 10
4. Jaimon Lidsey (1,0,0) 1
5. Chris Holder (0,1,0) 1
Heat after heat:
1. Bewley, J.Holder, Zmarzlik, Pedersen
2. Woffinden, Dudek, Fricke, Michelsen
3. Jensen, Doyle, Kubera, Brennan
4. Lambert, Janowski, Lidsey, Madsen
5. Dudek, Bewley, Thomsen, Lidsey
6. Zmarzlik, Lambert, Michelsen, Doyle
7. Jensen, Fricke, Ellis, Janowski
8. Woffinden, Kubera, Madsen, J.Holder
9. Lambert, Kubera, Fricke, Thomsen
10. J.Holder, Janowski, Michelsen, Brennan
11. J.Holder, Zmarzlik, Jensen, Woffinden
12. Madsen, Doyle, Dudek, Ellis
13. Jensen, Ellis, Kubera, C.Holder
14. Doyle, Thomsen, Janowski, Woffinden
15. Lambert, Jensen, C.Holder, Dudek
16. Zmarzlik, Madsen, Bewley, Fricke
17. Doyle, Bewley, Jensen, Kołodziej
18. Kubera, Thomsen, Woffinden, C.Holder
19. Madsen, Zmarzlik, Bewley, Lidsey
20. Fricke, Janowski, Lambert, Thomsen
Foto: Tomasz Przybylski