Orlen Oil Motor Lublin defeated Betard Sparta Wrocław 50:40 at home in the seventh round of the PGE Ekstraliga. Bartosz Zmarzlik scored twelve points for the host team in this match.
In the third heat, Bartek started from the third position. The leader of Orlen Oil Motor Lublin was even in the last place on the first turn for a while. Then he overtook a pair of guests and joined the host Fredrik Lindgren. Ultimately, Zmarzlik triumphed over Lindgren in this fight. Janowski scored one point, and the last rider in the race was Tai Woffinden.
In the sixth heat the duo from Betard Sparta Wrocław: Tai Woffinden and Daniel Bewley tok a double victory. After a poor start, Zmarzlik was in third place. Bartosz Zmarzlik managed to overtake Bewley along the track, but he hit a rut and fell to third place. Bartosz Bańbor finished last.
The eighth race was very interesting. After the start, the home duo: Zmarzlik and Przyjemski were in the lead. Along the track, however, Przyjemski lost the duel with Janowski by two points. The young rider from the Motor team fought off Łaguta’s attacks until the end. The junior from Lublin turned out to be better in the fight for one point.
There was a lot going on on the track in race thirteen. The riders “shuffled” repeatedly but in the end Zmarzlik triumphed, winning the duel with Janowski for three points. Cierniak, riding in third position, fell down, which resulted in one point for Bewley. The last race of this event ended in a draw 3:3. It was won by Łaguta ahead of Bartosz Zmarzlik and Fredrik Lindgren. Maciej Janowski finished last.
Results:
Orlen Oil Motor Lublin: 50
9. Dominik Kubera (3,1*,1*,1,0) 6+2
10. Mateusz Cierniak (1*,2,2,u) 5+1
11. Jack Holder (1,2,2*,3,1) 9+1
12. Fredrik Lindgren (2*,1*,3,3,1*) 10+3
13. Bartosz Zmarzlik (3,1,3,3,2) 12
14. Wiktor Przyjemski (3,2,1) 6
15. Bartosz Bańbor (2*,0,0) 2+1
16. Bartosz Jaworski NS
Betard Sparta Wrocław: 40
1. Daniel Bewley (2,2*,3,0,1,3) 11+1
2. Tai Woffinden (0,3,0,2) 5
3. Bartłomiej Kowalski (t,0) 0
4. Artiom Łaguta (3,3,0,2,2*,3) 13+1
5. Maciej Janowski (1,3,2,1,2,0) 9
6. Jakub Krawczyk (0,0,0) 0
7. Nikodem Mikołajczyk (1,0,0,1*) 2+1
8. Filip Seniuk NS
Heat after heat:
1. Kubera, Bewley, Holder, Krawczyk, Kowalski (t) (4:2)
2. Przyjemski, Bańbor, Mikołajczyk, Krawczyk 5:1 (9:3)
3. Zmarzlik, Lindgren, Janowski, Woffinden 5:1 (14:4)
4. Łaguta, Przyjemski, Cierniak, Krawczyk 3:3 (17:7)
5. Łaguta, Holder, Lindgren, Kowalski 3:3 (20:10)
6. Woffiden, Bewley, Zmarzlik, Bańbor 1:5 (21:15)
7. Janowski, Cierniak, Kubera, Mikołajczyk 3:3 (24:18)
8. Zmarzlik, Janowski, Przyjemski, Łaguta 4:2 (28:20)
9. Bewley, Cierniak, Kubera, Woffinden 3:3 (31:23)
10. Lindgren, Holder, Janowski, Mikołajczyk 5:1 (36:24)
11. Lindgren, Łaguta, Drabik, Bewley 4:2 (40:26)
12. Holder, Woffinden, Mikołajczyk, Bańbor 3:3 (43:29)
13. Zmarzlik, Janowski, Bewley, Cierniak (u) 3:3 (46:32)
14. Bewley, Łaguta, Holder, Kubera 1:5 (47:37)
15. Łaguta, Zmarzlik, Lindgren, Janowski 3:3 (50:40)
Foto: Tomasz Przybylski