SGP Daugavpils
The meeting didn't start well - Andreas finished last in his first heat. Fortunately, later it was only better. Andreas did some great attacks and with safe 9 points qualified for the semi-final where with his fellow countryman Antonio Lindback managed to beat Scott Nicholls and newly crowned 2006 World Champion Jason Crump. Till this point everything seemed to be going as it should...
Before the final Andreas could "choose" the only left yellow gate again. But it was the referee Wojciech Grodzki who disallowed Andreas to fight for a place on the rostrum. The ref excluded Andreas after his overtaking attack on Pedersen which the Dane fell down just after. TV replays showed quite clearly there was no contact between both riders. Absolutely angry Andreas didn't want to comment this, lightly saying, controversial decision...
The GP winner was Greg Hancock and Pedersen finished third. It's not good news for Andreas fighting for a medal of the 2006 SGP. Currently the rider is 17 points behind Greg Hancock who is second but only 2 behind Pedersen, third. Now the chances of gaining the silver medal are rather theoretical only but the bronze one is possible. It seems that on 23rd of September at the stadium of Polonia Bydgoszcz Andreas Jonsson, Nicki Pedersen and Leigh Adams will fight their final battle for the bronze medal of the 2006 SGP series. Let's hope that with a support of his wonderful Bydgoszcz fans Andreas will manage to achieve the greatest success in his so far career.
Results:
01. Greg Hancock - 25 (3,1,2,3,3)
02. Antonio Lindbaeck - 20 (3,2,3,3,2)
03. Nicki Pedersen - 18 (3,3,2,2,3)
04. Andreas Jonsson - 16 (0,3,1,2,3)
05. Jason Crump - 11 (2,3,3,2,1)
06. Matej Zagar - 11 (1,3,3,2,2)
07. Scott Nicholls - 9 (2,2,0,3,2)
08. Leigh Adams - 8 (1,1,0,3,3)
09. Jaroslaw Hampel - 7 (1,2,3,1,ef)
10. Bjarne Pedersen - 7 (2,2,1,0,2)
11. Hans Andersen - 4 (3,0,ef,0,1)
12. Tomasz Gollob - 4 (2,0,2,0,0)
13. Kostia Puodzuks - 4 (f,1,2,1,0)
14. Piotr Protasiewicz - 4 (1,0,1,1,1)
15. Niels-Kristian Iversen - 4 (0,1,1,1,1)
16. Lee Richardson - 0 (0,ef,ef,-,-)
17. Grigorij Laguta - 0 (0)
18. Andrej Korolew - 0 (0)
Heats:
01. Hancock, B.Pedersen, Protasiewicz, Iversen
02. N.Pedersen, Crump, Zagar, Jonsson
03. Lindbaeck, Nicholls, Adams, Puodzuks (f)
04. Andersen, Gollob, Hampel, Richardson
05. N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Adams, Richardson (ef)
06. Crump, Hampel, Puodzuks, Protasiewicz
07. Zagar, Nicholls, Hancock, Andersen
08. Jonsson, Lindbaeck, Iversen, Gollob
09. Crump, Gollob, B.Pedersen, Nicholls
10. Lindbaeck, N.Pedersen, Protasiewicz, Andersen (ef)
11. Hampel, Hancock, Jonsson, Adams
12. Zagar, Puodzuks, Iversen, Richardson (ef)
13. Lindbaeck, Zagar, Hampel, B.Pedersen
14. Nicholls, Jonsson, Protasiewicz, Laguta
15. Hancock, N.Pedersen, Puodzuks, Gollob
16. Adams, Crump, Iversen, Andersen
17. Jonsson, B.Pedersen, Andersen, Puodzuks
18. Adams, Zagar, Protasiewicz, Gollob
19. Hancock, Lindbaeck, Crump, Korolew
20. N.Pedersen, Nicholls, Iversen, Hampel (ef)
21. Lindbaeck, Jonsson, Nicholls, Crump
22. Hancock, N.Pedersen, Zagar, Adams
23. Hancock, Lindbaeck, N.Pedersen, Jonsson (ex)
Overall:
01. Jason Crump - 181
02. Greg Hancock - 124
03. Nicki Pedersen - 109
04. Andreas Jonsson - 107
05. Leigh Adams - 100
06. Hans Andersen - 92
07. Matej Zagar - 89
08. Antonio Lindbaeck - 86
09. Jarosław Hampel - 85
10. Tomasz Gollob - 76
11. Scott Nicholls - 76
12. Bjarne Pedersen - 75
13. Niels Kristian Iversen - 48
14. Tony Rickardsson - 41
15. Lee Richardson - 37
16. Piotr Protasiewicz - 27
17. Ryan Sullivan - 10
18. Fredrik Lindgren - 7
19. Krzysztof Kasprzak - 6
20. Kjastas Puodzuks - 4
21. Matej Ferjan - 3
22. Simon Stead - 3
