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Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy
The Speedway Grand Prix of Italy (SGP) is a speedway event that is a part of the Speedway Grand Prix Series. History The first ever Italian SGP was held in the 1996 season and was won by Dane Hans Nielsen. The next SGP was held nine years later in 2005. The first five events were held at Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo. From 2009 to 2013 the Italian SGP was hosted at Pista Olimpia Terenzano in Terenzano. The 2021 SGP was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Results Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo Pista Olimpia, Terenzano References See also * Sport in Italy {{DEFAULTSORT:Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... Recurring sporting events established in 1996 1996 establishments in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pista Olimpia Terenzano
The Pista Olimpia Terenzano is a 4,000-capacity motorcycle stadium in the Terenzano Province of Udine. The stadium is situated south of Udine and north east of Pozzuolo del Friuli. The stadium has been the home of the World Championship round known as the Speedway Grand Prix of Italy from 2009 to 2013. The stadium hosts the speedway club known as the Moto Club Olimpia (formed in 1971) and also hosts the Italian Individual Speedway Championship, the Italian team championship, the Italian Pairs Championship and the world speedway event qualifications. The speedway track has a circumference of 400 metres. See also *Speedway Grand Prix of Italy References Speedway venues in Italy {{motorcycle-speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy
The 2006 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the sixth round of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix season (the world championship). It took place on 29 July 2006 at the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, (Italy). It was the third time that the Speedway Grand Prix of Italy had been held. The Grand Prix was by the Australian rider Jason Crump (his 16th career Grand Prix win). Grand Prix result References {{Speedway Grand Prix of Italy 2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ... Sports competitions in Italy 2006 in Italian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Jonsson
Andreas Karl Rune Jonsson (born 3 September 1980 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was a member of the Sweden speedway team that won the World Cup in 2003, 2004 and 2015. Career summary Jonsson won Under-21 titles at World, Scandinavian and Swedish levels and won the $100,000 first prize on offer at the 100th Speedway Grand Prix, billed as the 'Richest Minute in Motorsport'. Andreas Jonsson has also won the Swedish Championship on seven occasions, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2016. In late-August 2019, he announced his retirement from motorcycle speedway. Speedway Grand Prix results See also * Sweden national speedway team * List of Speedway Grand Prix riders * Speedway in Sweden Speedway in Sweden is one of the recognised 'four big leagues' in world speedway (along with Great Britain, Poland and Denmark). The Swedish leagues consists of three domestic leagues, an individual World Championship round of the Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy
The 2011 FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on July 30 at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano stadium in Terenzano, Italy. Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Matej Žagar as Wild Card, and Mattia Carpanese and Guglielmo Franchetti both as Track Reserves. Injury Artem Laguta was replaced by first Qualified Substitutes, Magnus Zetterström. The Draw was made on July 29 at 13:00 CEST. : (13) Artem Laguta → (19) Magnus Zetterström Results The Grand Prix was won by Andreas Jonsson, who beat World Championship leader Greg Hancock, Antonio Lindbäck and Kenneth Bjerre in the final.''Świat Żużla'', No 4 (88) 2011, page 55 Heat details Heat after heat # (74,56) Žagar, Zetterström, Sayfutdinov, Bjerre # (73,38) Kołodziej, Holder, Hancock, Gollob # (73,31) Hampel, Lindbäck, Harris, Pedersen # (73,31) Jonsson, Lindgren, Holta, Crump # (72,60) Lindbäck, Jonsson, Kołodziej, Zetterström ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Harris (speedway Rider)
Christopher Calvin Harris (born 28 November 1982) from Truro, Cornwall, nicknamed ''Bomber'', is a Great Britain international speedway rider for the Leicester Lions and Glasgow Tigers in the United Kingdom. Career history Early career Harris began his racing career at the age of six and a half by competing in grasstrack events. His talent quickly became apparent when he began to win all of the junior age groups in the South-West area. In 1998, aged 15, he turned to speedway racing for the St. Austell Gulls at Amateur Conference League level. The Gulls won the Championship and the Knockout Cup. On his 16th birthday, Harris signed for the Exeter Falcons, who competed in the Premier League, the middle tier of British speedway's three-league structure. Despite the death of his father, who was his driver and mentor, he achieved his first notable individual success later that year, when he became Great Britain Under-16 Champion. He was also selected to ride for Great Britain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy
The 2010 FIM Nice Italian Speedway Grand Prix was the ninth race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 11 September at the Pista Olimpia Terenzano in Terenzano, Italy. The Italian Grand Prix was won by World Championship leader Tomasz Gollob, who become 2010 World Champion. Gollob won last year SGP also. Tomasz Gollob beat Chris Harris, Greg Hancock and Nicki Pedersen in the final heat. Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Mattia Carpanese as Wild Card, and Mattia Cavicchioli and Andrea Maida both as Track Reserves. Injured Emil Sayfutdinov will be replaced by second Qualified Substitutes rider Davey Watt. The Draw was made on September 24 by Nicola Turello, Mayor of Pozzuolo del Friuli. : (3) Emil Sayfutdinov → (20) Davey Watt Heat details Heat after heat # Pedersen, Bjerre, Andersen, Jonsson # Harris, Hampel, Woffinden, Carpanese (F4) # Watt, Zetterström, Lindgren, Crump # Hancock, Holder, Gollob, Holta # Hancock, Zetterström, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomasz Gollob
Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rider. Career summary Tomasz Gollob spent almost all of his career with hometown club Bydgoszcz until he moved to Unia Tarnów in 2004. He has won the Polish Individual Championship eight times (between 1992 and 2009) and the Polish Pairs Championship ten times. He has also won the Polish Grand Prix eight times in thirteen years. He clinched the Speedway World Championship in 2010 after securing the championship in Terenzano, Italy. He is only the second Pole to ever win the World Championship, following in the footsteps of Jerzy Szczakiel who won in 1973. Gollob also spent some time in Australia in the early-mid 1990s based at the North Arm Speedway in Adelaide. While In Australia, Gollob would race against many of his future World Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy
The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Italy will be the tenth race of the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 26 September in the Pista Olimpia Terenzano in Terenzano, Italy. It will be first Speedway Grand Prix (SGP) event held in Terenzano; previous Italian SGP events had always taken place in Lonigo. The first Grand Prix in Terensano was won by Pole Tomasz Gollob who beat Hans N. Andersen, Nicki Pedersen and Grzegorz Walasek in the final. Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as the wild card and Mattia Carpanese and Andrea Maida as the track reserves. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 25 September at 13:00 CEST by Mayor of Terenzano. Heat details Heat after heat # Harris, Jonsson, Nicholls, Adams # Gollob, Lindgren, Walasek, Carpanese (Franchetti – M/-) ''Franchetti fails to meet the 2 minute warning and is replaced by reserve rider Carpanese.'' # Andersen, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarne Pedersen
Bjarne Aagaard Pedersen (born 12 July 1978 in Holstebro, Denmark)Oakes, P.(2006). ''Speedway Star Almanac''. is an international motorcycle speedway rider who has represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: in 2006 and 2008. Career summary Pedersen began his speedway career in 1990. He won his first title in 1994 winning a Danish junior pairs championship with Charlie Gjedde. However, he did not ride as a full-time professional until 2000. Pedersen began his UK racing career with the Newcastle Diamonds in the Premier League. He took part in his first two Speedway Grand Prix events in 2002, both as a wild card. His first full Speedway Grand Prix season came in 2003, but it was not until 2004 when Pedersen won his only Grand Prix to date at the European GP in Wrocław. In 2004 he also won the Elite League Riders' Championship. Pedersen admitted at the end of the 2007 season that he had lost enthusiasm for riding in Speedway Grand Prix ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Speedway Grand Prix Of Italy
The 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Italy was the tenth race of the 2008 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on September 27 in the Santa Marina Stadium in Lonigo, Italy. Italian SGP was won by Hans N. Andersen from Denmark. It was his first GP Won in this season. Riders The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Guglielmo Franchetti as a wild card, and Mattia Carpanese and Alessandro Milanese as track reserves. The draw was made on September 16 at the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Heat details Heat by heat # Iversen, Kasprzak, Hancock, Carpanese ''Reserve rider Carpanese replaces injured Harris and comes.'' # B.Pedersen, Jonsson, N.Pedersen, Lindgren (Fx) # Crump, Gollob, Adams, Milanese, Nicholls (T/-) ''Nicholls touching the tapes and was excluded and replaced by Milanese.'' # Andersen, Holta, Dryml, Franchetti # Holta, Adams, Iversen, B.Pedersen # Hancock, Gollob, Lindgren, Franchetti # Nicholls, Dryml, Kasprzak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiesław Jaguś
Wiesław Jaguś (born 13 September 1975) is a former Polish speedway rider. Career In August 2006, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 2007 Grand Prix. He duly rode in the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix series. He won the European Pairs Champion in 2007. Jaguś retired from competitive speedway at the close of the 2010 season, after starting his career in 1992. Nominated to "2008 Toruń Citizen of the Year" Gazeta Wyborcza. Family His brother Marcin was also a speedway rider. Speedway Grand Prix results SGP Podium # Lonigo 2007 - 3rd place Career summary Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) * 2004 - 31st place (wild card) * 2006 - 17th place (wild card) * 2007 - Individual Under-21 World Championship * 1996 - 14th place - 4 points (X,0,1,3,0) Team World Championship (Speedway World Cup) * 2006 - 5th place - 5 points in Semi-Final A (2,1,1,1,-) European Pairs Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki Pedersen
Nicki Pedersen (born 2 April 1977) is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider. He has won the World Championship in 2003, 2007 and 2008 and was a World Cup winner with Denmark in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. His brother, Ronni Pedersen, has also ridden in the Speedway Grand Prix and World Cup. Career Domestic teams Pedersen began speedway racing aged 11 at Danish club Fjelsted. He started his Polish speedway career in 1999 with Polish second division club Start Gniezno and has since ridden for GTŻ Grudziądz, Wybrzeże Gdańsk, ZKŻ Zielona Góra and ŻKS ROW Rybnik. Between 2006 and 2007 he rode for Stal Rzeszów and since 2008 he has ridden for Włókniarz Częstochowa. Pedersen rides for Dackarna in the Swedish Elitserien, and Holsted in the Danish Super League. Pedersen's speedway career in the United Kingdom began with the Premier League team Newcastle Diamonds, before Elite League side Wolverhampton Wolves bought him for the 1999 season. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
