The 2009 FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix of Latvia was the sixth race of the

2009 Speedway Grand Prix The 2009 Speedway Grand Prix was the 64th edition of the official World Championship and the 15th season of the Speedway Grand Prix era, deciding Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Speedway World Championship. It is the third series under ...

season. It took place on 1 August in the Latvijas Spidveja Centrs in

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

. The Latvian Grand Prix was won by American

Greg Hancock Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970 in Whittier, California) is an American former professional motorcycle speedway rider. As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times. In addit ...

, who beat

Kenneth Bjerre Kenneth Bjerre Jensen (born 24 May 1984 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is a Denmark speedway team, Danish international motorcycle speedway rider who races using the name Kenneth Bjerre. He rode in the United Kingdom, UK for Peterborough Pant ...

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 rid ...

and GP leader

Jason Crump Jason Philip Crump (born 6 August 1975) is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. He is a three-time Speedway World Champion, a World Cup winner and a former World Under-21 Champion. In a 21-year career in Speedway, Jason Cr ...

in the final.

Riders

2008 World Champion

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, Ro ...

was injured at 2009 Speedway World Cup Event 1 (undergoing skin graft surgery on burns to his left leg). On Monday 20 July he had an operation. Pedersen said, "The wounds need to be completely healed before I get back on the bike, otherwise I could risk having problems for the rest of the season". At the Latvia SGP Pedersen will be replaced by first Qualified Substitutes

Niels Kristian Iversen Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen (, born 20 June 1982 in Esbjerg, Denmark) is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was part of the Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2014. Early life ...

, Dane also. The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated

Grigory Laguta Grigory Laguta (born April 9, 1984) is a Russian-born Latvian motorcycle speedway rider. Laguta is current Individual Latvian Champion. He is a three-time Russian champion. In 2017 he was suspended for two years for a doping violation after havin ...

as a Wild Card, and

Maksims Bogdanovs Maksims Bogdanovs (born January 2, 1989''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 44-45, ) is a Latvian motorcycle speedway rider, since 2007 participating in Speedway Grand Prix of Latvia competitions. Speedway Grand Prix results Ho ...

and

Vjačeslavs Giruckis Vjačeslavs Giruckis (born 15 February 1989)''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (77) 2009, pages 38-39, is a Latvian motorcycle speedway rider who rides for Lokomotiv Daugavpils. Speedway Grand Prix results Career details World Championships ...

, both as Track Reserve. The riders' starting positions draw for Grand Prix meeting was made on 31 July by Jānis Lāčplēsis, the President of Latvian Track Racing Commission. * Draw Nr 1 change: (1)

→ (19)

Heat details

Heat after heat

# Adams, Sayfutdinov, Crump, Iversen # Ułamek, Lindgren, Bjerre, Andersen # Laguta, Holta, Harris, Nicholls # Gollob, Jonsson, Hancock, Walasek # Jonsson, Harris, Lindgren, Iversen # Hancock, Andersen, Laguta, Crump # Bjerre, Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls # Walasek, Adams, Holta, Ułamek # Andersen, Iversen, Nicholls, Walasek # Crump, Holta, Gollob, Lindgren # Hancock, Ułamek, Sayfutdinov, Harris # Bjerre, Adams, Laguta, Jonsson # Iversen, Hancock, Holta, Bjerre # Crump, Nicholls, Jonsson, Ułamek # Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Laguta, Walasek # Gollob, Harris, Andersen, Adams # Iversen, Gollob, Ułamek, Laguta (X) # Walasek, Bjerre, Crump, Harris # Andersen, Sayfutdinov, Holta, Jonsson # Adams, Hancock, Lindgren, Nicholls #: Semi-Finals: # Gollob, Bjerre, Sajfutdinov, Iversen # Hancock, Crump, Adams, Andersen #: The Final: # Hancock (6 pts), Bjerre (4 pts), Gollob (2 pts), Crump (0 pts)

The intermediate classification

References

External links

FIM-live.com
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