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season. It took place on 25 August at the

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. The Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak, Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren in the final.

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and 1953 World Champion Freddie Williams, Wales' only Speedway World Champion, presented the winners trophy to Holder.

Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Craig Cook both as Track Reserves. Injured Craig Cook ( carpus broken) was replaced by Josh Auty. Injured Jarosław Hampel and Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first and second Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík and Krzysztof Kasprzak. The draw was made on 24 August. : (3)

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Heat details

Heat after heat

# (55,2) Lindbäck, Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Kasprzak # (54,3) N.Pedersen, Holder, Jonsson, Gollob # (54,6) Vaculík, Crump, B.Pedersen, Ljung # (55,3) Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Lindgren # (54,9) Hancock, Nicholls, Jonsson, B.Pedersen # (55,2) Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck # (55,6) Kasprzak, Vaculík, Gollob, Harris # (55,9) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Ljung # (56,2) N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Hancock, Vaculík # (56,1) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Harris, Ljung # (56,2) Holder, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Kasprzak # (56,3) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Crump (X) # (55,6) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Ljung # (55,3) Holder, Lindbäck, Nicholls, Vaculík # (55,7) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Crump, Jonsson # (55,8) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen # (55,5) Holder, Harris, Crump, Hancock (R) # (55,9) Lindgren, Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen # (56,3) N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Ljung # (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, Andersen (R) #: Semifinals # (55,5) Holder, Lindbäck, Gollob, Andersen # (55,9) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov, N.Pedersen #: the Final # (55,7) Holder, Kasprzak, Lindbäck, Lindgren

The intermediate classification

Riders

Heat details

Heat after heat

The intermediate classification

References

See also