2016 Speedway Grand Prix Of Poland III
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season. It took place on 1 October at the Rose MotoArena in
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Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated
Paweł Przedpełski Paweł Przedpełski (born 23 June 1995) is a speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Leicester Lions in the SGB Premiership 2017. He currently rides for Apator Toruń in Poland. He ...
as the wild card, and
Kacper Woryna Kacper Woryna (born 31 August 1996) is a Polish Speedway rider. Biography Born in Rybnik Woryna began racing in his native Poland in the Ekstraliga, with hometown club Rybnik. After a few years of riding in Poland, Woryna got his first break i ...
and Oskar Bober both as Track Reserves. Second series reserve
Michael Jepsen Jensen Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Career He was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He also won the 2012 Nordic Speedway Grand Prix becoming the 1st wildcard to have won a GP ...
replaced the injured Nicki Pedersen.


Results

The Grand Prix was won by
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 ...
, who beat
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 ...
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Bartosz Zmarzlik Bartosz Zmarzlik (; born 12 April 1995) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and three-time World Champion (2019, 2020 and 2022). He has been decorated with the Order of Polonia Restituta, V class. Biography Born in Szczecin, Poland, Zmarzlik i ...
and Matej Žagar in the final. It was Iversen's first win of the season. World championship leader
Jason Doyle Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Solo Championship. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite Leagu ...
was injured in the third heat and took no further part in the meeting, meaning Hancock took the overall lead.


Heat details


The intermediate classification


References


See also

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October 2016 sports events in Europe