The Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces () usually referred to as the Criterium of Aces (''Kryterium Asów'') is an annual
speedway
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event held each year organised by
Polonia Bydgoszcz
Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its Motorcycle speedway, speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the Polish Speedway First League, 1. Liga. The club has won the Team Speedway Pol ...
.
The Criterium of Aces is held in the
Polonia Stadium in
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...
. It is seen by riders and fans as the official opening of the new season.
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. He earned 52 caps for the Poland nati ...
has won the event the most times by winning it on fourteen occasions.
First staged in 1982, although a similar meeting was held in the 1951 as Criterium of Aces (''Criterium Asów''). The event was not held from 2013 to 2020 but returned for the
2021 Polish speedway season.
*Unless stated all riders are Polish
Past winners
References
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Criterium of Aces
Criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m.
Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...