Sweden's second division, Allsvenskan started tonight with matches taking place in Eskilstuna, Västervik and Kumla. There was no Allsvenskan in 2020 because of corona restrictions, so the defending champions are Nyköping Griparna who won the final in 2019 against Team Rapid.
The league is a showcase for Swedish talent, especially riders who do not race in other leagues. However, there are one or two foreign riders who are expected to have a great impact in the season. So, it was no surprise that Polish rider, Hubert Legowik (b. 1995) top scored for Smålännignarna and Danish U21 rider, Tim Sørensen put up an impressive 12 pts for Norrköping Vargarna.
Best of the Swedish riders was:
Kim Nilsson GRI 15 MAXIMUM (pictured)
Pontus Aspgren TEA 14
Tomas H Jonasson VAL 13
Mattias Thörnblom VAR 13
And in Round 1, it was away wins for Valsarna, Griparna and Vargarna. However, it is the latter named that are in first place at this early stage after they beat Smålänningarna by 13 points. The other two teams only won by the tightest of margins - just 2 points.
Below you can see the detailed scores for each match (that does not include bonus points):
#TEAVAL
Team Rapid 44: 46 Valsarna
Team Rapid 44 |
1. Pontus Aspgren 14 |
2. Maximilian Belsing 5 |
3. Joel Kling 2 |
4. Johannes Stark 10 |
5. Daniel Henderson 10 |
6. Rasmus Broberg 3 |
7. Alexander Jacobsson Sundkvist NR |
Valsarna 46 |
1. Viktor Palovaara 11 |
2. Emil Millberg 2 |
3. Jesse Mustonen (FI) 4 |
4. Alexander Woentin 12 |
5. Tomas Jonasson 13 |
6. Lucas Woentin 4 |
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#INDGRI
Indianerna 44:46 Griparna
Indianerna Speedway 44 |
1. Joel Andersson 12 |
2. Gustav Grahn 7 |
3. Jonatan Grahn 7 |
4. Christoffer Selvin 4 |
5. Ludvig Lindgren 8 |
6. Ludvig Selvin 5 |
7. Hugo Lundahl 1 |
Griparna 46 |
1. Kim Nilsson 15 |
2. Alexander Liljekvist 0 |
3. Anton Karlsson 8 |
4. John Lindman 7 |
5. Peter Ljung 10 |
6. Alex Johansson 6 |
7. Liam Olsson Andersson NR |
#SMAVAL
Smålänningarna 37: 53 Vargarna
Smålänningarna 37 |
1. Noel Wahlqvist 4 |
2. Maksymilian Bogdanowicz 5 |
3. Filip Hjelmland 8 |
4. Casper Henriksson 5 |
5. Hubert Legowik (PL) 12 |
6. Avon Van Dyck 2 |
7. Theo Johansson 1 |
Vargarna 53 |
1. Tim Sörensen (DK) 12 |
2. William Björling 7 |
3. Mathias Thörnblom 13 |
4. Kevin Pedersen (DK) 8 |
5. Chris Wennerström (DK) 11 |
6. Oscar Holstensson 2 |
7. Willy Andersson NR |
