#GORLUB 41:49- full scores from Zuzelend
#LESWRO 41:49 - full scores from Zuzelend
Gorzow's Bartosz Zmarzlik (photo) showed why his the double world champion and is leading the 2021 SGP series with a perfect 18 points from six rides in tonight's first semifinal. And whilst ably supported by Danish SGP rider, Anders Thomsen with 10 pts, neither their juniors nor more experienced riders, Martin Vaculik (5) or Syzmon Wozniak (6), were able to provide a strong enough back-up to win the match at home.
Instead it was the visitors, Motor Lublin - who finished the regular season one place above Gorzow by just one point - who won the match. It was European Champion, Mikkel Michelsen (12) who led the visitors charge, but he was supported by four of his teammates who scored 8 points or more to give them a eight point lead before the return match.
In tonight's other semi, Wroclaw came into the match having beaten the four times champions, Unia Leszno in the regular season by 41:49. And, in a tighly fought match, Sparta did it again with exactly the same as score as before, 41:49.
With five SGP riders in the lineups there was high quality action in every heat. But apart from the more well known names, Wroclaw's junior Przemyslaw Liszka shone with 5+1. For Leszno it was U21 World Champion, Jaimon Lidsey who had one of his best matches of the season, top scoring for the whole team with 11+1.
Worrying for the defending champions is that Emil Sayfutdinov (7) and Janusz Kolodziej (6) did not score double figures. Meanwhile, the surprise for the winners was that Daniel Bewley only managed 2 points he was eliminated from Heat 5 in a fall that could well have been caused by rival, Jason Doyle (10+3). But the referee judged that it was the young Brit who had to sit out the rerun.
Nonetheless, Wroclaw will be pleased to see Bewley's compatriot, Tai Woffinden score 10+2, with some of his best racing in the league this year.
EWINNER 1 - all square after first match
EWINNER 2 - Germans shock win at home
