2021 Speedway of Nations

The 2021 Speedway of Nations (sponsored by Monster Energy) was the fourth FIM Speedway of Nations.[1][2] The competition consisted of two semi-finals and a final. The final was held on 16 & 17 October 2021[3] and was won by Great Britain, with Poland taking silver and Denmark bronze.

During the final Poland took a first leg lead of ten points ahead of Great Britain. Britain's multiple world champion Tai Woffinden suffered an injury after crashing heavily and was replaced by Dan Bewley for the second leg. Denmark topped the points table during the second leg but Poland earned an automatic place in the grand final after finishing with the highest total from the two legs. This meant that Denmark and Great Britain would take part in the eliminator as the second and third best teams, which Britain won by 6 points to 3. In the grand final, former world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik came out on top but he was followed home by Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley, giving Britain the title by 5 points to 4. It was their first World team title since 1989.[4]

Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[5]

First semi-final
  • Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 17 September
Pos Riders Pts
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik 21, Dominik Kubera 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 337
2 Fredrik Lindgren 23, Pontus Aspgren 8, Philip Hellström Bängs 334
3 Leon Madsen 12, Mikkel Michelsen 18, Mads Hansen 232
4 Broc Nicol 7, Luke Becker 21, Blake Borello 028
5 Timo Lahti 18, Tero Aarnio 6, Timi Salonen 024
6 Matic Ivačič 10, Nick Škorja 7, Anže Grmek 017
7 Václav Milík Jr. 11, Josef Franc 4, Petr Chlupáč 217

Second semi-final
  • Daugavpils, Latvia
  • 18 September
Pos Riders Pts
1 Jason Doyle 23, Max Fricke 12, Keynan Rew 035
2 Andžejs Ļebedevs 18, Oļegs Mihailovs 14, Francis Gusts 234
3 David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 230
4 Kai Huckenbeck 22, Norick Blödorn 5, Valentin Grobauer 027
5 Vladimir Borodulin 13, Sergey Logachev 10, Mark Karion 225
6 Michele Paco Castagna 12, Nicolás Covatti 719
7 Aleksandr Loktaev 15, Marko Levishyn 4, Vitalii Lysak 019

Final

First Leg
Pos Riders Pts
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 18, Jakub Miśkowiak 340
2 Tai Woffinden 14, Robert Lambert 12, Tom Brennan 430
3 Leon Madsen 21, Mikkel Michelsen 5, Mads Hansen 329
4 Andžejs Ļebedevs 19, Oļegs Mihailovs 5, Francis Gusts 024
5 Max Fricke 18, Jason Doyle 6, Keynan Rew 024
6 David Bellego 15, Dimitri Bergé 9, Steven Goret 024
7 Philip Hellström Bängs 10, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 216

Second Leg
Pos Riders Pts
1 Mikkel Michelsen 18, Leon Madsen 17, Mads Hansen 439
2 Robert Lambert 20, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 334
3 Bartosz Zmarzlik 19, Maciej Janowski 13, Jakub Miśkowiak 234
4 Max Fricke 12, Jason Doyle 9, Keynan Rew 425
5 David Bellego 19, Dimitri Bergé 4, Steven Goret 023
6 Andžejs Ļebedevs 13, Oļegs Mihailovs 3, Francis Gusts 218
7 Philip Hellström Bängs 14, Pontus Aspgren 0, Jacob Thorssell 014

Total
Pos Riders Pts
1 Bartosz Zmarzlik 38, Maciej Janowski 31, Jakub Miśkowiak 574
2 Leon Madsen 38, Mikkel Michelsen 23, Mads Hansen 768
3 Robert Lambert 32, Tai Woffinden 14, Dan Bewley 11, Tom Brennan 764
4 Max Fricke 30, Jason Doyle 15, Keynan Rew 449
5 David Bellego 34, Dimitri Bergé 13, Steven Goret 047
6 Andžejs Ļebedevs 32, Oļegs Mihailovs 8, Francis Gusts 242
7 Philip Hellström Bängs 24, Pontus Aspgren 4, Jacob Thorssell 230

Grand Final Qualifier
1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 6
Robert Lambert - 4
Dan Bewley - 2		  Denmark - 3
Leon Madsen - 3
Mikkel Michelsen - 0

Grand Final
1st 2nd
 Great Britain - 5
Robert Lambert - 3
Dan Bewley - 2		  Poland - 4
Bartosz Zmarzlik - 4
Maciej Janowski - 0

References
  1. "2021 Speedway of Nations". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. "DOYLE'S AUSSIE PRIDE". SGP. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. "MONSTER ENERGY SON FINAL DRAW CONFIRMED". SGP. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. "Speedway: Great Britain claim first world title since 1989 with win over Poland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
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