European Grand Prix 2014

European Grand Prix 26 April 2014
ZKS Polonia Stadium, Bydgoszcz, Poland
1 2 3 4 5 SF F T
1. Krzysztof Kasprzak 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 18 1st
2. Darcy Ward 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 16 2nd
3. Jaroslaw Hampel 3 1 2 3 1 3 1 14 3rd
4. Greg Hancock 3 3 3 2 2 3 0 16
5. Chris Holder 1 2 2 3 2 1 11
6. Andreas Jonsson 1 3 2 3 0 1 10
7. Niels Kristian Iversen 2 2 2 2 2 0 10
.8. Martin Smolinski 1 3 1 0 2 0 7
9. Matej Zagar 2 0 1 2 1 6
10. Adrian Miedzinski 3 2 fx fx 0 5
11. Tai Woffinden 0 0 1 1 3 5
12. Nicki Pedersen 0 1 fx 1 3 5
13. Fredrik Lindgren 2 1 0 2 0 5
14. Troy Batchelor 0 0 3 1 0 4
15. Kenneth Bjerre 0 2 1 0 1 4
16. Chris Harris 1 0 0 0 1 2
R1. Szymon Wozniak dnr
R2. Pawel Przedpelski dnr
1. Kasprzak, Lindgren, Harris, Pedersen
2. Hancock, Zagar, Jonsson, Woffinden
3. Miedziński, Iversen, Holder, Bjerre
4. Hampel, Ward, Smolinski, Batchelor
5. Hancock, Iversen, Hampel, Harris
6. Jonsson, Miedziński, Lindgren, Batchelor
7. Smolinski, Bjerre, Pedersen, Zagar
8. Kasprzak, Holder, Ward, Woffinden
9. Ward, Jonsson, Bjerre, Harris
10. Hancock, Holder, Smolinski, Lindgren
11. Batchelor, Iversen, Woffinden, Pedersen (fx)
12. Kasprzak, Hampel, Zagar, Miedziński (fx)
13. Holder, Zagar, Batchelor, Harris
14. Hampel, Lindgren, Woffinden, Bjerre
15. Ward, Hancock, Pedersen, Miedziński (fx)
16. Jonsson, Iversen, Kasprzak, Smolinski
17. Woffinden, Smolinski, Harris, Miedziński
18. Ward, Iversen, Zagar, Lindgren
19. Pedersen, Holder, Hampel, Jonsson
20. Kasprzak, Hancock, Bjerre, Batchelor
Semi Final Hampel, Kasprzak, Jonsson, Iversen
semi Final Hancock, Ward, Holder, Smolinski
Final Kasprzak, Ward, Hampel, Hancock
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Krzysztof Kasprzak delighted his home Polish crowd by scoring a thrilling win at the European Grand Prix in Bydgoszcz.
Kasprzak produced a daring move on the last bend to snatch victory from Darcy Ward in the final and it also saw him end the night with an 11-point lead at the top of the world championship standings after two meetings.
The Pole had racked up four wins out of five in the heats but his hopes of a first ever Grand Prix win looked in doubt in the semi-finals before he managed to scrape through in second place behind compatriot Jaroslaw Hampel.
And in a dramatic final, he again looked set to be edged out before taking Darcy on the inside as the two riders burst around the final bend.
As well as the victory, Kasprzak also finished top scorer on the night, racking up 18 points from his seven races in the rainy conditions in Poland.
He now has 35 points from the meetings in New Zealand and Poland and enjoys a healthy lead over Nicki Pedersen (24), Hampel (22) and Greg Hancock (22).
Hancock, the world champion in 1997 and 2011, again rolled back the years in the early heats, the 43-year-old racking up three opening victories.
Another vintage display saw the American win the second semi but he was upstaged in the final, finishing fourth.
World Champion Tai Woffinden had a difficult night and failed to make the top eight who contested the two semi-finals.
The 23-year-old from Scunthorpe was last in his opening race and it didn't get much better from there as he scored just five points from his five races.