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The teams for the opening rounds of the 2009 FIM Tobet Speedway World Cup have been declared and seem certain to provide this year’s competition with some interesting racing.The tournament opens in Vojens, Denmark on 11th July with the home team entertaining Sweden, Russia and Czech Republic. Danish Team Manager Jan Staechmann has chosen his strongest team which includes World Individual champion ...

The draw for the FIM Speedway World Cup is complete. It was carried out by Jury President Christer Bergstrom and Miss Wales Chloe Beth.The draw was:Event 1 (Vojens):Red: RussiaBlue: DenmarkWhite: SwedenYellow: Czech RepublicEvent 2 (Peterborough):Red: AustraliaBlue: Great BritainWhite: PolandYellow: Slovenia

Nicki Pedersen prepared to launch the defence of his FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix title by winning an individual event in his native Denmark.The Odense-born 32-year-old, who contests the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Prague on Saturday night, reeled off a 15-point maximum.Pedersen met grand prix rival Andreas Jonsson in the deciding race of the Herning meeting, and made the gate to co...

Poudžuks Ķasts as Captain (1st picture) will lead his Latvian Team Versus USA, Finland and Czech Republic Teams during the 2009 FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP QR2 that will be held in Daugavpils.The winner of this Qualifying Round 2 will participate in the 2009 FIM SWC Event 1 (Opening) that will be held in Vojens on 11.07.2009.Here are the Teams Declaration:Team: USAFederation: AMAREDTeam Manager: David ...

Ben Barker has revealed a lofty double ambition for 2009 after a promising start to the Elite League season.The Coventry teamster is setting his sights on riding for Great Britain in the FIM Speedway World Cup in July, and wants to appear in the FIM World Championship Grand Prix round at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in June.Cornishman Barker contests the British U21 Final at Lakeside on April 24, ...

Mattia Carpanese (3 time Italian champion) and his compatriots will compete verse the German, the Slovenian and the Hungarian Teams.The following riders have been declared and the draw made for this meeting:Team: GermanyFederation: DMSBREDTeam Manager: Rene Schäfer    1 Martin Smolinski (Captain)2 Tobias Kroner3 Christian Hefenbrock4 Richard Speiser5 Thomas Stange    ...

Billy Hamill's official farewell to speedway lured a massive crowd to Wolverhampton's Monmore Green Stadium. The Californian, the FIM Speedway World Championship Grand Prix winner in 1996, has been forced to quit the sport at the age of 38 because of injury.Australian Jason Crump won the final heat of the meeting's main individual event as the two-time world champion completed a five-ride maximum...

Scott Nicholls will lead Great Britain into the 2009 FIM Speedway World Cup.Recently-appointed national team manager Rob Lyon is happy to retain the 30-year-old's services as captain, despite Nicholls opting to give UK league racing a miss this year.Nicholls, a Coventry asset who will be in action in the Swedish and Polish leagues, talked to Lyon before the decision was made.Lyon said: "After...

Rob Lyon has been handed the task of steering Great Britain through this summer's FIM Speedway World Cup campaign.Lyon, 43, will act as team manager, while continuing to fill the same role at Premier League club King's Lynn.He plans to call on the advice of former Lions riders Chris Louis and Mark Loram in seeking to implement a "long-term plan".