No Great Britain World Cup Win

Last updated : 01 August 2010 By Covsupport News Service
Great Britain finished fourth in the World Speedway Team Cup this afternoon.

Coventry Bees rider Chris Harris skippered Great Britain in the World Final which was run again today in Vojens in Denmark after yesterday's meeting was abandoned due to rain.

Although the track owned by Bees legend Ole Olsen was slippery early on, the riders coped with the conditions.

Things did not start well for Great Britain, Chris Harris was last in Heat One and Tai Woffinden's bike packed up in the second heat.

Their first point came in a re-run Heat Three when Tamas Gollob was excluded and Simon Stead picked up a third place in a heat won by Sweden.

Scott Nicholls gained a third in the next heat but in Heat Five, Lee Richardson has a superb ride to win the first heat for Great Britain.

Stead and Nicholls gained two more thirds with Richardson last in Heat 8 to see the scores Denmark 17, Sweden 14, Poland 10 and GB 7.

Harris had a great ride for a second place in Heat nine and Tai Woffinden finished second before Scott Nicholls had a third place in the 11th of 25 heats.

Richardson battled for a third place but in Heat 13, Chris Harris rode again and led from the start to give Britain another three points. That was followed by Tai Woffinden winning heat 14 to see Great Britain in with a chance of a bronze medal by being on 19 points the same as Sweden.

Only one point came from the next three heats for Great Britain with Heat 17th seeing Chris Harris who replaced Stead and GB playing their joker, excluded despite being took down.

Nicholls was third in Heat 18 and in Heat 19, Sweden played their joker. The heat was re-run and although Lee Richardson battled hard, The Dane Niels Iversen pipped Johansson to snatch the win to leave Denmark and Poland on 33 points, Sweden on 27 and GB on 22 points.

Chris Harris went in Heat 20, needing a victory. In a thrilling heat, the Bees rider got to the front and superbly took the victory.

With Lindgren breaking the tapes in Heat 21, Lee Richardson has a great opportunity to gain some more points. It was one he took leading from the start to move GB in to the Bronze medal position with four heats to go.

Chris Harris went again in Heat 22 and made a good start and kept it going to win his second consecutive heat.

Sweden through Lindback took Heat 23 with no points for Woffinden, meaning that third was the best finish Great Britain could get as they were eiight points behind Poland and Denmark.

Lee Richardson was a tactical substitution in Heat 24 and Sweden did the same bringing in Lindback who got round Richardson to take the lead on lap 2. The Swede won and in a photo finish, Lee Richardson was given third.

In the final heat, Scott Nicholls had to beat the Swede. Tomas Gollob raced away but Nicholls struggled behind Jonnson to see Britain finish last.

Gollob's victory gave Poland their first win outside of Poland with 44 points, beating Denmark who had 39 points. Sweden had 35 and Great Britain 33.