Leon Madsen wins the first round of the European Championship

On Saturday night, the first round of the European Championship series in speedway took place in Tauron, Poland. With Danish glasses, we could hardly get a better start to the series. It was Danish vice world champion Leon Madsen who snatched the victory, but Nicki Pedersen scored the most points and is in an overall 1st place.

Current European champion Mikkel Michelsen finished in 6th place with 10 points. Michael Jepsen Jensen got a total of 3 points and is in 14th place.

See highlights from the 1st round here:

The position after the 1st round:

1. R. Lambert #505 pts: 14
2. N. Pedersen #110 pts: 14
3. L. Madsen #30 pts: 12
4. B. Smektała #115 pts: 11
5. B. Zmarzlik pts: 10
6. M. Michelsen #155 pts: 10
7. T. Lahti #98 pts: 8
8. K. Woryna #223 pts: 8
9. G. Laguta #111 pts: 7
10. K. Kasprzak #507 pts: 7
11. V. Milik #225 pts: 6
12. D. Bellego #415 pts: 6
13. A. Kudryashov #91 pts: 5
14. M. Jensen #52 pts: 3
15. K. Huckenbeck #744 pts: 3
16. P. Ljung #36 pts: 1
17. I. Kopeć - Sobczyński pts: 1

Follow the other rounds

June 8 at 19:00 - Eurosport1
June 15 at 19:00 - Eurosport1
June 22 at 19:00 - Eurosport1
June 29 at 19:00 - Eurosport1

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