Latvian ace Andzejs Lebedevs raced to 15 paid 16 points for Vojens club Sønderjylland Elite Speedway as they snatched a 43-41 victory away to Esbjerg in Denmark’s Speedwayligaen on Wednesday night.
Lebedevs claimed a vital victory over Esbjerg top gun Emil Sayfutdinov and home hero Niels-Kristian Iversen in a last-heat decider to secure the win, with former SGP2 star Jesper Knudsen notching 11 paid 12.
Sayfutdinov led the charge for Esbjerg on 19 points from seven races, while Iversen added 12 paid 13.
Elsewhere, Danish champion Michael Jepsen Jensen racked up 16 points for champions Slangerup as they held Nordjysk Elite Speedway 42-42 in Brovst.
MJJ triumphed in the final heat, beating Aussie star Rohan Tungate and Danish young gun Esben Hjerrild to secure a share of the spoils.
Former SGP2 star Hjerrild led the home side’s scoring on 12 paid 14, while Tungate tallied 12 paid 13 and Swedish international Timo Lahti accrued 11 paid 13 points.
Former FIM Speedway World Cup winner Mikkel Bech collected 14 paid 15 for Slangerup, with Polish racer Bartlomiej Kowalski tallying 10 paid 11.
In the day’s other meeting, Danish star Tim Sorensen racked up 14 points as Grindsted won 52-32 at home to Holsted.
Sorensen was backed up by 13 paid 14 from Danish SON2 star Villads Nagel, with former Speedway GP star Przemyslaw Pawlicki accruing 12 and Aussie racer Ryan Douglas scoring 11 paid 14.
Latvian international Francis Gusts picked up 11 points for Holsted, with former Danish champion Rasmus Jensen adding eight.
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