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EKSTRALIGA | CIERNIAK LEADS LUBLIN TO VICTORY

Double SGP2 champion Mateusz Cierniak led the Lublin charge on 11 paid 13 points as the PGE Ekstraliga champions triumphed 56-34 at home to Grudziadz on Friday.

The Polish shooting star dropped just two points as his side delivered a rock-solid team performance, with Speedway GP star Jack Holder backing him up on 11 paid 12 and five-time world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik scoring a nine-point, three-ride maximum ahead of the Virkvarn FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla on July 5.

Reigning SGP2 champion Wiktor Przyjemski scored seven paid nine as he prepares to launch his FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship defence in Malilla next Friday. World No.3 Fredrik Lindgren registered seven paid eight points.

Aussie ace Max Fricke led the Grudziadz scoring on 10 paid 11, with former World Under-21 champion Jaimon Lidsey notching nine and Vadim Tarasenko adding eight.

In the day’s other meeting, former Speedway GP world champion Artem Laguta raced to 13 points as Wroclaw stormed to a 49-41 victory away to Gorzow.

Former world No.3 Maciej Janowski added 11 for the visitors, with last week’s Events.com FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow winner Brady Kurtz registering nine and Dan Bewley bagging eight paid 10.

Latvian racer Andzejs Lebedevs led the Gorzow scoring on 11 paid 12, with Martin Vaculik racing to nine paid 10. Anders Thomsen collected seven.

For full details of the evening’s results, scorers and the latest PGE Ekstraliga table, CLICK HERE.