Double SGP2 champion Mateusz Cierniak returns to Swedish champions Lejonen for 2025.
Cierniak won league titles with Polish club Lublin and the Gislaved team this year, and he returns to join forces with Speedway GP star Dominik Kubera, Kacper Woryna, Oliver Berntzon, Casper Henriksson, Robert Chmiel, Sammy van Dyck, Erik Persson and Alfons Wiltander.
Lions boss Anders Frojd said: “Mateusz is a fantastic guy. He has very high standards for himself. He is fearless and does his utmost.
“He has now raced on all the tracks in the Bauhaus league one or more times and this experience is the next step for him to improve his away average. At home in Gislaved, he already has a very high average. Mateusz has a big Lion heart. I am very happy with him!”
Elsewhere, 2024 SGP2 bronze medallist Mathias Pollestad is on his way to Smederna in the Bauhaus Elitserien. The Norwegian shooting star won the final round of the FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship series in Torun to claim third place overall and hopes to build on his fine progress with Gorzow in the Polish leagues.
Smederna boss Jerker Eriksson said: “We had contact with Mathias' management already last year, but for various reasons we did not come to an agreement then.
“When we were going to start building the team for 2025, we made early contact again and then it went quickly. He is a real tough guy who is also good from the tapes. We believe he will continue to make great strides and are happy to have him in the team for next season.”
In Malilla, Swedish international Timo Lahti has extended his stay with Dackarna into 2025. He joins forces with Danish racer Rasmus Jensen at the host club for the FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla. Dackarna team manager Rikard Kling said: “Of course we wanted to extend with Timo, and he immediately showed an ambition to stay.
“The negotiations went quickly, and we quickly agreed. Timo and his team are also very popular among the other riders and the entire Dackarna organisation.
“Timo really showed high class towards the end of the season where he had some real peaks. A fast-starting rider who can beat just about anyone, he was also the rider who raced the most matches at No.1 during 2024.”