The Polish pairing of Dominik Kubera and Kacper Woryna along with Leon Madsen from Denmark and Latvia’s Andžejs Ļebedevs filled the all-important top four positions in the FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship Challenge powered by Anlas, Kineo and HKC Koopmann to book their permanent places behind the tapes for next season’s FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship (SGP).
- Dominik Kubera and Andžejs Ļebedevs retain their SGP places at Holsted
- Kacper Woryna follows in his grandfather’s footsteps with place in Speedway’s elite
- Leon Madsen books his return to SGP action after missing out in 2025
With such an invaluable prize at stake for the top four finishers, the racing was hard-fought and intense from the outset in Holsted, Denmark, where the talent-packed field assembled on Saturday (9 August) evening.
With conditions warm and dry, the track in the Moldow Speedway Arena was in prime condition and twenty-six-year-old Kubera – who is currently lying ninth in SGP after booking his place via last season’s Challenge when he finished third – got off to a winning start with a commanding tapes-to-flag victoryin the opening Heat of the programme ahead of Sweden’s Kim Nilsson.
Home hero Michael Jepsen Jensen then topped his first Heat ahead of fellow Dane and current SGP competitor Anders Thomsen before Madsen and Woryna opened their accounts with victories to complete the first block of racing.
The second block opened with Jensen charging from third to first to defeat Kubera before Woryna and Madsen maintained their unbeaten records and Ļebedevs, another of this season’s SGP regulars, took his first victory of the evening after trailing home third in his opening Heat.
Kubera ended Madsen’s win-streak in their third Heat race, but Jensen’s challenge suffered a serious blow when he was disqualified after being adjudged to have taken down Czech racer Jan Kvěch when passing him for the lead on the final lap of the tenth Heat, handing victory to Kvěch from Slovenia’s Matej Zagar.
With just one point from his opening two races, Slovakia’s Martin Vaculik – who is currently sitting fourteenth in this year’s SGP series – dragged himself back into contention with victory in his third Heat ahead of Woryna before Ļebedevs moved into the top four with victory from home rider Bastien Pedersen. 2025 FIM SGP World Championship Challenge in Denmark, Holsted © Jesper Veldhuizen
With two blocks of racing remaining, it was Kubera, Woryna and event wildcard Madsen who shared the lead on eight points – one ahead of Ļebedevs and two clear of Jensen – and Woryna then seized the advantage when he defeated Kubera in their fourth Heat.
Madsen’s third win of the programme pulled him level with Woryna and Jensen’s SGP ambitions suffered another setback when he finished third behind twenty-two-year-old Pole Mateusz Cierniakand 2025 SGP regular Kai Huckenbeck from Germany.
With Ļebedevs taking his third win of the evening at the expense of Thomsen – and Madsen and Woryna already guaranteed a place in the top four – the stage was set for the final block and Kubera duly rose to the occasion with his victory cementing his place in SGP next season.
Vaculik and Thomsen both signed off with victories – although their wins came too late to see them through – and Jensen also went out on top, but despite leading home Ļebedevs, Madsen and Woryna he ended the programme in a frustrating fifth.
With the four qualifying places decided, the Final was all about the podium positions and Kubera led every lap to finish on the top step flanked by Woryna and Madsen with Ļebedevs taking fourth.
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