Sunday 5th August 2012, 02:58

Defending FIM Speedway Under-21 world champion Maciej Janowski hit the front in this year’s title race after winning the second round of the final in Lendava on Saturday.

The Polish international flew out of the blocks with three heat victories, but had to make do with second places behind fellow countrymen Bartosz Zmarzlik and Patryk Dudek in his last two races.

Janowski leads the championship on 24 points, but Danish World Cup winner Mikkel B Jensen is just one behind after finishing second on 12 – recording three seconds and ending with two race victories.

Dudek was third on 11. However, he is just 10^th in the standings after missing round one in Lonigo through injury. Danish international Michael Jepsen Jensen, winner of the opening meeting, was fourth on 10, leaving him third on 22.

Polish pair Przemyslaw Pawlicki and Zmarzlik tied on nine points in Slovenia, leaving them fourth and fifth overall respectively.

Next up for world speedway’s most talented young guns is the British leg of the final, which takes place at Coventry on August 17.

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1 Maciej Janowski 24, 2 Mikkel B Jensen 23, 3 Michael Jepsen Jensen 22, 4 Przemyslaw Pawlicki 21, 5 Bartosz Zmarzlik 20, 6 Piotr Pawlicki 17, 7 Mikkel Michelsen 16, 8 Aleksandr Loktaev 14, 9 Tobiasz Musielak 13, 10= Patryk Dudek 11, Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 11, 12= Damian Adamczak 10, Vaclav Milik 10, 14= Pontus Aspgren 8, Nicklas Porsing 8, 16 Sam Masters 6, 17 Michele Paco Castagna 2, 18= Nicolas Vincentin 1, Matic Ivacic 1.

LENDAVA SCORES: 1. Maciej Janowski 13, 2. Mikkel B Jensen 12, 3. Patryk Dudek 11, 4. Michael Jepsen Jensen 10, 5. Bartosz Zmarzlik 9, 6. Przemyslaw Pawlicki 9, 7. Damian Adamczak 8, 8. Aleksandr Loktaev 8, 9. Piotr Pawlicki 8, 10. Tobiasz Musielak 8, 11. Mikkel Michelsen 7, 12. Sam Masters 6, 13. Vaclav Milik 6, 14. Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 2, 15. Matic Ivacic 1, 16. Dino Kovacic 0.

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