Hans Andersen (speedway rider)
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Hans Nørgaard Andersen (born 3 November 1980, in Odense, Denmark)[1] is a motorcycle speedway rider and captain of the Denmark speedway team that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.
Career summary
Despite being originally left out of the 2006 Speedway Grand Prix series, he replaced the retired Tony Rickardsson, eventually winning two Grand Prix meetings and finishing sixth in the final standings. He also became only the third rider to win a GP as a wild card.[2]
In 2007, Andersen became Danish National Champion for the first time. Andersen left his British club, Peterborough, mid-season in July 2008 after it emerged that the club had not paid him wages amounting to several thousand pounds.[3] Shortly afterwards he signed for Coventy and teamed up with Chris Harris to win the British Elite League Pairs Championship.[4]. Hans is with the Poole Pirates for the 2009 season.
Speedway Grand Prix results
| Year | Position | Points | Best Finish | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 40th | 1 | 23rd | 1 ride only as a wild card |
| 2003 | 17th | 41 | 8th (twice) | |
| 2004 | 9th | 80 | Winner | Won Scandinavian GP |
| 2005 | 12th | 64 | 4th | |
| 2006 | 6th | 101 | Winner (twice) | Won as a wild card then replaced retired rider winning further round |
| 2007 | 5th | 107 | Second | |
| 2008 | 5th | 140 | Winner | Won in Italy, runner up at Czech, Scandinavian and German GP. Third in Slovenia. |
| Race no. | Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 /11 |  Italian SGP
|
7 | 9 | (2,1,1,2,3) +0 | 1 |
| 2 /11 |  European SGP
|
2 | 13 | (0,3,1,0,2) +3 +2 | 8 |
| 3 /11 |  Swedish SGP
|
2 | 20 | (3,2,3,3,2) +3 +2 | 5 |
| 4 /11 |  Danish SGP
|
5 | 12 | (3,3,1,2,3) +E | 9 |
| 5 /11 |  British SGP
|
5 | 13 | (3,3,3,2,1) +1 | 2 |
| 6 /11 |  Czech Rep. SGP
|
9 | 8 | (2,1,2,2,1) | 16 |
| 7 /11 | Scandinavian SGP
|
4 | 12 | (3,1,1,3,2) +2 +0 | 8 |
| 8 /11 |  Latvian SGP
|
12 | 5 | (X,3,2,X,E) | 10 |
| 9 /11 |  Polish SGP
|
16 | 3 | (2,X,0,1,0) | 4 |
| 10 /11 |  Slovenian SGP
|
15 | 3 | (1,0,F,2,E) | 7 |
| 11 /11 |  German SGP
|
7 | 9 | (3,2,3,0,1) +X | 6 |
| Race no. | Grand Prix | Pos. | Pts. | Heats | Draw No |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 /11 | Slovenian SGP
|
3 | 14 | (0,3,3,2,2) +2 +2 | 15 |
| 2 /11 | European SGP
|
10 | 6 | (0,1,3,1,1) | 12 |
| 3 /11 | Swedish SGP
|
8 | 8 | (1,3,3,f,0) | 8 |
| 4 /11 | Danish SGP
|
4 | 11 | (3,1,2,3,0) +2 +0 | 6 |
| 5 /11 | British SGP
|
7 | 9 | (0,3,1,1,3) | 14 |
| 6 /11 | Czech Rep. SGP
|
2 | 16 | (2,3,1,1,2) +3 +2 | 13 |
| 7 /11 | Scandinavian SGP
|
2 | 20 | (3,3,3,3,1) +3 +2 | 2 |
| 8 /11 | Latvian SGP
|
10 | 7 | (1,2,0,3,1) | 14 |
| 9 /11 | Polish SGP
|
5 | 10 | (1,2,3,2,1) +1 | 1 |
| 10 /11 | Italian SGP
|
1 | 21 | (3,2,3,2,2) +3 +6 | 16 |
| 11 /11 | German SGP
|
2 | 17 | (2,2,2,3,1) +3 +4 | 5 |
| permanent speedway rider | |
| wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve | |
| rider not classified (track reserve who did not start) |
See also
References
- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
- ^ Bamford, R.(2007). Speedway Yearbook 2007. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1
- ^ "Panthers hero Hans is sent to Coventry". Evening Telegraph. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Bees duo team up for glory". Coventry Telegraph. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
External links
| 2011 Speedway Grand Prix riders | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gollob
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2 | Hampel
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3 |  Crump
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4 | Holta
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5 |  Hancock
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| 6 | Harris
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7 | Bjerre
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8 | Holder
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9 | Jonsson
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10 | Pedersen
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| 11 | Lindgren
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12 |  Sayfutdinov
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13 | Laguta
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14 | Lindbäck
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15 | Kołodziej
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