Will Patryk Dudek clinch the gold? (Preview of the 3rd IMP final in Lublin)

10.08.2024 09:19
Fot. Jarosław Pabijan

At Best Auto Arena in Lublin, the third and decisive final of the Individual Polish Championships will take place. After two rounds, the differences between the top competitors in the general classification are minimal, so the fight for the final triumph promises to be exciting. The event starts at 19:00. Broadcast on CANAL+ Sport5 and CANAL+ online service.

The current leader of the cycle is Patryk Dudek. The KS APATOR Toruń rider has shown very good and consistent form during the tournaments so far, winning in Łódź and standing on the lowest step of the podium in Bydgoszcz. For the 32-year-old, this could be his second Individual Polish Champion title in his career.

The biggest rivals of the club’s protégé from Zielona Góra will be Dominik Kubera and Bartosz Zmarzlik. Their advantage will definitely be their familiarity with the Lublin track. A possible victory for the four-time Individual World Champion would allow him to equal the record of Tomasz Gollob, who was the first to win the Individual Polish Champion title four times in a row (from 1992 to 1995).

The group of riders contending for the victory in this year’s IMP also includes Maciej Janowski. The captain of BETARD SPARTA Wrocław is five points behind the leading Dudek in the general classification.

With a “wild card” during the Lublin final will be the local rider from ORLEN OIL MOTOR, Mateusz Cierniak. The duo of reserves will consist of juniors of the current Team Polish Champion – Wiktor Przyjemski and Bartosz Bańbor.

Starting list of the 3rd IMP final 2024 in Lublin:

  1. Krzysztof Buczkowski (ABRAMCZYK POLONIA Bydgoszcz)
  2. Jarosław Hampel (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra)
  3. Janusz Kołodziej (FOGO UNIA Leszno)
  4. Szymon Woźniak (EBUT.PL STAL Gorzów)
  5. Mateusz Cierniak (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin)
  6. Bartosz Zmarzlik (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin)
  7. Kacper Woryna (KRONO-PLAST WŁÓKNIARZ Częstochowa)
  8. Przemysław Pawlicki (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra)
  9. Bartłomiej Kowalski (BETARD SPARTA Wrocław)
  10. Patryk Dudek (KS APATOR Toruń)
  11. Bartosz Smektała (FOGO UNIA Leszno)
  12. Dominik Kubera (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin)
  13. Maciej Janowski (BETARD SPARTA Wrocław)
  14. Robert Chmiel (OK KOJEARZ Opole)
  15. Paweł Przedpełski (KS APATOR Toruń)
  16. Piotr Pawlicki (NOVYHOTEL FALUBAZ Zielona Góra)
  17. Wiktor Przyjemski (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin)
  18. Bartosz Bańbor (ORLEN OIL MOTOR Lublin)

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