Round 3
WORLD SPEEDWAY
May 29, 2004
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FIM World Individua l Speedway Championship
Biarne Pedersen gets his first win on the World stage at Wroclaw
rand Prix speedway he ralded a first -t ime winne r in
th e s hape o f unfa nc ied
Danish rider Bjarne Pedersen at Wroclaw 's Olym pic
Stadium in Poland.
The 25-year-old Pede rsen, whose on ly
previous appearan ce in a GP final was in
Norway last season , sto le the thunder of
Polish riders jarek Hampel and Piotr
Protasiewicz to make the start off the
unfavored gate three in the final and
G
stor m to a famous win.
Ped ersen . who began in the pre -Main
Event, wo n heat one and then str ung
togethe r four seco nd places befor e com ing up tru mps with his seco nd victory of
the night in heat 25.
"It was a fantastic night for me , but it
hasn't rea lly sunk in," Pedersen said. "It
was very tough, riding in the first heat and
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