WC-championship team: Inzell, Germany

Tomorrow Posa, Stefan Svensson and P-A Lindström will represent the swedish colors in this years edition of the national team world cup. the races take place in Inzell, Germany and we have been talking to Posa today and he tells us that he feels in great shape and that they are very confident for tomorrows races. The practice went very well and the swedish line-up are confident. Of course the Russians will be the favorites for the gold but the silver and bronze are an open affair. You can follow the results as they drop in on the outstanding site called isracing.net.

32nd Gothenburg International Filmfestival

ICY RIDERS roar into the cinemas with great success. It draws fabolus attention and of course the ordiary cineast finds unusual to the 52 minute documentary very exciting. The producer and director have been interviewed by media all day and today was also the official launch of the website from where you can order the upcoming DVD. Also it is a funny coincidence that Posa qualified to the 32nd world championship the year of the 32nd Gothenburg Filmfestival!

#32!

Posa the miracleman has done it again. Qualified to the WC-finals for the 32nd time in a row. It is totally unheard of and the 60-year old ice speedway legend, Per-Olof Serenius is still performing as the going gets tough. It was after tonights second day of racing in Sanok, Poland that he succeded in this remarkable performance. Someone please call the book of Guinness. We all give him a big hand. Next stop Russia.

Stuck in Biarritz

While Posa is in Sanok, Poland, trying to qualify to his 32rd consecutive WC-championship I am stuck in the Biarritz Filmfestival, France. A great storm hit the streets and all of the communication broke down. I watch the races from www.isracing.net. The opening of Icy Riders at Gothenburg Filmfestival yesterday went very well. Enthusiastic spectators applauding.

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Tagliatti, Russia

The extremely sympathetic Swedish veteran rider Stefan Svensson came on 4th place after a standard selection of Russians! 50-years old and full of routine and skill he made it to the finals after the qualifies in Tagliatti this weekend. Stefan who is very well liked in Russia for his humoristic and optimistic manners obviously wasn´t too distracted by the 5 hour stop at the Russian border where they searched the whole van and gave the Swedish team a hard time. Congratulations Stefan! Results below...

Final standing after Heat 40:
1. Ivan Ivanov 29 Pkt.
2. Nikolai Krasnikov 28 Pkt.
3. Daniil Ivanov 27 Pkt.
4. Stefan Svensson 22 Pkt.
5. Harald Simon 20 Pkt.
6. Tommy Flyktman 17 Pkt.
7. Hans-Olov Olsén 15 Pkt.
8. Sven Holstein 14 Pkt.
9. Michail Zelepukin 13 Pkt.
10. Sergej Karachintsev 12 Pkt.
source: www.isracing.net

Stefan Svensson in 4th place!

Tagliatti, Russia.
Stefan Svensson came 4th after a russian troika! The sympathetic vetran Stefan Svensson is extremely well liked in Russia for his spontanious and always optimistic character. Not even a 5 hour stop in the russian customs got him out of balance. A very well deserved place for Stefan and we are looking forward to seeing him in the WC-finals. Congratulations!

These were the standings after the final 40th heat.
1. Ivan Ivanov 29 Pkt.
2. Nikolai Krasnikov 28 Pkt.
3. Daniil Ivanov 27 Pkt.
4. Stefan Svensson 22 Pkt.
5. Harald Simon 20 Pkt.

WC-teams nominations for Inzell, Germany

These are the teams that will be fighting for the world championship in 2009. This year the event take place in Inzell, Germany. A favorite place for Posa to ride. We wish the Swedish riders the best of luck.

Team WC 31/1-1/2 Inzell, Austria
Finland: 1 AAKKO Antti 2 LEHTINEN Kai 15 FLYKTMAN Tommy
Germany: 3 BAUER Günther 4 PLETSCHACHER Stefan 16 FÜRST Florian
Sweden: 5 SERENIUS Per-Olov 6 SVENSSON Stefan 17 LINDSTRÖM Per-Anders
Russia: 7 KRASNIKOV Nikolay 8 BAZEEV Younir 18 IVANOV Daniil
Austria: 9 SIMON Harald 10 SKABRAUT Markus 19 ZORN Franz
Czech Republic: 11 KLATOVSKÝ Antonín 12 KLATOVSKÝ Jan 20 DIVIŠ Andrej
The Netherlands: 13 TUINSTRA Johnny 14 STELLINGWERF René 21 HOLSTEIN Sven

source: www.isracing.net

Icy Riders goes India

Just like in a Wes Anderson movie..Icy Riders has taken the Darjeeling Limited tour and made it to the 3rd Bengaluuru International Filmfestival in India. It will be a great pleasure to hear what the Bollywood-fans have to say about, what in their eyes ,must be a very exotic film. The latest update on Posa is that he is preparing himself for the 33 consecutive WC-championships qualification race in Sanok, Poland. It is the third and last of the semifinals and right now the swedish riders Stefan Svensson and Hans-Olof Olsén are heading for the qualifications in Tagliatti, Russia. Posa reported that they had been held back by the Russian customs for over 5 hours. -It´s always the same story, he chuckled.

ICY RIDERS and Gothenburg International Filmfestival

The program to Gothenburg International Filmfestival has just been released and the ones who would like to see ICY RIDERS on the silver screen before it is broadcasted on Swedish Television the 15th of February have the opportunity to buy tickets via this link. There are three separate screenings.

Posa and Koij in Germany

This week Posa and his colleauge Peter Koij attended in a race outside Münich called Steingaden international. It is soon time for the semifinal-WC in Sanok, Poland and the ice riders all over Europe have busy days ahead. The results from the race in Steingaden is put together by Karina Flyktman.

1. Franky Zorn, Austria 15p
2. Günther Bauer, Germany 14p
3. Antti Aakko, Finland 13p
4. Harald Simon, Austria 11p
5. Markus Skabraut, Austria 10p
6. René Stellingverf, Holland 10p
7. Posa Serenius 8p
8. Peter Koij 8p

Russian WC qualify races

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The winter is here and it is colder than in a long time. The swedish riders compete in the league and over in Russia they ride for the WC participations. No doubt that the competition is tougher than in the rest of Europe. Here are the top-5 results from the first Day(saturday).
1. Krasnikov 12p
2. I. Ivanov 12p
3. D.Ivanov 12p
4. J. Baseev 12p
5. V. Khomitsevich 11p

The results come from www.isracing.net and Karina Flyktman

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SVT web-TV

It´s 2009 and the countdown for the film ICY RIDERS has started. Coming up first is the Gothenburg International Film Festival (23 Jan.-8 Feb) where it will be screened three times. With some luck and Gods speed Posa will make it home from Russia where he is racing at that time. After that it will be broadcasted on SVT on the 15th of February. On there web site you can watch some footage from the premiere screening in Hedemora last November.