Doyle completed a hat-trick on Golden Helmet. From the Czech pair, Kvěch was more successful in the final

Doyle, who had completed the Grand Prix in Torino the day before, finishing seventh overall, eventually became the crowned king of Sunday’s Pardubice race. “Great starts always allowed me to take the place where I wanted in the first turn. All summer I was hoping that the Golden Helmet will go to Pardubice this year, despite the difficult time, and I have a message straight to the organizers. Please also reserve a place for me next year, “laughed the Australian, who enjoyed the winning wheel on the Jawa trophy road bike, but also the fact that the anthem was heard twice for him.

Jan Kvěch had reasons to smile after his life success, who also completed the Pardubice Golden Ribbon of Juniors on Saturday and finished third there. “I wanted to get to the finals and it’s a complete hit. We hit the set-up of the motorcycle beautifully, I did well in the start, “explained Kvěch.” I’m a maximalist, it could have been even better, but I have to respect that Doyle was faster in the final and rode the ideal track all the time, ” in two weeks he will celebrate his 19th birthday.

His compatriot Václav Milík had mixed feelings. “We changed the gear, the nozzle and the lead the whole race, until in the semifinals it seemed that I finally hit the start. There was a lot of wet material on the inside, so I took the position for the finals at the fence, but it closed for me and there wasn’t much way to get ahead, “explained Milík, who did not fit on the podium.

Another previous holder of the Golden Helmet also presented himself in the finals, the Norwegian native with Polish citizenship Rune Holta won in 2009 and 2011, but did not finish Sunday’s six-round race for a trophy due to a technical defect. The most disappointed of the former winners was the almost forty-year-old Danish Hans Andersen, who triumphed in Pardubice in 2008, but did not even make it to the semifinals this year.

Slovenian Matěj Žagar was similarly sad, even though he won small finals. For a participant in the Grand Prix, who arrived in Pardubice on the day of the race directly from Torun, where the fight for the world title culminated on Saturday, seventh place from this year’s Golden Helmet was not enough for him. “I came for the trophy, but I didn’t start in the semifinals, so I have to extend my waiting for it for another year,” he said.

Hynek Štichauer, who was the last of the riders who finished the small finals, finished tenth overall. “For me, this is historically the best result from the Golden Helmet, so I don’t have to be sad at all,” he said. but it wasn’t a hit, “admitted the 41-year-old veteran Franc.

Measures against the spread of the covid-19 disease allowed the participation of only 2,000 seated spectators, who filled only a tenth of the possible capacity of the Svíkov stadium. The organization of the 72nd Golden Helmet was in a way unique, but with regard to the situation, a non-traditional format of 24 riders from a total of 13 countries was chosen.

“For example, in the British Isles, this year’s coronavirus season was completely canceled. But with us, the heart prevailed over reason and we were able not to break the beautiful tradition. Unfortunately, this year’s domestic champion Krčmář, who had duties in Grodno, Poland, which was fighting for promotion to the Polish extra-league, could not arrive, “said Evžen Erban, the director of the Pardubice plant.

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