Hans Andersen wrote his own Danish fairytale in Copenhagen on Saturday with a stunning victory in the fifth Grand Prix of the 2006 series.

Andersen, controversially omitted from the GP line-up this season but given a wild card for this event, responded in brilliant fashion with his second Grand Prix win, having previously bagged the Scandinavian title in Gothenburg two years ago.

He finished only third highest scorer in the qualifying heats, behind former Oxford No 1 Greg Hancock who topped the charts for the third time this year and Leigh Adams.

But he won his semi-final, from Antonio Lindback, Adams and Scott Nicholls and crucially had first choice of gate in the final. Not surprisingly, he plumped for red, the same gate as he had in his semi, and managed to beat Crump to the first turn in the final to set up his victory.

Championship leader Crump, who had won the previous three rounds and was looking to equal Tony Rickardsson's record of four on the trot, tried inside and out for four laps, but couldn't overhaul Andersen.

Result: 1 H Andersen (Denmark), 2 J Crump (Australia), 3 B Pedersen (Denmark), 4 A Lindback (Sweden).

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