KING’S LYNN have made approaches to 19 different riders without success as they bid to find a replacement for No. 1 Tobiasz Musielak.
The Stars revealed on Tuesday that the Pole will not be returning to Norfolk as expected having confirmed his desire to stand down from the team. Musielak broke his collarbone and damaged ankle ligaments in a crash in May and has not ridden for Lynn since, although he has returned to action in his home country. In a statement, the Stars declared: “His return to action in Poland resulted in the club being granted a 28-day facility for Tobiasz, who felt he was not able to commit to racing in the UK during his recovery. It was anticipated he would be fit enough to return at the end of that period. “However, we later received a phone call to say that Tobiasz would not be returning to UK racing this year, contrary to what he had said in a media interview released in that same week. We questioned that but Tobiasz was quite clear that his ankle ligament damage was serious and will require surgery in the winter. “He feels that he can manage riding one meeting per week in Poland, where tracks are not as tight or technical, while having physiotherapy to alleviate problems in the meantime. “For the club, it is a hard pill to swallow, losing our No. 1 on the back of losing Vadim Tarasenko earlier in the season and now Nicolai Klindt to a season-ending injury. However, we have to accept Tobiasz’s decision and look to the future. “We have been scouring everywhere for alternatives since the club was informed. We have approached at least 19 riders in that time without getting over the line but rest assured, we will keep trying – we have to. The only other hope we have is that the authorities look at this, see how we have lost riders and, if nothing changes between now and then, extend the facility for Tobiasz based on the situation being beyond our control, the efforts we have gone to in order to source a replacement and the fact that there is simply nothing more we can do.”
