ANTONIO Lindback's Belle Vue misery hit a new low on Monday night.

The Swedish Grand Prix rider flew in for his first match since crashing in Latvia last week but completed only one race before being forced to pull out on medical advice.

Lindback finished third in his first outing but then retired in the next while in last place.

He had aggravated his hip injury and couldn't put any weight on it as his bid to re-establish his career with the Aces took another backward step.

His exit from the match compounded a bad night for the bottom of the table Aces, who were always up against the odds with Swindon flying high at the top of the table.

They had lost in-form Swede Billy Forsberg before the meeting as he had to pull out after suffering neck and back injuries at the weekend.

Suffered

In addition, Pole Adam Skornicki was handicapped by a knee injury suffered racing at home on Sunday, while Simon Stead was still struggling with a shoulder problem.

The result was another completely one-sided match with the Aces managing only two of the 15 heat winners on their own track, a poor commentary on the failed system which is designed to produce evenly matched teams.

Aces team boss Eric Boocock said: "We knew this was a tall order with Swindon at the top of the table. But we had several riders who were struggling for fitness and they were just too strong for us.

"It was a real blow to lose Forsberg because he had such a good meeting for us last week and another strong performance from him would have made it much closer.

"As it was, we had to bring in young Adam Roynon to replace him and the youngster rode his heart out for three points."

Swindon took maximum points from six races and they had three riders unbeaten by a Belle Vue man.

BELLE VUE: J Wright 9, S Stead 8, K Doolan 6, J Screen 4, A Skornicki 4, A Roynon 3, A Lindback 1.

SWINDON: L Adams 14, C Gjedde 14, L Richardson 9, S Ulamek 7, T Chrzanowski 6, A Moore 4, M Korneliussen 4

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