PIRATES have finalised the line-up for next week's season-closing Blue Riband – with Hans Andersen set for his Wimborne Road comeback.

Andersen was replaced by Antonio Lindback for the Elite League play-offs having broken his finger in a crash at Leicester in August.

But the Dane and fellow countryman Bjarne Pedersen – if he recovers from a knee injury sustained in Sweden nine days ago – will take part on Friday, October 14.

It is due to be the first staging of the Blue Riband in three years.

Poole promoter Matt Ford told the club website: "There are some names in the list I am particularly interested in seeing and, hopefully, our fans will be keen to see too.

"It promises to be an evenly-balanced field full of riders very keen to go out and win the Blue Riband title.

"It will be good to see the likes of Adrian Cyfer and Frederik Jacobsen along with some familiar faces."

The start list is subject to change and the meeting is due to get under way at 7.30pm.

Line-up: Hans Andersen, Troy Batchelor, Krzysztof Buczkowski, Adrian Cyfer, Adam Ellis, Kacper Gomolski, Chris Harris, Frederik Jacobsen, Sam Masters, Nick Morris, Kyle Newman, Scott Nicholls, Bjarne Pedersen, Erik Riss, Adam Skornicki, Grzegorz Zengota.