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Mont Ventoux
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65th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent, Belgium, November 22-27, 2005

Full house
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(Click for larger image) Full house at the Ghent Kuipke for the six days – Saturday was another sell-out
Swiss fans gathered
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(Click for larger image) Swiss fans gathered to cheer on Risi and Betschart – complete with a Swiss cowbell to ring!
Christian Grasmann, a veteran
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(Click for larger image) Christian Grasmann, a veteran of seven 6-day races, slings in 6-day newbie Marc Hester
Masterclass: Gerd Dörich throws in Peter Schep.
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(Click for larger image) Masterclass: Gerd Dörich throws in Peter Schep. With 135 six-day races to his name, Dörich is able to pass on valuable advice to newer riders
Rob Slippens throws Danny Stam
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(Click for larger image) Rob Slippens throws Danny Stam into the race. The Dutch guys have won six 6-day races, and have a blistering turn of speed
Kenny de Ketele throws Swiss rider Alex Aeschbach
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(Click for larger image) Kenny de Ketele throws Swiss rider Alex Aeschbach into the race
Dimitri de Fauw throws in Germany’s Andreas Beikirch.
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(Click for larger image) Dimitri de Fauw throws in Germany’s Andreas Beikirch. De Fauw is riding his 4th six-day race – and Beikirch is riding his 79th!
Kurt Betschart
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(Click for larger image) Kurt Betschart is the perfect partner for Bruno Risi
Full-on: Matt Gilmore hands over
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(Click for larger image) Full-on: Matt Gilmore hands over to Iljo Keisse at speed as the pair work together with Slippens/Stam to take a lap on the field
Marco Villa of Italy
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(Click for larger image) Marco Villa of Italy has 122 six-day races – and won 22 of them. This year, he has formed a new partnership with Franco Marvulli of Switzerland
Rob Hayles is popular
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(Click for larger image) Rob Hayles is popular with the many English fans who cross the Channel each year to watch the Ghent Six.
Dimitri de Fauw throws
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(Click for larger image) Dimitri de Fauw throws in Germany’s Andreas Beikirch.
Focus: Kurt Betschart hands over
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(Click for larger image) Focus: Kurt Betschart hands over to Bruno Risi, with Risi already focused somewhere on the race ahead.
Big Marty Nothstein
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(Click for larger image) Big Marty Nothstein from the US of A is partnered with former world Madison champion Joan Llaneras of Spain. There are several American visitors in Ghent this year to cheer Nothstein on
Gilmore, Keisse
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(Click for larger image) Gilmore, Keisse - concentration and perspiration
Nothstein does the focus thing
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(Click for larger image) Nothstein does the focus thing as he goes for a lap gain
Franco Marvulli looks up
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(Click for larger image) Franco Marvulli looks up at the scoreboard as he cruises round the track at speed. Six day riders need to be able to do sums in their head whilst riding flat out in a bunch on the track
Future talent
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(Click for larger image) Future talent - Mark Cavendish takes a handsling from partner Rob Hayles
Would you like chips with that?
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(Click for larger image) Would you like chips with that? The Derny drivers’ meeting convenes for the evening…..
Sidelined: Robert Bartko
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(Click for larger image) Sidelined: Robert Bartko had to sit out the Madison because partner Scott McGrory was sick. The contrast between the hot velodrome and the cold snowy air outside causes a lot of riders to pick up bugs
Danny Stam and Bruno Risi
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(Click for larger image) Danny Stam and Bruno Risi work together to gain a lap on the field during the Madison
Close-up
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(Click for larger image) Close-up - Matt Gilmore and Iljo Keisse in mid-change
Mark Cavendish grits his teeth
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(Click for larger image) Mark Cavendish grits his teeth as Rob Hayles throws him in to the Madison
Late in the 45-minute Madison
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(Click for larger image) Late in the 45-minute Madison everyone grits their teeth as Bruno Risi leads the chase after a breakaway
Looking for a lap gain
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(Click for larger image) Looking for a lap gain Rob Slippens gives Danny Stam a hard, fast handsling towards the end of the 45-minute Madison
Full-on: Danny Stam and Iljo Keisse
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(Click for larger image) Full-on: Danny Stam and Iljo Keisse know they have less than a minute left to gain that lap
… and Kurt Betschart knows
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(Click for larger image) … and Kurt Betschart knows he only has to keep them at bay for another minute. But a minute can seem a long time!
Victors: Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart
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(Click for larger image) Victors: Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart celebrate their win in Saturday’s first Madison. Down on points, the Swiss pair can only win the Ghent Six by taking a lap over the bunch...... but they look strong enough to make that a very real possibility


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