Leipzig Six Day Race

Germany, December 10-15, 1998


Program     Night 1     Night 2     Night 3     Night 4     Night 5     Night 6

Standings after Night 1:

 1. Jens Lehman (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)			74 points
 2. Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			60
 3. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)		58
 4. Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			42
 5. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		72 (+1)
 6. Carsten Wolf (Ger) - Gerd Dörich (Ger)			69 (+1)
 7. Andreas Walzer (Ger) - Frank Kowatschnitsch (Ger)		40 (+1)
 8. Erik Weispfennig (Ger) - Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 		35 (+1)
 9. Guido Fulst (Ger) - Ralf Liehner (Ger) 			19 (+2)
10. Mario Vonhof (Ger) - Robert Bartko (Ger) 			12 (+4)
11. Thomas Liese (Ger) - Jorgen Werner (Ger) 			14 (+7)

Standings after Night 2:

 1. Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			166 points
 2. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)		136
 3. Carsten Wolf (Ger) - Gerd Dörich (Ger)			154 (+2)
 4. Jens Lehman (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)			142 (+2)
 5. Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			 72 (+2)
 6. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		102 (+3)
 7. Erik Weispfennig (Ger) - Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 		 99 (+3)
 8. Andreas Walzer (Ger) - Frank Kowatschnitsch (Ger)		 81 (+5)
 9. Guido Fulst (Ger) - Ralf Liehner (Ger) 			 52 (+8)
10. Mario Vonhof (Ger) - Robert Bartko (Ger) 			 37 (+11)
11. Thomas Liese (Ger) - Jorgen Werner (Ger) 			 43 (+18)

Standings after Night 3:

 1. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)		240 points
 2. Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			239 (+1)
 3. Jens Lehman (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)			245 (+2)
 4. Carsten Wolf (Ger) - Gerd Dörich (Ger)			239 (+2)
 5. Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			109 (+2)
 6. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		153 (+4)
 7. Erik Weispfennig (Ger) - Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 		142 (+4)

Standings after Night 4:

 1. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)		310 points
 2. Jens Lehman (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)			324 (+1)
 3. Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			304 (+1)
 4. Carsten Wolf (Ger) - Gerd Dörich (Ger)			291 (+2)
 5. Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			168 (+2)
 6. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		219 (+3)
 7. Erik Weispfennig (Ger) - Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 		174 (+4)
 8. Andreas Walzer (Ger) - Frank Kowatschnitsch (Ger)		124 (+18)
 9. Guido Fulst (Ger) - Ralf Liehner (Ger) 			 81 (+18)
10. Mario Vonhof (Ger) - Robert Bartko (Ger) 			 83 (+21)
11. Thomas Liese (Ger) - Jorgen Werner (Ger) 			 86 (+34)

Standings after Night 5:

Fatnick (www.fatnick.com), the best 6-Day site on the WWW, writes that away from the main six-day race, the supporting "sprinters challenge" has one rider less after Australia's Darryn Hill managed to injure his eye whilst playing around with a glass during a meal at the riders' hotel, necessitating a trip to the local hospital to have stitches in his retina. I think this comes under the heading of "don't try this at home, children". Hill offered to race on Monday evening at his own risk, but race organiser Mr Holtmann was having none of it. Sensible chap. Meantime, Jens Fiedler leads the sprinter's competition.

 1. Jens Lehman (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)			397 points
 2. Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			378
 3. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)		372
 4. Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			224
 5. Carsten Wolf (Ger) - Gerd Dörich (Ger)			313 (+1)
 6. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		291 (+2)
 7. Erik Weispfennig (Ger) - Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 		231 (+2)
 8. Guido Fulst (Ger) - Ralf Liehner (Ger) 			110 (+19)
 9. Andreas Walzer (Ger) - Frank Kowatschnitsch (Ger)		143 (+23)
10. Mario Vonhof (Ger) - Robert Bartko (Ger) 			 95 (+25)
11. Thomas Liese (Ger) - Jorgen Werner (Ger) 			105 (+39)

Final Standings after Night 6:

 1. Etienne De Wilde (Bel) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)		473 points
 2. Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			435
 3. Jens Lehman (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)			478 (+1)
 4. Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			265 (+1)
 5. Carsten Wolf (Ger) - Gerd Dörich (Ger)			354 (+3)
 6. Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		324 (+3)
 7. Erik Weispfennig (Ger) - Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 		246 (+4)
 8. Guido Fulst (Ger) - Ralf Liehner (Ger) 			136 (+23)
 9. Andreas Walzer (Ger) - Frank Kowatschnitsch (Ger)		160 (+29)
10. Mario Vonhof (Ger) - Robert Bartko (Ger) 			107 (+31)
11. Thomas Liese (Ger) - Jorgen Werner (Ger) 			117 (+48)