Copenhagen Six Day Race

Denmark, January 30-February 4, 1998

Some Pictures from the Race

Standings after Night 1:

 1. Jakob Piil - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			59 points
 2. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			46
 3. Etienne de Wilde - Jesper Skibby (Bel/Den) 		40
 4. Michael Sandstød - Matthew Gilmore (Den/Aus) 	48 (+1)
 5. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (Ita)		75 (+2)
 6. Jens Veggerby - Jimmi Madsen (Den)			65 (+1)
 7. Adriano Baffi-Andrea Collinelli (Ita) 		39 (+2)
 8. Gerd Dörich - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)			22 (+3)
 9. Rik van Slijcke - Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)		18 (+3)
10. Stefan Steinweg - Robert Hayles (Ger/UK)		14 (+5)
11. Peter Pieters - Mario Vonhof (Ned/Ger)		12 (+5)

Standings after Night 2:

No results available as yet.

Standings after Night 3:

 1. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (Ita)		203
 2. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			189
 3. Etienne de Wilde - Jesper Skibby (Bel/Den) 		109
 4. Jakob Piil - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			189 (+1)
 5. Jens Veggerby - Jimmi Madsen (Den)			188 (+1)
 6. Adriano Baffi-Andrea Collinelli (Ita) 		168 (+3)
 7. Gerd Dörich - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		        126 (+8)
 8. Michael Sandstød - Matthew Gilmore (Den/Aus)	 96 (+9) * 
 9. Rik van Slijcke - Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)		 72 (+9) 
10. Stefan Steinweg - Robert Hayles (Ger/UK)		 72 (+14)
11. Peter Pieters - Mario Vonhof (Ned/Ger)		 59 (+14)

Kim Plesner Frederiksen who was at the Hall reports that Michael Sandstod has abandoned (once again... did the same thing in Herning, and the organizers are getting pretty tired of him!) So Matt Gilmore did a great job all by himself - he even won a couple of sprints even though he's without any team mate... So he's got the audience's support!

Standings after Night 4:

 1. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (Ita)		276
 2. Jens Veggerby - Jimmi Madsen (Den)			264
 3. Jakob Piil - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			265 (+1)
 4. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			193 (+1)
 5. Etienne de Wilde - Jesper Skibby (Bel/Den) 		158 (+1)
 6. Adriano Baffi-Andrea Collinelli (Ita) 		209 (+4)
 7. Gerd Dörich - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		       	191 (+9)
 8. Michael Sandstød - Matthew Gilmore (Den/Aus)	142 (+10)
 9. Rik van Slijcke - Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)		101 (+17)
10. Peter Pieters - Mario Vonhof (Ned/Ger)		128 (+18)
11. Stefan Steinweg - Robert Hayles (Ger/UK)		106 (+19)

Henrik Falk (and Kim) write that the reports about Michael Sandstoed are not quite correct. He came back on the fourth night but was riding "neutralised" and is looking like he will complete the race. Henrik also reports that Belgian Lorenzo Lapage is in trouble with a broken rib and will probably abandon. looks like he could abandon anytime, he

Standings after Night 5

 1. Jens Veggerby - Jimmi Madsen (Den)			289 points
 2. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (Ita)		288
 3. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			206
 4. Etienne de Wilde - Jesper Skibby (Bel/Den) 		184
 5. Jakob Piil - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			285 (+1)
 6. Adriano Baffi-Andrea Collinelli (Ita) 		228 (+3)
 7. Gerd Dörich - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		       	210 (+7)
 8. Michael Sandstød - Matthew Gilmore (Den/Aus)	158 (+9)
 9. Rik van Slijcke - Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)		108 (+14)
10. Peter Pieters - Mario Vonhof (Ned/Ger)		145 (+18)
11. Stefan Steinweg - Robert Hayles (Ger/UK)		114 (+18)

Final Standings after Night 6

 1. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (Ita)		451
 2. Jens Veggerby - Jimmi Madsen (Den)			440
 3. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Swi)			314
 4. Jakob Piil - Tayeb Braikia (Den)			419 (+2)
 5. Etienne de Wilde - Jesper Skibby (Bel/Den) 		262 (+2)
 6. Adriano Baffi-Andrea Collinelli (Ita) 		287 (+9)
 7. Gerd Dörich - Lars Teutenberg (Ger)		       	254 (+14)
 8. Michael Sandstød - Matthew Gilmore (Den/Aus)	211 (+15)
 9. Peter Pieters - Mario Vonhof (Ned/Ger)		218 (+26)
10. Stefan Steinweg - Robert Hayles (Ger/UK)		141 (+27)


Brief


The Danish riders Jens Veggerby and Tayeb Braikia crashed at 
approximately 21.00 on the last night when Jens' tyre exploded 
and there was nothing he or Tayeb could do.


Risi and Betschart tried to take the decisive round, but in the end it was
the final 5 sprints that decided the race. Jens and Jimmi started a
breakaway just before the sprints, and they kept the advantage for the
first 2 of them, to take them in the overall lead by 1 point. But then
(ofcourse) Martinello took the last 3 sprints to clinch victory for
the Italian pair.