59th Six Days of Gent

Belgium, November 16 - 21, 1999

Night 4 - November 19th

Italian "dream team" Martinello and Baffi are closing in on the Danish-Australian pair of McGrory and Madsen, and they only 13 points behind after four nights. A lap behind, three pairs are lurking, but note: third placed Kappes and Corvers have just gained a bonus lap, while Swiss Risi and Betschart will soon get one and be on the same lap as the leaders, though awfully low on points. Their chance is to attack and gain another lap, something we know they are quite capable of doing.

Gent six days after night four:

1. Scott McGrory (Aus)/Jimmi Madsen (Den)          389 pts
2. Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Adriano Baffi (Ita)     376
One lap behind:
3. Andreas Kappes Ger)/Frank Corvers (Bel)         301
4. Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)    227
5. Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)           196
Five laps behind:
6. Marco Villa (Ita)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)         119
Seven laps behind:
7. Tayeb Braikia (Den)/Andrea Collinelli (Ita)     145
Eleven laps behind:
8. Stefan Steinweg (Ger)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)      86
Fourteen laps behind:
9. Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Isaac Galvez (Spa)           83
Sixteen laps behind:
10. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Christian Weber (Swi)109
Twenty four laps behind:
11. Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Paul Van Hyfte (Bel)          70
Twenty five laps behind:
12. Robert Hayles (Gbr)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr)      112


Pair elimination:

1 Baffi/Martinello     15 pts
2 McGrory/Madsen       10
3 De Wilde/Gilmore      8
4 Aeschbach/Weber       6
5 Hayles/Wiggins        4
6 Villa/Lapage          2
7 Dörich/Van Hyfte
8 Risi/Betschart
9 Kappes/Corvers
10 Braikia/Collinelli
11 Steinweg/Teutenberg
12 Llaneras/Galvez.

500 meters:

1 McGrory/Madsen       28.67
2 Martinello/Baffi     29.02
3 Kappes/Corvers       29.27
4 Braikia/Collinelli   29.47
5 Hayles/Wiggins       29.52
6 Aeschbach/Weber      29.89
7 Risi/Betschart       30.05
8 Dörich/Van Hyfte     30.13
9 Steinweg/Teutenberg  30.50
10 Villa/Lapage        30.82
11 De Wilde/Gilmore    30.99
12 Llaneras/Galvez     31.25


Elimination:

1 Baffi          15 pts
2 Kappes         10
3 Madsen          8
4 Collinelli      6
5 Weber           4
6 Llaneras        2
7 Steinweg
8 De Wilde
9 Lapage
10 Hayles
11 Dörich
12 Betschart


Flying lap:

1 Kappes        8.96
2 Madsen        9.04
3 Weber         9.17
4 Baffi         9.20
5 Wiggins       9.28
6 De Wilde      9.44
7 Risi          9.49
8 Collinelli    9.52
9 Steinweg      9.61
10 Dörich       9.85
11 Lapage      10.02
12 Llaneras    10.04


First chase:

1 Risi/Betschart        25 pts
2 Villa/Lapage          15
3 Llaneras -Galvez      10
One lap behind:
4 Martinello/Baffi       8
5 McGrory/Madsen         6
6 Braikia/Collinelli     4
7 Kappes/Corvers         2
8 De Wilde/Gilmore
9 Aeschbach/Weber
10 Steinweg/Teutenberg
Two laps behind:
11 Hayles/Wiggins
12 Dörich/Van Hyfte


Second chase:

1 Martinello/Villa       25 pts
2 De Wilde/Gilmore       15
3 Kappes/Corvers         10
4 McGrory/Madsen          8
5 Risi/Betschart          6
One lap behind:
6 Aeschbach/Weber         4
7 Braikia/Collinelli      2
8 Villa/Lapage
Two laps behind:
9 Steinweg/Teutenberg
Three laps behind:
10 Van Hyfte/Dörich
Four laps behind:
11 Galvez/Llaneras
12 Hayles/Wiggins


Derny, first round:

1 Paul Van Hyfte      5 pts
2 Villa               4 at 3 m
3 Teutenberg          3 at 50 m
4 Wiggins             2 at 55 m
6 Aeschbach           1 at 75 m
5 Galvez


Derny second round:

1 Risi                5 pts
2 Gilmore             4 at 6 m
3 Martinello          3 at 10 m
4 McGrory             2 at 15 m
5 Corvers             1 at 20 m
6 Braikia


Derny, third round:

1 De Wilde            5 pts
2 Kappes              4 at 1 m
3 Madsen              3 at 2 m
4 Lapage              2 at 20 m
5 Betschart           1 at 30 m
6 Collinelli            at 35 m

Derny, fourth round:

1 Baffi               5 pts
2 Steinweg            4 at 2 m
3 Llaneras            3 at 5 m
4 Weber               2 at 40 m
5 Hayles              1 at 45 m
6 Dörich                at 80 m


Flying lap:

1 McGrory          15 pts   8.80 sec  New track record
2 Risi             10       8.84
3 Martinello        8       9.03
4 Hayles            6       9.04
5 Gilmore           4       9.06
6 Corvers           2       9.09
7 Dörich                    9.33
8 Braikia                   9.36
9 Galvez                    9.38
10 Aeschbach                9.46
11 Steinweg                 9.64
12 Villa                    9.64


Elimination:

1 Wiggins          15 pts
2 Corvers          10
3 Van Hyfte         8
4 Teutenberg        6
5 Aeschbach         4
6 Villa             2
7 Braikia
8 Galvez
9 Gilmore
10 McGRory
11 Risi
12 Martinello


Supersprint:

1 McGrory          15 pts
2 Braikia          10
3 Aeschbach         8
4 Martinello        6
5 Villa             4
6 Corvers           2

Standings after four days:

1. Pommereau (Fra)/Sassonne (Fra)              52 p
Tree laps behind:
2. Palicki (Ger)/Riesenberg (Ger)              14 p
Four laps behind:
3. Van de Wiele (Bel)/Van der Veken (Bel)      27 p
Five laps behind:
4. Vermeersch (Bel)/Hubschwerlin (Fra)         71 p
5. D'Haenens (Bel)/Van den Bossche (Bel)       44 p
6. Whitcombe (USA)/Milsal (USA)                 1 p
Six laps behind:
7. Barbé (Bel)/Medhurst (Nzl)                  15 p
8. Nachtergaele (Bel)/Beirnaert (Bel)          14 p
Eight laps behind:
9. Van Hoolandt (Bel)/Keisse (Bel)              6 p
10. Dobbelaere (Bel)/Bos (Ned)                  6 p
Twelve laps behind:
11. Gijselinck (Bel)/Ruyloft (Bel)              3 p
Eighteen laps behind:
12. Gut (Swi)/Obrist (Swi)                      0 p


Day four:

1 Pommereau/Sassonne                 20 p
2 Palicki/Riesebeck                   0 p
3 Van Hoolandt/Keisse                 0 p
One lap behind:
4 Vermeersch/Hubschwerlin            12 p
5 Nachtergaele/Beirnaert              9 p
6 Van der Veken/Van de Wiele          6 p
7 D'Haenens -Van den Bossche          2 p
8 Whitcombe/Milsal                    0 p
Two laps behind:
9 Ruyloft/Gijselinck                  3 p
10 Barbé/Medhurst                     2 p
11 Dobbelaere/Bos                     1 p
Seven laps behind:
12 Gut/Obrist                         0 p


RDM-Cup, 3 kms pursuit:

1 Vermeersch/Hubschwerlin     3.23.51
2 Pommereau/Sassonne          3.27.53
3 Van der Veken/Van de Wiele  3.29.63
4 Palicki/Riesenbeck          3.30.75



Results from the organizer De Gentse Wielerbanen