59th Six Days of Gent

Belgium, November 16 - 21, 1999

Night 6 - November 21st

Australian Scott McGrory took his first ever six day victory in Gent paired with Dane Jimmi Madsen after they managed to hold off Italian super-duo Martinello and Baffi. Belgians De Wilde and Gilmore managed to come up on the same lap as the two top pairs on the final night but were far too low on points.

McGrory had shown fine form in the two earlier races this season in partnership with young German Robert Bartko, so the victory was not totally unexpected. Although the cycling fans before the race were looking forward to a duel between the Italian pair and Swiss duo Risi and Betschart, maybe with some opposition from Belgians De Wilde and Gilmore.

Gent six days final standings:

1. Scott McGrory (Aus)/Jimmi Madsen (Den)          587 pts
2. Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Adriano Baffi (Ita)     577
3. Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)    327

One lap behind:
4. Andreas Kappes Ger)/Frank Corvers (Bel)         429

Five laps behind:
5. Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)           253

Eleven laps behind:
6. Marco Villa (Ita)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)         139

Twelve laps behind:
7. Tayeb Braikia (Den)/Andrea Collinelli (Ita)     189

Seventeen laps behind:
8. Stefan Steinweg (Ger)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)     127

Twenty four laps behind:
9. Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Christian Weber (Swi) 153

Thirty one laps behind:
10. Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Paul Van Hyfte (Bel)         106

Thirty five laps behind:
11. Robert Hayles (Gbr)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr)      182


Abandoned
Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Isaac Galvez (Spa)

Pair eliminations:

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

500 meters:

1 McGrory/Madsen          28.58     15 pts
2 Martinello/Baffi        29.10     10
3 Kappes/Corvers          29.22      8
4 Braikia/Collinelli      29.67      6
5 De Wilde/Gilmore        29.70      4
6 Hayles/Wiggins          29.97      2
7 Aeschbach/Weber         30.51
8 Risi/Betschart          30.51
9 Steinweg/Teutenberg     30.66
10 Dörich/Van Hyfte       30.71
11 Villa/Lapage           30.88
12 Llaneras/Galvez        31.14

Derny, first round:

1 De Wilde             5 pts
2 Madsen      at 2 m.  4
3 Risi        at 3 m.  3
4 Baffi       at 40 m. 2
5 Corvers     at 50 m. 1

Flying lap:

1 McGrory        9.00      15 pts
2 Risi           9.04      10
3 Martinello     9.16       8
4 Gilmore        9.17       6
5 Kappes         9.25       4
6 Wiggins        9.28       2
7 Dörich         9.48
8 Aeschbach      9.59
9 Villa          9.82
10 Teutenberg    9.89
11 Collinelli    9.92
12 Llaneras     10.10

Derny, second round:

1 Van Hyfte                   5 pts
2 Steinweg        at 80 m     4
3 Galvez          at 85 m     3
4 Weber           at 90 m     2
5 Braikia         at 120 m    1
6 Hayles          at 130 m

Supersprint:

1 Wiggins         15 pts
2 Aeschbach       10
3 Martinello       8
4 McGrory          6
5 Kappes           4
6 Collinelli       2

Final standings:

1 Pommereau (Fra)/Sassonne (Fra)           80 pts

Four laps behind:
2 Palicki Ger)/Riesenberg (Ger)            20

Seven laps behind:
3 Vermeersch (Bel)/Hubschwerlin (Fra)     102
4 D'Haenens (Bel)/Van den Bossche (Bel)    53
5 Van der Veken (Bel)/Van de Wiele (Bel)   48
6 Nachtergaele (Bel)/Beirnaert (Bel)       24
7 Withcombe (USA)/Milsal (USA)              8

Nine laps behind:
8 Barbé (Bel)/Medhurst (NZl)               24

Ten laps behind:
9 Keisse (Bel)/Van Hoolandt (Bel)          13
10 Dobbelaere (Bel)/Bos (Bel)              11

Abandoned:
Gijselinck (Bel)/Ruyloft (Bel)
Obrist (Swi)/Gut (Zwi)

Results night six:

1 Pommereau/Sassonne             3 pts

One lap behind:
2  Van Hoolandt/Keisse           6
3 Palicki/Riesenbeck             1
4 Nachtergaele/Beirnaert         0

Two laps behind:
5 Vermeersch/Hubschwerlin       15
6 Van der Veken/Van de Wiele    13
7 Dobbelaere/Bos                 5
8 D'Haenens/Van den Bossche      3
9 Whitcombe/Milsal               2

Three laps behind:
10  Barbé/Medhurst               7

RDM-Cup:
Final winners of the pair pursuit:

Vermeersch/Hubschwerlin        3.21.60

Unsuccessful junior flying 500 m world record:
Française Mathilde Doutreligne (Fra) 35.65
Record is 33.28, held by Rosella Galbiata (Ita), set Oct. 1981
Doutreligne set a new track record on the flying lap: 10.44 
(old record 10.51)

Results from de Gentse Wielerbanen