Six Days of Munich

Germany, November 4 - 9, 1999

Night 3 - November 6

Martinello and Kappes lead in Munich after three nights of racing by a lap, but when the two other top teams pass 200 points they will also get bonus laps and be even again. Bartko and McGrory seem to be so low on points though that they will have to gain a lap to win, but there are still three days to go.

On the third day they once again won the first chase which gave them an extra lap to Martinello-Kappes, and Risi-Betschart and for a while also Baffi-Collinelli but they have dropped since then.

Several riders have suffered stomach problems, not only de Wilde but also Mario Vonhof, Frank Kowatschitsch and Erik Wiesspfennig are ill, but all are expected to continue the race.

Standings in Munich after 3 days:

1 Silvio Martinello (Ita) - Andreas Kappes (Ger)  204 pts

One lap behind:
2 Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)         190
3 Robert Bartko (Ger) - Scott McGrory (Aus)       166

Two laps behind: behind:
4 Adriano Baffi (Ita) - Andrea Collinelli (Ita)   136

Three laps behind:
5 Etienne Dewilde (Bel) - Matthew Gilmore (Bel)   149
6 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) - Marco Villa (Ita)      108

Seven laps behind:
7 Michael Sandstød (Den) - Tayeb Braikia (Den)     66

Eight laps behind:
8 Stefan Steinweg (Ger) - Erik Weisspfennig (Ger)  92

Nine laps behind:
9 Jimmi Madsen (Den) - Olaf Pollack (Ger)          82

Eleven laps behind:
10 Frank Corvers (Bel) - Lorenzo Lapage (Bal)      78

Fifteen laps behind:
11 Jens Lehmann (Ger) - Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)  59

Seventeen laps behind:
12 Gerd Dörich (Ger) - Mario Vonhof (Ger)          62

Nineteen laps behind:
13 Juan Llaneras (Spa) - Isaac Galvez (Spa)        42

Twenty one laps behind:
14 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) - Ronny Lauke (Ger)       36

Twenty three laps behind:
15 Christian Weber (Swi) - Franco Marvuli (Swi)    60

In the sprinter's competition Jens Fiedler (Ger) leads with 30 match points, well ahead of Jan van Eijden (Ger), 16 and Eyk Pokorny (Ger), 15. In the amateurs' contest Frenchmen Pommerau and Sassone lead ahead of British riders Wiggins and Epple.