Six Days of Berlin

Night 1 - January 6, 2000

The commencement of the 2000 Six Day season saw a big crowd turn out for the first night of the Berlin six. The first event was won by the German duo of Andreas Kappes and Olaf Pollack from Martinello/Villa and Bartko/McGrory. The latter pair won the second chase, but consistent riding by Italians Adriano Baffi and Andrea Collinelli put this pair on top after the first night.

Results - professionals:

Standings after night 1:

1 Adriano Baffi/Andrea Collinelli (Ita)		82 Pts
2 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)	68
3 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)		35

1 Lap Behind
4 Silvio Martinello/Marco Villa (Ita)		79
5 Andreas Kappes/Olaf Pollack (Ger)		72
6 Etienne Dewilde/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)		48
7 Lars Teutenberg/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)	27
8 Guido Fulst/Thorsten Rund (Ger)		25
9 Stefan Steinweg/Erik Weispfennig (Ger)	12
10 Gerd Dörich/Mario Vonhof (Ger)		7

2 Laps Behind:
11 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Jens Lehmann (Ger)	42
12 Daniel Becke (Ger)/Frank Corvers (Bel)	27
13 Juan Llaneras/Isaac Galvez (Esp)		10

3 Laps Behind:
14 Robert Hayles/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr)		8

4 Laps Behind:
15 Frank Kowatschitsch/Ralf Liehner (Ger)	11

5 Laps Behind:
16 André Kalfack (Ger)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)	1

6 Laps Behind:
17 Christian Weber (Swi)/Ronny Lauke (Ger)	4

7 Laps Behind:
18 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)		4

Stayers:

1 Carsten Podlesch (Ger-Bruno Walrave)
2 Stefan Klare (Ger-Christian Dippel)
3 Hanskurt Brand (Swi-René Aebi)

1 Lap Behind:
4 Ralf Keller (Ger-Jozef De Bakker)
5 Lubomir Mazel (Cze-Helmut Baur)
6 Ronald Rol (Ned-Manfred Gehring)

2 Laps Behind
7 Sabino Cannone (Ita-Dieter Durst) 

Berlin local, Eyk Pokorny finished the first night of the sprinters competition in front, although Jens Fiedler got the fastest lap at 13.715 seconds for 250 meters.

Standings after day 1:

1 Eyk Pokorny (Ger)		6 Pts
2 Jens Fiedler (Ger)		5
3 Ainars Kiksis (Lat)		4
4 Anthony Peden (Nzl)		3
5 Jan Van Eijden (Ger)		2
6 Patrik Merk (Swi) 		1

Results courtesy of Union Internationale des Velodromes