Six Days of DortmundGermany, November 2-7, 20001999 Results Preview Start list Past Winners
PreviewThe winter Six Day season starts on November 2 with the Six Days of Dortmund (Ger) and the Six Days of Grenoble (Fra), finishing with the Six Days of Berlin next January. In the former race, there will be a total of 14 pairs, and there are several top teams on the start list. Last year's winners, Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart (Swi) will be there, along with newly crowned World Madison Champions, Erik Weisspfenning and Stephan Steinweg (Ger). Olympic Madison Champions, Scott McGrory/Brett Aitken (Aus) will be amongst the favourites, along with Robert Bartko (Ger)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) and Guido Fulst (Ger)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel). Jens Lehmann/Sebastien Seidler (Ger), Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Jimmi Madsen (Den) should also be competitive, and there will be a good deal of interest in the pair of Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag, who won this race in 1996. Start ListPairs 1 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger)/Erik Zabel (Ger) 3 Etienne de Wilde (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 Jens Lehmann (Ger)/Sebastian Siedler (Ger) 5 Stefan Steinweg (Ger)/Erik Weispfennig (Ger) 6 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Jimmy Madsen (Den) 7 Alexander Fedenko (Rus)/Vasyl Yakowlew (Rus) 8 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 9 Robert Barthko (Ger)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 10 Brett Aitken (Aus)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 11 Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Mario Vonhof (Ger) 12 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Ronny Lauke (Ger) 13 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned) 14 Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Stayers (Motorpaced) 1 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave (Ned) 2 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst (Ger) 3 Ralf Keller (Ger) behind Manfred Schmadtke (Ger) 4 Stefan Klare (Ger) behind Christian Dippel (Ger) 5 Peter Jörg (Swi) behind Helmut Baur (Ger) 6 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi (Swi) Past Winners1926 Fritz Knappe/Willy Rieger 1927 Willy Lorenz/Alessandro Tonani 1928 Piet van Kempen/Maurice Dewolf 1929 Karl Goebel/Alfredo Dinale 1930 Victor Rausch/Gottfried Huertgen 1931 Jan Pijnenburg/Adolf Schoen 1932 Jan Pijnenburg/Piet van Kempen 1933 Paul Buschenhagen/Adolf Schoen 1934 Marcel Guimbretiere/Paul Broccardo 1952 I Emile Carrara/Guy Lapebie 1952 II Hugo Koblet/Armin von Bueren 1953 Lucien Gillen/Fernando Terruzzi 1954 Lucien Acou/Achiel Bruneel 1955 Hugo Koblet/Armin von Bueren 1956 Rik van Steenbergen/Emile Severeyns 1957 Fernando Terruzzi/Reginald Arnold 1958 Kay Werner Nielsen/Palle Lykke 1959 Rik van Steenbergen/Klaus Bugdahl 1960 Klaus Bugdahl/Hans Junkermann 1961 Rik van Steenbergen/Emile Severeyns 1962 Peter Post/Rik van Looy 1963 Klaus Bugdahl/Sigi Renz 1964 Rudi Altig/Fritz Pfenninger 1965 Peter Post/Fritz Pfenninger 1966 Rudi Altig/Sigi Renz 1967 Dieter Kemper/Horst Oldenburg 1968 Patrick Sercu/Rudi Altig 1969 Patrick Sercu/Peter Post 1970 Rudi Altig/Albert Fritz 1971 Dieter Kemper/Klaus Bugdahl 1972 Patrick Sercu/Alain van Lancker 1973 Patrick Sercu/Eddy Merckx 1974 Patrick Sercu/Rene Pijnen 1975 Dieter Kemper/Graeme Gilmore 1976 Patrick Sercu/Freddy Maertens 1977 Dietrich Thurau/Juergen Tschan 1978 Francesco Moser/Rene Pijnen 1979 Patrick Sercu/Dietrich Thurau 1980 Patrick Sercu/Gregor Braun 1981 Gerd Frank/Hans-Hendrik Oersted 1982 Danny Clark/Henry Rinklin 1983 Danny Clark/Tony Doyle 1984 Francesco Moser/Rene Pijnen 1985 Roman Hermann/Josef Kristen 1986 Danny Clark/Tony Doyle 1987 Danny Clark/Roman Hermann 1988 Danny Clark/Tony Doyle 1989 Andreas Kappes/Etienne de Wilde 1990 Urs Freuler/Olaf Ludwig 1991 Danny Clark/Rolf Aldag 1992 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1993 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1994 Adriano Baffi/Giovanni Lombardi 1995 Danny Clark/Rolf Aldag 1996 Rolf Aldag/Erik Zabel 1997 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1998 Silvio Martinello/Rolf Aldag 1999 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart |