60th Six Days of Gent - 6DGent, Belgium, November 21-26, 2000Day 3 - November 23Gilmore/Martinello still on topBelgian/Italian pair, Matthew Gilmore and Silvio Martinello lead the Six Days of Gent after the third day of racing with 275 points. Two other teams are on the same lap: Scott McGrory and Brett Aitken (229 pts) and local favourite Etienne De Wilde with Swiss Bruno Risi (224 pts). The top three teams are all at least two laps up on the rest of the field, with Frank Corvers/Adriano Baffi in fourth place. Day 3 was certainly an epic day of track racing. An afternoon two hour session commencing at 13:45 saw a series of sprints, dernys, time trials and elimination races to soften the teams up, before the serious action started in the evening. Gilmore and Martinello were consistent, taking the first "Classement Sprint" and setting fast times in the flying lap time trials. Scott McGrory and Brett Aitken were riding well also, looking to make up laps and points from the previous two nights. They placed third in the first madison of the evening, won by De Wilde/Risi from Gilmore/Martinello, and won the second, taking back a lap in the process. At the end of the evening (0200 hrs), these three teams had established a clear advantage over the rest of the field. In the amateurs race, the 35th "Toekomst 6 daagse", Slovakian pair, Martin Liska and Jozef Zabka are threatening to take the lead if they can gain a lap on Germans Daniel Palicki/Oliver Riesenbeck and British riders, Antony Gibb/Phil West. The Slovaks have 64 points, over double that of Palicki and Riesenbeck. ResultsProfessionals Classement sprint: 6 x 10 laps: 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 12 pts 2 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 9 3 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 8 4 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 6 5 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 6 6 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 5 7 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 5 8 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 5 9 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 5 10 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 3 11 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 1 12 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 1 Teams elimination race: 1 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 4 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 8 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 9 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 10 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 11 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 12 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Flying lap (166 m): 1 Tayeb Braikia (Den)/Luc De Duytsche (Bel) 9.12 2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 9.24 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 9.24 4 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 9.46 5 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9.45 6 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 9.48 7 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 9.60 8 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 9.62 9 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra)9.80 10 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 9.88 11 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9.88 12 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 10.00 Derny (60 laps): 1 Scott McGrory (Aus) 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 3 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 6 Gerd Dörich (Ger) Elimination race: 1 Marco Villa (Ita) 2 Robert Slippens (Ned) 3 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 4 Luc De Duytsche (Bel) 5 Robert Sassone (Fra) 6 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 7 Bruno Risi (Swi) 8 Brett Aitken (Aus) 9 Rob Hayles (GBr) 10 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 11 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 12 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Derny (60 laps): 1 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 2 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 3 Frank Corvers (Bel) 4 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 5 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 6 Danny Stam (Ned) Classement sprint: 6 x 10 laps 1 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 9 pts 2 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 8 3 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 8 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 7 5 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 5 6 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 5 7 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 5 8 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 4 9 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 4 10 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 4 11 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 4 12 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 3 Teams elimination race: 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 2 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 3 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 4 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 5 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 6 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 7 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 8 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 9 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 10 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 11 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 500 m time trial: 1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 28.34 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 28.48 3 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 28.51 4 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 28.58 5 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 29.31 6 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 29.52 7 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 29.59 8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 29.65 9 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 29.70 10 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 30.08 11 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra)30.15 12 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 30.48 Madison (40 minutes + 20 laps): 1 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 25 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 15 3 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 10 1 lap behind: 4 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 6 5 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 4 6 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 2 2 laps behind: 7 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 0 8 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 0 3 laps behind: 9 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 10 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 0 4 laps behind: 11 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 8 laps behind: 12 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 0 Flying lap (166 m): 1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 9.00 2 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 9.00 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 9.06 4 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 9.20 5 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 9.27 6 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9.36 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9.44 8 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 9.57 9 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 9.64 10 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 9.81 11 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9.98 12 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 10.15 Derny (75 laps): 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 2 Bruno Bruno Risi (Swi) 3 Danny Stam (Ned) 4 Scott McGrory (Aus) 5 Marco Villa (Ita) 6 Frank Corvers (Bel) Elimination race: 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 3 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 4 Danny Stam (Ned) 5 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 6 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 7 Brett Aitken (Aus) 8 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 9 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 10 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 11 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 12 Luc De Duytsche (Bel) Derny (75 laps): 1 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 2 Robert Sassone (Fra) 3 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 4 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 5 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 6 Rob Hayles (GBr) Flying lap (166 m): 1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 09.00 2 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 09.06 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 09.11 4 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 09.19 5 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 09.20 6 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 09.33 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 09.46 8 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 09.49 9 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 09.51 10 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 09.51 11 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 09.70 Supersprint: 1 Robert Sassone (Fra) 2 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 3 Rob Hayles (GBr) 4 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 5 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 6 Gerd Dörich (Ger) Madison (40 minutes + 20 laps): 1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 25 pts 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 15 1 lap behind: 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 10 4 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 8 5 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 4 6 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 2 2 laps behind: 7 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 9 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 4 laps behind: 10 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 11 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 12 laps behind: Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) Derny (75 laps): 1 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 3 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 5 Brett Brett Aitken (Aus) 6 Danny Stam (Ned) Elimination race: 1 Robert Sassone (Fra) 2 Tayeb Braikia (Den) 3 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 4 Marco Villa (Ita) 5 Frank Corvers (Bel) 6 Robert Slippens (Ned) 7 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 Rob Hayles (GBr) 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) 10 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 11 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 12 Scott McGrory (Aus) Derny (75 laps): 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 2 Andreas Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 4 Manu Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 6 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Standings after night 3: 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Silvio Martinello (Ita) 275 pts 2 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 229 3 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Bruno Risi (Swi) 224 2 laps behind: 4 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 152 3 laps behind: 5 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Marco Villa (Ita) 133 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 114 5 laps behind: 7 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 137 8 laps behind: 8 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 128 15 laps behind: 9 Rob Hayles (GBr)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 118 18 laps behind: 10 Manu L'hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 48 19 laps behind: 11 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 44 23 laps behind: 12 Luc De Duytsche (Bel)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 139 35th Six Days of the Future Madison (250 laps, 5 sprints) 1 Daniel Palicki/Oliver Riesenbeck (Ger) 9 pts 2 Van Hoolandt (Bel)/Russel Downing (GBr) 1 1 lap behind: 3 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 23 4 Keisse/Hubschwerlin 13 5 Antony Gibb/Phil West (GBr) 8 6 Patrick Kraus/Patrik Fäh (Swi) 5 7 Ruyloft (Bel)/Steven De Champs (Bel) 2 8 Benoït Geneauzeau/Julien Tejada (Fra) 2 9 Marien/Ryan Miller (USA) 1 5 laps behind: 10 Beirnaert/Nachtergaele (Bel) 2 9 laps behind: 11 Ghijselinck/Thijs (Bel) 0 1000m time trial: 1 Beirnaert/Nachtergaele (Bel) 1.02.17 2 Antony Gibb/Phil West (GBr) 1.02.25 3 Ghijselinck/Thijs (Bel) 1.02.26 4 Keisse/Hubschwerlin 1.02.42 5 Marien/Ryan Miller (USA) 1.02.50 6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 1.02.84 7 Ruyloft (Bel)/Steven De Champs (Bel) 1.02.99 8 Van Hoolandt (Bel)/Russel Downing (GBr) 1.03.13 9 Benoït Geneauzeau/Julien Tejada (Fra) 1.03.34 10 Patrick Kraus/Patrik Fäh (Swi) 1.03.98 11 Daniel Palicki/Oliver Riesenbeck (Ger) 1.04.17 1000m time trial: 1 Ghijselinck/Thijs (Bel) 1.02.26 2 Marien/Ryan Miller (USA) 1.02.50 3 Van Hoolandt (Bel)/Russel Downing (GBr) 1.03.13 4 Patrick Kraus/Patrik Fäh (Swi) 1.03.98 Standings after night 3: 1 Daniel Palicki/Oliver Riesenbeck (Ger) 29 pts 2 Antony Gibb/Phil West (GBr) 22 1 lap behind: 3 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 64 4 Patrick Kraus/Patrik Fäh (Swi) 30 5 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 25 6 Benoït Geneauzeau/Julien Tejada (Fra) 15 7 Van Hoolandt (Bel)/Russel Downing (GBr) 4 8 Marien/Ryan Miller (USA) 4 6 laps behind: 9 Ruyloft (Bel)/Steven De Champs (Bel) 2 11 laps behind: 10 Beirnaert/Nachtergaele (Bel) 2 20 laps behind: 11 Ghijselinck/Thijs (Bel) 0 |