48th Six Days of Zürich - 6DZürich, Switzerland, November 27-December 2, 20001999 Results Preview Start list Past Winners
PreviewFor the fourth time in its history, there will be three man teams in the Six Days of Zurich, that starts on Monday evening in in Oerlikon. A large field of 16 professional teams (48 riders) in addition to 17 amateur teams (34 riders) and 8 stayers (motorpace riders). Several high profile road riders will combine with the track pairs in a novel move by director Urs Freuler to make this one of the most specacular Zurich Sixes ever. Pascal Richard, Markus and Beat Zberg, Oscar Camenzind, Niki Aebersold, and Eugeni Berzin as well as MTB and cyclocross specialists Thomas Frischknecht and Beat Wabel will all join the fray, which will be started by Mario Cipollini at 9pm on Monday evening. The road riders won't be taking part in the highly skillful madisons, but will be seen in action behind the dernys, in the elimination races and time trials, as well as an Olympic sprint with their track counterparts. The hard core teams will be there of course, despite having no let up from the Gent Six, which finished on Sunday evening. Last year's winners, Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart will be together again, with roadie Markus Zberg in tow. However, they will struggle to beat the in form Matthew Gilmore and Scott McGrory (with Oscar Camenzind), who placed first and second in Gent. Brett Aitken might be ruing his pairing with Etienne De Wilde, who had to withdraw due to illness in Gent, although he started off quite strongly. Other combinations to watch are Danes Jimmi Madsen and Tayeb Braikia (with Beat Zberg), world champions Eric Weisspfenning and Stephan Steinweg (with Beat Wabel), Juan Llaneras and Adriano Baffi (with Pascal Richard), and Silvio Martinello and Marco Villa (with Eugeni Berzin). The Zurich Six will unofficially start on Sunday afternoon, with a "prologue" that includes the "Blau Band von Zurich", as well as a madison and a stayer race.
Start ListProfessionals 1 Erik Weispfennig/Stefan Steinweg/Beat Wabel (Ger/Ger/Swi) 2 Alexander Aeschbach/Frank Corvers/Massimo Strazzer (Swi/Bel/Ita) 3 Jimmy Madsen/Tayeb Braikia/Beat Zberg (Den/Den/Swi) 4 Scott McGrory/Matthew Gilmore/Oscar Camenzind (Aus/Bel/Swi) 5 Etienne De Wilde/Brett Aitken/Niki Aebersold (Bel/Aus/Swi) 6 Lars Teutenberg/Andreas Beikirch/Lukas Zumsteg (Ger/Ger/Swi) 7 Danny Stam/Robert Slippens/Thomas Frischknecht (Ned/Ned/Swi) 8 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart/Markus Zberg (Swi/Swi/Swi) 9 Markus Kammermann/Lorenzo Lapage/Roland Meier (Swi/Bel/Swi) 10 Guido Fulst/Christian Sidler/Philipp Buschor (Ger/Swi/Swi) 11 Christian Weber/Jens Lehmann/Marcel Strauss (Swi/Ger/Swi) 12 David Hubschwerlin/Robert Sassone/ Mariano Piccoli (Fra/Fra/Ita) 13 Juan Llaneras/Adriano Baffi/Pascal Richard (Spa/Ita/Swi) 14 Silvio Martinello/Marco Villa/Evgueni Berzin (Ita/Ita/Rus) 15 Peter Jörg/Frank Kowatschitsch/Sven Montgomery (Swi/Ger/Swi) 16 Mario Vonhof/Gerd Dörich/Rolf Huser (Ger/Ger/Swi)Stayers with Pacers 1 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 2 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 3 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 4 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 5 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steiger 6 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 7 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 8 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur Amateurs 1 Benoit Genauzeau/Julien Tejada (Fra) 2 Patrick Faeh/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 3 Ryan Miller/Sven Epple (Usa/Ger) 4 Michael Woerner/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 5 Christian Grasmann/Holger Burth (Ger) 6 Ralph Zimmermann/Glenn Rendall (Swi/Can) 7 Stefan Schaer/Alexandre Cloutier (Swi/Can) 8 Gregor Gut/Beat Obrist (Swi) 9 Jan Brunner/Stefan Mittelhammer (Swi/Ger) 10 Patrick Merk/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 11 Oliver Mattmann/Michael Lato (Swi) 12 Jürg Bannwart/Markus Blessing (Swi) 13 Walter Tresch/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 14 Tobias Baumgartner/Michael Mueller (Swi) 15 Kevin Jaeggi/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 16 Ralf Brosseit/Jan Ott (Ger) 17 Marco Hartmann/Mario Wagner (Swi) Past Winners1999 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1998 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1997 Silvio Martinello/Marco Villa 1996 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1995 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1994 Urs Freuler/Carsten Wolf 1993 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1992 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart 1991 Stephan Joho/Werner Stutz 1990 Adriano Baffi/Pierangelo Bincoletto 1989 Adriano Baffi/Pierangelo Bincoletto 1988 Daniel Gisiger/Joerg Mueller 1987 Urs Freuler/Dietrich Thurau 1986 Urs Freuler/Daniel Gisiger 1985 Gerd Frank/Rene Pijnen 1984 Urs Freuler/Daniel Gisiger 1983 Urs Freuler/Daniel Gisiger 1982 Urs Freuler/Robert Dill-Bundi 1981 Dietrich Thurau/Albert Fritz 1980 Horst Schuetz/Roman Hermann 1979 Patrick Sercu/Albert Fritz 1978 Rene Pijnen/Rene Savary 1977 Patrick Sercu/Eddy Merckx 1976 Wilfried Peffgen/Albert Fritz 1975 Patrick Sercu/Guenther Haritz 1974 Klaus Bugdahl/Graeme Gilmore 1973 Leo Duyndam/Piet de Wit 1972 Wilfried Peffgen/Albert Fritz/Graeme Gilmore 1971 Klaus Bugdahl/Dieter Kemper/Louis Pfenninger 1970 Peter Post/Fritz Pfenninger/Erich Spahn 1969 Klaus Bugdahl/Dieter Kemper 1968 Klaus Bugdahl/Fritz Pfenninger 1967 Freddy Eugen/Palle Lykke 1966 Rudi Altig/Sigi Renz 1965 Peter Post/Fritz Pfenninger 1964 Peter Post/Fritz Pfenninger 1963 Peter Post/Fritz Pfenninger 1962 Klaus Bugdahl/Fritz Pfenninger 1961 Rik van Steenbergen/Emile Severeyns 1960 Kay Werner Nielsen/Palle Lykke 1959 (II) Walter Bucher/Reginald Arnold 1959 (I) Rik van Steenbergen/Emile Severeyns 1958 Jean Roth/Fritz Pfenninger 1957 Gerrit Schulte/Armin van Bueren 1956 Gerrit Schulte/Kay Werner Nielsen 1955 Jean Roth/Walter Bucher 1954 Hugo Koblet/Armin van Bueren Most successful riders: Rider Wins Fritz Pfenninger 7 Bruno Risi 6 Kurt Betschart 6 Urs Freuler 6 Klaus Bugdahl 5 Albert Fritz 4 Peter Post 4 Daniel Gisiger 4 Patrick Sercu 3 Gerrit Schulte 2 Graeme Gilmore 2 Jean Roth 2 Kay Werner Nielsen 2 Armin van Bueren 2 Dieter Kemper 2 Palle Lykke 2 Dietrich Thurau 2 Emile Severeyns 2 Pierangelo Bincoletto 2 Rene Pijnen 2 Rik van Steenbergen 2 Adriano Baffi 2 Walter Bucher 2 Wilfried Peffgen 2 Leo Duyndam 1 Louis Pfenninger 1 Marco Villa 1 Erich Spahn 1 Guenther Haritz 1 Horst Schuetz 1 Hugo Koblet 1 Piet de Wit 1 Reginald Arnold 1 Freddy Eugen 1 Rene Savary 1 Joerg Mueller 1 Robert Dill-Bundi 1 Roman Hermann 1 Rudi Altig 1 Sigi Renz 1 Silvio Martinello 1 Stephan Joho 1 Eddy Merckx 1 Gerd Frank 1 Werner Stutz 1 Carsten Wolf 1 Winners lists courtesy of Bernd Busslap |