48th Six Days of Zürich - 6DZürich, Switzerland, November 27-December 2, 2000Day 4 - November 30Swiss back on top after 4 nights
There were more mergers and movements between the teams during the fourth day of the Zurich Six. Scott McGrory was unable to continue in the race due to stomach problems, and Frank Corvers was also forced to stop. This meant that Matthew Gilmore and Oscar Camenzind had to combine with Alexander Aeschbach, who was Frank Corvers' partner. However, Silvio Martinello was able to rejoin the race with Marco Villa. In addition, Stefan Steinweg, Peter Jorg and Markus Kammerman were also neutralised during the night, meaning that a team of Laurenzo Lapage and Frank Kowatschitsch were formed to race the 100 km madison, while Erik Weisspfennig (Steinweg's partner) did not race at all. A total of 5200 people came to watch the action, with the first event being the "Fiat Autosprint", a 5 km race conducted as three heats and a final, with a Fiat car for first prize. Matthew Gilmore was triumphant in this over Bruno Risi and Silvio Martinello, after six riders made the final. Matthew had already won the event in 1997, and his father Graeme won the car sprint three times in a row from 1972-1974. The next event for the pro's was the Mövenpick 100 kilometre madison, the longest such race on the European circuit. This was won by Martinello/Villa who narrowly beat Risi/Betschart and yesterday's leaders Madsen/Braikia. At the end of the night, Risi/Betschart/M. Zberg were well on top of the leaderboard, with 228 points compared with Madsen/Braikia/B. Zberg on 139 and Martinello/Villa/Berzin on 134. However, once the latter two teams pass 200 points, they will gain a bonus lap and the standings may change. In the Stayers race, the fourth stage was won by Christoph Göhring (behind Peter Steiger), who beat Hanskurt Brand and Felice Puttini. The latter just holds the overall lead with 13 points, but there are several teams right behind him and his pacer, Roberto Pettini. Finally in the amateurs race, Six Jours de l'Avenir, French pair Benoit Genauzeau/Julien Tejada took a lap out of the field during the fourth stage to win from the Wörner brothers (from Germany) and Swiss Patrick Merk /Patrizio Frigeri. Genauzeau/Tejada are in the overall lead by two laps now, from Patrick Fäh/Patrick Kraus and Ryan Miller/Sven Epple. ResultsProfessionals Fiat Autosprint (5 km) 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 15 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi) 10 3 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 8 4 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 6 5 Brett Aitken (Aus) 4 6 Christian Weber (Swi) 2 7 Erik Weispfennig (Ger) 7 Jimmy Madsen (Den) 7 Robert Slippens (Ned) 7 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 7 Markus Kammermann (Swi) 7 Christian Sidler (Swi) 7 Robert Sassone (Fra) 7 David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 7 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 7 Marco Villa (Ita) 7 Gerd Dörich (Ger) Movenpick Madison (100 km): 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 13 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 11 3 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 4 1 lap behind: 4 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 5 5 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 2 laps behind: 6 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 0 3 laps behind: 7 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 0 8 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger) 0 9 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 6 laps behind: 10 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned) 0 7 laps behind: 11 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi) 0 9 laps behind: 12 Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 0 13 David Hubschwerlin (Fra)/Robert Sassone (Fra 0 Coop Elimination race: 1 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) 10 pts 2 Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 8 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) 6 4 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 4 5 Beat Wabel (Swi) 2 6 Pascal Richard (Swi) 7 Markus Zberg (Swi) 8 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 9 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 10 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 11 Rolf Huser (Swi) 12 Philipp Buschor (Swi) 13 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 14 Roland Meier (Swi) 15 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 16 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Standings after night 4: 1 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)/Markus Zberg (Swi) 228 pts 2 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den)/Beat Zberg (Swi) 139 3 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita)/Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 134 1 lap behind: 4 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Pascal Richard (Swi) 155 4 laps behind: 5 Etienne DeWilde (Bel)/Brett Aitken (Aus)/Niki Aebersold (Swi) 83 5 laps behind: 6 Erik Weispfennig (Ger)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger)/Beat Wabel (Swi) 144 6 laps behind: 7 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 151 8 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 98 8 laps behind: 9 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger)/Marcel Strauss (Swi) 119 10 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Rolf Huser (Swi) 96 12 laps behind: 11 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned)/Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 73 18 laps behind: 12 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi)/Philipp Buschor (Swi) 62 21 laps behind: 13 Peter Jörg (Swi)/Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Sven Montgomery (Swi) 76 24 laps behind: 14 David Hubschwerlin (Fra)/Robert Sassone (Fra)/ Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 72 15 Markus Kammermann (Swi)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)/Roland Meier (Swi) 22Stayers 4th stage (30 km) 1 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steiger 1 pts 2 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 2 3 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 3 4 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 4 5 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 5 6 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 6 7 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 7 8 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 8 Standings after night 4: 1 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 13 pts 2 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steiger 14 3 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 14 4 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 15 5 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 15 6 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 19 7 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 22 8 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 32Six Jours de l'Avenir 4th stage (40 km) 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 10 pts 1 lap behind: 2 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 14 3 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 12 4 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 9 5 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 7 6 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 6 7 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 3 8 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 2 9 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 2 10 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi) 1 11 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 0 12 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 0 2 laps behind: 13 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 14 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 15 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 0 16 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 8 laps behind: 17 Walter Tresch (Swi)/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 0 Standings after night 4: 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 28 pts 2 laps behind: 2 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 45 3 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 27 4 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 8 3 laps behind: 5 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 40 6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 32 7 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 30 8 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 17 9 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 13 10 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 13 11 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 10 12 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi) 1 4 laps behind: 13 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 7 laps behind: 14 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 15 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 0 13 laps behind: 16 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 35 laps behind: 17 Walter Tresch (Swi)/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 0 Results and information courtesy of race organisers/Ernst Bretscher |
