48th Six Days of Zürich - 6DZürich, Switzerland, November 27-December 2, 2000Day 5 - December 1Danes back in the lead for the time beingNight 5 of the Six Days of Zurich was the biggest (and latest) yet, with a crowd of 6540 spectators watching the racing until the finish at 3 am. The feature event of the night was a 75 kilometre 'handicap' madison which was won by the pairing of Alexander Aeschbach/Matthew Gilmore who started with a 4 lap disadvantage to Markus Kammerman/Laurenzo Lapage and new pairing Frank Kowatschitsch/Robert Sassone [Peter Jörg pulled out with a temperature and fever, David Hubschwerlin had problems with saddle sores]. The rest of the teams started at a different number of laps behind the two outlying teams above, but Gilmore/Aeschbach overcame their handicap to win. By the end of the night, the Danish pairing of Jimmi Madsen and Tayeb Braikia once more found themselves at the top of the leader board after they gained a bonus lap for passing 100 points. However, there are three teams behind them at one lap, all with more points. If one of these, especially Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart gains a lap, then it will be over for the Danes. The Stayers had their fifth night of racing, with a 37.5 kilometre motor paced event won by Hanskurt Brand (behind Rene Aebi). He beat the Puttini clan (Felice and Roberto), meaning that these two teams share the lead with one stage to go. In the amateur event, "Six Jours de l'Avenir", two stages were held tonight, both won by the formidable French pair of Benoit Genauzeau and Julien Tejada. In both the 40 kilometre and 30 kilometre madison, the two took a lap out of the field to win, and they are now unstoppable at 4 laps in front of the field. ResultsProfessionals Blick Handicap Madison (75 km) 1 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 12 pts 2 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 3 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned) 5 1 lap behind: 4 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger) 1 5 Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 0 2 laps behind: 6 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 1 7 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 1 8 Erik Weispfennig (Ger)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 0 9 Markus Kammermann (Swi)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 0 10 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi) 0 3 laps behind: 11 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 5 12 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 13 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 0 5 laps behind: 14 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 0 Coop Derny (15 km) 1st series 1 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 5 pts 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) 4 3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 3 4 Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 2 5 Beat Wabel (Swi) 1 6 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) 8 Pascal Richard (Swi) 2nd series 1 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 5 pts 2 Rolf Huser (Swi) 4 3 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 3 4 Roland Meier (Swi) 2 5 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 1 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 7 Philipp Buschor (Swi) 8 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Coop Time Trial (500 m) 1 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 29.38 (61.266 km/h) 2 Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 29.57 3 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 29.77 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) 29.78 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) 29.89 6 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 30.32 7 Beat Wabel (Swi) 30.33 8 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 30.58 9 Philipp Buschor (Swi) 31.00 10 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 31.07 11 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 31.15 12 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 31.35 13 Rolf Huser (Swi) 31.49 14 Pascal Richard (Swi) 31.50 15 Roland Meier (Swi) 32.31 Standings after night 5: 1 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den)/Beat Zberg (Swi) 150 pts 1 lap behind: 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)/Markus Zberg (Swi) 254 3 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Pascal Richard (Swi) 181 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita)/Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 179 5 laps behind: 5 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 203 6 laps behind: 6 Erik Weisspfennig (Ger)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger)/Beat Wabel (Swi) 185 7 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 136 7 laps behind: 8 Etienne DeWilde (Bel)/Brett Aitken (Aus)/Niki Aebersold (Swi) 93 8 laps behind: 9 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Rolf Huser (Swi) 137 9 laps behind: 10 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger)/Marcel Strauss (Swi) 148 14 laps behind: 11 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned)/Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 109 24 laps behind: 12 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi)/Philipp Buschor (Swi) 80 29 laps behind: 13 David Hubschwerlin (Fra)/Robert Sassone (Fra)/ Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 110 31 laps behind: 14 Markus Kammermann (Swi)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)/Roland Meier (Swi) 37 Full results to followStayers Stage 5 (37.5 km): 1 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 1 pts 2 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 2 3 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 3 4 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steiger 4 5 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 5 6 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 6 7 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 7 8 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 8 Standings after night 5: 1 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 15 pts 2 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 15 3 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 18 4 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steiger 18 5 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 22 6 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 25 7 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 27 8 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 40Six Jours de l'Avenir Stage 5 (40 km): 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 0 pts 1 lap behind: 2 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 17 3 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 15 4 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 10 5 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 6 6 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 5 7 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 1 8 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 0 2 laps behind: 9 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 6 10 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 6 11 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi) 0 12 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 0 13 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 4 laps behind: 14 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 15 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 16 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 0 9 laps behind: 17 Walter Tresch (Swi)/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 0 Stage 6 (30 km): 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 2 pts 1 lap behind: 2 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 10 3 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 6 4 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 4 5 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 0 6 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi) 0 7 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 0 8 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 0 9 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 0 10 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 0 11 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 0 12 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 0 13 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 0 14 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 15 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 16 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 8 laps behind: 17 Walter Tresch (Swi)/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 0 Standings after stage 6: 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 30 pts 4 laps behind: 2 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 62 3 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 27 4 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 13 5 laps behind: 5 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 61 6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 46 7 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 19 8 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 14 6 laps behind: 9 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 46 10 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 10 11 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi) 1 7 laps behind: 12 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 8 laps behind: 13 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 17 10 laps behind: 14 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 6 12 laps behind: 15 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 18 laps behind: 16 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 52 laps behind: 17 Walter Tresch (Swi)/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 0 All information courtesy of race organisers/Ernst Bretscher |