48th Six Days of Zürich - 6DZürich, Switzerland, November 27-December 2, 2000Day 6 - December 2Risi/Betschart/Zberg triumph at last
Local heroes, Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart/Markus Zberg have won the 48th Zurich Six Days for the seventh time, after a dramatic final night saw three teams finish on the same number of laps. Previous night's leaders Madsen/Braikia/B. Zberg simply could not keep up the pace that Risi/Betschart/M. Zberg were gaining points, and effectively lost their extra lap to finish 3rd. In second place were Juan Llaneras/Adriano Baffi/Pascal Richard, who were too far behind to threaten the lead of the Swiss stars. Risi and Betschart literally left it until the last minute however, to take back a lap that Llaneras/Baffi had gained, but secured it with 750m to go in the final madison. One of the more interesting events of the night was the "Cirkus Knie points race", the winner of which received a pony (perhaps a little slower than a Fiat...). The lucky riders were Dutchmen Danny Stam/Robert Slippens who beat Kowatschitsch/Sassone and Llaneras/Baffi. Only 12 teams made it to the end of the sixth night, from 16 starters. Etienne De Wilde ended up riding as a reserve after Brett Aitken withdrew with illness at 11:30pm. However, there was still at least 4 hours of racing to come... Also, Matthew Gilmore had to give up the race due to an unfortunate accident. After 30 minutes in the final 60-minute madison race, Gilmore and his Swiss partner Alexander Aeschbach wanted to change but Italian rider Silvio Martinello was in the way. All of them crashed and fell. While Martinello was motionless for the first few moments and neutralized for a few laps, Aeschbach and Gilmore could start the race again. But some minutes later, they had to give up the race as a result of the crash, despite holding an impressive 5th in the race. In the stayers' competition, there were two motorpaced events held on the final night. Carsten Podlesch and Hanskurt Brand were finally in good enough form to win the respective events, and the eventual overall victory went to Hanskurt Brand, behind his pacer René Aebi. Podlesch took second place with the same number of points as Felice Puttini, who finished third. There were also two stages in the finale of the Six Jours de l'Avenir, with the first being won by promising pair, Ryan Miller/Sven Epple. They finished 3rd overall in the event, which was taken out by the very strong French duo of Benoit Genauzeau/Julien Tejada, with Patrick Fäh/Patrick Kraus. A special thank you to Ernst Bretscher, Pascal Meisser and the race organisation for supplying the detailed results, reports and pictures during the event. ResultsProfessionals Meier and Steinauer Madison (30 km) 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 10 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 6 3 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 3 4 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 0 1 lap behind: 5 Erik Weispfennig (Ger)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 1 6 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 7 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger) 0 8 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 0 9 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 2 laps behind: 10 Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 2 11 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi) 0 12 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned) 0 3 laps behind: 13 Markus Kammermann (Swi)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 0 14 Etienne De Wilde (Bel)/Brett Aitken (Aus) 0 Cirkus Knie points race (10 km) *The winner receives a pony(!) 1 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned) 15 pts 2 Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 10 3 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 8 4 Erik Weispfennig (Ger)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger) 6 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 6 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi) 2 7 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 7 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger) 8 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 9 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den) 9 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 9 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9 Markus Kammermann (Swi)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) Coop Derny (18.75 km) 1st series 1 Philipp Buschor (Swi) 5 pts 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) 4 3 Roland Meier (Swi) 3 4 Rolf Huser (Swi) 2 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 1 6 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 7 Sven Montgomery (Swi) 2nd series 1 Pascal Richard (Swi) 5 pts 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) 4 3 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 3 4 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 2 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) 1 6 Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 7 Beat Wabel (Swi) 8 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Coop Time Trial (500 m) 1 Markus Zberg (Swi) 29.07 (61.92 km/h) 2 Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 29.24 3 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 29.97 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) 30.07 5 Beat Wabel (Swi) 30.09 6 Roland Meier (Swi) 30.31 7 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) 30.39 8 Philipp Buschor (Swi) 30.70 9 Niki Aebersold (Swi) 30.98 10 Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 31.25 11 Rolf Huser (Swi) 31.30 12 Pascal Richard (Swi) 32.06 Final standings after night 6: 1 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)/Markus Zberg (Swi) 357 pts 2 Juan Llaneras (Spa)/Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Pascal Richard (Swi) 261 3 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Tayeb Braikia (Den)/Beat Zberg (Swi) 187 1 lap behind: 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita)/Evgueni Berzin (Rus) 252 7 laps behind: 5 Erik Weispfennig (Ger)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger)/Beat Wabel (Swi) 234 8 laps behind: 6 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) 157 12 laps behind: 7 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Rolf Huser (Swi) 150 13 laps behind: 8 Christian Weber (Swi)/Jens Lehmann (Ger)/Marcel Strauss (Swi) 183 20 laps behind: 9 Danny Stam (Ned)/Robert Slippens (Ned)/Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 138 29 laps behind: 10 Guido Fulst (Ger)/Christian Sidler (Swi)/Philipp Buschor (Swi) 113 36 laps behind: 11 Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)/Robert Sassone (Fra)/Mariano Piccoli (Ita)158 39 laps behind: 12 Markus Kammermann (Swi)/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)/Roland Meier (Swi) 57Stayers 6th stage (20 km): 1 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 8 pts 2 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 7 3 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 6 4 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 5 5 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steige 4 6 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 3 7 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 2 8 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 1 7th stage (30 km): 1 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 8 pts 2 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 7 3 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 6 4 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steige 5 5 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 4 6 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 3 7 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 2 8 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 1 Final classification: 1 Hanskurt Brand (Swi) behind René Aebi 20 pts 2 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) behind Bruno Walrave 21 3 Felice Puttini (Swi) behind Roberto Puttini 21 4 Christoph Göhring (Swi) behind Peter Steige 27 5 Roland Rol (Ned) behind Jos De Bakker 32 6 Sabino Cannone (Ita) behind Dieter Durst 37 7 Lubomir Mazel (Cze) behind Helmut Baur 40 8 Ruedi Keller (Swi) behind Robert Buchmann 54Six Jours de l'Avenir Stage 7 (40 km) 1 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 18 pts 2 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 16 3 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 12 4 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 8 5 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 5 6 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 3 7 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 2 8 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 1 9 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 1 10 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi 0 1 lap behind: 11 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 0 12 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 0 2 laps behind: 13 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 14 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 0 15 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 16 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 13 laps behind: 17 Walter Tresch (Swi)/Martin Ehrismann (Swi) 0 Stage 8 (unofficial results) 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 13 pts 1 lap behind: 2 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 13 3 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 11 4 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 6 5 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 8 6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 7 7 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 5 8 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 2 9 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 1 10 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 0 11 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi) 0 12 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 0 3 laps behind: 13 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 4 laps behind: 14 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 0 15 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 16 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 Final classification: 1 Benoit Genauzeau (Fra)/Julien Tejada (Fra) 44 pts 5 laps behind: 2 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 83 3 Ryan Miller (USA)/Sven Epple (Ger) 46 4 Gregor Gut (Swi)/Beat Obrist (Swi) 21 6 laps behind: 5 Patrick Merk (Swi)/Patrizio Frigeri (Swi) 77 6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Holger Burth (Ger) 65 7 Jürg Bannwart (Swi)/Markus Blessing (Swi) 24 8 Ralph Zimmermann (Swi)/Glenn Rendall (Can) 15 7 laps behind: 9 Michael Woerner (Ger)/Karsten Woerner (Ger) 70 10 Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)/Michael Mueller (Swi 1 8 laps behind: 11 Oliver Mattmann (Swi)/Michael Lato (Swi) 10 10 laps behind: 12 Ralf Brosseit (Ger)/Jan Ott (Ger) 22 13 laps behind: 13 Marco Hartmann (Swi)/Mario Wagner (Swi) 0 16 laps behind: 14 Jan Brunner (Swi)/Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger) 6 17 laps behind: 15 Stefan Schaer (Swi)/Alexandre Cloutier (Can) 0 24 laps behind: 16 Kevin Jaeggi (Swi)/Stefan Peterer (Swi) 0 All information courtesy of race organisers/Ernst 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