The Dutch pair Robert Slippens and Danny Stam caused a minor upset on the first night of the Gent Six, when they took a lap over the rest of the field, as well as plenty of points to take the overall lead. They are in front of the rest of the favourites, Matthew Gilmore/Scott McGrory, Andreas Kappes/Etienne Dewilde, Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart, with three other teams on the same lap.
Standings after night 1 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 74 pts 1 lap behind: 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 64 3 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne Dewilde (Bel) 52 4 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 51 5 Frank Corvers/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 34 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 32 7 Silvio Martinello/Marco Villa (Ita) 14 2 laps behind: 8 Robert Sassone/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 22 3 laps behind: 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicki Vermeersch (Bel) 28 7 laps behind: 10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 30 8 laps behind: 11 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 3 10 laps behind: 12 Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Luc De Duytsche (Bel) 5