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The final evening of the Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent looks set to be a thriller, with current race leaders Andreas Kappes/Etienne De Wilde having a lot of work to do to hold off the challenge of Matthew Gilmore/Scott McGrory. Although Kappes/De Wilde are currently a lap up on Gilmore/McGrory (and Risi/Betschart), they will lose that advantage as soon as Gilmore/McGrory reach 400 points and earn a bonus lap. Neither Kappes/De Wilde nor Risi/Betschart will gain enough points in the final session on Sunday to reach 400, so they will have to physically take another lap in order to win - quite possible on Gent's 166 m velodrome.
No other teams are in with a chance for the overall, although Jimmi Madsen/Andreas Beikirch on 299 points are just one point away from a bonus lap, putting them on the same lap as Gilmore/McGrory and Risi/Betschart.
For Etienne De Wilde to win would be a perfect finish to his long career on the track, as he plans to retire early in 2002. De Wilde has won an impressive nine Six Day races in Gent, and is the sentimental favourite to win this one. He and his partner Andreas Kappes will have their work cut out to hold off the determined Belgian/Australian challenge.
Classement sprints 1 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 13 pts 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 11 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 10 4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 6 5 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 5 6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 5 7 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 8 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 4 9 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 3 10 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 3 11 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 2 Team elimination 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 4 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 7 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 8 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 9 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 10 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 11 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 1 lap time trial 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 8.75 2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8.83 3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 8.96 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 8.96 5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8.99 6 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 9.11 7 Andreas Kappes (Ger) -Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 9.14 8 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 9.28 9 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9.31 10 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 9.33 11 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 9.76 45 minute madison 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 1 lap behind 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 4 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 5 Andreas Kappes (Ger) -Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 laps behind 7 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 8 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 3 laps behind 10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 5 laps behind 11 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) Derny - 75 laps 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) (Walrave) 2 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 1 m 3 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 5 m 4 Scott McGrory (Aus) 10 m 5 Marco Villa (Ita) 50 m 6 Robert Slippens (Ned) 60 m Elimination 1 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 2 Danny Stam (Ned) 3 Steven De Neef (Bel) 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 5 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 6 Robert Sassone (Fra) 7 Frank Corvers (Bel) 8 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 9 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 10 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 11 Silvio Martinello (Ita) Derny - 75 laps 1 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) (Zijlaard) 2 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 60 m 3 Jimmy Hansen (Den) 70 m 4 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 80 m 5 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 85 m 6 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 90 m 500 m flying time trial 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 28.22 2 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 29.02 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 29.09 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 29.46 5 Robert Slippens (Ned) -Danny Stam (Ned) 29.49 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger) -Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 29.65 7 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 29.71 8 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 29.92 9 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 30.75 10 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 30.90 11 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 30.96 Supersprint 1 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 2 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 3 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 4 Robert Slippens (Ned) 45 minute madison 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 1 lap behind 5 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 7 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 2 laps behind 8 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 4 laps behind 11 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) Derny 1 Andreas Andreas Kappes (Ger) (Durst) 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 5 m 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 7 m 4 Danny Stam (Ned) 80 m 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 85 m 6 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9 0m Elimination 1 Andreas Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 3 Jimmy Hansen (Den) 4 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 6 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 7 Robert Slippens (Ned) 8 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) 10 Scott McGrory (Aus) 11 Marco Villa (Ita) Derny 1 Adriano Adriano Baffi (Ita) (Walrave) 2 Robert Sassone (Fra) 3 m 3 Frank Corvers (Bel) 45 m 4 Steven De Neef (Bel) 50 m 5 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 55 m 6 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 80m Standings after night 5 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 302 pts 1 lap behind 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 392 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 310 2 laps behind 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 299 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 166 3 laps behind 6 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 290 8 laps behind 7 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 177 18 laps behind 8 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 111 26 laps behind 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 170 27 laps behind 10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 203 43 laps behind 11 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 82
Stage 5 1 Steve Thijs (Bel)/Christof Marien (Bel) 11 pts 2 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 6 1 lap behind 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 12 4 Basil Milsal (USA)/Dean Downing (GBr) 9 5 Anthony Gibb (GBr)/James Taylor (GBr) 5 6 Tom Vanbecelaere (Bel)/Chris Lefever (Bel) 4 2 laps behind 7 Olivier Riesenbeck (Ger)/Karsten Lange (Ger) 10 8 Patrick Genauzeau (Fra)/Laurent D'Ollivier (Fra) 5 3 laps behind 9 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel)/John Van Den Abeele (Bel) 2 10 Wim Beirnaert (Bel)/Jürgen Debuysschere (Bel) 2 4 laps behind 11 Bjorn Nachtergaele (Bel)/Eric Bos (Ned) 0 1 km time trial 1 Anthony Gibb (GBr)/James Taylor (GBr) 1.00.18 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 1.00.36 3 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel)/John Van Den Abeele (Bel) 1.00.71 4 Basil Milsal (USA)/Dean Downing (GBr) 1.02.26 Standings after night 5 1 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 4 pts 1 lap behind 2 Basil Milsal (USA)/Dean Downing (GBr) 46 2 laps behind 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 82 4 Anthony Gibb (GBr)/James Taylor (GBr) 81 5 laps behind 5 Steve Thijs (Bel)/Christof Marien (Bel) 15 7 laps behind 6 Olivier Riesenbeck (Ger)/Karsten Lange (Ger) 24 7 Tom Vanbecelaere (Bel)/Chris Lefever (Bel) 21 8 Patrick Genauzeau (Fra)/Laurent D'Ollivier (Fra) 12 8 laps behind 9 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel)/John Van Den Abeele (Bel) 23 10 laps behind 10 Wim Beirnaert (Bel)/Jürgen Debuysschere (Bel) 19 14 laps behind 11 Bjorn Nachtergaele (Bel)/Eric Bos (Ned) 3
Stage 2 1 Meersman/Vercammen 2 pts 1 lap behind 2 Rousseau/Patachon 11 3 Jonkman/De Jong 9 4 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Cocquyt 9 5 De Poortere/Schets 2 7 laps behind 6 Lamote/Marichal 0 9 laps behind 7 Moonen/Hameau 0 Standings after stage 2 1 De Fauw/Cocquyt 21 pts 2 Jonkman/De Jong (Ned) 16 3 De Poortere/Schets 13 4 Rousseau/Patachon (Fra) 11 5 Meersman/Vercammen 5 op 9 ronden 6 Lamote/Marichal 0 op 14 ronden 7 Moonen/Hameau 0