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Belgian/Australian combination Matthew Gilmore and Scott McGrory made no mistakes on the final day of the Gent Six as they clinched the overall title with a 90 point advantage to second placed Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart. For Gilmore it was his second successive win in Gent, while Olympic champion McGrory improved on his second place finish last year. Third place went to sentimental favourite Etienne De Wilde, who partnered with Andreas Kappes to finish on 324 points. All three teams finished on the same lap.
The final day was a short session held in the early evening, and all McGrory/Gilmore had to do was to gain the eight points necessary to put them on the same lap as De Wilde/Kappes, at the same time preventing their rivals from overtaking them in the points standings. There were no madisons for the other teams to physically take a lap. Gilmore/McGrory ensured success by winning several of the individual events, and finished with a total of 453 points.
In the amateur competition that has been running concurrently with the professionals, Swiss pair of Patrick Fäh/Patrick Kraus finished one lap in front of Dean Downing (GBr)/Basil Milsal (USA), with an all British pair Anthony Gibb/James Taylor finishing in third spot.
Classement sprints 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 12 pts 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 11 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 10 4 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 6 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 6 6 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 5 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 5 8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 5 9 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 3 10 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 2 11 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 1 Team elimination 1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 3 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 7 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 8 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 10 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 11 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 500m time trial 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 28.48 2 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 28.77 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 28.90 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 29.25 5 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 29.28 6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 29.41 7 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 29.57 8 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 29.60 9 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 30.32 10 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 30.38 11 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 31.25 Derny - 1st-6th final 1 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) (Zijlaard) 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 1 m 3 Bruno Risi (Swi) 22 m 4 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 80 m 5 Danny Stam (Ned) 90 m 6 Robert Sassone (Fra) 95 m Elimination 1 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 3 Jimmy Hansen (Den) 4 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 5 Frank Corvers (Bel) 6 Scott McGrory (Aus) 7 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 8 Robert Slippens (Ned) 9 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 10 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 11 Andreas Kappes (Ger). Derny - 7th-12th final 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den) (Walrave) 2 Marco Villa (Ita) 3 Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 4 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 5 Steven De Neef (Bel) 6 Gerd Dörich (Ger) Flying lap (166m) time trial 1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8.72 (eq. track record) 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 8.82 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9.01 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9.09 5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 9.12 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 9.27 7 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 9.35 8 Slivio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9.35 9 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 9.67 10 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 9.75 11 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 9.79 Supersprint 1 Nicky Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 2 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 3 Jimmy Hansen (Den) 4 Steven De Neef (Bel) Final standings after night 6 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 453 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 363 3 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 324 1 laps behind 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 327 2 laps behind 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 204 3 laps behind 6 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) (Ned) 345 14 laps behind 7 Robert Sassone (Fra)/Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) 185 24 laps behind 8 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 138 29 laps behind 9 Adriano Baffi (Ita)/Nicky Vermeersch (Bel) 213 34 laps behind 10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Steven De Neef (Bel) 250 51 laps behind 11 Manu L'Hoir (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 97
Stage 6 1 Tom Vanbecelaere (Bel)/Chris Lefever (Bel) 1 pts 1 laps behind 2 Steve Thijs (Bel)/Christof Marien (Bel) 0 3 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 17 4 Basil Milsal (USA)/Dean Downing (GBr) 15 5 Anthony Gibb (GBr)/James Taylor (GBr) 6 6 Olivier Riesenbeck (Ger)/Karsten Lange (Ger) 3 3 laps behind 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 29 8 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel)/John Van Den Abeele (Bel) 5 9 Patrick Genauzeau (Fra)/Laurent D'Ollivier (Fra) 0 10 Wim Beirnaert (Bel)/Jürgen Debuysschere (Bel) 0 11 Bjorn Nachtergaele (Bel)/Eric Bos (Ned) 0 Final standings after night 6 1 Patrick Fäh (Swi)/Patrick Kraus (Swi) 71 pts 1 laps behind 2 Dean Downing (GBr)/Basil Milsal (USA) 61 2 laps behind 3 Anthony Gibb (GBr)/James Taylor (GBr) 87 3 laps behind 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 11 4 laps behind 5 Steve Thijs (Bel)/Christof Marien (Bel) 15 5 laps behind 6 Tom Vanbecelaere (Bel)/Chris Lefever (Bel) 22 7 laps behind 7 Olivier Riesenbeck (Ger)/Karsten Lange (Ger) 27 9 laps behind 8 Patrick Genauzeau (Fra)/Laurent D'Ollivier (Fra) 12 10 laps behind 9 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel)/John Van Den Abeele (Bel)28 13 laps behind 10 Wim Beirnaert (Bel)/Jürgen Debuysschere (Bel) 20 18 laps behind 11 Eric Bos (Ned)/Bjorn Nachtergaele (Bel) 3