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It was an intense final night in Copenhagen! The Danish home crowd were hoping for their boys in pair number seven to take home the first victory in the newly constructed Siemens Arena.
The Swiss megastars Risi and Betschart had their minds and legs set for another result, though. They started the first pursuit of the evening in a frantic pace, gaining the one lap they were down. Importantly, Rolf Sørensen and Silvio Martinello managed to squeeze home the ten points they needed to get the 'bonus' lap. 200 points on the scorecard was the result of the first pursuit for the Italian/Danish constellation, who are on level laps with pairs number six and seven.
Who would have the best legs in the final pursuit? The Danes, the Swiss or perhaps the veterans Sørensen and Martinello?
Before the final pursuit, however, a moved Etienne Dewilde said his goodbyes to the packed arena. The Copenhagen Six is Dewilde's last official race, and he was honoured by standing ovations from the crowd and the other riders.
With 30 minutes to go of the Copenhagen Six, the pursuit had turned into a man's contest between the top four pairs: 5, 6, 7 and 10. Gilmore/McGrory had a single point's advantage over Sandstød/Madsen, but as a special feature in the final pursuit, points would be up for grabs for every ten laps during the last 50 laps of the contest.
Rolf Sørensen tried to break through with 20 minutes left in the race, but he couldn't hammer the last nail in the proverbial coffin – pairs number 6, 7 and 10 just wouldn't have it! Thus, it looked like a home victory with only a quarter of an hour to go.
But it ended otherwise! The massive strength of McGrory and Gilmore proved decisive. Seven minutes before the end, they gained the vital lap, and they finished in top spot, the Danes coming in second, and the Swiss supermen third.
Final standings after six nights 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott McGrory (Aus) 333 pts 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Michael Sandstød (Den) 314 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 220 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Rolf Sørensen (Den) 212 1 lap behind 5 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 220 2 laps behind 6 Etienne Dewilde (Bel)/Jimmy Hansen (Den) 190 10 laps behind 7 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 259 13 laps behind 8 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Slippens (Ned) 289 16 laps behind 9 Gerd Dörich (Ger)/Mario Vonhof (Ger) 142 10 Frank Høj (Den)/Marco Villa (Ita) 110 20 laps behind 11 Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 142 23 laps behind 12 Jozef Zabka (Svk)/Martin Liska (Svk) 106 24 laps behind 13 Frank Corvers (Bel)/Danny Jonasson (Den) 81 28 laps behind 14 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)/Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) 72 61 laps behind 15 Serguei Koudentsov (Rus)/Mikhail Mikkeev (Rus) 14
Final standings after night 6 1 Dimitri De Fauw/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 134 pts 2 Basil Misal (USA)/Iiljo Keisse (Bel) 107 3 Morten Christiansen (Den)/Dennis Rasmussen (Den) 69 4 Kristian Busk (Den)/Jacob Filipowich (Den) 54 5 Michael S. Larsen (Den)/Michael Demin (Den) 12 1 lap behind 6 Stefan Mittelhammer (Ger)/Holger Birth (Ger) 32 7 Jens Erik Madsen (Den)/Michael Berling (Den) 6 5 laps behind 8 Lars Frederiksen (Den)/Allan Frederiksen (Den) 12 9 Niclas Slot (Den)/Lasse Froberg (Den) 0 7 laps behind 10 Mikkel Kristensen (Den)/Kristian Egholm (Den) 4 8 laps behind 11 ? 0 12 laps behind 12 Thomas Dalsted (Den)/Jesper Dehn (Den) 5 16 laps behind 13 Patrick Wonsyld (Den)/Kristian Busk (Den) 0
Final standings after night 6 1 Niki Østergaard/Erik Lahm (Den) 48 pts 2 laps behind 2 Martin Jensen/Rasmus Damm (Den) 48 3 Phillip Nielsen/Jesper Mørkøv (Den) 41 4 Marie Bornak/Mie Lacota (Den) 28 5 Lasse Poulsen/Anders Meinecke (Den) 15 3 laps behind 6 Daniel Kreutzfeldt/Andreas Nielsen (Den) 7 4 laps behind 7 Anders Ravn/Mike Lauge Jensen (Den) 2 5 laps behind 8 Simon Jørgensen/Simon Bundgaard (Den) 4 7 laps behind 9 Morten Nielsen/Michael Poulsen (Den) 5 17 laps behind 10 Michael Kjærgaard/Rasmus Thomassen (Den) 0 22 laps behind 11 Simon Ladekarl/Patrick Sandqvist (Den) 0 26 laps behind 12 Mads Sørensen/Rie Strand (Den) 0
Final standings after night 6 1 Alex Rasmussen/Jacob Dyrgaard (Den) 33 pts 2 Michael Mørkøv/Marc Hester (Den) 32 1 lap behind 3 Mads Rydicher/Bo Strand Olsen (Den) 5 3 laps behind 4 Kim Nielsen/Kasper Eibye (Den) 11 5 Casper Jørgensen/Kasper Jørgensen (Den) 9 6 Christian Knørr/Kasper Jessen (Den) 9 4 laps behind 7 Pernille L. Jacobsen/Mette F. Andreassen (Den) 0 8 Lars Bornak/Dan Wassmann (Den) 0 9 Thomas Jensen (Den)/Nicki Laufer (Ger) 0 10 laps behind 10 Lasse Brøndsted/Simon Hansen (Den) 0 11 laps behind 11 Martin Lollegaard/Christian Skov (Den) 0 12 laps behind 12 Michael Christensen/Frederik Truelsen (Den) 0