News for January 22

Veggerby-Madsen leads Stuttgart Six Day

The first night of the Stuttgart Six Day race saw Jens Veggerby and Jimmi Madsen take the lead with Swiss duo Risi-Betschart in second place on the same lap 40 points down.

Track organiser Roman Hermann said that he was impressed by 23-year old Australian Matthew Gilmore who rides with Etienne de Wilde, winner in Stuttgart 1993, 1994 and 1995. Gilmore and De Wilde are in third place with 75 points, one lap down, ahead of 44-year old Australian Danny Clark who together with local favourite Gerd Dorich has 68 points.

Stuttgart Six Day - standings after first night (1/20/96):

 1. Jens Veggerby-Jimmi Madsen (Den)            95 pts
 2. Bruno Risi-Kurt Betschart (Sch)             55

    One lap behind:
 3. Etienne de Wilde-Matthew Gilmore (Bel/Aus)  75
 4. Danny Clark-Gerd Dorich (Aus/Ger)           68
 5. Urs Freuler-Pierangelo Bincoletto (Sch/Ita) 56
 6. Uwe Messerschmidt-Andreas Beikirch (Ger)    30

    Two laps behind:
 7. Olaf Ludwig-Carsten Wolf (Ger)              57
 8. Silvio Martinello-Marco Villa (Ita)         53

Risi-Betschart takes over the lead in Stuttgart

Swiss duo Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart took over the lead after the second night of the Stuttgart Six Day. The 27-year old Six Day specialists are one lap and nine points ahead of Jens Veggerby and Jimmi Madsen in second place, with four more teams on the same lap.

Stuttgart Six Day - after second night (1/21/96):

 1. Bruno Risi-Kurt Betschart (Sch)             159 pts

    One lap behind:
 2. Jens Veggerby-Jimmi Madsen (Den)            150
 3. Etienne de Wilde-Matthew Gilmore (Bel/Aus)  140
 4. Silvio Martinello-Marco Villa (Ita)         139
 5. Danny Clark-Gerd Dorich (Aus/Ger)           117
 6. Olaf Ludwig-Carsten Wolf (Ger)              114

    Two laps behind
 7. Urs Freuler-Pierangelo Bincoletto (Sch/Ita)  97

    Three laps behind:
 8. Uwe Messerschmidt-Andreas Beikirch (Ger)     52

    Seven laps behind
 9. Peter Pieters-Erik Weispfennig (Ned/Ger)     93
10. Patrick Vetsch-Thorsten Schmidt (Sch/Ger)    65

Adri van der Poel wins final World Cup race - Bramati overall

Adri van der Poel followed up his win Saturday in the international Category 2 race in Vossen, Belgium, by winning the season's last World Cup-race in Pontchateau, France.

Luca Bramati, who finished in 16th place, is the overall winner of the World Cup 16 points ahead of Richard Groenendaal.

Results Pontchateau, World Cup (1/21/96):

 1. Adri van der Poel (Ned)     1.01.31
 2. Daniele Pontoni (Ita)          s.t.
 3. Jerome Chiotti (Fra)         + 0.29
 4. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)       + 0.46
 5. Thomas Friscknecht (Sch)     + 0.55
 6. Erwin Vervecken (Bel)          s.t.
 7. Beat Wabel (Sch)               s.t.
 8. Bonnand (Fra)                  s.t.
 9. Richard Groenendaal (Ned)    + 1.01

World Cup Overall:

 1. Luca Bramati (Ita)          100 pt
 2. Richard Groenendaal (Ned)    83
 3. Beat Wabel (Sch)             63
 4. Dieter Runkel (Sch)          57
 5. Daniele Pontoni (Ita)        56
 6. Adri van der Poel (Ned)      54

Stuttgart Six Day - after third night (1/21/96):

 1. Jens Veggerby-Jimmi Madsen (Den)            232 pts
 2. Bruno Risi-Kurt Betschart (Sch)             204

    One lap behind:
 3. Etienne de Wilde-Matthew Gilmore (Bel/Aus)  183
 4. Olaf Ludwig-Carsten Wolf (Ger)              148
 5. Urs Freuler-Pierangelo Bincoletto (Sch/Ita) 126

    Two laps behind
 6. Silvio Martinello-Marco Villa (Ita)         184
 7. Danny Clark-Gerd Dorich (Aus/Ger)           158

    Four laps behind:
 8. Uwe Messerschmidt-Andreas Beikirch (Ger)     76

Rominger plans to attack own hour record

Swiss Toni Rominger said on Friday he was planning one more assault on his own one hour track record after this year's world cycling championships.

"We're working on some projects for one more world record attempt," Rominger said at the presentation of the Italo-Belgian Mapei-GB team which also includes world champion Abraham Olano of Spain and 1995 World Cup winner Johan Museeuw of Belgium.

"I'll try but will stop immediately if I see after the tests, after three or four days, that I cannot beat it. It is useless to ride just 54 (kilometers per hour)," Rominger said.

Rominger set a record of 53.832 km in Bordeaux in October 1994 and then increased it to 55.291 two weeks later.

He said there was definitely room for improvement.

"In 1994, everything went very easy. I went there after some small races and rode five days on the track for the first time in my life before setting the first record. The second time I did exactly the same -- on the track for five days and then a new record," Rominger said.

"If I prepare better now, if I train on a bigger track, we should be able to get further," he said.

Rominger said he had not decided yet which track to use but would visit three velodromes in March.