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63rd Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Gent, Belgium, November 18-23, 2003
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Day 3 - November 20
Slippens/Stam looking strong
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The dynamic Dutch duo of Robert Slippens and Danny Stam is looking stronger as each night of the Ghent Six unfolds. The pair finished night 3 in the lead with a total of 170 points, well clear of second placed Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch (138 points) and third placed Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (132 points). There are however three more teams 1 lap down but well within striking distance: Marvulli/Aeschbach (205 points), McGrory/Sassone (180 points) and local favourites Gilmore/Wiggins (166 points), setting things up for an exciting second half of the Ghent Six.
Stam and Slippens performed best in the madisons, finishing second behind Kappes/Beikirch in the second madison, and more importantly putting a lap into the rest of the field. Swiss pair Marvulli and Aeschbach scored the most points on the night, but did lose an extra lap to the leaders, and only finished up in fourth place courtesy of a bonus lap for reaching 200 points. They will have to work particularly hard to stay in contention.
In the U23 Six Days of the Future, Danish duo Michael Larsen/Michael Berling continue to hold their one lap advantage over the rest of the field, with John Van Den Abeele/Kenny De Ketele in second place on 68 points and Ingmar De Poortere/Steve Schets in third on 58 points.
Photography
Images by Luc Claessen/Cyclingnews/actiefotos.be
- Bruno Risi and Patrick Sercu two big names in track racing
- Rob Hayles giving his best in the points race
- Franz Stocher
- Matt Gilmore performed very well for an enthousiastic crowd
- Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) proved to be a very fast finisher
- Scott McGrory (Aus) after his victory in the team elimination
- Marty Nothstein (USA) checks his time after the lap TT
- Gerd Dörich (Ger) ready to launch Dimitri Defauw (Bel)
- Defauw finished very strongly in 8.82" and won the 1 lap TT
- Brad Wiggins launching Matt Gilmore
- Robert Slippens after three nights in the lead with Danny Stam (Ned)
- Robert Sassone cornering
- Gerd Dörich (Ger) and Robert Slippens (Ned)
- Riders warm up on the track
- Franco Marvulli (Swi) leading the points race
- Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) winner of the supersprint with Steven De Neef
- Scott McGrory (Aus)
- Bruno Risi demonstrated great shape on Thursday evening
- Jimmy Madsen winner of the derny round 5
- Last year's winners Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
- Rob Hayles giving gas in the derny race
- Young Belgian talent Iljo Keisse (Bel) teamed up with Joop Zijlaard
- Steven De Neef leading
- Dimitri De Fauw has the ambition the break the track record in Ghent
- Mathew Gilmore and Joop Zijlaard going for victory
- Flowers and kisses for Gilmore/Zijlaard
Images by Nick Rosenthal/fatnick.com
- Matt Gilmore with pacer Joop Zijlaard celebrate a win in a Derny race
- Robert Sassone of France leads Scott McGrory into a flying 500m time trial
- Local hero at Ghent: Matt Gilmore
- Switzerland's double world champion (Madison and Scratch), Franco Marvulli takes time out during the Ghent Six
- Danny Stam leads Rob Slippens in the flying 500m. The two Dutch stars are on flying form.
- Marty Nothstein celebrates a win in one of the races with Iljo Keisse. Nothstein's partner Rob Hayles was off sick on the Thursday night, so this was a temporary pairing.
- Australia's Scott McGrory grimaces as he throws Robert Sassone into the fray during the madison in Ghent.
- Franco Marvulli gives a madison handsling to Alexander Aeschbach during the 2003 Ghent Six.
- Master class: Kurt Betschart throws Bruno Risi into the race action. The Swiss stars lead the six-day charts.
- Bradley Wiggins, reigning world pursuit champion, slings in race partner Matt Gilmore during the Ghent Six
- Getting ready: Robert Sassone waits for partner Scott McGrory to throw him into the race.
- Danny Stam and Rob Slippens show how to do a madison change.
- German efficiency: Andreas Beikirch chucks Andreas Kappes into the race.
- Marco Villa (top) gets thrown in by partner Jean-Pierre Van Zyl
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Results
Points Race 1 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 11 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 10 3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 8 4 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 7 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 7 6 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 5 7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 4 8 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 4 9 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 3 10 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 3 11 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 2 12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 2 Team Elimination 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 8 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 6 5 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 4 6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 2 7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0 8 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 0 10 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 0 11 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 0 12 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 0 1 Lap TT 1 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8.82 15 pts 2 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 9.04 10 3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9.08 8 4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 9.10 6 5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 9.12 4 6 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 9.22 2 7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 9.26 0 8 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 9.34 0 9 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9.36 0 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 9.38 0 11 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 9.44 0 12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 9.55 0 Derny - Round 1 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 5 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi) 4 3 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 3 4 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 2 5 Marco Villa (Ita) 1 6 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 Elimination 1 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel) 15 pts 2 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 10 3 Robert Sassone (Fra) 8 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 6 5 Marty Nothstein (USA) 4 6 Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 2 7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 0 8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 0 9 Robert Slippens (Ned) 0 10 Franz Stocher (Aut) 0 11 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 12 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 Points Race 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 11 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 7 3 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 7 4 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 6 5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 6 6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 5 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 5 8 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 5 9 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 10 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 4 11 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 3 12 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 3 Team Elimination 1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 6 5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 4 6 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 2 7 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 0 8 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 0 9 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 10 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 0 11 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 12 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0 Derny - Round 2 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 5 pts 2 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 4 3 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 3 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 2 5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 1 6 Robert Hayles (GBr) 0 Elimination Race 1 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi) 10 3 Steven Deneef (Bel) 8 4 Scott McGrory (Aus) 6 5 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 4 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 2 7 Robert Slippens (Ned) 0 8 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 9 Marco Villa (Ita) 0 10 Marty Nothstein (USA) 0 11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 0 12 Franz Stocher (Aut) 0 500m TT 1 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 28.25 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 28.53 10 3 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 28.55 8 4 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 29.00 6 5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 29.01 4 6 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 29.24 2 7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 29.61 0 8 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 29.61 0 9 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 29.65 0 10 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 29.80 0 11 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 30.38 0 Midnight sprint 1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 4 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 6 5 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 4 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 0 8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 0 9 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 0 10 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0 11 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 Madison 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 15 pts 2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 10 1 lap behind 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 6 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 4 6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 2 7 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 0 2 laps behind 8 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 0 9 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 0 10 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0 4 laps behind 11 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 Supersprint 1 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 5 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 3 3 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 2 4 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 1 5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 7 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 0 8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 0 9 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 0 10 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 0 11 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 Derny - Round 4 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 5 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 4 3 Steven Deneef (Bel) 3 4 Robert Slippens (Ned) 2 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi) 1 6 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 Elimination 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 15 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 10 3 Robert Sassone (Fra) 8 4 Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 6 5 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 4 6 Danny Stam (Ned) 2 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0 8 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0 9 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 0 10 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 0 11 Bruno Risi (Swi) 0 Derny - Round 5 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 5 pts 2 Scott McGrory (Aus) 4 3 Marco Villa (Ita) 3 4 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel) 2 5 Marty Nothstein (USA) 1 Standings after night 3 1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 170 pts 2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 138 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 132 1 lap behind 4 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi) 205 5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra) 180 6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 166 3 laps behind 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 72 7 laps behind 8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita) 122 9 laps behind 9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 138 10 laps behind 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 50 13 laps behind 11 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 75 18 laps behind 12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 154
Six Days of the Future
Standings after night 3 1 Michael Larsen/Michael Berling (Den) 33 pts 1 lap behind 2 John Van Den Abeele/Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 68 3 Ingmar De Poortere/Steve Schets (Bel) 58 4 Ralph Zimmerman/Olivier Mattmann (Swi) 55 5 Davy Tuytens/Tim Mertens (Bel) 32 2 laps behind 6 Davide Tortella/Martino Marcotto (Ita) 40 7 Gerd Jan Jongman/Kevin Sluimer (Ned) 33 8 Marc Hester/Michael Morkov (Den) 27 8 laps behind 9 Kristof Sels/Wim Stroetinga (Bel/Ned) 21 9 laps behind 10 Erik Voetman/Tim Van De Zande (Ned) 17 15 laps behind 11 Lode Boes/Pieter Braeckeveldt (Bel) 5
