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64th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Belgium, November 23-28, 2004
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Day 5 - November 27
Photography
Images by Nick Rosenthal/www.fatnick.be For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here.
- The riders are introduced to the sellout crowd during the 2004 Zesdaagse van Vlaanderen
- Each pair in turn is introduced to the crowd, and gives everyone a friendly wave. This time, it is the turn of the Downing brothers.
- People often ask how steep the bankings are on a tight, 170m track like Ghent. Judge for yourself!
- Experienced German six-day pro Gerd Dörich is a really classy bike rider. Here Dörich works hard with Gilmore to claw back a lap after the flying Dutchmen Slippens and Stam had gained a lap.
- Gerd Dörich gives partner Andreas Kappes a full-on sling as the action gets fast and furious at Ghent.
- Swiss six-day superstar Bruno Risi paired up with Alexander Aeschbach on the fifth night after their partners fell ill. Here, Risi slings Aeschbach into the race.
- Any closer and we'd be on a bike alongside them. The Slovak pair Martin Liska and Josef Zabka change at speed.
- Italy's Marco Villa throws Austria's Franz Stocher into the race. Both are highly experienced six-day riders - and experience counts in this form of racing.
- Winners of the first 40 minute Madison on the fifth night at the Ghent Six, Dutch top dogs Robert Slippens and Danny Stam are in with a good chance of winning overall.
- To give the riders a breather after the Madison, the Ghent Six organisers put on some alternative entertainment in a women's Derny race, with two British riders.
- The other British rider in the women's derny race
- Pacer Michel Vaarten leads Bruno Risi towards victory in a Derny race
- By the end of the fifth night the 2004 Ghent Six looks like a two horse race between Slippens/Stam, and Matt Gilmore with partner Robert Bartko. Here, Stam rides above Gilmore in a Derny race.
- Danny Stam, derny man riding behind pacer Bruno Walrave
- Germany's Andreas Beikirch passes Danny Stam during the Derny racing at the Ghent six-days.
- Matt Gilmore senses Andreas Beikirch trying to pass over him, and responds.
- The final lap of the derny race. Danny Stam tries to come past Matt Gilmore, but both are caught out by a surprise attack from Bruno Risi at the top of the track
- Bruno Risi and pacer Michel Vaarten both look pretty chuffed with their win. Bruno gets to kiss the girls, but Michel looks to be going home with three bottles of wine....
Results
Points race 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 12 pts 2 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 3 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 7 4 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 6 5 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 6 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 6 7 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 5 8 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 3 9 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 3 10 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) 3 11 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 2 12 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 2 13 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 1 Team elimination 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 15 pts 2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 10 3 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 6 5 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 4 6 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 2 7 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 8 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 9 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 10 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 11 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) 12 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) One lap time trial 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 0.08.87 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 0.09.00 3 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0.09.07 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 0.09.10 5 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 0.09.10 6 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0.09.15 7 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 0.09.16 8 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0.09.28 9 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 0.09.34 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0.09.39 11 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) 0.09.56 12 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 0.09.60 Madison 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 15 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 10 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 8 4 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 6 5 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 4 One lap behind 6 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 2 7 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) Two laps behind 8 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Four laps behind 9 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 10 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) Five laps behind 11 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Eight laps behind 12 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) Derny 1 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 5 pts 2 Franz Stocher (Aut) 4 3 Jimmy Madsen (Den) 3 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 2 5 Martin Liska (Svk) 1 6 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Elimination 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) 15 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 10 3 Steven De Neef (Bel) 8 4 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 6 5 Marco Villa (Ita) 4 6 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 2 7 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 8 Robert Hayles (GBr) 9 Jozef Zabka (Svk) 10 Russell Downing (GBr) 11 Robert Slippens (Ned) 12 Robert Bartko (Ger) Derny 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) 5 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 4 3 Danny Stam (Ned) 3 4 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 5 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 1 6 Russell Downing (GBr) 500m time trial 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 0.28.75 2 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 0.28.75 3 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 0.29.36 4 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 0.29.45 5 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0.29.62 6 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0.29.62 7 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0.29.62 8 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 0.29.69 9 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 0.30.34 10 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 0.30.44 11 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 0.30.81 12 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) 0.32.46 Supersprint 1 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 15 pts 2 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 10 3 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 8 4 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 6 5 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 4 6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 2 7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 8 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 9 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 11 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) Madison 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 15 pts 2 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 One lap behind 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 8 pts 4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 6 5 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 4 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 2 7 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 8 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) Four laps behind 9 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 10 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) Five laps behind 11 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Scratch 1 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 15 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 10 3 Martin Liska (Svk) 8 4 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 6 5 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 4 6 Robert Slippens (Ned) 2 7 Bruno Risi (Swi) 8 Marco Villa (Ita) 9 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 Jimmy Madsen (Den) 11 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Derny 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 5 pts 2 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 4 3 Robert Slippens (Ned) 3 4 Robert Bartko (Ger) 2 5 Russell Downing (GBr) 1 Elimination 1 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 15 pts 2 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) 10 3 Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 4 Martin Liska (Svk) 6 5 Jimmy Madsen (Den) 4 6 Franz Stocher (Aut) 2 7 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 8 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 10 Bruno Risi (Swi) 11 Danny Stam (Ned) 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Derny 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) 5 pts 2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 4 3 Steven De Neef (Bel) 3 4 Jozef Zabka (Svk) 2 5 Marco Villa (Ita) 1 6 Robert Hayles (GBr) Standings ater night 5 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Robert Bartko (Ger) 317 pts 2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 303 One lap behind 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 270 4 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 214 Three laps behind 5 Andreas Kappes/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 188 Six laps behind 6 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 248 7 Marco Villa (Ita)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 127 12 laps behind 8 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 272 9 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 198 24 laps behind 10 Jimmy Madsen (Den)/Robert Hayles (GBr) 91 29 laps behind 11 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 105 38 laps behind 12 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 182 60 laps behind 13 Dean Downing/Russell Downing (GBr) 26
U23 Six Days of the Future
Elimination 1 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 10 pts 2 Tom White (GBR) 8 3 Steve Schets (Bel) 6 4 Michael Berling (Den) 5 5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) 4 6 Tim Roels (Bel) 3 7 Patrick Betz (Ger) 2 8 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) 1 9 Davy Tuytens (Bel) 10 Kerian De Fauw (Bel) 11 Michael Mallie (Fra) Points Race 1 Tim Van Der Zanden (Ned) 10 pts 2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) 8 3 Tim Mertens (Bel) 6 4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 5 5 Geert Jan Jonkman (Ned) 4 6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) 3 7 René Schibl (Swi) 2 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) 1 9 Gianni Meersman (Bel) 10 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Madison 1 Michael Berling/Alex Rasmussen (Den) 8 pts 2 Nicky Cocquyt/Kerian De Fauw (Bel) 3 3 Kenny De Ketele/Steve Schets (Bel) 2 1 lap behind 4 Tim Roels/Tim Mertens (Bel) 8 pts 5 Davy Tuytens/Gianni Meersman (Bel) 8 6 Tim Van Der Zanden/Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) 2 7 Tom White/Geriant Thomas (GBr) 1 8 René Schibl (Swi)/Patrick Betz (Ger) 1 9 Geert Jan Jonkman/Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 3 laps behind 10 Matthew Brammeier/Mark Cavendish (GBr) Standings after night 5 1 Kenny De Ketele/Steve Schets (Bel) 76 pts 2 Tim Roels/Tim Mertens (Bel) 59 3 Davy Tuytens/Gianni Meersman (Bel) 29 1 lap behind 4 Geert Jan Jonkman/Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 92 5 Tom White/Geriant Thomas (GBr) 64 6 Tim Van Der Zanden/Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) 24 2 laps behind 7 Michael Berling/Alex Rasmussen (Den) 52 8 Nicky Cocquyt/Kerian De Fauw (Bel) 34 6 laps behind 9 Matthew Brammeier/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 27 10 René Schibl (Swi)/Patrick Betz (Ger) 12 9 laps behind 11 Cédric Agez/Michael Mallie (Fra) 8
