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41st Six Days of Munich - 6D
Germany, November 11-16, 2004
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Day 4 - November 14
Slippens and Stam with narrow lead
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Team Schladming*, with Dutchmen Robert Slippens and Danny Stam, maintained its lead after the fourth night of the 41st Munich Six Days. The pair have a five point lead over Germans Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch, who are on the same lap as the Dutch. In third and fourth positions, but at two laps down, are Scott McGrory/Matthew Gilmore (190 pts) and Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (151 pts).
The next two nights will be decisive in determining the overall winners, and last year's champions Risi and Betschart have a lot of work to do to make up the deficit. McGrory and Gilmore, on the other hand, are nearing 200 points and will get a bonus lap once they pass that mark. It's certain that the two leading teams won't give up their advantage without a fight, however.
*Schladming is a mountain resort in Austria, but it's sponsoring a team of flatlanders.
Night 4 impressions
By Birke Ulrich
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As usual on a Sunday, there were not that many people visiting the Six Days this evening. There were a lot of seats available on the tribune and even the infield restaurant was quite empty. But the atmosphere was still alive. The announcer did a good job of explaining the Six Days, the rules and in introducing the athletes. Everybody should know now that René Wolff is the philosopher of the sprinters, since it is one of the announcer's favourite sentences each year.
Some of the spectators seemed to be a little bored but the others cheered and enjoyed the evening by watching the races/shows in the infield, or by spending some time in the outfield filling their stomachs.
There were a few girls very happy tonight - those who received flowers and even kisses from the winners.
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It's amazing to see the bikes and equipment. Supporters come to the athlete's area trying to catch a look at it or even an autograph. If you are a girl who asks sprinter Arnaud Tournant for an autograph, you are very likely to get a kiss as well. It's a hard life being a professional cyclist.
Usually each rider takes two bikes and two sets of extra wheels to the races. Each team has a little cabin with one bed to lay down and get a massage. Or to have a little nap. The nights are long...
Photography
Images by Birke Ulrich/www.alakarte.de
- Silhouettes of bicycles behind spectators
- Is it yours, it shouldn't be mine!? A dancer holding the leg of his female dance partner is looking to another dancer
- Show time between the races: An artist in the air
- Germany's sprint star Jens Fiedler ready to start the handicap sprint. Fiedler is held by his coach is looking backwards at Rene Wolff.
- Arnaud Tournant (Fra) ready to start the handicap sprint
- The three armed Jens Fiedler ready to start the handicap sprint
- Marco Villa (Ita) taking his helmet off
- A new fashion trend? Franco Marvulli (Swi) taking his helmet off
- How to push a Six Day cyclist to start in the Six Days in Munich
- Bruno Risi (Swi) the shadow
- Bruno Risi (Swi) the shadow
- Some quite fat coaches watching their quite fast athletes
- Marco Villa (Ita) on a bend
- One cyclist above all. The logo of the Munich Six Days
- Bruno Risi (Swi) in the lead
- A facial study of Scott McGrory (5), Jimmi Madsen (8) and Robert Bartko (10)
- Team 15 (Frank Kowatschitsch / Gerd Doerich) changing over
- Thorsten Rund racing
- After winning a race Andreas Kappes (Ger) gets his kiss
- Beikirch and Kappes after winning a race. This time it's Beikirch's turn for a kiss.
- Andreas Kappes (left) and Andreas Beikirch after winning a race and being kissed by the podium girls
- Supporters with the 'Six Days Hat'. Photos and statues of famous old Six Days cyclists are on the hat
- Shadows
- The sprinters Jens Fiedler (1) , Chris Hoy (4) and Stefan Nimke (6) are ready to start.
- Jens Fiedler (1) , Chris Hoy (4) and Stefan Nimke (6) manoeuvre into position
- Nimke, Hoy and Fiedler at full steam
- Nimke wins ahead of Fiedler and Hoy
- A Black Sherrif reading the program
- René Wolff (left) , Arnaud Tournant (middle), and Barry Forde (right) prepare to start
- Barry Forde (Barbados) ready to roll
- René Wolff (Ger) prepares to start. He wins this race
- René Wolff (3) , Arnaud Tournant (5), Barry Forde (2) check their positions
- Kurt Betschart (Swi) and Bruno Risi (Swi) prepare for the lap record
- Soft and shaved legs of giants and a lady
- Ready for champagne? The restaurant and waitress in the infield
- The official Six Days band
- The official Six Days band is the same as last year
- As usual on Sundays and Mondays the stadium is quite empty
- Shopping area - anyone for a slightly used Hour Record bike?
- MTBs for sale in the shopping area.
- Gilmore's wind protector in the derny race
- Matthew Gilmore behind Joop Zijlaard in the derny race
- A derny race during the Munich Six
- A smiling Bruno Risi after winning a Derny race
- There were many empty tables in the infield restaurant
- 8:00p.m. is time to sleep. The Stadler team (Stefan Loeffler and Andreas Mueller) seems to be quite tired.
Results
Standings after night 4 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 209 pts 2 Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 204 2 laps behind 3 Scott McGrory/Matthew Gilmore (Aus/Bel) 190 4 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 151 4 laps behind 5 Robert Bartko/Franco Marvulli (Ger/Swi) 151 7 laps behind 6 Lars Teutenberg/Christian Lademann (Ger) 88 11 laps behind 7 Marco Villa/Thorsten Rund (Ita/Ger) 86 13 laps behind 8 Luke Roberts/Jimmi Madsen (Aus/Den) 62 20 laps behind 9 Leif Lampater/Alexander Aeschbach (Ger/Swi) 72 21 laps behind 10 Franz Stocher/Christian Grasmann (Aut/Ger) 52 22 laps behind 11 Sebastian Löffler/Andreas Müller (Ger) 63 24 laps behind 12 Wouter van Mechelen/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 104 25 laps behind 13 Gerd Dörich/Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger) 30 27 laps behind 14 Ronny Lauke/Eric Weißpfennig (Ger) 17 15 Mikhail Ignatiev/Alexei Markov (Rus)
Sprinters
Standings after night 4 1 René Wolff (Ger) 2 Chris Hoy (GBr) 3 Barry Forde (Bar) 4 Jens Fiedler (Ger)
U23 Franziskaner Rad-Open
Standings after night 4 1 Kenny De Ketele/Steve Schets (Bel) 60 pts 2 Michael Berling/Alex Rasmussen (Den) 60 3 Marc Hester/Michael Mørkøv (Den) 54 4 Gert-Jan Jonkmann/Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 54 5 Henning Bommel/Robert Bengsch (Ger) 48 6 Jan Eric Schwarzer/Markus Reich (Ger) 37 7 Patrick Betz/Daniel Schlegel (Ger) 34 8 René Schibl/Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) 27 9 Karl Christian König/Robert Kriegs (Ger) 22 10 Sebastian Frey/Nicolai Raasch (Ger) 19 11 Pavel Subrt/Marek Mixa (Cze) 17 12 Christoph Meschenmoser/David Heine (Ger) 16 13 Kevin Sluimer/Patrick Kos (Ned) 4 14 Cédric Ager/Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) 5 15 Georg Tazreiter (Aut)/Lubor Kosicka (Cze) 4
