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41st Six Days of Munich - 6D
Germany, November 11-16, 2004
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Day 6 - November 16
McGrory and Gilmore take last gasp win
By Birke Ulrich in Munich
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After trailing leaders Robert Slippens/Danny Stam by 8 points coming into the final night of the Munich Six Days, Scott McGrory and Matthew Gilmore managed to make up the deficit to clinch the victory over the Dutch pair, with Germans Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch finishing third.
It was a hard fight between McGrory/Gilmore, Slippens/Stam and Kappes/Beikirch. By the last 20 laps of the final madison, there were only fo
ur points separating the first three teams. But in the end, McGrory/Gilmore pulled ahead through superior sprinting, and Slippens/Stam had to be content with second.
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On the final night, the stadium was filled with enthusiastic people which made the atmosphere great. There were some shows between the races: the official Six Days Band as well as the American tap dancer Dizzy Tappes, who demonstrated how fast he could move his feet. Once again the acrobat La Spina showed impressive "acts on air" on her vertical drapery. The athletes used these breaks to warm up themselves and the audience as well with Gerd Dörich starting several "La Olas".
The riders were pushed today. Pushed by the cheering supporters and pushed by the Six Days Band playing music for all the finishes. It was a big difference to the quiet days with an empty stadium, said Gerd Dörich. Once again he had bad luck. Last year he crashed in the final. This year his teammate Frank Kowatschitsch had an accident on the first day and got bruised his ribs, which explains their last place on the classement.
In the other events, Robert Bartko (Ger) and Franco Marvulli (Swi) won the lap record race, their time was not to be beaten. Bruno Risi (Swi) was the Derny race winner of today. But the Derny cup went to McGrory/Gilmore, who also won the overall Six Day ranking.
Bye bye Fielder
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How can you get a standing ovation? Just stop on the middle of a lap and stay still on your bike for over 3'30 as René Wolff (Ger) and Chris Hoy (GBr) did. The audience was amazed. René Wolff had said prior to the event that he wanted to win the Sprint Grand Prix...and he did it.
It was also Jens Fiedler's last race in Munich. He got all the glory that a sprint star should get. There was an official speech held for him, but he was not really able to speak himself. Fiedler couldn't find words and his eyes filled with tears. Finally when good old Franky was singing "I did it my way" and Fiedler was doing two extra laps, there were tears everywhere. His competitors took a bow when he passed them by.
Photography
Images by Birke Ulrich/www.alakarte.de (Click here for a thumbnail photo gallery)
- La Spina does her acrobatic act on vertical drapery
- La Spina from behind after her act
- The audience points a rider in the right direction
- A filled infield restaurant
- Robert Slippens (Ned) having a break
- The crowd gives a 'La Ola' during the warm up
- Christian Grasmann (Ger) sitting in a cabin
- One of the Black Sheriffs
- Lars Teutenberg (Ger, 4) following
- Action from the velodrome in Munich
- Flowers and the Munich cyclist logo on the roof of the hall
- Danny Stam (Ned) finishing his flying lap
- Jens Fiedler (Ger, blue) beats Barry Forde (Barbados, yellow) in the third race of the Sprint Grand Prix
- Winner Rene Wolff (L) and Chris Hoy trackstand in the Sprint Grand Prix final
- The winner of the Sprint Grand Prix Rene Wolff (L) fighting against second placed Chris Hoy (R)
- Rene Wolff (Ger, green) and Chris Hoy (GBr, orange) during their 3'30 standoff in the sprint grand prix final
- A happy Sprint Grand Prix Winner Rene Wolff (Ger)
- Jens Fiedler in tears during the 'Good bye Fiedler' speech
- A warming goodbye for Jens Fiedler
- Day 6 Derny Race winner Bruno Risi (Swi) giving an interview.
- 2004 winners Matthew Gilmore (Bel, L) and Scott McGrory (Aus, R) during the ceremony
Results
Professionals
Final standings after night 6 1 Scott McGrory/Matthew Gilmore (Aus/Bel) 311 pts 2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 300 1 lap behind 3 Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 308 4 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 225 8 laps behind 5 Robert Bartko/Franco Marvulli (Ger/Swi) 214 11 laps behind 6 Lars Teutenberg/Christian Lademann (Ger) 103 16 laps behind 7 Marco Villa/Thorsten Rund (Ita/Ger) 112 19 laps behind 8 Luke Roberts/Jimmi Madsen (Aus/Den) 82 26 laps behind 9 Leif Lampater/Alexander Aeschbach (Ger/Swi) 87 29 laps behind 10 Franz Stocher/Christian Grasmann (Aut/Ger) 63 32 laps behind 11 Sebastian Löffler/Andreas Müller (Ger) 71 33 laps behind 12 Wouter van Mechelen/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 129 39 laps behind 13 Mikhail Ignatiev/Alexei Markov (Rus) 36 14 Ronny Lauke/Eric Weißpfennig (Ger) 25
Sprinters
Final standings after night 6 1 René Wolff (Ger) 2 Chris Hoy (GBr) 3 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 4 Barry Forde (Bar) 5 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 6 Stefan Nimke (Ger)
U23 Franziskaner Rad-Open
Final standings after night 6 1 Michael Berling/Axel Rasmussen (Den) 94 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele/Steve Schets (Bel) 90 3 Marc Hester/Michael Mřrkřv (Den) 88 4 Henning Bommel/Robert Bengsch (Ger) 80 5 Gert-Jan Jonkmann/Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 76 6 Patrick Betz/Daniel Schlegel (Ger) 52 7 Jan Eric Schwarzer/Markus Reich (Ger) 42 8 Christoph Meschenmoser/David Heine (Ger) 40 9 René Schibl/Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi) 22 10 Karl Christian König/Robert Kriegs (Ger) 27 11 Sebastian Frey/Nicolai Raasch (Ger) 27 12 Pavel Subrt/Marek Mixa (Cze) 26 13 Georg Tazreiter (Aut)/Lubor Kosicka (Cze) 6 14 Cédric Ager/Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) 6 15 Kevin Sluimer/Patrick Kos (Ned) 6
