65th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D

Belgium, November 22-27, 2005

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Day 5 - November 26

Photography

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Images by Nick Rosenthal/www.fatnick.com

Full house at the Ghent Kuipke for the six days – Saturday was another sell-out
Swiss fans gathered to cheer on Risi and Betschart – complete with a Swiss cowbell to ring!
Christian Grasmann, a veteran of seven 6-day races, slings in 6-day newbie Marc Hester
Masterclass: Gerd Dörich throws in Peter Schep. With 135 six-day races to his name, Dörich is able to pass on valuable advice to newer riders
Rob Slippens throws Danny Stam into the race. The Dutch guys have won six 6-day races, and have a blistering turn of speed
Kenny de Ketele throws Swiss rider Alex Aeschbach into the race
Dimitri de Fauw throws in Germany’s Andreas Beikirch. De Fauw is riding his 4th six-day race – and Beikirch is riding his 79th!
Kurt Betschart is the perfect partner for Bruno Risi
Full-on: Matt Gilmore hands over to Iljo Keisse at speed as the pair work together with Slippens/Stam to take a lap on the field
Marco Villa of Italy has 122 six-day races – and won 22 of them. This year, he has formed a new partnership with Franco Marvulli of Switzerland
Rob Hayles is popular with the many English fans who cross the Channel each year to watch the Ghent Six.
Dimitri de Fauw throws in Germany’s Andreas Beikirch.
Focus: Kurt Betschart hands over to Bruno Risi, with Risi already focused somewhere on the race ahead.
Big Marty Nothstein from the US of A is partnered with former world Madison champion Joan Llaneras of Spain. There are several American visitors in Ghent this year to cheer Nothstein on
Gilmore, Keisse - concentration and perspiration
Nothstein does the focus thing as he goes for a lap gain
Franco Marvulli looks up at the scoreboard as he cruises round the track at speed. Six day riders need to be able to do sums in their head whilst riding flat out in a bunch on the track
Future talent - Mark Cavendish takes a handsling from partner Rob Hayles
Would you like chips with that? The Derny drivers’ meeting convenes for the evening…..
Sidelined: Robert Bartko had to sit out the Madison because partner Scott McGrory was sick. The contrast between the hot velodrome and the cold snowy air outside causes a lot of riders to pick up bugs
Danny Stam and Bruno Risi work together to gain a lap on the field during the Madison
Close-up - Matt Gilmore and Iljo Keisse in mid-change
Mark Cavendish grits his teeth as Rob Hayles throws him in to the Madison
Late in the 45-minute Madison everyone grits their teeth as Bruno Risi leads the chase after a breakaway
Looking for a lap gain Rob Slippens gives Danny Stam a hard, fast handsling towards the end of the 45-minute Madison
Full-on: Danny Stam and Iljo Keisse know they have less than a minute left to gain that lap
… and Kurt Betschart knows he only has to keep them at bay for another minute. But a minute can seem a long time!
Victors: Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart celebrate their win in Saturday’s first Madison. Down on points, the Swiss pair can only win the Ghent Six by taking a lap over the bunch...... but they look strong enough to make that a very real possibility

Results

60-lap points race
 
1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)        10 pts
2 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                    9
3 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)                     8
4 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)                   8
5 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)           7
6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)      7
7 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)              6
8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)         4
9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)            2
10 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)             2
11 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                     1
12 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                 1
13 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)                    1
 
Team elimination
 
1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)                    15 pts
2 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                   10
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)              8
4 De Ketele-Aeschabch                                  6
5 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)           4
6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)         2
7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)
8 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)
9 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)
10 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
11 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)
12 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)
13 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
 
1 lap time trial
 
1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)                    15 pts
2 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                   10
3 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)         8
4 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)         6
5 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)            4
6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)           2
7 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)
8 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)
9 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
10 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)
11 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)
12 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)
13 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)
 
Madison
 
1 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)
 
1 lap behind  
 
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)              8 pts
4 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                    6
5 De Ketele-Aeschabch                                  4
6 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)
 
2 laps behind  
 
7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)            2 pts
 
3 laps behind  
 
8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)
9 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)
10 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)
11 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
12 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)
 
4 laps behind  
 
13 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)
 

Derny Heat 1
 
1 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)                               5 pts
2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)                                4
3 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)                            3
4 Steven Deneef (Bel)                                  2
5 Juan Llaneras (Spa)                                  1
6 Peter Schep (Ned)
 
Elimination
 
1 Steve Schets (Bel)                                  15 pts
2 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)                               10
3 Marco Villa (Ita)                                    8
4 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)                            6
5 Matthé Pronk (Ned)                                   4
6 Marty Nothstein (USA)                                2
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
8 Bruno Risi (Swi)
9 Gerd Dörich (Ger)
10 Marc Hester (Den)
11 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)
12 Robert Slippens (Ned)
13 Robert Bartko (Ger)
 
Derny Heat 2
 
1 Robert Bartko (Ger)                                  5 pts
2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)                                    4
3 Danny Stam (Ned)                                     3
4 Kurt Betschart (Swi)                                 2
5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)                                1
6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)
 
500 m time trial
 
1 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)             15 pts
2 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)        10
3 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)                   8
4 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)           6
5 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                    4
6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)         2
7 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)
8 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)
9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)
10 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)
11 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
12 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)
13 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)
 
Supersprint
 
1 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                     15 pts
2 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)          10
3 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)         8
4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)      6
5 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)                   4
6 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)                     2
7 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)
8 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)
9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)
10 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)
11 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)
12 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
13 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)
 
Madison
 
1 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                   15 pts
2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)                    10
3 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                      8
 
1 lap behind  
 
4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)      6 pts
5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)              4
 
2 laps behind  
 
6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)           2 pts
7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)
8 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)
 
3 laps behind  
 
9 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)
10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
 
4 laps behind  
 
11 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)
 
5 laps behind  
 
12 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)
DNF Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)
 
Keirin Heat 1
 
1 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)
2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)
3 Juan Llaneras (Spa)
4 Peter Schep (Ned)
5 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
6 Steven Deneef (Bel)
 
Keirin Heat 2
 
1 Robert Bartko (Ger)
2 Christian Grasmann (Ger)
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi)
4 Danny Stam (Ned)
5 Kurt Betschart (Swi)
6 Iljo Keisse (Bel)
 
Derny Heat 3
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)                                5 pts
2 Bruno Risi (Swi)                                     4
3 Robert Slippens (Ned)                                3
4 Marco Villa (Ita)                                    2
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr)                                 1
6 Marc Hester (Den)
 
Keirin final
 
1 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)                           15 pts
2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)                               10
3 Robert Bartko (Ger)                                  8
4 Juan Llaneras (Spa)                                  6
5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)                                4
6 Christian Grasmann (Ger)                             2
 
Derny 4
 
1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)                                5 pts
2 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)                            4
3 Steve Schets (Bel)                                   3
4 Matthé Pronk (Ned)                                   2
5 Marty Nothstein (USA)                                1
6 Gerd Dörich (Ger)
 
Overall Standings after 5 nights
 
1 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel)                  309 pts
 
1 lap behind  
 
2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)                   284 pts
3 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                    189
 
3 laps behind  
 
4 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)            263 pts
 
8 laps behind  
 
5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)    156 pts
 
10 laps behind  
 
6 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita)            195 pts
 
14 laps behind  
 
7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa)          108 pts
 
16 laps behind  
 
8 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)       235 pts
 
19 laps behind  
 
9 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                 45 pts
 
21 laps behind  
 
10 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned)      139 pts
11 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel)                  134
 
22 laps behind  
 
12 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den)        121 pts
 
27 laps behind  
 
13 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr)                117 pts
Espoirs
1 Nicky Cocquyt/Davy Tuytens (Bel)                   98 pts

At 1 lap

2 Michael Arends/Erik Mohs (Ger)                     87
3 Gert-Jan Jonkman/Kevin Sluimer (Ned)               69
4 Andy Tennant/Ian Stannard (GBr)                    32

At 2 laps

5 Jiri Hochmann/Vojtech Haceky (Cze)                 15

At 4 laps

6 Niels Pieters (Ned)/Tom Smith (GBr)                30

At 7 laps

7 Triatan Marquet (Swi)/Tim Mertens (Bel)            99
8 Thomas Murray/Peter Williams (GBr)                 17

At 18 laps

9 Mads Rydicher/Philip Nielsen (Den)                 10

At 20 laps

10 Michael Kocner/Georg Tazreiter (Aut)               8