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42nd Six Days of Munich - 6D
Germany, November 10-15, 2005
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Day 1 - November 10
Dutch finish a lap up
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After the first night of the 42nd Six Days of Munich, the Dutch pairing of Robert Slippens and Danny Stam have a one lap advantage over the rest of the field. The pair didn't score as highly as Erik Zabel/Robert Bartko, who ended on 61 points, but they were able to take a lap towards the end of the evening. Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart and Matthew Gilmore/Scott Mcgrory finished on the same lap as Zabel/Bartko, and hold third and fourth positions.
Zabel/Bartko performed well in the opening madison, winning it on points. Then Andreas Kappes struck by winning the first derny race, while Iljo Keisse also showed good form. In the next madison, it was Slippens/Stam who finished as victors. In the derny that followed, it was Bruno Risi with a last gasp win, then at the end of the night, Guido Fulst/Leif Lampater combined to win the final madison. But on the overall standings, Slippens/Stam were a lap (or more) better than all the rest.
Photography
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Images by Birke Ulrich/www.alakarte.de
- A bike surrounded by smoke. At the start of the Six Days in Munich, a firework was set off behind this bike.
- Robert Slippens (Team Coca Cola) ahead of Franco Marvulli (Team Emiliaromagna) racing under the sign of the Six Days in Munich
- Riders blur on a curve
- Safe and secure on the bike. Lars Teutenberg (Team SES: Security & Event Service GmbH) facing the shadow of a photographer.
- A section of the public is more interested in talking, drinking and eating instead of watching the race. The man in black is Erik Zabel, followed by Scott McGrory).
- Matthew Gilmore (Generali) in the thick of things. In front of him is Andreas Kappes (Herrmann&Schmidt).
- Erik Zabel is just as smooth on a track bike as he is on a road bike
- Erik Zabel and Robert Bartko are interviewed after a victory
- Barry Forde (Barbados) winds it up
- Erik Zabel keeping his fitness up in the off-season with some Six Day racing
- Leif Lampater (Karstadt Sport) leading Christian Grasmann (Ger) and Matthew Gilmore (Bel)
- Robert Bengsch (Team Remondis) follows the wheel
- Robert Bengsch (Team Remondis) focuses
- Preparing for the derny start. The cyclists are held up waiting for the starting shot and the motorbike riders.
- Iljo Keisse grovels on the wheel of his rather impassive derny pilot
- A derny race: Athletes behind old, fat bikers.
Results
1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 53 pts 1 lap behind 2 Erik Zabel/Robert Bartko (Ger) 61 3 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 33 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 30 2 laps behind 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita) 30 6 Guido Fulst/Leif Lampater (Ger) 27 7 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 21 3 laps behind 8 Andreas Kappes/Christian Grasmann (Ger) 19 9 Lars Teutenberg/Christian Lademann (Ger) 17 4 laps behind 10 Andreas Müller (Ger)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 8 5 laps behind 11 Gert Dörich/Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger) 18 12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Peter Schep (Ned) 5 6 laps behind 13 Robert Bengsch/Erik Weispfennig (Ger) 10 7 laps behind 14 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 15
U23 Men
1 Kenny De Ketele/Steve Schets (Bel) 25 pts 2 Ingmar De Poortere/Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) 22 3 Haceky/Jiri Hochmann (Cze) 20 4 Pavel Subrt/Marek Mixa (Cze) 18 5 Henning Bommel/Wilfried Kluge (Ger) 16 6 Michael Arends/Erik Mohs (Ger) 14 7 Jérémy Besson/Tuanua Zahn (Fra) 12 8 René Schibl/Alain Lauener (Swi) 10 9 Benjamin Baumgartner/Schönecker (Swi) 8 10 Patrick Kos/Michel Kreder (Ned) 6 11 Karl-Christian König /Frank Schulz (Ger) 5 12 Röstel/Marco Sawall (Ger) 4 13 Christian Kux/Sascha Damrow (Ger) 3 14 Michael Kocner /Andreas Graf 2 15 Rödel/Christian Herde (Ger) 1
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