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66th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Belgium, November 21-26, 2006
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Day 4 - November 24
Risi and Lampater close in on Keisse and Bartko
By Laura Weislo in Gent
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After three nights of racing, Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko have maintained their lead, but the team of Bruno Risi and Leif Lampater fought their way back onto the same lap by amassing enough points for a bonus lap. The Spanish world champions, Juan Llaneras and Isaac Galvez attacked their way onto the same lap as the leaders, and moved ahead of the previous night's third place team of Danny Stam and Peter Schep.
As the weekend approaches, and the crowds grow in size and enthusiasm, the racing starts to get more heated, and so do the tempers. Midway through the race, a bit of interference with an exchange led to some words between Peter Schep and the Slovakian team. The two have already had a tangle in Thursday's race, where DeFauw and Zabka went down, so there is no love lost between the teams.
After countless attacks, and numerous laps taken, the final sprint approached with four teams locked on the same lap. Isaac Galvez threw down a big attack coming into the final lap, chased by Risi with Bartko hot on his heels. Bartko found his legs tonight, and overhauled Risi to take out the win.
In the second Madison, Llaneras and Galvez continued their aggression, taking a lap out of Keisse/Bartko and Risi/Lampater and bringing Marvulli/Aeschbach and Villa/Hester along for the ride. The Swiss team of Franco Marvulli and Alexander Aeschbach are down two laps, but second in points with 229, so they cannot be counted out just yet. Heading into the fifth night, there are now three teams on the same lap, which will make for an exciting weekend of racing.
Under 25 heats
The final twelve teams of the under-25 race were selected on night four in races that were less about winning, and more about avoiding elimination. The German teams of Arend and Mohs in heat one, and Kalz and Kluge in heat two, had their wins sewn up, so the race was one of pride for the remaining teams. In heat one, the British pair of Burke and Bellis were determined to win a night, but had a lapse of attention and let Arends and Mohs get away to take a lap. Americans Jackie Simes and Taylor Brown made a strong attempt to take a lap and move into sixth place, but a missed exhange scuttled their chances, and they were shut out of the finals along with Schibli and Williams. The Belgian pair Mertens and Leys made a big comeback, taking the first and third sprints, and moving up into the last spot for the finals.
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In the second heat, the Belgian team attacked from the gun in a desperate attempt to move themselves into the finals. They nearly took the lap, but the Germans Kalz and Kluge immediately countered, shattering the field and sending the exhausted Belgians back down a lap. The rest of the race was a flurry of attacks from the lower placed teams, all battling to make the final six. Most notably, the American team of Suhr and Luttrell put in a promising move, and gained half a lap before Kevin Suhr's tire blew in turn four, sending him tumbling down the banking, the friction burning holes in his skinsuit and his skin. The crash ended their chances to make the final. The Swiss team of Bally and Benzi raced well, and moved themselves up into third place.
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- The six-day bell was made by an American fan and presented to Sercu.
- Kevin Suhr shows the effects of his crash
- Suhr and Luttrell were attacking when Suhr's tire blew and he went down
- Merek Mixa (Cze) in the points leader's jersey
- Pavel Subrt goes for the sprint
- Marco Villa, all business prepares to race during his victory lap
- Keisse gives high-fives to some young fans
- Marc Hester looks intent on chasing
- Peter Schep looks for Stam
- DeFauw throws van Mechelen
- Tempers got a bit heated as the exhaustion kicks in
- Schep and Stam
- Bartko sends Keisse off
- Bartko gives Keisse a throw
- Marvulli and Aeschbach in madison action
- Marvulli chased a lot on night four
- Bartko took the sprint in the madison
- Patrick Sercu (left) and Rob Discart (right) present Bartko and Keisse with their prizes.
- Eddy Wally "The Voice of Europe" got the crowd singing along
- Iljo Keisse's fan club
- The six-day is fun!
Results
Points Race
1 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 20 pts 2 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 13 3 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 6 4 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 5 5 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 5 6 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 4 7 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 4 8 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 3 9 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 2 10 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 2 11 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 2 12 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 13 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo)
Team Elimination
1 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 15 pts 2 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 10 3 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 8 4 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 6 5 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 4 6 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 2 7 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 8 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 9 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 10 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 11 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 12 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 13 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)
Flying Lap
1 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0.08.70 2 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 0.08.90 3 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 0.08.92 4 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 0.09.02 5 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 0.09.12 6 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 7 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 0.09.35 8 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 0.09.39 9 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 0.09.44 10 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 0.09.52 11 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 0.09.62 12 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 0.09.63 13 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 0.09.67 Madison 1 (40 minutes + 10 laps)
1 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 15 pts 2 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 10 3 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 8 4 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 6
One lap down 5 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 4 pts 6 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 2
Three laps down 7 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den)
Four laps down 8 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned)
Five laps down 9 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 10 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 11 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)
Six laps down 12 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger)
Seven laps down 13 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) Derny heat 1 1 Dimitri DeFauw (Vaarten) 2 Marc Hester (Zijlaard) 3 Ingmar Depoortere (Walrave) 4 Aart Vierhouten (Van Uytfange) 5 Sebastian Frey (Huybrechts) 6 Steve Schets (Durst) Miss & Out
1 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 15 pts 2 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 10 3 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 8 4 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 6 5 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 4 6 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 2 7 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 8 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 9 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 10 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 11 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 12 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 13 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) Derny Heat 2
1 Bruno Risi (Zijlaard) 2 Iljo Keisse (Vaarten) 3 Juan Llaneras (Durst) 4 Peter Schep (Walrave) 5 Alexander Aeschbach (Van Uytfange) 6 Christian Grassman (Huybrechts) 500m TT
1 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0.28 2 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 0.28 3 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 0.28 4 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 0.29 5 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 0.29 6 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 0.29 7 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 0.30 8 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 0.30 9 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 0.30 10 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 0.30 11 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 0.30 12 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 0.31 13 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 0.31 Madison 2 (40 minutes + 10 laps)
1 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 8 One lap down 4 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 6 pts 5 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 4 6 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 2 7 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 8 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) Three laps down 9 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 10 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 11 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 12 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 13 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Supersprint
1 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 15 pts 2 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 10 3 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 8 4 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 6 5 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 4 6 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 2 7 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 8 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 9 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 10 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 11 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 12 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 13 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Scratch
1 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 15 pts 2 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 10 3 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 8 4 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 6 5 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 4 6 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 2 7 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 8 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 9 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 10 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 11 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 12 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 13 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) Derny Heat 3
1 Isaac Galvez (Van Uytfange) 2 Danny Stam (Walrave) 3 Leif Lampater (Zijlaard) 4 Robert Bartko (Vaarten) 5 Andreas Muller (Durst) 6 Franco Marvulli (Huybrechts) Keirin
1 Steve Schets 2 Alexander Aeschbach 3 Sebastian Frey 4 Ingmar De Poortere 5 Aart Vierhouten 6 Peter Schep Derny Final
1 Kenny De Ketele (Vaarten) 2 Matthe Pronk (Zijlaard) 3 Andreas Beikirch (Durst) 4 Steven Deneef (Van Uytfange) 5 Wouter Van Mechelen (Huybrechts) 6 Marco Villa (Walrave) U25 - Heat 1
1 Michael Arends/ Erik Mohs (Ger) 3 pts One lap down 2 Steven Burke/ John Bellis (GBr) 9 pts 3 Jesper Morkov/ Christian Ranneries (Den) Two laps down 4 Beni Baumgartner/ Tobias Baumgartner (Swi) 5 pts Three laps down 5 Dave Mertens/ Leys Birger (Bel) 13 pts 6 Rene Schibli/ Patrick Betz (Swi/Ger) 7 7 Niels Peters/ Denis Kreder (Ned) 7 Four laps down 8 Jackie Simes/ Taylor Brown (USA) Standings after day 4 - Heat 1 1 Michael Arends/ Erik Mohs (Ger)* 29 pts
Six laps down 2 Steven Burke/ John Bellis (GBr)* 42 pts
Seven laps down 3 Jesper Morkov/ Christian Ranneries (Den)*
10 laps down 4 Beni Baumgartner/ Tobias Baumgartner (Swi)* 19 pts
11 laps down 5 Niels Peters/ Denis Kreder (Ned)* 24 pts
12 laps down 6 Dave Mertens/ Leys Birger (Bel)* 29 pts 7 Rene Schibli/ Patrick Betz (Swi/Ger) 11
13 laps down 8 Jackie Simes/ Taylor Brown (USA) 2 pts * Advance to finals U25 - Heat 2
1 Marcel Katz/ Roger Kluge (Ger) 5 pts
Two laps down 2 Maxime Bally/ Bruno Menzi (Swi) 2 pts
Three laps down 3 Emilien Clere/ Michael Jeanin (Fra) 10 pts 4 Pavel Subrt/ Marek Mixa (Cze) 10 5 Pim Lighthart/ Jeff Vermeulen (Ned) 9 6 Anzizar Lizarraga/ Blazquez Berasarte (Esp) 8 7 Kevin Suhr/ Ryan Luttrell (USA)
Six laps down 8 Matthias Venderhauwaert/ Jurgen Beeckman (Bel)
Standings after day 4 - Heat 2
1 Marcel Katz/ Roger Kluge (Ger)* 21 pts
Seven laps down 2 Pavel Subrt/ Marek Mixa (Cze)* 38 pts 3 Maxime Bally/ Bruno Menzi (Swi)* 18
Eight laps down 4 Pim Lighthart/ Jeff Vermeulen (Ned)* 36 pts 5 Emilien Clere/ Michael Jeanin (Fra)* 17 6 Anzizar Lizarraga/ Blazquez Berasarte (Esp)* 15 7 Kevin Suhr/ Ryan Luttrell (USA) 3
14 laps down 8 Matthias Venderhauwaert/ Jurgen Beeckman (Bel) * Advance to finals Standings 1 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 261 pts 2 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 213 3 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 113 One lap down 4 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 192 Two laps down 5 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 229 Six laps down 6 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 108 11 laps down 7 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 95 15 laps down 8 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 93 23 laps down 9 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 238 24 laps down 10 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 89 25 laps down 11 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 187 27 laps down 12 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 91 31 laps down 13 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 41
