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66th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Belgium, November 21-26, 2006
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Day 5 - November 25
Risi and Stam go out sick, Keisse and Bartko hold the lead
By Laura Weislo in Gent
The penultimate day of the Gent six-day should have been a barn-burner. Favorites Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko started the night just 48 points ahead of Bruno Risi and Leif Lampater, and along with Isaac Galvez and Juan Llaneras, one lap ahead of Danny Stam and Peter Schep. But after the opening points race, it was clear that something was wrong - Risi and Stam's teams just weren't their usual speedy selves.
During the next event, the team elimination, the two were the first to drop out. Risi's team pulled out a decent flying lap, but Stam and Schep, after pulling out nine second laps all week could only manage a 9.84. When the teams rolled out for the Madison, only eleven teams took to the track. Apparently Risi and Stam were suffering from the flu, and tried sleeping in until just before the race in an attempt to recover, but could not continue.
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The Spanish Madison world champions, Galvez and Llaneras, took advantage of the absence of the second and fourth place teams to solidify their position in the standings. The pair laid down multiple attacks which only Keisse/Bartko and Marvulli/Aeschbach could follow. The team of Muller and Grassman seem to be finding their legs as the event goes on, and were able to follow Marvulli and Aeschbach on every attack, and landed a fourth place. It now seems as if the local hero Iljo Keisse will get his second successive win in this event, much to the delight of the crowds, but the riders would likely have it settled in the race, rather than due to riders dropping out.
The racing was stopped after a crash in the second Madison. Dimitri DeFauw and Isaac Galvez collided, sending the Spaniard into a balustrade. Galvez was taken to the hospital unconsicous, and racing was suspended indefinitely.
Under-25 heats
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The German teams of Arends/ Mohs and Kalz/ Kluge continue to dominate the event, but are now battling each other in the finals. The British pair Burke and Bellis, and the Czech duo Subrt and Mixa were the diligent and tried to follow the German teams, but the speed of the top two wore them down over the course of the event, and by the end, few could follow. The Dutch team Lighthart and Vermeulen along with the Danes Morkov and Rannieres did well to hold onto the same lap as the Czech and British teams, and the Dutch were successful in winning points.
Coming into the final sprint, the two German teams were on equal laps, with Arends and Mohs up on points due to some very pro-active riding early in the race, and they were on their way to winning the final sprint when a botched exchange forced Mohs to ride the last four laps on his own, giving Kluge the easy win on the final sprint. Arends and Mohs held their lead on points by three.
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- Bandaged and bruised after five days of racing.
- The Baumgartner brothers Tobias and Beni
- Maxime Bally (Swi)
- The effort shows.
- The Danish team chasing.
- Bruno Menzi
- The British pair Burke and Bellis demonstrate good exchange form.
- Tobias Baumgartner at high speed.
- Kalz and Kluge could not get rid of their compatriots Arends and Mohs.
- The Germans demonstate full madison extension
- Marc Hester after winning the points race
- Andreas Muller was victorious in the team elimination over Franco Marvulli
- Kenny DeKetele hands off
- Juan Llaneras and partner Galvez were aggressive once again
- Marvulli and Muller battle it out in the team elimination
- Martin Liska
- Villa and Hester
- Bartko goes for the sprint
- Keisse sends Bartko in
- Villa watches the action up-track
- Bartko comes over the top of Grassman
- Keisse sits up in relief that they've won again
- Robert Bartko cleans up for the prize presentation
- Bartko and Keisse do the honors
- The winners take their lap of honor
- Aeschbach throws chocolates to the crowd
- The women's citizens 'race'
- Supporters with whacky hats
- Not exactly a race bike but it's fun riding on the track!
- Derny experts Joop Zijlaard and Michel Vaarten
- The derny action
Results
Points race
1 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 16 pts 2 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 13 3 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 10 4 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 9 5 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 6 6 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 3 7 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 3 8 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 2 9 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 2 10 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 2 11 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 12 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 13 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team elimination
1 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 8 4 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 6 5 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 4 6 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 2 7 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 8 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 9 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 10 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 11 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 12 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 13 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) Flying lap
1 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0.08.84 2 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 0.08.93 3 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 0.09.09 4 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 0.09.22 5 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 0.09.32 6 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 0.09.34 7 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 0.09.38 8 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 0.09.45 9 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 0.09.50 10 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 0.09.54 11 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 0.09.60 12 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 0.09.76 13 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 0.09.84
Madison 1 (40 minutes + 10 laps)
1 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 15 pts 2 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 10 One lap down 3 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 8 4 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 6
Two laps down
5 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 4 6 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 2
Three laps down
7 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 8 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 9 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 10 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 11 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 12 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) (Bruno Risi and Danny Stam left the race with the flu) Derny heat 1
1 De Ketele (Vaarten) 5 pts 2 Deneef (Zijlaard) 4 3 Beikirch (Durst) 3 4 Villa (Walrave) 2 5 V. Mechelen (Huybrechts) 1 6 Vierhouten (Van Uytfange)
Elimination 1 Steve Schets (Bel) 15 pts 2 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 8 4 Christian Grasmann (Ger) 6 5 Martin Liska (Slo) 4 6 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 2 7 Matthe Pronk (Ned) 8 Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 9 Juan Llaneras (Spa) 10 Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 11 Sebastian Frey (Ger) Derny heat 2 1 Keisse (Vaarten) 5 pts 2 Lampater (Zijlaard) 4 3 Galvez (Durst) 3 4 Marvulli (Van Uytfange) 2 5 Muller (Huybrechts) 1 6 Zabka (Walrave)
500m time trial 1 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0.28.10 2 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 0.28.71 3 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 0.28.97 4 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 0.29.19 5 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 0.29.81 6 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 0.30.06 7 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 0.30.17 8 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 0.30.36 9 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 0.30.49 10 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 0.30.97 11 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 0.31.13
Standings at 23:55
1 Iljo Keisse/ Rober Bartko (Bel/Ger) 307 pts One lap down 2 Isaac Galvez/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 132 Two laps down 3 Bruno Risi/ Leif Lampater (Swi/Ger) 219 Three laps down 4 Danny Stam/ Peter Schep (Ned) 192 Four laps down 5 Franco Marvulli/ Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 275 Eight laps down 6 Andreas Muller/ Christian Grasmann (Ger) 136 13 laps down 7 Marco Villa/ Marc Hester (Ita/Den) 124 17 laps down 8 Andreas Beikirch/ Sebastian Frey (Ger) 110 27 laps down 9 Dimitri De Fauw/ Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 279 10 Steven DeNeef/ Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) 103 28 laps down 11 Kenny de Ketele/ Steve Schets (Bel) 227 31 laps down 12 Matthe Pronk/ Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 95 35 laps down 13 Martin Liska/ Jozef Zabka (Slo) 51 Under-25 finals
1 Michael Arends/ Erik Mohs (Ger) 11 pts 2 Marcel Katz/ Roger Kluge (Ger) 8
Two laps down 3 Pavel Subrt/ Marek Mixa (Cze) 10 pts 4 Pim Lighthart/ Jeff Vermeulen (Ned) 9 5 Steven Burke/ John Bellis (GBr) 5 6 Jesper Morkov/ Christian Ranneries (Den)
Three laps down 7 Beni Baumgartner/ Tobias Baumgartner (Swi) 8 Maxime Bally/ Bruno Menzi (Swi)
Six laps down 9 Anzizar Lizarraga/ Blazquez Berasarte (Esp) 10 pts
Seven laps down 10 Dave Mertens/ Leys Birger (Bel) 1 11 Emilien Clere/ Michael Jeanin (Fra) 1
12 laps down 12 Niels Peters/ Denis Kreder (Ned)
