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43rd Six Days of Munich - 6D
Germany, November 9-14, 2006
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Day 6 - November 14:
Exciting finale for the Six Days of Munich
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The 43rd Six Days of Munich came to a close with a battle royale for the yellow winner's jersey. Race favorites Erik Zabel (Ger) and Bruno Risi (Swi) had held a strong lead over the first three nights, taking two laps out of their nearest competitors, Franco Marvulli (Swi) and Iljo Keisse (Bel). But Marvulli and Keisse turned the tables on night four, gaining back those two laps and overtaking Zabel and Risi for the lead by 17 points.
But Zabel and Risi did not panic, and held Marvulli and Keisse to the same lap on night five, and then were able to gain back enough points to tie for the lead. The next nearest team, Danny Stam and Peter Schep (Ned), were only one lap behind, but were a long-shot for the overall at 65 points back. The close race set up night six for a barn-burninig finale, and the crowd would not be disappointed.
Early in the evening on night six, Keisse bested Risi in the derny race, which was won by Beikrich, then soundly defeated Zabel and Risi in the 500m time trial, sending the crowd into a frenzy. In the next derny race, Zabel put in a huge late race attack, winning the race over Paolo Bettini, and gaining the lead by one point.
In the final event, the two teams traded attack after attack, but Zabel and Risi had more left in the tank, and were able to answer every move by Marvulli and Keisse. Late in the race, Zabel put in an attack that could not be answered, and pulled his team ahead by a lap. Despite their best efforts, Marvulli and Keisse could not pull Risi and Zabel back, and Zabel was able to take the final two points sprints of the evening and secure his team's victory in the closest edition of the Munich Six Day in recent years.
Photography
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Images by Birke Ulrich/www.alakarte.de
- Racing under the bright lights
- Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) in the pink jersey.
- The atmosphere in the VIP area is relaxed. The Olympiahalle is full of supporters.
- Portraits of the winners Erik Zabel (Ger) and Bruno Risi (Swi) during the flower ceremony
- Zabel and Risi prepare to douse the crowd with champagne.
- Marvulli (sui) escapes the sparkling wine during the flower ceremony. The winners Erik Zabel (Ger) and Bruno Risi (Swi) shaking their bottles of sparkling wine .
- Zabel and Risi ride on the track in their new vehicle
- The winners Erik Zabel (Ger) and Bruno Risi (Swi) enjoying the lap of honour in the convertable ford focus which they won .
- Craftsmen at work. Half an hour after the last race handcrafters remove the course.
- Paolo Bettini (Ita) surrounded by supporters after the six days ended.
- In this lap Franco Marvulli (Swi) gets the points
- Smile and flowers for the winners
- Kisses for Roger Kluge (Ger) . Christian Bach (Ger) got them already
- Paolo Bettini's saddle complete with world champion stripes
- BMX Acrobat Dave Blundell from Liverpool
- Blundell delighted the crowd
- Dave Blundell shows off his skills
- Peter Schep and Danny Stam (Ned) in the lap record race
- Franco Marvulli (Swi) and his shadow were the lap record winner during the race
- Bruno Risi and Erik Zabel during the lap record race
- Risi leads Zabel don't look down!
- Risi and Zabel
- Zabel all alone
- Zabel feels the G-forces
- The VIP Area is full
- Beer drinking spectators fall under the camera's gaze
- Spectators having a good time during the derny race
- Erik Zabel (Ger) during the derny race
- Paolo Bettini (Ita) during the derny race
- Franco Marvulli (Sui) during the derny race
- Erik Zabel gets his revenge over Paolo Bettini in the derny race.
- Erik Zabel (Ger) and his pace maker won the derny race
- The crowd got their money's worth on night six!
- Erik Zabel (Ger) with a winning smile during the honour lap after he won the derny race
- After the race Erik Zabel (Ger) gives autographs in the box
- A blur with speed.
- Too fast!
- The action was so intense that perfectly good sweets went untouched.
- The VIP area offered plenty of distractions
- Riders zoom by the VIP area.
- Shadows and decals mirror the riders' wheels.
- Erik Zabel (Ger) and Bruno Risi (Sui)
- Paolo Bettini (Ita) and Marco Villa (Ita) making an exchange
- The winner Erik Zabel (Ger) leads Franco Marvulli (Sui)
Images by www.sechstagerennen.infowww.sechstagerennen.info/
- Before the smoke had cleared the track was removed by workers.
Results
1 Erik Zabel / Bruno Risi (Ger/Swi) 349 pts One lap down 2 Franco Marvulli /Iljo Keisse (Swi/Bel) 343 pts Two laps down 3 Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned) 256 pts Three laps down 4 Juan Llaneras / Isaac Galvez (Spa) 175 pts Eight laps down 5 Robert Bartko / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 124 pts 11 laps down 6 Christian Grassmann / Christian Lademann (Ger) 166 pts 14 laps down 7 Andreas Müller / Alexander Aeschbach (Ger/Swi) 141 pts 16 laps down 8 Paolo Bettini / Marco Villa (Ita) 145 pts 18 laps down 9 Stefan Löffler / Sebastian Frey (Ger) 114 pts 19 laps down 10 Andreas Kappes / Erik Mohs (Ger) 124 pts 22 laps down 11 Marc Hester / Mathe Pronk (Den/Ned) 105 pts 24 laps down 12 Gerd Dörich / Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger) 70 pts 28 laps down 13 Christian Bach / Roger Kluge (Ger) 155 pts 14 Angelo Ciccone / Fabio Masotti (Ita) 138 UIV Rad Open (Espoirs) 1 Christian Kux / Marcel Kalz (Ger) 147 pts 2 Michael Arends / Tristan Marguet (Ger) 127 3 Georg Tazreiter / Andreas Graf (Aut) 108 4 Pim Ligthart / Jeff Vermeulen (Ned) 86 5 Tobias Baumgartner / Beni Baumgartner (Swi) 80 6 Morgan Kneisky / Michael Jeannin (Fra) 76 7 Patrick Betz / Felix Schnönecker (Ger) 73 8 Martin Lollesgaard / Jakob Dyrgaard (Den) 72 9 Rolf Hofbauer / Stephan Lägeler (Ger) 53 10 Dominique Stark / Bruno Menzi (Swi) 53 11 Kilian Moser / Rene Schibli (Swi) 50 12 Benjamin Edmüller (Ger) / Benedikt Baselt (Ger) 30
