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Burnaby Six Day - 6D
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, December 31-January 5, 2007
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Race 5 - January 4:
Symmetrics protect lead on penultimate night
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The Burnaby Velodrome was a full house on Friday night. The bleachers and the infield were filled to capacity with cheering, excited race fans as Symmetrics and Slipstream battled through the evening. At the end of the night, Symmetrics still maintained its two lap lead on Slipstream Sports and its four lap lead on Healthnet, and extended the lead over Successful Living by one lap, after an early crash by Cody O'Reilly forced the team to lose a lap before the rider was able to return to action.
Symmetrics took the Scratch Madison and 160 lap Madison tonight, while Slipstream claimed victory in the 60 lap Supersprint Madison and the Tempo race. Proman won the one-rider scratch race.
Racing will finish up tomorrow night, with three Madison races on the cards, giving Slipstream one last chance to challenge Symmetrics for the 2008 Burnaby Six Day Champion title.
60 lap 5 x 12 Supersprint Madison
The first Madison of the night had an escalating amount of cash available at each sprint. Healthnet picked up two sprint prizes, while LA Lightning, Slipstream, and Symmetrics each picked up one. Slipstream won the event on final sprint placing over Healthnet, as both teams were tied on points.
Scratch Race
The first one-rider race was a 40 lap Scratch. Several early attacks were reeled in, but an attack by McCook of Proman with four laps remaining caught the group sleeping and he put almost a half lap on the field before they responded. Dave McCook was able to hold off the charging group, with Successful Living out-sprinting the bunch to take second.
Tempo Race
The second one-rider race was a Tempo race, with two and one points for first and second rider each lap. Both Slipstream and Healthnet took a lap on the field, putting them in first and second, with Symmetrics Cycling placing third.
Team Elimination to Scratch Madison
The next race of the night was a Team Elimination down to six teams, followed by a 20 lap scratch Madison for the remaining teams. All the top teams avoided elimination, with Symmetrics coming out on top after Bell stormed the group in the last lap.
160 Lap 8 x 20 Madison
The final race of the night was a 160 lap Madison. Slipstream attacked Symmetrics hard during the race, trying to regain one of its lost laps. For a time, it looked like the attack had worked, as Zach Bell and Svein Tuft seemed to go through a 'spot of bother' and Slipstream was putting distance on them.
Rallied by the cheers of the capacity crowd, Tuft stormed around the track in chase of Slipstream, and was able to catch the Americans. Symmetrics took the race win on points, with first place finishes in four of the eight sprints. Slipstream and Healthnet stayed on the same lap, and took second and third respectively.
US National put another lap on the dEVo youngsters and look to be riding better with each passing day. The team almost took a lap on the entire field, making it three-quarters of the way around the track, before Slipstream and Symmetrics ratcheted up the pace and brought them back.
LA Lightning received a replacement rider today, as Brian Crosby retired from the race after Thursday nights racing with an injured elbow. Texan Andrew Armstrong has taken Crosby's place for Friday and Saturday nights racing action.
Proman's McCook was forced to abandon tonight due to an injury sustained earlier in the week. McCook's partner, Roman Kilun, was forced to ride solo for the majority of the Madison, which resulted in a loss of 11 laps to the leaders.
Photography
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Images by Glenn Barr
- The riders line up for a madison on the fifth night of action in Canada.
- The Symmetrics team is just one night away from being crowned the 2007 Burnaby Six Day Champions.
- Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) continue to lead heading into the final night of competition.
Results
60 lap 5 x 12 Supersprint Madison 1 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 2 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet) 3 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 4 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 5 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National) 6 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning) 7 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing) 8 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange) 9 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo) 10 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling) 11 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss) 12 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed) Scratch Race 1 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling) 2 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 3 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 4 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 5 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet) 6 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning) 7 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo) 8 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange) 9 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed) 10 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing) 11 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss) 12 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National) Tempo Race 1 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 2 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet) 3 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 4 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 5 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling) 6 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo) 7 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National) 8 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss) 9 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing) 10 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed) 11 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning) 12 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange) Team Elimination to Scratch Madison 1 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 2 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet) 3 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 4 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National) 5 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 6 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling) 7 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing) 8 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange) 9 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo) 10 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss) 11 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning) 12 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed) 160 Lap 8 x 20 Madison 1 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 62 pts 2 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 38 3 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet) 28 4 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National) 14 One lap down 5 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 8 pts 6 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo) Three laps down 7 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing) 2 pts Four laps down 8 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange) 14 pts 9 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning) 14 Eight laps down 10 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss) 10 laps down 11 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed) 11 laps down 12 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling) General Classification after Night 5 1 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 349 pts Two laps down 2 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 321 pts Four laps down 3 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet) 243 pts Seven laps down 4 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living) 154 pts 16 laps down 5 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National) 145 pts 17 laps down 6 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo) 47 pts 28 laps down 7 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing) 47 pts 29 laps down 8 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange) 99 pts 36 laps down 9 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling) 99 pts 37 laps down 10 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning) 100 pts 61 laps down 11 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss) 28 pts 79 laps down 12 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed) 37 pts
