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68th Zesdaagse Vlaanderen - 6D1
Gent, Belgium, November 18-23, 2008
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Day 2 - November 19:
Keisse and Bartko continue to lead
By Bjorn Haake in Gent, Belgium
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Local favourite Iljo Keisse and German partner Robert Bartko continue to lead the Gent Six Day, after another successful night of racing. The pair has extended their lead over German duo Erik Zabel and Leif Lampater to 21 points, with Zabel and Lampater now on 115 points.
Both teams remain equal on laps, with Kenny de Ketele and Andreas Beikirch also holding on to remain equal on laps after night two. Bruno Risi and Alexander Aeschbach gained one lap in the day's final event, leaving them one lap behind in fourth place with 70 points.
The UIV Cup's overall standings were shaken up on night two, with Belgians Stijn Steels and Tosh Van der Sande taking over from the American duo of Guy East and Austin Carroll.
Rolling introduction
The points race got underway after the riders were introduced during a rolling introduction. Italian pair Angelo Ciccone and Fabio Masoti took the most points, winning sprints three and four before taking second in the final sprint. Zabel and Lampater claimed the final sprint, securing them two points for the overall. Keisse and Bartko also won one sprint, but it wasn't the final sprint, so they were placed behind Zabel and Lampater without any points.
Zabel and Lampater then made things worse for Keisse and Bartko by winning the team elimination. Bartko and Keisse were eliminated early and didn't get any points. The victory saw the Germans assume the overall lead with 89 points versus the 82 points of Keisse and Bartko.
But Bartko and Keisse struck back quickly and reclaimed their lead after the one-lap time trial. The enormous cheer of the spectators pushed Keisse to pedal 8.78 seconds over the 166 metres.
A 40-minute Madison race took place before the live music kicked off during the break. De Ketele and Beikirch took charge of the race, lapping the field with Swiss pairing Risi and Aeschbach. De Ketele and Beikirch also won the final sprint, showing everyone who was boss.
More noise
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The noise from the music in the break had vanished, but the Derny race made sure it didn't get too quiet in Het Kuipke. Risi won this one, once again with big man Joop Zijlaard setting the pace.
The elimination race came down to an exciting sprint between Leon van Bon and Luke Roberts. Van Bon stormed away from Roberts with one lap to go, but Roberts clawed his way back into the race and tried to get past Van Bon in the final metres. Van Bon had other ideas, however, and wasn't going to let his hard work go unrewarded as he claimed an exciting win.
The top two teams passed the magic 100 points and received a bonus lap, leaving the Germans in front again, albeit with a slim two-point lead. De Ketele and Beikirch were on the same lap count, but with only 83 points.
Keisse then took out the Derny race in style by lapping the field. Unfortunately for Keisse lapping in the Derny doesn't count towards the overall, so Keisse and Bartko were still equal on laps with the other two pairs. Keisse's big effort didn't go without reward though, as the Belgian-German pair slipped back into the overall lead with a slim three point margin.
Keisse and Bartko's lead was boosted when they once again blasted fastest through the 500m time trial. They scratched the 28-second barrier to claim a convincing win over Roberts and Hester, who were more than half a second behind. The win gave Keisse and Bartko 20 points, while Zabel and Lampater added only four points to the tally. De Ketele and Beikirch were worse off and left empty handed.
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Keisse and Bartko, still exhausted from their time trial effort, were the first to leave the teams elimination race. This left the door open for Zabel and Lampater to sneak back into the lead, but with eight teams remaining and the sprint coming up, their handover didn't work.
Zabel was going to launch Lampater for the dash to the line, but their hands only briefly met. Then they slipped away from each other, as did the opportunity to regain the lead. With Risi and Aeschbach out next, there were no favourites left, allowing Mertens and Müller to win ahead Roberts and Hester.
Risi could once again count on Joop Zijlaard as pacemaker in the Derny finale, but the others were invading the big man's turf. Keisse took out the win with Michel Vaarten, increasing their lead to 21 points over Zabel and Lampater. De Ketele and Beikirch had 91 points, still equal on laps, when they claimed third ahead of Risi and Aeschbach, who were two laps behind with just 50 points.
Nothing changed in the overall after the scratch race, won by De Fauw and De Neef.
Risi and Aeschbach took out the night's final event, a 30-minute + 10 lap Madison. The Swiss duo was one lap ahead with Stam/Schep and Roberts/Hester. Risi had the honour of sprinting for the line in the final event of the night.
Americans surrender lead
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First up was a one-lap time trial for the UIV Cup, where Czech duo Jan Dostal/Jiri Bares claimed victory. Behind the winners the overall battle was heating up as Steels and Van de Sande took second ahead of former leaders Carroll and Guy. That cut the American's overall lead by two points, to seven.
Steels and Van de Sande then really cleaned up in the 200-lap Madison. The pair won three of the six sprints and finished second once putting them in control with 18 points. East and Carroll won one sprint and finished third and fourth in another, making their grand total eight points.
The fallout from the points race left the Belgians with a seven-point lead after night two. The two favourite pairs have distanced all the others by at least one lap. British pair Andrew Fenn/Luke Rowe are sixth, two laps behind and three points on their tally. The other Anglophones, Jackie Simes (USA) and Peter Williams (Great Britain) are in ninth, with one point and four laps down.
Photography
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- British pair Andrew Fenn and Luke Rowe exchange during the second night's madison.
- Jackie Simes (USA) goes full gas on the timed lap.
- Czech pair Jan Dostal and Jiri Bares get ready for the second night of racing.
- Austin Carroll (USA) in the leader's yellow jersey on night two.
- Austin Carroll focuses on the Belgian pair who threatened their lead.
- Tosh Van de Sande gets thrown in by Stijn Steels on the pair's way to taking the overall lead from Americans Guy East and Austin Carroll.
- Stijn Steels and Tosh Van De Sande from Belgium on their way to taking the overall lead.
- UIV racer Guy East (USA) throws in Austin Carroll in the madison on the second night.
- Belgians Thomas Sprengers and Simon Verhamme in the UIV cup race.
- Riders in the UIV cup keep a close watch on the action.
- One of the British riders on the second night of the UIV cup.
- Stijn Steels on his way to the lead in the UIV cup race.
- The riders storm past the bell sometimes used to ring in a sprint lap I(but mostly done by an electronic device).
- Casper Jørgensen powers along the Gent track.
- Andreas Beikirch full concentrated during an attempt to lap the field.
- Leon van Bon (r) and Pim Ligthart try to go up to speed before the time trial.
- Nicky Cocquyt and Ingmar Depoortere prepare the time trial effort.
- Robert Bartko (l) and Iljo Keisse continue to lead thanks in part to winning the 500m time trial.
- Bartko made the pace before launching Keisse and checking his teammate's effort out afterwards.
- Pim Ligthart uses pace maker Eric Schoefs during the Derny race.
- In the derny the riders get a good draft and the speeds are high.
- Zijlaard Joop (l) is a very good pacemaker and delivered Bruno Risi to victory.
- Ligthart tries to stay close
- Casper Jørgensen and derny rider Huybrecht built a team.
- After riding behind a derny for a while it is possible to get a tad dizzy.
- Risi and Mertens battle it out behind their pacemakers.
- In the finale it can get tight as everyone wants to get into prime position.
- Risi and Joop won the second derny race
- Local hero Iljo Keisse managed to lap the field in his derny race.
- Keisse won the derny with a pacemaker that was NOT Joop.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- Beikirch (red shorts) and De Ketele lead the warmup lap.
- Each pair took the front as they got introduced to the public.
- Local favourite Iljo Keisse in the points race.
- Every time Keisse took off from the field, the crowd went nuts.
- Marc Hester in the steep turn.
- Casper Jörgensen (r) switches over to teammate Jens-Erik Madsen.
Results
Professional Races
Points race 1 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 13 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 13 3 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 8 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 6 5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 6 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 5 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 8 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 4 9 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 3 10 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 2 11 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 1 12 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi Team elimination 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 20 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 12 3 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 10 4 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 8 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 6 6 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 4 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 12 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer Flying lap 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.08.78 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 0.08.83 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 0.09.06 4 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 0.09.07 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 0.09.09 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 0.09.11 7 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 0.09.13 8 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 0.09.20 11 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 0.09.41 12 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 0.09.56 Madison 1 1 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 20 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 12 One lap behind 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 pts 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 6 Two laps behind 6 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 4 pts 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 8 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK Three laps behind 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Four laps behind 11 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso Nine laps behind 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Derny race 1 Bruno Risi / Zijlaard 5 pts 2 Tim Mertens / Vaarten 4 3 Leif Lampater / Walrave 3 4 Pim Lighthart / Schoefs 2 5 Ingmar Depoortere / Van Uytfange 1 6 Casper Jörgensen / Huybrechts Elimination 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 10 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) 6 3 Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 5 4 Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 4 5 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) 3 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 2 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) 8 Danny Stam (Ned) 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel) 11 Casper Jörgensen (Den) 12 Tim Mertens (Bel) Derny 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 4 3 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 3 4 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 2 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 1 6 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 500 metre sprint 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28.00 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 0.28.60 3 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 0.28.80 4 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 0.28.90 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 0.29.10 6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 0.29.50 7 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 0.29.60 8 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 0.29.70 10 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 0.29.90 11 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 0.30.60 12 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 0.30.70 Sprint 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 20 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 12 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 4 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 8 5 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 6 6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 4 7 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 9 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 12 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso Derny 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 4 3 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 3 4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 2 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 1 6 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK Scratch race 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 13 pts 2 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 6 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 5 4 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 4 5 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 6 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 7 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 8 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 9 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 10 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 12 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank Madison 2 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 20 pts 2 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 12 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 10 One lap behind 4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 8 pts 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 6 6 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 4 7 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 8 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi Two laps behind 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Three laps down 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Standings after night two 1 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) 136 pts 2 Erik Zabel / Leif Lampater (Ger) 115 3 Kenny De Ketele / Andreas Beikirch (Bel/Ger) 99 One lap behind 4 Bruno Risi / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 70 pts Two laps behind 5 Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned) 54 pts Three laps behind 6 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) 75 pts Four laps behind 7 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Ger) 81 pts Five laps behind 8 Casper Jorgensen / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) 90 pts Eight laps behind 9 Leon Van Bon / Pim Lighthart (Ned) 66 pts 10 Angelo Ciccone / Fabio Masotti (Ita) 39 Nine laps behind 11 Dimitri De Fauw / Steven De Neef (Bel) 65 pts 18 laps behind 12 Nicky Cocquyt / Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) 40 pts
UIV Talents Cup
Lap record 1 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 0.09.00 2 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 0.09.30 3 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 0.09.42 4 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 0.09.54 5 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 0.09.55 6 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 0.09.83 7 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 0.09.85 8 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 0.09.87 9 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 0.09.89 10 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 11 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 0.09.93 Madison 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 18 pts 2 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 8 3 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 3 4 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 3 5 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 2 One lap behind 6 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 6 pts 7 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 2 8 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 2 Two laps behind 9 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) Three laps behind 10 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) Five laps behind 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) Overall standings after two nights 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 39 pts 2 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 32 One lap behind 3 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 9 pts Two laps behind 4 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 6 pts 5 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 5 6 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 3 Three laps behind 7 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 21 pts 8 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 5 Four laps behind 9 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 1 Five laps behind 10 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 1 Ten laps behind 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 5 pts
