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63rd Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D

Gent, Belgium, November 18-23, 2003

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Day 2 - November 19

Slippens/Stam take over

At the end of the second night of the Ghent Six, Dutch pairing Robert Slippens/Danny Stam assumed the position at the top of the leaderboard ahead of Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch and (1 lap down) Franco Marvulli/Alexandre Aeschbach.

Slippens and Stam continued to build on their points total on night two, accumlating 107 points after performing well in the two time trials and finishing third in the first madison. Last night's leaders Scott McGrory/Robert Sassone slipped to fifth overall after losing a lap to Slippens/Stam in the first madison.

In the U23 Six Days of the Future, Danish pair Michael Larsen/Michael Berling (Den) kept their one lap advantage over Belgians John Van Den Abeele/Kenny De Ketele and Swiss Ralph Zimmerman/Olivier Mattmann, who are both on 39 points.

Results

Points race
 
1 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)       10 pts
2 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)               9
3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            9
4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                 8
5 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)            6
6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  5
7 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                 5
8 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)              4
9 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)               3
10 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)           3
11 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)         2
12 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                 2
 
Team elimination
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)           15 pts
2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)           10
3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  8
4 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)        6
5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)               4
6 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                 2
7 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                  0
8 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)               0
9 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)          0
10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)           0
11 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)             0
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                0
 
Flying lap TT
 
1 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                15   8.74
2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                10   8.81
3 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)              8   8.95
4 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)               6   9.05
5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            4   9.07
6 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)        2   9.07
7 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  0   9.08
8 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                  0   9.20
9 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)          0   9.20
10 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)           0   9.22
11 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)           0   9.25
12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)              0   9.55
 
Madison
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)           15 pts
2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                 10
3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                 8
 
1 lap behind
 
4 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)            6
5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)        4
6 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)               2
7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)               0
 
2 laps behind
 
8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            0
 
4 laps behind
 
9 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)          0
10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                 0
11 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)             0
 
6 laps behind
 
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                0
 

Derny - Round 1
 
1 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)                              5 pts
2 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)                                   4
3 Franz Stocher (Aut)                                    3
4 Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)                              2
5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)                              1
6 Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                                  0
 
Elimination
 
1 Franco Marvulli (Swi)                                 15 pts
2 Robert Sassone (Fra)                                  10
3 Marco Villa (Ita)                                      8
4 Danny Stam (Ned)                                       6
5 Kurt Betschart (Swi)                                   4
6 Iljo Keisse (Bel)                                      2
7 Steven Deneef (Bel)                                    0
8 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)                                 0
9 Jimmi Madsen (Den)                                     0
10 Gerd Dörich (Ger)                                     0
11 Robert Hayles (GBr)                                   0
12  Bradley Wiggins (GBr)                                0
 
Derny - Round 2
 
1 Bruno Risi (Swi)                                       5 pts
2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)                                  4
3 Andreas Kappes (Ger)                                   3
4 Scott McGrory (Aus)                                    2
5 Robert Slippens (Ned)                                  1
6 Marty Nothstein (USA)                                  0
 
500m TT
 
1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                15  28.62
2 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)             10  28.77
3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            8  28.80
4 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                 6  28.81
5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)        4  28.82
6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)            2  29.39
7 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)               0  29.40
8 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  0  29.53
9 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)            0  29.66
10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                 0  30.16
11 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)              0  30.19
12 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)         0  30.38
 
Midnight sprint
 
1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)              15 pts
2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)       10
3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                 8
4 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)            6
5 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)            4
6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)               2
7 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  0
8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            0
9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)              0
10 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)         0
11 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                 0
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                0
 
Madison
 
1 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)       15 pts
2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)           10
 
1 lap behind
 
3 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)               8
4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)            6
5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            4
6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  2
7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)              0
8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                 0
9 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                  0
10 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)              0
 
2 laps behind
 
11 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)         0
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                0
 
Supersprint
 
1 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)            5 pts
2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                  3
3 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)              2
4 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)          1
5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                  0
6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)            0
7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)            0
8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                 0
9 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)               0
10 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)              0
11 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)       0
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                0
 
Derny - Round 3
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)                                  5 pts
2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)                                   4
3 Bruno Risi (Swi)                                       3
4 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)                              2
5 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)                                   1
6 Franz Stocher (Aut)                                    0
 
Standings after night 2
 
1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)               107 pts
2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)           78
 
1 lap behind
 
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)      117
4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)           99
5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)              86
6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                 80
 
2 laps behind
 
7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)              29
 
5 laps behind
 
8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)           83
9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)             68
10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                27
 
8 laps behind
 
11 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)        34
 
11 laps behind
 
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)               66

Six Days of the Future

Standings after night 2

1 Michael Larsen/Michael Berling (Den)                  21 pts

1 lap behind

2 John Van Den Abeele/Kenny De Ketele (Bel)             39
3 Ralph Zimmerman/Olivier Mattmann (Swi)                39
4 Ingmar De Poortere/Steve Schets (Bel)                 36
5 Davy Tuytens/Tim Mertens (Bel)                        18

2 laps behind

6 Davide Tortella/Martino Marcotto (Ita)                25
7 Marc Hester/Michael Morkov (Den)             	     
8 Gerd Jan Jongman/Kevin Sluimer (Ned)                  20

5 laps behind

9 Kristof Sels/Wim Stroetinga (Bel/Ned)                 14

7 laps behind

10 Erik Voetman/Tim Van De Zande (Ned)                  3

10 laps behind

11 Lode Boes/Pieter Braeckeveldt (Bel)                  5