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63rd Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D

Gent, Belgium, November 18-23, 2003

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Day 6 - November 23

Victory to Gilmore/Wiggins

Matt Gilmore and Brad Wiggins
Photo ©: Nick Rosenthal

Local favourites Matthew Gilmore and Brad Wiggins emerged as the final winners of the 63rd Ghent Six after a strong performance on the last night to overhaul Robert Slippens/Danny Stam, who had led since Night 2. Starting just one point behind the Dutch duo, Gilmore/Wiggins rose to the occasion and finished up on 365 points, 21 points in front of Slippens/Stam. The third place on the podium went to Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart, who managed to gain a lap on the field to put them on level pegging with the leaders, despite having a large points disadvantage.

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Results

Points Race
 
1 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)               15 pts
2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)               11
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)            8
4 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                      6
5 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                     6
6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                      5
7 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)                5
8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                     4
9 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)              3
10 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)                  2
11 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                  1
12 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)                 0
 
Team Elimination
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)               15 pts
2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)               10
3 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)                   8
4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                     6
5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)            4
6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                      2
7 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)                0
8 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)                  0
9 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                   0
10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                     0
11 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)             0
12 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                    0
 
1 lap TT
 
1 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)            8.73    15 pts
2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)            8.79    10
3 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)         8.81     8
4 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)          8.99     6
5 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)       9.01     4
6 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)     9.11     2
7 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)             9.17     0
8 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)       9.21     0
9 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)             9.30     0
10 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)      9.32     0
11 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)  9.53     0
12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)         9.72     0
 
Derny - Round 1
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)                5 pts
2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                      4
3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                     3
4 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)                2
5 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)                   1
6 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)            0
 
Elimination
 
1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)                  15 pts
2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)               10
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)            8
4 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)                6
5 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                     4
6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                      2
7 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                     0
8 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                   0
9 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)              0
10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                     0
11 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)               0
12 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)                 0
 
Derny - Round 2
 
1 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                      5 pts
2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                   4
3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)                3
4 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)                     2
5 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)              1
6 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)                  0
 
500m TT
 
1 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Robert Hayles (GBr)        28.14    15 pts
2 Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger)           28.19    10
3 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)      28.64     8
4 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)  28.96     6
5 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)           28.97     4
6 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)         29.30     2
7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)      29.60     0
8 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)    29.63     0
9 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)      29.82     0
10 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)           29.97     0
11 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)           30.72     0
12 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)        30.87     0
 
Supersprint
 
1 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Alexandre Aeschbach (Swi)            5 pts
2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                      3
3 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)              2
4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                   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 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
 
Final standings after night 6
 
1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (GBr)              365 pts
2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned)                   344
3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                    231
 
1 lap behind
 
4 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Robert Sassone (Fra)                 320
 
2 laps behind
 
5 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)              227
 
6 laps behind
 
6 Franco Marvulli (Ita)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)          368
 
9 laps behind
 
7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)                 116
 
14 laps behind
 
8 Jean/Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Marco Villa (Ita)              213
 
25 laps behind
 
9 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut)                    174
 
26 laps behind
 
10 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)          157
 
32 laps behind
 
11 Robert Hayles (GBr)/Marthy Nothstein (USA)              227
 
42 laps behind
 
12 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Gerd Dorich (Ger)                 283

Six Days of the Future

Final standings after night 6

1 Michael Smith Larsen/Michael Berling (Den)               52 pts

1 lap behind

2 Ingmar De Poortere/Steve Schets (Bel)                    117
3 Ralph Zimmermann/Olliver Mattmann (Sui)                  78

2 laps behind

4 John Van Den Abeele/Kenny De Ketele (Bel)                105
5 Gerd-Jan Jongman/Kevin Sluimer (Ned)                     67
6 Davy Tuytens/Tim Mertens (Bel)                           58

3 laps behind

7 Marc Hester/Michael Mĝrkĝv (Den)                         48
8 Davide Tortella/Martino Marcotto (Ita)                   47

15 laps behind

9 Kristof Sels (Bel)/Wim Stroetinga (Ned)                  27

29 laps behind

10 Lode Boes/Pieter Braekeveldt (Bel)                      7
DNF Erik Voetman/Tim Van Den Zande (Ned)

UIV Cup standings after round 4

1 Iljo Keisse/Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)                        65 pts
2 Michael Smith Larsen/Michael Berling (Den)               51
3 Ralph Zimmermann/Oliver Mattmann (Swi)                   39
4 Alexei Chmidt/Konstantin Ponomarov (Rus)                 26
5 Ingmar De Portere/Steve Schets (Bel)                     22
6 Florian Piper/Andreas Welsch (Ger)                       18
7 John Van Den Abeele/Kenny De Ketele (Bel)                14
8 Leif Lampater/Sebastian Frey (Ger)                       13
9 Leif Lampater/Kraus (Ger)                                11
10 Christian Grassmann/Thomas Höss (Ger)                    8
11 Marc Hester/Michael Mĝrkĝv (Den)                         8
12 Geert-Jan Jonkman/Kevin Sluimer (Ned)                    8
13 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Tim V. D. Zanden (Ned)             7
14 Gideon De Jong/Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned)                   5
15 Davy Tuytens/Tim Mertens (Bel)                           4
16 Florian Piper/Leonardo Pappalardo (Ger)                  3
17 Aurel Siegel/Felix Wolf (Ger)                            3
18 Sebastian Ortkras/Marcel Rothstein (Ger)                 2
19 Christian Herde/Markus Reich (Ger)                       2
20 Sascha Richter/Nicolai Raasch (Ger)                      2
21 Davide Tortella/Martino Marcotto (Ita)                   2
22 Sebastian Debatin/Stephan Kirschner (Ger)                1
23 Roberto Longo/Martino Marcotto (Ita)                     1
24 Niels Pieters/Wim Stroetinga (Ned)                       1
25 Patrick Kos/Kevin Sluimer (Ned)                          1
26 David Gisiger/Michael Müller (Swi)                       1
27 Alexander Peter/Hanjo Veit (Ger)                         1
28 Mattia Thiene/Andrea Bini (Ita)                          1
29 Kristof Sels (Bel)/Wim Stroetinga (Ned)                  1
30 Lode Boes/Pieter Braeckeveldt (Bel)                      1