Dortmund Six Day - 6D

Germany, October 30 - November 4, 2003

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Day 1 - October 30

Risi/Betschart open strongly

The opening night of the Dortmund Six saw a tough battle between the favourites Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart, Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (winners in Amsterdam), Rolf Aldag/Scott McGrory, Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch and Guido Fulst/Andreas Müller. At the end of the night, it was Risi/Betschart with 48 points holding a clear lead over Slippens/Stam on 26 points, with the rest of the teams one or more laps behind.

Results

Standings after night 1

1 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)               48 pts
2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)              26

1 Lap behind

3 Rolf Aldag (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus)          46
4 Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)         38
5 Guido Fulst/Andreas Müller (Ger)              32

2 laps behind
 
6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Marty Nothstein (USA)   22
7 Franz Stocher (Aut)/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)     17
8 Jimmi Madsen/Michael Sandstød (Den)           8

3 laps behind
 
9 Jens Lehmann/Sebastian Siedler (Ger)          39
10 Ronny Lauke/Thorsten Rund (Ger)              18

4 laps behind
 
11 Gerd Dörich/Stefan Löffler (Ger)             21

5 laps behind
 
12 Bradley Wiggins/Robert Hayles (Gbr)          2

6 laps behind
 
13 Erik Weispfennig/Jan Bratkowski (Ger)        14

7 laps behind
 
14 Frank Kowatschitsch/Daniel Palicki (Ger)     21

Stayers

1 Francis de Jager (Ned)/Dieter Durst               6 pts
2 Jan Richter (Ger)/Gerd Gessler              5m    5
3 Peter Jörg (Swi)/René Aebi                 20m    4
4 Carsten Podlesch (Ger)/Bruno Walrave       40m    3
5 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Helmut Baur             70m    2
6 Stefan Klare (Ger)/Christian Dippel       100m    1

Standings after night 1

1 Peter Jörg (Swi)/René Aebi                       10 pts
2 Carsten Podlesch (Ger)/Bruno Walrave              8
3 Francis de Jager (Ned)/Dieter Durst               7
4 Jan Richter (Ger)/Gerd Gessler                    7
5 Mario Vonhof (Ger)/Helmut Baur                    5
6 Stefan Klare (Ger)/Christian Dippel               5