41st Six Days of Munich - 6D

Germany, November 11-16, 2004

2003 results Program Preview Start List Past winners

The Program

Day 1 - November 11
Day 2 - November 12
Day 3 - November 13
Day 4 - November 14
Day 5 - November 15
Day 6 - November 16

No Vandenbroucke in Munich Six

International Six Day stars will circle around the track again tonight for the 41st edition of the Munich Six Days. Apart from the Madison competition and the Derny races, the Sprint riders include Jens Fiedler, Chris Hoy, Arnaud Tournant, René Wolff and Stefan Nimke. Injured World Champion Theo Bos will be replaced by Barry Forde from Barbados, Keirin bronze medallist at the Stuttgart World Championships.

There will be a 15 pair lineup for the Madison competition in Munich, but no Frank Vandenbroucke. The Belgian, who was to be paired with Jimmi Madsen, phoned Six Day promoter Patrick Sercu before the start to tell him the news, without giving him a specific reason. But VDB's MrBookmaker-Palmans boss Hilaire Van der Schueren told Belgian TV that due to "private problems" he is no longer in good physical condition. "We thought it more advisable to skip Munich," he said.

Vandenbroucke's start in the Six Days of Ghent is also uncertain. His place in Munich has been taken by Wouter van Mechelen (Bel).

Start list

1 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
2 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 
3 Leif Lampater/Alexander Aeschbach (Ger/Swi)
4 Lars Teutenberg/Christian Lademann (Ger) 
5 Scott McGrory/Matthew Gilmore (Aus/Bel)
6 Marco Villa/Thorsten Rund (Ita/Ger)
7 Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
8 Luke Roberts/Jimmi Madsen (Aus/Den)
9 Franz Stocher/Christian Grasmann (Aut/Ger) 
10 Robert Bartko/Franco Marvulli (Ger/Swi) 
11 Wouter van Mechelen/Iljo Keisse (Bel)
12 Ronny Lauke/Eric Weißpfennig (Ger)
13 Mikhail Ignatiev/Alexei Markov (Rus)
14 Sebastian Löffler/Andreas Müller (Ger)
15 Gerd Dörich/Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)

U23 Franziskaner Rad-Open

1 Gert-Jan Jonkmann/Wim Stroetinga (Ned)
2 Kevin Sluimer/Patrick Kos (Ned)
3 Pavel Subrt/Marek Mixa (Cze)
4 Patrick Betz/Daniel Schlegel (Ger)
5 Christoph Meschenmoser/David Heine (Ger)
6 Michael Berling/Axel Rasmussen (Den)
7 Marc Hester/Michael Mørkøv (Den)
8 Henning Bommel/Robert Bengsch (Ger)
9 Karl Christian König/Robert Kriegs (Ger)
10 Cédric Ager/Nicolas Rousseau (Fra)
11 René Schibl/Benjamin Baumgartner (Swi)
12 Georg Tazreiter (Aut)/Lubor Kosicka (Cze)
13 Sebastian Frey/Nicolai Raasch (Ger)
14 Jan Eric Schwarzer/Markus Reich (Ger)
15 Kenny De Ketele/Steve Schets (Bel)

Past winners

2003 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 
2002 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)
2001 Erik Zabel (Ger)/Silvio Martinello (Ita)
2000 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
1999 Silvio Martinello/Andreas Kappes
1998 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart
1997 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart
1996 Adriano Baffi/Giovanni Lombardi
1995 Etienne de Wilde/Erik Zabel
1994 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart
1993 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart
1992 Urs Freuler/Olaf Ludwig
1991 Andreas Kappes/Etienne de Wilde
1990 Danny Clark/Tony Doyle
1989 Andreas Kappes/Etienne de Wilde
1988 Danny Clark/Tony Doyle
1987 Urs Freuler/Dietrich Thurau
1986 Danny Clark/Dietrich Thurau
1985 Urs Freuler/Rene Pijnen
1984 Gerd Frank/Hans-Hendrik Oersted
1983 Rene Pijnen/Urs Freuler
1982 Patrick Sercu/Rene Pijnen
1981 Danny Clark/Don Allan
1980 Danny Clark/Don Allan
1979 Patrick Sercu/Dietrich Thurau
1978 Patrick Sercu/Gregor Braun
1977 Patrick Sercu/Eddy Merckx
1976 Wilfried Peffgen/Albert Fritz
1975 Rene Pijnen/Guenther Haritz
1974 Graeme Gilmore/Sigi Renz
1973 Rene Pijnen/Leo Duyndam
1972 Wolfgang Schulze/Sigi Renz
1954 Hans Preiskeit/Ludwig Hoermann
1953 Jean Roth/Walter Bucher
1952 Alfred Strom/Ludwig Hoermann
1951 Emile Carrara/Guy Lapebie
1950 (2) Robert Naeye/Rene Adriaenssens
1950 (1) Camile de Kuysscher/Odiel van den Meerschaut
1949 Robert Naeye/Maurice Depauw
1933 Oskar Tietz/Franz Lehmann
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com