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34th Grenoble Six Day - 6D
France, October 28 - November 2, 2004
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Day 6 - November 2
Third victory for Aeschbach/Marvulli in Grenoble
Rousseau finishes sprint career, but can't beat World Champion Bos
By Hedwig Kröner in Grenoble
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The Palais des Sports was crowded every night for the last six nights, as the city of Grenoble hosted the 35th Six Days of Grenoble. As the spectators cheered and the guests dined underneath, within the velodrome oval, the last night of Grenoble Six Day racing was completed by the Madison victory of French pair Jérôme Neuville and Andy Flickinger, while the two overall leaders Alexander Aeschbach and Franco Marvulli took their third win in Grenoble.
The Master du Sprint victory was taken by World Champion Theo Bos, just a couple of centimetres in front of three time Olympic champion Florian Rousseau, who celebrated his last appearance as a track rider at this event.
How it unfolded
While British Chris Hoy finished second in the Keirin finals, the French victory by Arnaud Tournant inspired the crowd for a few La Ola laps. More French wins were greeted later during the evening in the Espoir (U23) sprint finals, as local rider Kevin Avarello surprised David Cabrol from behind and attacked with two laps to go, taking the win easily with a 50 metre lead. François Pervis finished fifth, saving enough points to keep his lead in the Overall classification over Franck Durivaux.
Chris Hoy and Arnaud Tournant led out the Golden Sprint Keirin finals as the Derny pulled off the track, but the victory was taken by Laurent Gané just in front of German Jens Fiedler. Both champions are finishing their careers with this race, leaving behind very successful racing careers.
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The last race of the evening was the decisive 180-lap Madison, where overall leaders Alexander Aeschbach and Franco Marvulli started with 101 points lead over Italian chasers Giovanni Lombardi and Marco Villa. The first action started with Australian pair Darren Young and Nathan Clarke trying to take a lap. Lombardi then attacked after 30 laps, but was chased down by the Swiss team right away, Marvulli taking the lead later, effectively securing another lap for the final victory. However, the Italians, Belgians and French top three behind the Swiss pair in the overall points classification came back, and there were four teams on the same lap as the race entered the last 100.
Lombardi and Villa attacked to gain one lap, as did French Flickinger and Neuville, trying to move up to a third final placing. The peloton led by the Belgians Keisse and Van Mechelen caught up to them. The Australian and Danish teams tried to escape again with 65 laps to go, and the bunch let them go as they were no threat to the final outcome of the evening. Soon after that, the Italians attacked the top classification again, but did not succeed in taking a lap. During the final 40 laps, sprint points were added every 10 laps and with 30 laps to go, Jérôme Neuville crossed the line first on his way to lapping the peloton together with Keisse/Van Mechelen. The peloton, meanwhile, was controlled by the Swiss winning pair, as Neuville's partner Andy Flickinger caught the bunch at 6 laps to go in a final effort. The two Frenchmen had put all their remaining energy into winning enough sprint points to win the race, while Alexander Aeschbach and Franco Marvulli rode a safe overall victory home, finishing the Six Day race 105 points ahead of Italian duo Giovanni Lombardi and Marco Villa.
Photography
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- French sprinters standing still - Gané and Tournant
- Theo Bos watching out for the man behind, Florian Rousseau
- Another track-stand-off
- Florian Rousseau and Theo Bos try for a psyche-out in the Sprint final
- French sprint star Laurent Gané goes for it
- Jens Fiedler in the Keirin race
- Marco Villa waiting to take his turn in the Madison
- Overall winners Alexander Aeschbach and Franco Marvulli hail the crowd on their lap of honour
- The show's over!
Results
Professionals
Sprints 1 Giovanni Lombardi/Marco Villa (Ita) 16 pts 2 Cedric Agez/Christoph Riblon (Fra) 11 3 Matthe Pronk (Ned)/Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) 9 4 Alexander Aeschbach/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 8 5 Andy Flickinger/Jerome Neuville (Fra) 8 6 Mickael Mallie/Jonathan Mouchel (Fra) 5 7 Nicolas Rousseau/Fabien Patachon (Fra) 5 8 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 3 9 Iljo Keisse/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 1 10 David Gisiger (Swi)/Steven Deneef (Bel) 11 Jens-Erik Madsen/Michael S Larsen (Den) 12 Darren Young/Nathan Clarke (Aus) 13 Stephane Tramond/Ludovic Fraioli (Fra) Individual SMTC 1 Iljo Keisse/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 54 pts 2 Mickael Mallie/Jonathan Mouchel (Fra) 49 3 Nicolas Rousseau/Fabien Patachon (Fra) 47 4 Jens-Erik Madsen/Michael S Larsen (Den) 34 5 Andy Flickinger/Jerome Neuville (Fra) 27 6 Matthe Pronk (Ned)/Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) 27 7 David Gisiger (Swi)/Steven Deneef (Bel) 27 8 Darren Young/Nathan Clarke (Aus) 1 9 Giovanni Lombardi/Marco Villa (Ita) 10 Alexander Aeschbach/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 11 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 12 Cedric Agez/Christoph Riblon (Fra) 13 Stephane Tramond/Ludovic Fraioli (Fra) Madison - 180 laps 1 Andy Flickinger/Jerome Neuville (Fra) 28 pts 2 Iljo Keisse/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 22 3 Alexander Aeschbach/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 17 4 Giovanni Lombardi/Marco Villa (Ita) 8 1 lap behind 5 Matthe Pronk (Ned)/Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) 11 pts 6 David Gisiger (Swi)/Steven Deneef (Bel) 7 7 Jens-Erik Madsen/Michael S Larsen (Den) 8 Darren Young/Nathan Clarke (Aus) 2 laps behind 9 Mickael Mallie/Jonathan Mouchel (Fra) 3 pts 10 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 11 Nicolas Rousseau/Fabien Patachon (Fra) 12 Cedric Agez/Christoph Riblon (Fra) 3 laps behind 13 Stephane Tramond/Ludovic Fraioli (Fra) Final standings after night 6 1 Alexander Aeschbach/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 414 pts 2 Giovanni Lombardi/Marco Villa (Ita) 309 2 laps behind 3 Iljo Keisse/Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 349 pts 3 laps behind 4 Andy Flickinger/Jerome Neuville (Fra) 248 pts 5 laps behind 5 Matthe Pronk (Ned)/Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) 249 pts 6 laps behind 6 David Gisiger (Swi)/Steven Deneef (Bel) 127 pts 8 laps behind 7 Jens-Erik Madsen/Michael S Larsen (Den) 91 pts 9 laps behind 8 Darren Young/Nathan Clarke (Aus) 118 pts 12 laps behind 9 Mickael Mallie/Jonathan Mouchel (Fra) 96 pts 10 Nicolas Rousseau/Fabien Patachon (Fra) 66 13 laps behind 11 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA)/Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 88 pts 16 laps behind 12 Cedric Agez/Christoph Riblon (Fra) 88 pts 21 lap behind 13 Stephane Tramond/Ludovic Fraioli (Fra) 30 pts
Sprinters
Golden Sprint Keirin 1 Laurent Gane (Fra) 10 pts 2 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 8 3 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 6 4 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 5 5 Chris Hoy (GBr) 4 6 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 3 7 Rene Wolff (Ger) 2 8 Theo Bos (Ned) 1 Final Golden Sprint keirin standings after night 6 1 Laurent Gane (Fra) 32 pts 2 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 30 3 Chris Hoy (GBr) 28 4 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 28 5 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 27 6 Theo Bos (Ned) 26 7 Rene Wolff (Ger) 25 8 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 19 Keirin 1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 1 2 Chris Hoy (GBr) 2 3 Laurent Gane (Fra) 3 4 Theo Bos (Ned) 4 5 Rene Wolff (Ger) 5 6 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 6 7 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 7 8 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 8 Final keirin standings after night 6 1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 11 pts 2 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 21 3 Laurent Gane (Fra) 22 4 Chris Hoy (GBr) 24 5 Rene Wolff (Ger) 27 6 Theo Bos (Ned) 36 7 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 37 8 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 38 Master du Sprint Vaujany 1 Theo Bos (Ned) 10 pts 2 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 8 3 Laurent Gane (Fra) 6 4 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 5 5 Chris Hoy (GBr) 4 6 Rene Wolff (Ger) 3 7 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 2 8 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 1 Final Master du Sprint Vaujany standings after night 6 1 Theo Bos (Ned) 45 pts 2 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 38 3 Laurent Gane (Fra) 34 4 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 31 5 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 26 6 Chris Hoy (GBr) 25 7 Rene Wolff (Ger) 22 8 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 13
Women
Points race 1 Virginie Duble (Fra) Merignac 16 pts 2 Laurie Berthon (Fra) Bourg En 10 3 Aurelie Marie (Fra) Merignac 6 4 Pauline Avarello (Fra) Seyssinet 6 5 Amandine Salgado (Fra) Charvieu 6 6 Christelle Gaggio (Fra) Amberieu 5 7 Honorine Martin (Fra) Rioms 4 8 Agathe Lafond (Fra) Merignac 2 9 Estelle Dallagnol (Fra) Vitrolles 10 Marjorie Gontard (Fra) Fontaine 11 Camille Lenoble (Fra) Vienne 12 Mailys Brugere (Fra) Merignac 13 Jennifer Salgado (Fra) Charvieu Final women's standings after night 6 1 Virginie Duble (Fra) Merignac 113 pts 2 Aurelie Marie (Fra) Merignac 112 3 Amandine Salgado (Fra) Charvieu 103 4 Honorine Martin (Fra) Rioms 97 5 Laurie Berthon (Fra) Bourg En 79 6 Pauline Avarello (Fra) Seyssinet 76 7 Christelle Gaggio (Fra) Amberieu 60 8 Mailys Brugere (Fra) Merignac 58 9 Marjorie Gontard (Fra) Fontaine 49 10 Estelle Dallagnol (Fra) Vitrolles 48 11 Agathe Lafond (Fra) Merignac 35 12 Audrey Berthon (Fra) Charvieu 35 13 Camille Lenoble (Fra) Vienne 26 14 Jennifer Salgado (Fra) Charvieu 23 15 Stephanie Hermitte (Fra) Vitrolles 19
U23
1 Sebastien Notin (Fra) 10 pts 2 Ariitea Bernardino (Fra) 8 3 Gregory Bauge (Fra) 7 4 Denis Rivenaire (Fra) 6 5 Francois Pervis (Fra) 5 6 Mathieu Mandard (Fra) 4 7 Didier Henriette (Fra) 3 8 Franck Dirivaux (Fra) 2 Final U23 standings after night 6 1 Francois Pervis (Fra) 48 pts 2 Mathieu Mandard (Fra) 44 3 Gregory Bauge (Fra) 40 4 Denis Rivenaire (Fra) 40 5 Ariitea Bernardino (Fra) 34 6 Sebastien Notin (Fra) 29 7 Franck Dirivaux (Fra) 18 8 Didier Henriette (Fra) 17
Juniors
Points race - 72 laps 1 Sebastien Ivars (Fra) Charvieu 66 pts 2 Anthony Cognard (Fra) Seyssinet 34 3 Gislain Chatelard (Fra) Jarrie 23 4 Bastien Mure (Fra) Cavaillon 23 5 Jeremie Aracil (Fra) Marseille 13 6 Sylvain Cogne (Fra) Chambery 11 7 Thibault Brunet (Fra) Merignac 11 8 Florian Chatel (Fra) Chambery 9 9 Mathieu Brabant (Fra) Pont De C 5 10 Pierre Salvy (Fra) Seyssinet 2 11 Thomas Sennonet (Fra) Seyssinet 1 12 Thomas Lorenzo (Fra) Seyssinet 1 lap behind 13 Jonathan Luci (Fra) Marseille 1 14 Gaspard Asathal (Fra) Seyssinet 15 Alexandre Cotte (Fra) Merignac Final juniors standings after night 6 1 Jeremie Aracil (Fra) Marseille 105 pts 2 Sebastien Ivars (Fra) Charvieu 97 3 Thibault Brunet (Fra) Merignac 95 4 Sylvain Cogne (Fra) Chambery 93 5 Bastien Mure (Fra) Cavaillon 86 6 Gislain Chatelard (Fra) Jarrie 80 7 Florian Chatel (Fra) Chambery 80 8 Anthony Cognard (Fra) Seyssinet 73 9 Thomas Sennonet (Fra) Seyssinet 52 10 Alexandre Cotte (Fra) Merignac 41 11 Pierre Salvy (Fra) Seyssinet 36 12 Mathieu Brabant (Fra) Pont De C 33 13 Thomas Lorenzo (Fra) Seyssinet 32 14 Jonathan Luci (Fra) Marseille 24 15 Gaspard Asathal (Fra) Seyssinet 18
Cadets
Points race - 48 laps 1 Nicolas Boisson (Fra) Besancon 30 pts 2 Damien Dufour (Fra) Seyssinet 28 3 Fayolle Cedric (Fra) Jarrie 26 4 Guillaume Tramond (Fra) Fontaine 23 5 Vivien Brisse (Fra) Saint Etienne 13 6 David Simon (Fra) Merignac 7 7 Ghislain Boiron (Fra) Pelussin 6 8 Alexandre Dambas (Fra) Mezieu 5 9 Maxime Michellier (Fra) La Motte 5 10 Alexandre Philip (Fra) Seyssinet 2 11 William Espiau (Fra) Jarrie 1 12 Kevin Fouache (Fra) La Motte 1 lap behind 13 Pierre Asathal (Fra) Seyssinet Final cadets standings after night 6 1 Vivien Brisse (Fra) Saint Etienne 73 pts 2 Ghislain Boiron (Fra) Pelussin 70 3 Maxime Michellier (Fra) La Motte 67 4 Guillaume Tramond (Fra) Fontaine 66 5 Nicolas Boisson (Fra) Besancon 64 6 Damien Dufour (Fra) Seyssinet 55 7 Fayolle Cedric (Fra) Jarrie 47 8 Alexandre Dambas (Fra) Mezieu 47 9 David Simon (Fra) Merignac 46 10 William Espiau (Fra) Jarrie 34 11 Kevin Fouache (Fra) La Motte 32 12 Alexandre Philip (Fra) Seyssinet 26 13 Pierre-Yves Laurencot (Fra) Besancon 18 14 Pierre Asathal (Fra) Seyssinet 14 15 Jean-Baptiste Chatel (Fra) Saint Mic 4
Minimes
Points race - 32 laps 1 Mathieu Antunes (Fra) Seyssinet 11 pts 2 Raphael Verini (Fra) La Seynes 10 3 Valentin Midey (Fra) Besancon 5 4 Bastien Ruffinengo (Fra) Seyssinet 5 5 Sebastien George (Fra) Amberieu 4 6 Pierre Tinard (Fra) Marseille 3 7 Sylvain Chapuis (Fra) Grenoble 2 8 Loic Dufour (Fra) Seyssinet 2 9 Maxime Cherpin (Fra) Mezieu 2 10 Simon Cogne (Fra) Chambery 11 Remy Besson (Fra) Lyon 12 Joris Faoro (Fra) Seyssinet 13 Julien Vignoud (Fra) Chambery 14 Eddy Beranger (Fra) Grenoble 1 lap behind 15 Julien Orvelin (Fra) Chambery Final minimes standings after night 6 1 Valentin Midey (Fra) Besancon 78 pts 2 Simon Cogne (Fra) Chambery 72 3 Mathieu Antunes (Fra) Seyssinet 69 4 Raphael Verini (Fra) La Seynes 68 5 Sebastien George (Fra) Amberieu 60 6 Maxime Cherpin (Fra) Mezieu 58 7 Bastien Ruffinengo (Fra) Seyssinet 52 8 Pierre Tinard (Fra) Marseille 45 9 Sylvain Chapuis (Fra) Grenoble 42 10 Julien Vignoud (Fra) Chambery 33 11 Loic Dufour (Fra) Seyssinet 31 12 Joris Faoro (Fra) Seyssinet 30 13 Eddy Beranger (Fra) Grenoble 18 14 Remy Besson (Fra) Lyon 12 15 Julien Orvelin (Fra) Chambery 7
