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65th Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Belgium, November 22-27, 2005
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Day 1 - November 22
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- Mark Cavendish
- Bert Anciaux, Belgian sports minister has a joke before the start
- Swiss rider Kurt Betschart signs on
- Bruno Risi looks comfortable on the track
- Bruno Risi had a solid opening night at the Gent six-day
- Danny Stam puts the pedal down on the opening night
- Danny Stam had a night of mixed fortunes in Gent
- Franco Marvulli doing his best to make himself scray
- Gert Dorich and Peter Schep at the sign in with Mis Belgian Beauty 2006
- Matt Gilmore signs on
- Christian Grasmann and Marc Hester look pretty in pink
- Rob Hayles and Mark Cavendish work well together at speed
- Iljo Keisse rode well with Matt Gilmore on the opening night
- Iljo Keisse
- Iljo Keisse looked strong during night one in Gent
- Iljo Keisse signs on
- Iljo Keisse and Matt Gilmore pose before the start
- Kurt Betschart and Bruno Risi enjoyed mixed results on the opening night
- Laura Lynn sings
- Mark Cavendish gives it all he's got
- Scott McGrory signs on for yet another six-day event
- Marty Nothstein and Juan Llaneras worked well together
- Scott McGrory is an experienced six-day rider
- Gilmore, Betschart and Villa sprint for the finish
- Steve Schets leads the group
- The Belgian favourites were Matthew Gilmore and Iljo Keisse
- The six days of Gent gets underway
- Wouter Van Mechelen and Matthé Pronk swing each other into the action
Results
Points race 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 15 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 8 3 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 8 4 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita) 7 5 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 5 6 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 5 7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 5 8 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 3 9 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 3 10 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 2 11 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 2 12 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 2 13 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 1 Team elimination 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 15 pts 2 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 10 3 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 8 4 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 6 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 2 7 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 9 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 11 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 12 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 13 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 1 lap time trial 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 15 pts 2 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 10 3 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 8 4 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 6 5 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 4 6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 2 7 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 9 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 10 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 11 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 12 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita) 13 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) Madison 1 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Marco Villa (Ita) 10 3 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 4 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 6 5 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 4 One lap behind 6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 2 7 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 10 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 11 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 12 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 13 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Derny 1 1 Dimitri De Fauw 5 pts 2 Alexander Aeschbach 4 3 Wouter Van Mechelen 3 4 Marty Nothstein 2 5 Peter Schep 1 6 Marc Hester Elimination 1 Franco Marvulli 15 pts 2 Scott McGrory 10 3 Christian Grasmann 8 4 Mark Cavendish 6 5 Kenny De Ketele 4 6 Matthé Pronk 2 7 Bruno Risi 8 Andreas Beikirch 9 Robert Slippens 10 Iljo Keisse 11 Gerd Dorich 12 Steven De Neef 13 Juan Llaneras Derny 2 1 Matthew Gilmore 5 pts 2 Robert Bartko 4 3 Danny Stam 3 4 Robert Hayles 2 5 Kurt Betschart 1 6 Marco Villa 500 meter 1 Franco Marvulli (Sui)/Marco Villa (Ita) 15 pts 2 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 10 3 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 8 4 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 6 5 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 4 6 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 2 7 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 9 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 11 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 12 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 13 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) Madison 1 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 15 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 10 3 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 4 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 6 5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 4 One lap behind 6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 2 7 Franco Marvulli (Sui)/Marco Villa (Ita) 8 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 9 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 10 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 11 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 12 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 13 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) Supersprint 1 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 15 pts 2 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 10 3 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 4 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 6 5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 4 6 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 2 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 8 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 9 Franco Marvulli (Sui)/Marco Villa (Ita) 10 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 11 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 12 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 13 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Scratch 1 Steve Schets 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli 10 3 Peter Schep 8 4 Kenny De Ketele 6 5 Iljo Keisse 4 6 Marty Nothstein 2 7 Christian Grasmann 8 Matthé Pronk 9 Robert Hayles 10 Andreas Beikirch 11 Bruno Risi 12 Robert Slippens 13 Scott McGrory Derny finale 1 Matthew Gilmore 5 pts 2 Robert Bartko 4 3 Danny Stam 3 4 Wouter Van Mechelen 2 5 Dimitri De Fauw 1 6 Alexander Aeschbach Overall Standing after first night 1 Matthew Gilmore/Iljo Keisse (Bel) 63 pts 2 Robert Bartko (Ger)/Scott Mcgrory (Aus) 59 3 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 57 4 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 29 One lap behind 5 Franco Marvulli (Sui)/Marco Villa (Ita) 61 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel)/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 27 Two laps behind 7 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 39 8 Steven Deneef/Steve Schets (Bel) 30 9 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Juan Llaneras (Spa) 23 10 Peter Schep (Ned)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 20 11 Robert Hayles/Mark Cavendish (GBr) 18 12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 14 Three laps behind 13 Christian Grasmann (Ger)/Marc Hester (Den) 311 Tim Roels/Tim Mertens (Bel) 23 pts 2 Michael Arends/Erik Mohs (Ger) 21 3 Nicky Cocquyt/Davy Tuytens (Bel) 20 4 Gert-Jan Jonkman/Kevin Sluimer (Ned) 18 5 Niels Pieters (Ned)/Tom Smith (GBr) 7 6 Geraint Tennant/Ian Stannard (GBr) 3 7 Jiri Hochmann/Vojtech Haceky (Cze) 2 At 1 lap 8 Thomas Murray/Peter Williams (GBr) 8 9 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel)/Triatan Marquet (Swi) 6 At 2 laps 10 Michael Kocner/Georg Tazreiter (Aut) 1 At 4 laps 11 Mads Rydicher/Philip Nielsen (Den) 2Espoirs
