Burnaby Six Day - 6D

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, December 31-January 5, 2007

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Race 1 - December 31:

Symmetrics takes early lead

The first night of racing is complete at the Burnaby Six Day, and Symmetrics Cycling has taken an early lead over rivals Slipstream Sports, Successful Living and Healthnet.

Slipstream was plagued by series of mechanicals in the second Madison. First, Mike Freidman rolled a tubular during an exchange and went down hard, leaving Pearce to cover anything that Symmetrics could throw at him. Then Freidman's seat broke, which required two more trips to the infield and some duct tape to fix. Despite the misfortunes Slipstream did well to only lose one lap to Symmetrics.

The trooper of the night award goes to Brad Huff (LA Lightning) for having to ride 140 of the 160 laps in the second Madison, after his partner, Crosby, hit the deck hard in an exchange only 20 laps into the race, and was not able to return to racing.

Flying 200m

The night started off with the flying lap. The LA Lightning duo of Brian Cosby and Brad Huff set an early fast time of 11.31s, which stood until last years champions Svein Tuft and Zach Bell took to the boards. Bell flew through the lap in 11.15s for first place. Top three was rounded out by the composite team of Ryan Mackenzie and Matthew Chater.

Team Elimination

Next up was a full field elimination. All 24 riders took to the track, with the last rider and his partner pulled every five laps, until three teams remained on the track. The rivalry between the top four teams became evident, as the Symmetrics, Slipstream, Successful Living and Healthnet battled to stay at the front and take maximum points in the race.

Healthnet was the final team to be eliminated, leaving Bell, Tuft, Friedman, Pearce, Christian Meier, and Cody O'Reilly to set themselves up for the final sprint. In a fast final sprint, Bell took first place, with Freidman taking second place and O'Reilly taking third place.

100 Lap 5 x 20 Madison

The first Madison of the night was a 100 lap five sprint event. Slipstream and Symmetrics took a lap on rivals Successful Living and Healthnet. Slipstream took the first two sprints, with Symmetrics taking the third and fifth sprints.

160 Lap 8 x 20 Madison

The second Madison saw Symmetrics extend its lead over Slipstream, Healthnet, and Successful Living. A series of mechanicals for Slipstream required Pearce to ride almost 50 laps on his own while Friedman changed a rear wheel and then had to repair his saddle using duct tape.

Healthnet displayed its sprinting prowess, taking four of the eight sprints during the race, and placing in all of the sprints. Symmetrics was able to take a lap on Healthnet, Slipstream, and Successful Living, putting them in first place overall.

LA Lightning's Huff was forced to ride 140 laps solo, as his partner, Crosby, crashed hard early on in the race and was not able to return to racing.

Results

Flying 200m
 
1 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling)                       0.11.15
2 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning)                  0.00.16
3 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange)                     0.00.29
4 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports)                         
5 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National)                        0.00.66
6 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing)                          0.00.69
7 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet)                           0.00.73
8 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living)               0.00.76
9 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling)                        0.00.94
10 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo)                            0.01.07
11 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss)    0.01.47
12 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed)                     0.01.54
 
Team elimination
 
1 Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling)                                         
2 Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports)                                      
3 Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living)                                      
4 Colby Pearce (Slipstream Sports)                                       
5 Svein Tuft (Symmetrics Cycling)                                        
6 Christian Meier (Successful Living)                                    
7 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet)                                  
8 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National)                               
9 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling)                               
10 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange)                           
11 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning)                        
12 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing)                                
13 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo)                                   
14 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed)                            
15 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss)           
 
100 lap madison
 
1 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports)                       15 pts
2 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling)                            14
One lap down
3 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living)                    10 pts
4 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet)                                 3
Two laps down
5 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National)                              4 pts
6 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing)                                 
Three laps down
7 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo)                                   3 pts
8 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning)                        1
Four laps down
9 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling)                              3 pts
10 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange)                          1
Five laps down
11 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss)          1
Six laps down
12 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed)                            
 
160 lap madison
 
1 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling)                            16 pts
One lap down
2 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing)                               28 pts
3 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports)                       16
4 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living)                    13
Three laps down
5 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo)                                   4 pts
Five laps down
6 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National)                              5 pts
7 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling)                              1
Six laps down
8 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange)                           2 pts
9 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing)                                1
Seven laps down
10 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss)          2 pts
11 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed)                            
12 laps down
12 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning)                        

General Classification after Day 1

1 Svein Tuft/Zach Bell (Symmetrics Cycling)                       67 pts
One lap down
2 Colby Pearce/Mike Friedman (Slipstream Sports)                  59 pts
Two laps down
3 Christian Meier/Cody O'Reilly (Successful Living)               43 pts
4 Kirk O'Bee/Kenny Williams (Healthnet)                           41
Six laps down
5 Cody Campbell/Mark MacDonald (dEVo)                             10 pts
Seven laps down
6 Daniel Holloway/Iggy Silva (US National)                        20 pts
Eight laps down
7 Kevin Suhr/Ryan Luttrell (Cody Racing)                           8 pts
Nine laps down
8 Dave McCook/Roman Kilun (ProMan Cycling)                        10 pts
10 laps down
9 Ryan Mackenzie/Matthew Chater (Team Orange)                     15 pts
12 laps down
10 Will Goodfellow/Mike Norton (Calyon Litespeed/Martin Swiss)     5 pts
13 laps down
11 Max Vives/Charlie Vives (Calyon Litespeed)                      2 pts
15 laps down
12 Brad Huff/Brian Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning)                 14 pts