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67th Zesdaagse Vlaanderen - Gent - 6D
Gent, Belgium, November 20-25, 2007
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Day 5 - November 24
Risi and Marvulli continue domination
By Gregor Brown in Gent
Day five saw the experienced Swiss duo of Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli hold on to their overall lead. Local favourite Iljo Keisse and partner Robert Bartko threatened but had to surrender by night's end. The Gent Six Day is set for a stunning showdown as the lead is separated by a slim five points.
How it unfolded
The Madison elimination came down to Beikirch/Mohs, Risi/Marvulli, Slippens/Stam and Mertens/Muller. Once Mertens/Muller were gone, Risi/Marvulli and Slippens/Stam freed themselves of Beikirch/Mohs. The Dutch/Swiss duo was led out by Marvulli for the final lap. Dutchman Slippens made his move in the second half to win by edging around on the outside. Slippens/Stam now trailed in the overall by 29 points to Risi/Marvulli.
The Swiss men added to their overall lead by 15 points when they took the following 166-metre time trial. Marvulli put in an 8.82 second lap at 68.027km/h to better the time of Keisse and Bartko. Bartko led out Gent favourite Keisse, who recorded a time of 8.89 seconds.
The first Madison of the night saw De Ketele/Villa and Beikirch/Mohs make the early move to go a lap up. Keisse/Bartko were next, making three pairs one lap up. At the end of the 40 minutes and before the start of the final 10 laps, Keisse/Bartko made a move to the delight the crowd. It stuck, and the Belgian/German were able to win back the lap they lost to Risi/Marvulli and Slippens/Stam on night four, winning the Madison and moving within five points of the Swiss leaders.
The first derny of the night had Luke Roberts and Alexander Aeschbach leading with three laps to go. Mark Cavendish was three metres back, and wanted to do something as evident by a surge earlier in the event. He signalled his derny, the famous Joop Jijlaard, to join the front duo. They joined with one lap remaining and kept the pace rolling. The Manxman took victory and the five points on offer.
The elimination came down to Kenny De Ketele, Dimitri De Fauw and Erik Mohs. The latter was eliminated leaving a Belgian duel. De Fauw was able to prevail in the final sprint.
The second derny came down to a three-man battle. Franco Marvulli made his move with five laps to go. Iljo Keisse and Andreas Beikirch gripped on to the momentum of the Swiss, who was led by the same pacer, Joop Zijlaard, who led Cavendish to victory in the previous derny. Andreas Beikirch tried to push but could not do it; instead it was local favourite, Keisse who would go on to victory behind derny Michel Vaarten.
Wiggins led out Cavendish for the flying 500 metre time trial but the spark was gone; a time of 29.26 was all that they could manage. Petr Lazar led Czech compatriot Alois Kankovsky to put up on the board the provisional best time, 28.61. Overall leaders showed continued strength with Risi leading Marvulli to a time of 28.32. However, the crowd support behind Bartko and Keisse was enough to see the duo through to a time of 28.19. They moved into the overall lead by one point.
The second Madison was an open affair. With Risi/Marvulli and Keisse/Bartko gaining a lap for hitting 300 points, Robert Slippens and Danny Stam were left trying to attack their way onto the zero round. The Dutchmen tried to repeat the move of Keisse/Bartko and waited until to the last moment in their bid for freedom, however they failed to get the advantaged needed. Risi/Marvulli won the event to gain 15 points and move back into the overall lead by four points over Keisse/Bartko.
The third derny of the night was led by Stam. He had a slight gap, however it was Bartko who looked strong. The Germen was to be upset by Risi. The fourth derny saw Wiggins bidding his time in the back. With about 15 laps to go, he punched the gas but the pressure did not phase De Fauw, who took the final derny of the evening.
Results
Points race 1 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15 pts 2 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 9 3 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 7 4 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 7 5 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 7 6 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 6 7 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 5 8 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 5 9 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 3 10 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 2 11 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 12 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 13 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK Team elimination 1 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 15 pts 2 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 10 3 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 8 4 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 6 5 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK 4 6 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 2 7 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 8 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 9 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 10 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 11 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 12 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne One lap time trial 1 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 0.08.82 2 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 0.08.89 3 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 0.08.90 4 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 5 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 0.08.95 6 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 0.08.99 7 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 0.09.08 8 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 0.09.12 9 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK 10 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.09.14 11 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 0.09.21 12 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 0.09.25 13 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 0.09.45 Madison 1 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 15 pts One lap down 2 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 10 pts 3 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 8 4 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 6 5 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 4 Two laps down 6 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 2 pts Three laps down 7 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 8 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK 9 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator Four laps down 10 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 11 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas Five laps down 12 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS Six laps down 13 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Derny 1 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 5 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) RDM - JDK 4 3 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 3 4 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) AVS 2 5 Petr Lazar (Cze) Cécémel 1 6 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Geka kaas Elimination 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 15 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Capri-Sonne 10 3 Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 8 4 Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 6 5 Danny Stam (Ned) VDK 4 6 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 2 7 Steve Schets (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Robert Bartko (Ger) Chocolade Jacques 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 10 Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 11 Marc Hester (Den) RDM - JDK 12 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Mercator 13 Tim Mertens (Bel) Passage Fitness First Derny 2 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques 5 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 4 3 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 3 4 Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 5 Marco Villa (Ita) Capri-Sonne 1 6 Andreas Muller (Ger) Passage Fitness First 500m timetrial 1 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 0.28.19 2 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 0.28.32 3 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 0.28.61 4 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 0.28.65 5 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 0.29.08 6 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK 0.29.18 7 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.29.26 8 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 9 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 0.29.67 10 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 0.30.32 11 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 0.30.59 12 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 0.30.68 13 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 0.30.79 Madison 1 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 15 pts 2 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 10 3 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 8 4 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 6 5 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 4 6 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 2 One lap down 7 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 8 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 9 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 10 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK Two laps down 11 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS Three laps down 12 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas Four laps down 13 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Supersprint 1 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 15 pts 2 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 10 3 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 8 4 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6 5 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK 4 6 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 2 7 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 8 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 9 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 10 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 11 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 12 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 13 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK Keirin 1 1 Steve Schets (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 Andreas Muller (Ger) Passage Fitness First 3 Marco Villa (Ita) Capri-Sonne 4 Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 6 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Keirin 2 1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) AVS 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) RDM - JDK 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 4 Petr Lazar (Cze) Cécémel 5 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 6 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Geka kaas Derny 3 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 5 pts 2 Robert Bartko (Ger) Chocolade Jacques 4 3 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Capri-Sonne 3 4 Danny Stam (Ned) VDK 2 5 Tim Mertens (Bel) Passage Fitness First 1 6 Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 Elimination 1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) AVS 15 pts 2 Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 3 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 8 4 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 6 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) RDM - JDK 4 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 2 7 Marco Villa (Ita) Capri-Sonne 8 Petr Lazar (Cze) Cécémel 9 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Geka kaas 10 Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 11 Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 12 Andreas Muller (Ger) Passage Fitness First 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Derny 4 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 5 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Mercator 4 3 Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 3 4 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 2 5 Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 1 6 Marc Hester (Den) RDM - JDK Keirin final 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) RDM - JDK 15 pts 2 Marco Villa (Ita) Capri-Sonne 10 3 Steve Schets (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 6 5 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) AVS 4 6 Andreas Muller (Ger) Passage Fitness First 2 Overall standings after day 5 1 Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Tartuffe-Labo Van Vooren 332 pts 2 Iljo Keisse / Robert Bartko (Bel/Ger) Chocolade Jacques 327 One lap down 3 Danny Stam / Robert Slippens (Ned) VDK 276 Three laps down 4 Kenny De Ketele / Marco Villa (Bel/Ita) Capri-Sonne 202 Four laps down 5 Andreas Beikirch / Erik Mohs (Ger) Callant verzekeringen – Q8 190 Nine laps down 6 Tim Mertens / Andreas Muller (Bel/Ger) Passage Fitness First 132 18 lpas down 7 Luke Roberts / Marc Hester (Aus/Den) RDM - JDK 155 19 laps down 8 Dimitri De Fauw / Alexander Aeschbach (Bel/Swi) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf 267 24 laps down 9 Petr Lazar / Alois Kankovsky (Cze) Cécémel 123 28 laps down 10 Bradley Wiggins / Mark Cavendish (GBr) Mercator 136 37 laps down 11 Nicky Cocquyt / Steven Deneef (Bel) AVS 99 39 laps down 12 Wim Stroetinga / Matthé Pronk (Ned) Geka kaas 95 71 laps down 13 Steve Schets / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 126 UIV cup 1 Peter Kennaugh / Adam Blythe (GBr) 68 pts 2 Pavel Subrt / Marek Mixa (Cze) 34 One lap down 3 Davy Tuytens / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 86 4 Jesper Mørkøv / Christian Ranneries (Den) 13 Two laps down 5 Tristan Marquet / René Schibli (Swi) 32 6 Maarten Vlasselaar / Gert Jan Van Immerseel (Bel) 11 Four laps down 6 Dave Mertens / Walt De Winter (Bel) 45 Six laps down 7 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 13 Nine laps down 8 Kieran De Fauw / Brian Ligneel (Bel) 8 25 laps don 9 Gerd Steijn / Harm Steijn (Ned)
