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68th Zesdaagse Vlaanderen - 6D1
Gent, Belgium, November 18-23, 2008
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Day 5 - November 22:
Zabel/Lampater take lead off Keisse/Bartko
By Bjorn Haake in Gent
A third place by Erik Zabel in the final event of the night, the keirin, gave him and partner Leif Lampater the lead after the fifth night of the Gent Zesdaagse. The five points put the German above 300, which meant that they were awarded a bonus lap. Risi/Aeschbach had taken over the lead halfway through the night but stand now in second place, equal on laps with the Germans. Zabel/Lampater have 302 points, while the Swiss have 216.
Local favourite Iljo Keisse and his German teammate Robert Bartko dropped down to third. They are one lap behind, but have 376 points. That still leaves them all the chances tomorrow in the final night. Andreas Beikirch and Kenny de Ketele are in fourth, also one lap down. Beikirch however doesn't think it is over until it is over. "I think we still have a shot at the podium," he said defiantly.
In the U23 UIV Cup, Tosh van der Sande and Stijn Steels continue to dominate their young rivals, with Americans Austin Carroll and Guy East still in second. Carroll told Cyclingnews that they wanted to defend their second place. East was quick to chime in. "We are not giving up just yet!"
11 and a half teams roll off
The rolling introduction was used to introduce the 11.5 teams left in the race. Sadly enough for Australian Luke Roberts, Marc Hester had to abandon the race. Roberts was therefore confined to events he could do by himself. Roberts explained what had happened with Hester. "He had a problem with his knee after the crash yesterday. He tried to come back today, but it just turned out to be too bad."
The familiar points race kicked things off, with Roberts mixing it up a couple of times for a few points. But the race belonged to Mertens/ Müller, winning two of the six sprints. The Dutch duo of Stam took out the team elimination race. Stam held off Aeschbach in a brilliant sprint to the line. Keisse once again won the one-lap time trial. Launched by Bartko he pedaled around the 166 metres in 8.79 - they were the only team to beat the magic nine-second mark.
Tightening the overall after the first Madison
Zabel/Lampater, De Ketele/Beikirch and Ciccone/Masotti were the first to lap the field. The Italians were on a high after breaking the 100- point barrier in the previous race and receiving a bonus lap for their efforts. Risi/Aeschbach were next to catch up, but when Keisse/ Bartko took off, the Kuipke exploded once again.
When almost all teams were equal on laps, Risi/Aeschbach and De Ketele/Beikirch took off again. They stormed into a one-lap lead one third into the race. When Zabel/Lampater attacked, it was Risi/ Aeschbach and De Ketele/Beikirch who controlled the Germans. When they were brought back, an immediate counter followed by Keisse/ Bartko, bringing three teams equal on laps.
At the halfway point of the race, all the favourites had caught up again with the leaders. Risi/Aeschbach and De Ketele/Beikirch managed to get away again and stayed one lap ahead until the 40-minute buzzer rang, marking the final ten laps.
With six laps to go, De Ketele/Beikirch initiated a strong move and surprised the Swiss duo. But Risi/Aeschbach got help from others, including Zabel/Lampater, and with one and a half lap to go, it was all together. Aeschbach had enough left to win the sprint ahead of Lampater and Keisse, while De Ketele faded to fourth. But the gained lapped meant a second place for De Ketele/Beikirch.
That leveled four teams on laps in the overall – Keisse/Bartko (324 points), Zabel/Lampater (268), De Ketele/Beikirch (225) and Risi/ Aeschbach (196).
Spectators raise their hands for a sweeping La Ola
Derny one was taken by Tim Mertens, while Fabio Masotti won the elimination race. The second derny race was marked by the excited spectators to initiate La Ola – the wave. Encouraged by the animation, a tight sprint between Keisse and Zabel ensued. Zabel, with Joop Zijlaard making the pace, led it out for several laps, but Keisse stormed by in the final turn with pacemaker Michel Choco. La Ola transformed to a standing ovation.
The question in the 500m time trial was not who was going to win, but what barrier would fall. Keisse encouraged the spectators on their lead-up, but it wasn't enough to break the 28 seconds. Keisse/Bartko still finished more than half a second ahead of the other competitors, with a 28.17
The Madison saw one rather sad spectator – Luke Roberts. "I would rather be racing," he said to Cyclingnews while the others rushed by on the track. The race was dominated again by the strong teams and it looked as Risi/Aeschbach and De Ketele/Beikirch had the edge with only a few minutes left before the 40-minute buzzer went off.
But Stam/Schep also joined the front runners and when Keisse/Bartko and Zabel/Lampater joined forces it was clear that the five teams would head into the final ten laps equal on points. Zabel/Lampater tried to race it from the front once again, this time beaten by Keisse/Bartko. Risi/Aeschbach finished third, but the ten points propelled them over the crucial 200-point barrier. The bonus lap gave them the overall lead.
The Supersprint – team elimination until six teams were left and then a ten-lap race – was taken by De Fau and De Neef. This was followed by the nightly ceremony of one rider of each team lining up for a few laps of entertainment. Most prominently they encourage La Ola. Mertens had his special way of lifting his arms, lifting his shirt up under lots of whistling.
Mertens was then the first to attack the scratch race, which followed without a break. But in the final lap it was Roberts who took the lead. On the final stretch Van Bon stormed past the Australian, while Zabel took third.
Ending the night with a lead change
The first derny race was once again by Joop Zijlaard, with Bruno Risi on his wheel. De Ketele was second (with Luc van Uytfange).
The elimination race came down to an exciting sprint between Roberts and Nicky Cocquyt. Cocquyt was involved in the crash yesterday that sent Roberts' partner, Marc Hester, out of the race. Roberts was able to hold off Cocquyt for a bit of revenge.
The second derny race was won by De Fauw. That left only the keirin races to conclude the night.
The race for seventh through 12th was won by Cocquyt. The big finale was a classy sprint. Zabel led it out, with Van Bon right on his wheel. Roberts was positioned behind, but was stuck on the narrow straightaway. Mertens had stuck further up on the embankment and was able to drive past everybody in the end.
Steels and Van der Sande strongest time triallers in UIV Cup
The Belgian leaders Steels and Van der Sande won the 500m time trial in dominating fashion. They left as the last pair and the time to beat was 29.63, set by Czech pair Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares. The Belgians did it with a 29.46, the only pair above an average speed of 61 km/h.
Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme did a great ride, scoring a 30.23. They were only two hundredths of a second ahead of Carroll and East, who were fourth. This left the Americans still with a comfortable lead in second place.
The Swiss were the first to take a lap out on the riders. With that lap gain, the bunch headed for the first sprint. Four laps before points were taken, a roar went through the Kuipke as Van der Sande attacked. They held off the others for five points, but did not manage to get away for a lap gain. Dostal/Bares and Sprengers/ Verhamme and Fenn/Rowe added a few more points to their tallies, while East and Carrol finished just outside the points.
Shortly after the sprint, a crash brought down Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer. But the two were quickly back on the bike after some bandaging from the Stichting Service Medical.
The second sprint went better for the Americans, as they held off Fenn/Rowe and Steels/Van der Sande.
With 23 laps to go before the third sprint, the Belgians took off again, with Immerseel and Vlasselaar in tow. They were making good progress, but the Americans fought back, even as disaster almost struck. Carroll had to swing high to avoid another rider, but shortly thereafter was on the tail end of Van der Sande/Steels. Everything came back together, but the Belgian and American favourites were stuck behind.
The Swiss pair took off, but Simes and Williams passed them before the line.
After 15 laps, Van der Sande/Steels took off again. A good 20 laps later, they had lapped the field. The final sprint was a very tight affair, with Dostal/Bares charging ahead, followed by the Swiss pair of Corthésy/Kaeslin.
Photography
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- Iljo Keisse celebrates his time trial win with a thumbs up.
- The spectators went nuts as he beat the nine-second mark.
- Keisse unwraps after his effort
- Keisse checks out which section of the stadium was the loudest.
- It's getting close to the finish in the elimination race.
- Risi checks out Keisse behind him/
- `De Ketele follows Aeschbach closely.
- De Ketele is a young and coming local Belgian prospect.
- Danny Stam is followed by the Swiss duo.
- Andreas Müller hands over to Tim Mertens.
- Danny Stam is launched by Peter Schep.
- Erik Zabel is off after a handsling by Leif Lampater.
- Belgians Nicky Cocquyt (l) and Ingmar Depoortere during the Madison.
- Keisse powers over the short track in Gent.
- Schep is shadowed by Aeschbach.
- Three Germans in a row as Zabel gets company from Beikirch and Bartko.
- Bartko hands over to Keisse.
- Lampater launches Zabel
- Beikirch gives all his strength to shoot De Ketele off the front.
- De Ketele got good speed thanks to his partner's arm.
- Zabel and De Ketele go anaerobic.
- Back to you, Andreas.
- Tim Mertens gets launched.
- Keisse is done for a bit and sends off Bartko.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- Guy East (l) and Austin Carroll had a great Six Day trip in Europe.
- East and Carroll would like to defend second spot.
- The pair lives far away from each other so training together is often not an option.
- Race director Patrick Sercu congratulates Tosh van der Sande and Stijn Steels to another day in yellow.
- Steels (l) and Van der Sande are the leaders of the UIV Cup.
- The Belgians have been racing outstanding throughout the Gent Six Days.
- The Czech pair of Jan Dostal (l) and Jiri Bares received the green jersey from the city of Gent.
- The Czechs also got congratulated by Sercu.
- Bares with the flowers.
- Former Olympic Champion Robert Bartko enjoys the Gent Six Days.
- Leon van Bon switched back to racing in Europe after spending most of the year in Asia.
- Experienced Andreas Beikirch was matched up with young talent Kenny de Ketele.
- Luke Roberts had to watch from the sidelines as his partner was out of the Six Days due to a knee injury from yesterday's crash.
- Everybody has their cups marked so there would be no cross eating.
Results
Points race 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 15 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 11 3 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 5 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 7 6 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 6 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 4 8 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 3 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 2 10 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 2 11 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Team elimination 1 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 20 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 12 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 4 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 8 5 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 6 6 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 4 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 9 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 11 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Flying lap 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.08.79 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 0.09.01 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 0.09.02 4 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 5 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 0.09.15 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 0.09.20 7 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 0.09.34 8 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 0.09.35 9 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 0.09.36 10 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 0.09.41 11 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator Madison 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 20 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 12 One lap behind 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 pts 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 5 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 6 6 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 4 Two laps behind 7 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 8 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer Three laps behind 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso Four laps behind 11 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Derny race 1 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) JDK 5 pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Fischer 4 3 Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 3 4 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) Geka Kaas 2 5 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) AVS 1 6 Casper Jörgensen (Den) Jartazi Elimination 1 Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 10 pts 2 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 6 3 Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 5 4 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Camoso 4 5 Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 3 6 Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 2 7 Bruno Risi (Swi) Mercator 8 Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 9 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Capri-Sonne 10 Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 11 Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK Derny race 2 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 4 3 Danny Stam (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 3 4 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 2 5 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 1 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Callant - Groep 500m TTT 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28.20 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 0.28.70 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 0.29.10 4 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 0.29.20 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 0.29.30 6 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 0.29.40 7 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 0.29.50 8 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 9 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 0.29.70 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 11 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 0.31.60 Madison #2 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 20 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 12 3 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 10 4 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 6 Two laps behind 6 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 4 7 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 8 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi Four laps behind 9 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Supersprint 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 20 pts 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 12 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 4 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 8 5 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 6 6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 4 7 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht Scratch race 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 6 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 5 4 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 4 5 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 3 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 2 7 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 8 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 9 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 10 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 11 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen Derny #3 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 5 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 4 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 2 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 1 Elimination race 1 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 10 pts 2 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 6 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 5 4 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 4 5 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 3 6 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 2 7 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 11 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen Derny #4 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 5 pts 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 4 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 3 4 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 2 5 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 1 6 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Keirin for seventh place 1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 pts 2 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 6 3 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 5 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 4 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 3 6 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 2 Keirin big final 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 10 pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 6 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 5 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 4 5 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 3 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 2
UIV Talents Cup
500m TTT 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 0.29.46 2 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 0.29.63 3 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 0.30.23 4 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 0.30.25 5 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 0.30.30 6 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 0.30.49 7 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 0.30.57 8 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 0.30.64 9 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 0.30.90 10 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 0.31.48 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 0.31.82 Madison 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 9 pts 2 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 3 One lap behind 3 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 11 pts 4 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 6 5 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 5 6 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 3 7 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 2 8 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) Two laps behind 9 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 5 pts Three laps behind 10 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) Four laps behind 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) General classification after five nights 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 302 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 216 One lap behind 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 376 4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 241 Three laps behind 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 164 Eleven laps behind 6 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) JDK 240 Thirteen laps behind 7 Casper Jørgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 206 Eighteen laps behind 8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 264 Twenty/two laps behind 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 149 Twenty/Five laps behind 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 197 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 141 Forty/eight laps behind 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 144 UIV Cup 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh van der Sand 102 pts Two laps behind 2 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 66 pts 3 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 27 Five laps behind 4 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 70 pts 5 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 35 6 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 29 Six laps behind 7 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 21 pts Eight laps behind 8 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 11 pts 9 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 4 Nine laps behind 10 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 6 pts 19 laps behind 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 5 pts
