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62nd Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Gent, Belgium, November 19-24, 2002
Day 1 - November 19
Madsen/Nothstein lead on night 1
After accumulating the most points of any team, Danish/US pair Jimmi Madsen/Marty Nothstein finished night 1 of the Gent Six in the top position on the leaderboard. Nothstein's speed combined with Madsen's endurance turned out to be a good combination, as the pair won plenty of points in the sprints, time trials and elimination races, but importantly did not lose any laps to the more seasoned teams. It's early days yet, but this should stand them in good stead for the overall in five days time.
In total, seven teams finished on the same lap after the first night, so we can expect some changes tomorrow. Second place on 51 points are the Dutch Robert Slippens/Danny Stam, who lead the Swiss duo Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart by 7 points. Last year's winner Matthew Gilmore (partnered with Brad Wiggins) sits in fourth place, and is well placed to make a charge in the coming days.
Results
Standings after day 1 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 78 pts 2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 51 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 44 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 43 5 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 37 6 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 32 7 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 21 1 lap behind 8 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 2 laps behind 9 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 43 4 laps behind 10 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 11 11 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 6 6 laps behind 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 42 13 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 19 Madison 40 minutes 1 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 15 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 10 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8 4 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 6 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 1 lap behind 7 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 1 8 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 1 2 laps behind 9 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 1 3 laps behind 10 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 1 11 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 1 4 laps behind 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 1 13 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 1 Sprints 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 13 pts 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 7 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 7 4 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 7 5 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 6 6 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 5 7 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 5 8 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 5 9 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 4 10 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 3 11 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 2 12 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 1 13 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 1 Flying lap (166.66 m) 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 8.82 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 8.82 3 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 8.87 4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8.88 5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8.92 6 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 8.95 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 9.08 8 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 9.09 9 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9.17 10 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 9.30 11 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 9.35 12 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 9.44 13 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9.45 Derny Round 1 1 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Dieter Durst 5 pts 2 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Joop Zijlaard 20 m/4 pts 3 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Jos De Bakker 30 m/3 pts 4 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Raymond Persijn 80 m/2 pts 5 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Bruno Walrave 85 m/1 pts 6 Martin Liska (Svk)/Luc Van Uytfanghe 90 m/0 pts Elimination 1 Franz Stocher (Aut) 15 pts 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 10 3 Marty Nothstein (USA) 8 4 Jean-Pierre Van Zijl (RSA) 6 5 Jozef Zabka (Svk) 4 6 Franco Marvulli (Swi) 2 7 Danny Stam (Ned) 8 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 9 Marco Villa (Ita) 10 Kurt Betschart (Swi) 11 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 12 Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Derny - Round 2 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Bruno Walrave 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Dieter Durst 2 m 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Joop Zijlaard 5 m 4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Raymond Persijn 60 m 5 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Luc Van Uytfanghe 70 m 6 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Jos De Bakker 75 m 500 m Time Trial 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 27.65 (New track record) 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 28.26 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 28.56 4 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 28.57 5 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 28.75 6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 28.82 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 28.87 8 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 29.25 9 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 29.44 10 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 29.75 11 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 30.18 12 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 30.30 13 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 30.40 Midnight sprint 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 15 pts 2 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 10 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 6 5 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 4 6 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 2 7 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 10 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 11 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 12 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 13 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) Madison - 30 minutes 1 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 15 pts 1 lap behind 2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 10 pts 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8 4 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 6 5 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 4 6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 2 7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 8 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 2 laps behind 10 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 11 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 3 laps behind 12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Supersprint 1 Robert Slippens (Ned) 5 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi) 3 3 Marty Nothstein (USA) 2 4 Jean-Pierre Van Zijl (RSA) 1 Derny Final 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Bruno Walrave 2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Dieter Durst 2 m 3 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Joop Zijlaard 10 m 4 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Raymond Persijn 40 m 5 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Jos De Bakker 50 m 6 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Luc Van Uytfanghe 55 m Team Elimination 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 15 pts 2 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 10 3 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 8 4 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 6 5 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 4 6 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 2 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 0 8 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 0 9 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 0 10 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 0 11 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 0 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 0 13 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 0
Six Days of the Future
Standings after night 1 1 Y Schmidt (Ned) 3 pts 2 T Smith (Gbr) 6 3 D Verbeek (Bel) 7 4 A Callebaut (Bel) 13 5 L Meersman (Bel) 15 6 B Monteyne (Bel) 16 7 D Mertens (Bel) 17 8 F Van Daele (Bel) 23 9 K Peeters (Bel) 25 10 J d'Haese (Bel) 25
