39th Six Days of Munich - 6D

Germany, November 7-12, 2002

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Day 6 - November 12

Last minute triumph for McGrory/Gilmore

The 39th Six Days of Munich was decided in thrilling fashion in the last five minutes of the final madison, when Scott McGrory/Matthew Gilmore took a lap out of the field to move in front of leaders Risi/Betschart. Matthew Gilmore attacked so strongly that no-one could follow, and the lap he gained with McGrory meant that Risi/Betschart's points advantage was nullified. Finishing in third place overall were Germans Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch, who ended on the same lap as Risi/Betschart on 297 points.

McGrory and Gilmore were given a standing ovation by the big Munich crowd, who have enjoyed six nights of hard and aggressive racing. Although Risi and Betschart looked on target to gain their 30th Six Day win, and thus break the record held by Gustav Kilian and Heinz Vopel, in the end they were foiled by the strength of McGrory and Gilmore.

In the sprinter's competition, Jens Fiedler finished on top of the points standings ahead of Australian Sean Eadie, German Rene Wolff and Australian Jobie Dajka. In the amateur Franziskaner Rad Open, German pair Stefan Löffler/Daniel Palicki won with 140 points compared to Leif Lamparter/Sebastian Frey's 126 points and Belgians Iljo Keisse/John Van Den Abeele's 118 points.

Results

Final standings after night 6

1 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel)         349 pts

1 lap behind

2 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)                   365
3 Andreas Kappes/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)             297

4 laps behind

4 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)                  209

5 laps behind

5 Andreas Müller/Guido Fulst (Ger)                  140

6 laps behind

6 Andriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                  165
7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Thorsten Rund (Ger)            120

7 laps behind

8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)/Silvio Martinello (Ita)      218

12 laps behind

9 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)/Marty Nothstein (USA)       224

24 laps behind

10 Jens Lehmann/Ronny Lauke (Ger)                    69

25 laps behind

12 Gerd Dörich/Mario Vonhof (Ger)                    82
13 Lars Teutenberg/Frank Kowatschitsch (Ger)         65

26 laps behind

13 Stefan Steinweg/Erik Weispfennig (Ger)            56

30 laps behind

14 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)/Christian Lademann (Ger)      5

Sprinters Cup

Final standings after night 6

1 Jens Fiedler (Ger)
2 Sean Eadie (Aus)
3 Rene Wolff (Ger)
4 Jobie Dajka (Aus)

Franziskaner Rad Open

Final standings after night 6

1 Stefan Löffler/Daniel Palicki (Ger)               140 pts
2 Leif Lamparter/Sebastian Frey (Ger)               126
3 Iljo Keisse/John Van Den Abeele (Bel)             118
4 Andreas Welsch (Ger)/Mikail Meikheev (Rus)        104
5 Ralph Zimmermann/Oliver Mattmann (Swi)            104
6 Aurel Siegel/Felix Wolf (Ger)                     100
7 Jakob Dyrgaard/Alex Rasmussen (Den)                98
8 Stefan Schwiers/Jan Pokrandt (Ger)                 68
9 Armin Krahl/Christian König (Ger)                  62
10 Christian Ortkras/Jan Erik Schwarzer (Ger)        44
11 Christian Schwerdt/Sebastian Körber (Ger)         29
12 Michael Bückers/Paul Krickser (Ger)               26