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62nd Zesdaagse Van Vlaanderen-Gent - 6D
Gent, Belgium, November 19-24, 2002
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Day 2 - November 20
Risi/Betschart take over in Gent
Night 2 of the Gent Six saw two teams finish with a one lap advantage over the rest of the field, in what is turning into a very close race. The leaders at the end of the evening were Swiss pair Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart on 111 points, 7 more than Dutch Robert Slippens/Danny Stam on 104 points. The next best placed team are yesterday's leaders Jimmi Madsen/Marty Nothstein, who despite being a lap down, still have the most points of all the teams (127) and could certainly challenge for the overall. In total, six teams are within one lap of each other after two nights of racing.
'Local' favourites Matthew Gilmore/Brad Wiggins finished off the night in fourth place again, despite a good showing in all the sprints and the first madison, which they won. Italians Silvio Martinello/Marco Villa also performed, winning the team elimination and the second madison. However they remained in fifth place after night 2.
The Dutch pair Slippens/Stam broke the track record for one lap (166m), covering the distance in just 8.64 seconds. Stam also won the first round of the Derny competition. The pair are a solid chance at the overall if they can maintain their consistency in the madisons.
Finally, Risi/Betschart showed that consistency is the key in six day racing, winning the midnight sprint and the final round of the derny. They were well up in all the madisons and thus finished the night with a handy lead.
Results
Standings after night 2 1 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 111 pts 2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 104 1 lap behind 3 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 127 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 95 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 75 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 47 3 laps behind 7 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 60 8 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 22 4 laps behind 9 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 93 9 laps behind 10 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 29 10 laps behind 11 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 18 12 laps behind 12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 34 14 laps behind 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 59 Sprints 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 16 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 10 3 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 8 4 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 7 5 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 6 6 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 5 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 5 8 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 3 9 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 2 10 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 2 11 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 2 12 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 0 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 0 Madison - 40 min 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 15 pts 2 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 10 3 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8 1 lap behind 4 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 6 5 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 6 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 2 7 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 8 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 2 laps behind 9 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 3 laps behind 10 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 4 laps behind 11 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 12 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 5 laps behind 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Team elimination 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 15 pts 2 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 10 3 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8 4 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 6 5 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 4 6 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 2 7 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 8 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 10 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 11 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 12 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 13 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) Flying lap 1 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 8.64 15 pts (track record) 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 8.77 10 3 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 8.80 8 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 8.87 6 5 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 8.90 4 6 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 8.92 2 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 8.97 8 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 9.13 9 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 9.24 10 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 9.25 11 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 9.40 12 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 9.43 13 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 9.45 Derny - Round 1 1 Gerd Dorich (Ger)/Jos De Bakker 2 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Dieter Durst 2 m 3 pts 4 Iljo Keisse (Ger)/Joop Zijlaard 5 m 3 4 Matthé Pronk (Ned)/Bruno Walrave 10 m 2 5 Franco Marvulli (Swi)/Raymond Persijn 15 m 1 6 Jozef Zabka (Svk)/Luc Van Uytfanghe 20 m Elimination 1 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 15 pts 2 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 10 3 Jimmi Madsen (Den) 8 4 Jimmy Hansen (Den) 6 5 Robert Slippens (Ned) 4 6 Wouter Mechelen Van (Bel) 2 7 Steven De Neef (Bel) 8 Bruno Risi (Swi) 9 Martin Liska (Svk) 10 Silvio Martinello (Ita) 11 Jean-Pierre Van Zijl (RSA) 12 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 13 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Derny - Round 1 1 Danny Stam (Ned)/Bruno Walrave 2 Kurt Betschart (Swi)/Jos De Bakker 2 m 4 pts 3 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Joop Zijlaard 5 m 3 4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr)/Raymond Persijn 7 m 2 5 Marco Villa (Ita)/Dieter Durst 25 m 1 6 Marty Nothstein (USA)/Luc Van Uytfanghe 85 m 500 m flying start 1 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 27.04 15 pts (track record) 2 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 28.28 10 3 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 28.56 8 4 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 28.61 6 5 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 28.75 4 6 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 28.96 2 7 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 28.98 8 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 29.51 9 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 29.52 10 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 29.97 11 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 30.80 12 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 30.60 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Midnight sprint 1 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 15 pts 2 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 10 3 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 8 4 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 6 5 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 4 6 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 2 7 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 8 Robert Slippens (Ned)/Danny Stam (Ned) 9 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 10 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 11 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 12 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Adriano Baffi (Ita) 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Madison - 30 min 1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Marco Villa (Ita) 15 pts 2 Andreas Kappes (Ger)/Andreas Beikirch (Ger) 10 1 lap behind 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 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Marty Nothstein (USA) 2 7 Steven De Neef (Bel)/Gerd Dörich (Ger) 8 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) 9 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)/Franco Marvulli (Swi) 2 laps behind 10 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)/Franz Stocher (Aut) 11 Jimmy Hansen (Den)/Matthé Pronk (Ned) 12 Martin Liska (Svk)/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 3 laps behind 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Jean-Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) Supersprint 1 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 5 pts 2 Marty Nothstein (USA) 3 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) 2 4 Bruno Risi (Swi) 1 Derny - Final 1 Kurt Betschart (Swi)/Jos De Bakker 0 m 5 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel)/Joop Zijlaard 5 m 4 3 Danny Stam (Ned)/Bruno Walrave 10 m 3 4 Andreas Beikirch (Ger)/Raymond Persijn 15 m 2 5 Gerd Dorich (Ger)/Luc Van Uytfanghe 50 m 1 6 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel)/Dieter Durst 55 m
Junior 3 Days
Elimination 1 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 3 Tim Mertens (Bel) 4 Angelo Ververken (Bel) 5 Dimitri De Ridder (Bel) 6 Kurt Braeye (Bel) 7 Olivier Verhiest (Bel) 8 Jason Cattermole (GBr) Elimination 1 Davy Tuytens (Bel) 2 Tim Bottu (Bel) 3 Rik Buelens (Bel) 4 Thomas Van Acker (Bel) 5 Olivier Hameau (Bel) 6 Matthias De Kunst (Bel) 7 Christoph Verhiest (Bel) Flying lap 1 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 9.97 2 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 10.60 3 Angelo Ververcken (Bel) 10.90 4 Davy Tuytens (Bel) 10.13 5 Tim Bottu (Bel) 10.23 6 Jason Cattermole (Bel) 10.52 7 Rik Buelens (Bel) 10.52 8 Tim Mertens (Bel) 10.57 9 Matthias De Kunst (Bel) 10.71 10 Thomas Van Acker (Bel) 11.00 11 Kurt Braeye (Bel) 11.10 12 Verhiest Christophe 11.14 13 Dimitri De Ridder (Bel) 11.16 14 Olivier Hameau (Bel) 11.35 15 Olivier Verhiest (Bel) 11.58 Points Race 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) 15 pts 2 Thomas Van Acker (Bel) 10 3 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 6 4 Davy Tuytens (Bel) 5 5 Tim Bottu (Bel) 3 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 2 7 Jason Cattermole (Bel) 1 8 Angelo Ververcken (Bel) 1 9 Dimitri De Ridder (Bel) 10 Olivier Verhiest (Bel) 11 Kurt Braeye (Bel) 12 Olivier Hameau (Bel) 13 Matthias De Kunst (Bel) 14 Rik Buelens (Bel) 15 Christophe Verhiest (Bel) Standings after night 1 1 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) 6 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 9 3 Davy Tuytens (Bel) 9 4 Tim Mertens (Bel) 12 5 Tim Bottu (Bel) 12 6 Angelo Ververken (Bel) 15 7 Thomas Van Acker (Bel) 16 8 Jason Cattermole (GBr) 21 9 Rik Buelens (Bel) 24 10 Dimitri De Ridder (Bel) 27 11 Kurt Braeye (Bel) 28 12 Matthias De Kunst (Bel) 28 13 Olivier Hameau (Bel) 31 14 Olivier Verhiest (Bel) 32 15 Christophe Verhiest (Bel) 34 Courtesy of Leon Van Nevel/wielerparcours.com
