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Six Days of Grenoble - 6D
France, October 31-November 5, 2002
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Day 2 - November 1
Photography
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- Grenoble, France - home of fine cuisine. No greasy hot dogs here.
- The Grenoble Six is famous for its shows. Here, the pom-pom girls show how to wear the American flag.
- Clad in just a few feathers, these ladies put on a splendid show for the more than enthusiastic audience
- The big boys come out to play - the top Keirin riders in the world line up for the Keirin
- One of 15 rainbow jerseys on display at the Grenoble Six - Jobie Dajka (Aus) warms down after a race.
- Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) in the Madison
- Full-on bunch action
- Robert Hunter (RSA) takes a breather during the Madison
- Jobie Dajka (Aus), Jens Fiedler (Ger) and a French rider line up on the start line
- Sprinter Jobie Dajka (Aus) celebrates a win in the sprint competition
- Sean Eadie (Aus) leads two French riders in a 3-up sprint match
- British world champion Craig MacLean (GBr) takes on Florian Rousseau (Fra) in a sprint match
- Arnaud Tournant (Fra) was happy to spend a few minutes signing autographs
- Franck Perque (Fra) takes a quick lungful of air during an "out" period in the Madison
- Franco Marvulli (Swi) handslings his partner Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) in the Madison
- Jimmi Hansen and Morten Christiansen (Den) placed 9th in the Madison
- Marco Villa (Ita), winner of the recent Amsterdam Six, handslings Adriano Baffi
- Belgian track specialist Lorenzo Lapage about to throw Wouter van Mechelen in
- Jérôme Neuville and Franck Perque (Fra) on their way to winning the Madison
- European Espoir Madison champions Said Haddou and Laurent D'Olivier (Fra) are a pair to watch in the future
- Martin Liska and Josef Zabka (Slo) placed sixth in the Madison
- Jimmi Hansen and Morten Christiansen (Den) are relative newcomers to the Madison
- Steven Deneef (Bel) and Luke Roberts (Aus) swap places
- Local boy Jérôme Neuville (Fra) hands over the reigns to Franck Perque
- Jérôme Neuville and Franck Perque (Fra) swap over once again
- Not too much time for holding hands during the Madison
- Current world points race champion Franco Marvulli slings Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) into the fray
- French road professional Andy Flickinger presents flowers to Madison winners Jérôme Neuville and Franck Perque (Fra)
- Jérôme Neuville and Franck Perque (Fra) complete their lap of honour
Results
Professionals
Sprints - 40 laps/8 sprints 1 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA) 17 pts 2 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 12 3 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 12 4 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra) 10 5 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den) 8 6 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 7 7 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra) 6 8 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 6 9 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 5 10 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 11 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 1 12 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 0 Madison - 45 min 1 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra) 25 pts 1 lap behind 2 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA) 15 3 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 10 4 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 6 5 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita) 4 2 laps behind 6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 2 3 laps behind 7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 0 4 laps behind 8 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0 9 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den) 0 6 laps behind 10 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 0 7 laps behind 11 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra) 0 12 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 0 Points Race - 64 laps/8 sprints 1 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA) 32 pts 2 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 23 3 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita) 22 4 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 20 5 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 19 6 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 19 7 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra) 18 8 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra) 13 1 lap behind 9 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 2 10 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0 11 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den) 0 12 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 0 Scratch 1 Jean Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 15 pts 2 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 10 3 Fabien Merciris (Fra) 8 4 Luke Roberts (Bel) 6 5 Morten Christiansen (Den) 4 6 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 2 7 Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 0 8 Franck Perque (Fra) 0 9 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 0 10 David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 0 11 Josef Zabka (Svk) 0 12 Marco Villa (Ita) 0 Elimination 1 1 Marco Villa (Ita) 15 pts 2 Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 10 3 Jean Pierre Van Zyl (RSA) 8 4 David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 6 5 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) 4 6 Luke Roberts (Bel) 2 7 Fabien Merciris (Fra) 0 8 Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 0 9 Josef Zabka (Svk) 0 10 Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 0 11 Franck Perque (Fra) 0 12 Morten Christiansen (Den) 0 Elimination 2 1 Jerome Neuville (Fra) 15 pts 2 Franco Marvulli (Swi) 10 3 Martin Liska (Svk) 8 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) 6 5 Adriano Baffi (Ita) 4 6 Damien Pommereau (Fra) 2 7 Robert Sassone (Fra) 0 8 Said Haddou (Fra) 0 9 Steven De Neef (Bel) 0 10 Jimmi Hansen (Den) 0 11 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) 0 12 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) 0 Team Elimination 1 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA) 15 pts 2 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita) 10 3 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 8 4 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 6 5 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den) 4 6 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 2 7 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra) 0 8 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 0 9 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 0 10 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra) 0 11 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 0 12 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 0 Madison - 20 min 1 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 15 pts 2 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den) 10 3 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra) 8 4 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 6 5 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 4 6 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 2 7 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra) 0 8 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA) 0 9 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 0 10 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 0 11 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita) 0 1 lap behind 12 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 0 Standings after night 2 1 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) 126 pts 2 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita) 124 2 laps behind 3 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra) 56 3 laps behind 4 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA) 148 4 laps behind 5 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra) 93 5 laps behind 6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk) 95 7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus) 58 11 laps behind 8 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den) 54 9 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel) 33 12 laps behind 10 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra) 21 14 laps behind 11 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra) 16 16 laps behind 12 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra) 16
Sprinters
Keirin 1 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 1 pts 2 Laurent Gane (Fra) 2 3 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 3 4 Sean Eadie (Aus) 4 5 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 5 6 Craig MacLean (GBr) 6 7 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 7 8 Matthieu Mandard (Fra) 8 Keirin standings after night 2 1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 4 pts 2 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 5 3 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 7 4 Laurent Gane (Fra) 7 5 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 10 6 Sean Eadie (Aus) 11 7 Matthieu Mandard (Fra) 14 8 Craig MacLean (GBr) 14 Scratch Master Buckler 1 Laurent Gane (Fra) 10 pts 2 Sean Eadie (Aus) 8 3 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 6 4 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 5 5 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 4 6 Craig MacLean (GBr) 3 7 Matthieu Mandard (Fra) 2 Scratch standings after night 2 1 Sean Eadie (Aus) 18 pts 2 Laurent Gane (Fra) 14 3 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 14 4 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 10 5 Craig MacLean (GBr) 8 6 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 7 7 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 3 8 Matthieu Mandard (Fra) 3 Golden Sprint 500 Metres 1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 27.269 2 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 27.803 3 Laurent Gane (Fra) 28.454 4 Craig MacLean (GBr) 28.742 5 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 28.900 6 Sean Eadie (Aus) 29.012 7 Matthieu Mandard (Fra) 29.041 Overall standings after night 2 1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra) 18 pts 2 Laurent Gane (Fra) 16 3 Florian Rousseau (Fra) 14 4 Jobie Dajka (Aus) 7 5 Sean Eadie (Aus) 7 6 Matthieu Mandard (Fra) 7 7 Craig MacLean (GBr) 6 8 Jens Fiedler (Ger) 2
Espoirs
Scratch 1 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 10 pts 2 Herve Gane (Fra) 8 3 Gregory Bauge (Fra) 7 4 Sebastien Notin (Fra) 6 5 Mickael Murat (Fra) 5 6 Kevin Avarello (Fra) 4 Standings after night 2 1 Mickael Bourgain (Fra) 20 pts 2 Herve Gane (Fra) 13 3 Sebastien Notin (Fra) 10 4 Arnaud Duble (Fra) 8 5 Gregory Bauge (Fra) 8 6 Franck Durivaux (Fra) 7 7 Mickael Murat (Fra) 7 8 Kevin Avarello (Fra) 7 9 Francois Pervis (Fra) 6
Cadets
Points Race 1 Mickael Jannin (Besancon) 18 pts 2 Maxime Bouet (Lyon) 12 3 Bastien Mure (Crest) 7 4 Thomas Seonnet (Fontaine) 6 5 Pierre Luc Perichon (Amberieu) 5 6 Morgan Kneisky (Besancon) 5 7 Gislain Chatelard (Jarrie) 5 8 Florestan Ferroux (La Motte) 3 9 Brice Martin (Hyeres) 3 10 Etienne Germain (Saint Den) 2 1 lap behind 11 Jean Francois Ibanez (Charvieu) 0 12 Gwenael Comte (Annemasse) 0 13 Sebastien Donaldelli (Hyeres) 0 14 Guillaume Conti (Culoz) 0 2 laps behind 15 Olivier Dupre (Remiremon) 0 Scratch 1 Maxime Bouet (Lyon) 20 pts 2 Mickael Jannin (Besancon) 18 3 Jean Francois Ibanez (Charvieu) 16 4 Bastien Mure (Crest) 14 5 Morgan Kneisky (Besancon) 12 6 Florestan Ferroux (La Motte) 10 7 Brice Martin (Hyeres) 9 8 Olivier Dupre (Remiremon) 8 9 Pierre Luc Perichon (Amberieu) 7 10 Guillaume Conti (Culoz) 6 11 Gwenael Comte (Annemasse) 5 12 Thomas Seonnet (Fontaine) 4 13 Gislain Chatelard (Jarrie) 3 14 Etienne Germain (Saint Den) 2 15 Sebastien Donaldelli (Hyeres) 1 Standings after stage 1 1 Maxime Bouet (Lyon) 38 pts 2 Mickael Jannin (Besancon) 38 3 Bastien Mure (Crest) 30 4 Morgan Kneisky (Besancon) 22 5 Jean Francois Ibanez (Charvieu) 21 6 Pierre Luc Perichon (Amberieu) 19 7 Florestan Ferroux (La Motte) 18 8 Thomas Seonnet (Fontaine) 18 9 Brice Martin (Hyeres) 16 10 Gislain Chatelard (Jarrie) 12 11 Olivier Dupre (Remiremon) 9 12 Gwenael Comte (Annemasse) 9 13 Guillaume Conti (Culoz) 8 14 Etienne Germain (Saint Den) 8 15 Sebastien Donaldelli (Hyeres) 4
Minimes
Points Race 1 David Simon (Le Hailla) 14 pts 2 Victorien Seigner (Bar Le Duc) 12 3 Guillaume Tramond (Fontaine) 8 4 Maxime Michellier (La Motte) 7 5 Anthony Vittoz (Annecy) 5 6 Laurent Pettini (Marseille) 2 7 Emeric Baron (Jarrie) 1 8 Christophe Garnier (Bar Le Duc) 0 9 Cedric Fayolle (Jarrie) 0 10 Snail Belkhala (Seyssinet) 0 Scratch 1 Victorien Seigner (Bar Le Duc) 20 pts 2 Maxime Michellier (La Motte) 18 3 Floren Levy Bencheton (Montargis) 16 4 Christophe Garnier (Bar Le Duc) 14 5 Guillaume Tramond (Fontaine) 12 6 David Simon (Le Hailla) 10 7 Jerome Bouchet (Bar Le Duc) 9 8 Laurent Pettini (Marseille) 8 9 Cedric Fayolle (Jarrie) 7 10 Snail Belkhala (Seyssinet) 6 11 Jerome Bellaton (Amberieu) 5 12 Anthony Vittoz (Annecy) 4 Standings after stage 1 1 Victorien Seigner (Bar Le Duc) 38 pts 2 Maxime Michellier (La Motte) 32 3 David Simon (Le Hailla) 30 4 Guillaume Tramond (Fontaine) 28 5 Christophe Garnier (Bar Le Duc) 22 6 Laurent Pettini (Marseille) 18 7 Floren Levy Bencheton (Montargis) 16 8 Anthony Vittoz (Annecy) 16 9 Cedric Fayolle (Jarrie) 14 10 Snail Belkhala (Seyssinet) 12 11 Emeric Baron (Jarrie) 9 12 Jerome Bouchet (Bar Le Duc) 9 13 Jerome Bellaton (Amberieu) 5 14 Pierre Asathal (Seyssinet) 0 15 Antoine Camus (Charvieu) 0
