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Six Days of Grenoble - 6D

France, October 31-November 5, 2002

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Day 5 - November 4

Too close to call with one night to go

The Six Days of Grenoble will come right down to the final night, with the top two teams currently tied on points and laps. Swiss pair Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach saw their slender lead evaporate on night 5 as Italians Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa rode consistently well to close the gap. Both teams are now on 290 points, with French pair of Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier in third place on 210 points, and one lap down. The fourth best team, still in with a faint hope of victory, is the South African duo of Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl. They have amassed the most points (346) but are currently two laps behind the leaders. That will turn into three laps down when the top teams get a bonus lap for passing 300 points.

Marvulli and Aeschbach, winners in Grenoble last year, still have a lot to do in order to take the trophy home this year. Baffi and Villa will also be motivated, with Baffi wanting to win in his last ever Six Day season.

In the sprinters' competitions, Australian world champion Jobie Dajka moved into the overall lead after placing second in tonight's keirin behind Jens Fiedler. His compatriot Sean Eadie is leading the Sprint Master Buckler competition after he too gained a second place tonight behind Arnaud Tournant. However Tournant is the clear leader in the Golden Sprint competition with one night to go.

In the espoirs, Mickael Bourgain sits on top of the standings after being very consistent throughout the past five days of racing. In the women's competition after three nights, Aude Pollet (Chambery) is ahead of Margaux Lejeune (Merignac) by 10 points.   Finally, the juniors competition Yannick Ferrier (Saint Etienne), Mathieu Rey (Vienne), and Benoit Laurencot (Besancon) are the top three, but are separated by a solitary point.

Results

Professionals

Sprints - 40 laps
 
1 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)           24 pts
2 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                    13
3 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)            11
4 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)          10
5 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)                7
6 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)          5
7 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                    5
8 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)           5
9 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)             3
10 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)               2
11 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)          2
12 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)            1
 
Madison - 45 min
 
1 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)         25 pts
2 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                   15
3 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)               10
4 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)           6
5 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)            4
 
1 lap behind
 
6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                     2
7 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)           0
 
2 laps behind
 
8 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)             0
9 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)             0
10 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)               0
 
3 laps behind
 
11 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)          0
12 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)            0
 
Individual SMTC - 64 laps
 
1 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)           46 pts
2 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                   42
3 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)          38
4 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)            29
5 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)         27
6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                    23
7 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)               21
8 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)            20
 
1 lap behind
 
9 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)               12
10 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)           10
 
2 laps behind
 
11 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)          0
12 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)          0
 
Team Elimination
 
1 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)          15 pts
2 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)               10
3 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                     8
4 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)          6
5 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)            4
6 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)             2
7 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                    0
8 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)           0
9 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)             0
10 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)               0
11 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)            0
12 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)          0
 
Elimination
 
1 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                   15 pts
2 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)            10
3 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)          8
4 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                     6
5 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)                4
6 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)           2
7 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)             0
8 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)             0
9 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)            0
10 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)          0
11 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)          0
12 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)               0
 
Madison - 20 min
 
1 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)          15 pts
2 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)          10
3 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)                8
4 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)             6
5 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)                4
6 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                    2
7 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)          0
8 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                     0
9 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)             0
10 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)          0
11 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)           0
12 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)            0
 
Standings after stage 5
 
1 Franco Marvulli/Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)        290 pts
2 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                  290
 
1 lap behind
 
3 Robert Sassone/Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)         210
 
2 laps behind
 
4 Robert Hunter/Jean Pierre van Zyl (RSA)          346
 
3 laps behind
 
5 Jérôme Neuville/Franck Perque (Fra)              245
 
9 laps behind
 
6 Martin Liska/Jozef Zabka (Svk)                   192
 
11 laps behind
 
7 Steven Deneef (Bel)/Luke Roberts (Aus)           152
 
18 laps behind
 
8 Jimmy Hansen/Morten Christiansen (Den)           122
 
22 laps behind
 
9 Lorenzo Lapage/Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)          91
 
25 laps behind
 
10 Said Haddou/Laurent d'Olivier (Fra)              49
 
26 laps behind
 
11 Nicolas Reynaud/David Hubschwerlin (Fra)         59
 
30 laps behind
 
12 Damien Pommereau/Fabien Merciris (Fra)           54 

Sprinters

Keirin
 
1 Jens Fiedler (Ger)                                 1 pts
2 Jobie Dajka (Aus)                                  2
3 Florian Rousseau (Fra)                             3
4 Sean Eadie (Aus)                                   4
5 Arnaud Tournant (Fra)                              5
6 Laurent Gane (Fra)                                 6
7 Matthieu Mandard (Fra)                             7
8 Craig MacLean (GBr)                                8
 
Standings after stage 5
 
1 Jobie Dajka (Aus)                                 12 pts
2 Arnaud Tournant (Fra)                             14
3 Florian Rousseau (Fra)                            20
4 Laurent Gane (Fra)                                21
5 Jens Fiedler (Ger)                                21
6 Craig MacLean (GBr)                               28
7 Sean Eadie (Aus)                                  31
8 Matthieu Mandard (Fra)                            33
 
Sprint Master Buckler
 
1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra)                             10 pts
2 Sean Eadie (Aus)                                   8
3 Jobie Dajka (Aus)                                  6
4 Matthieu Mandard (Fra)                             5
5 Florian Rousseau (Fra)                             4
6 Jens Fiedler (Ger)                                 3
7 Craig MacLean (GBr)                                2
8 Laurent Gane (Fra)                                 1
 
Standings after stage 5
 
1 Sean Eadie (Aus)                                  38 pts
2 Florian Rousseau (Fra)                            36
3 Arnaud Tournant (Fra)                             32
4 Laurent Gane (Fra)                                27
5 Jobie Dajka (Aus)                                 21
6 Matthieu Mandard (Fra)                            16
7 Craig MacLean (GBr)                               15
8 Jens Fiedler (Ger)                                 9
 
Golden Sprint
 
1 Craig MacLean (GBr)                               10 pts
2 Sean Eadie (Aus)                                   8
3 Matthieu Mandard (Fra)                             6
4 Jobie Dajka (Aus)                                  5
5 Florian Rousseau (Fra)                             4
6 Laurent Gane (Fra)                                 3
7 Jens Fiedler (Ger)                                 2
8 Arnaud Tournant (Fra)                              1
 
Standings after stage 5
 
1 Arnaud Tournant (Fra)                             34 pts
2 Florian Rousseau (Fra)                            27
3 Laurent Gane (Fra)                                27
4 Craig MacLean (GBr)                               21
5 Jobie Dajka (Aus)                                 20
6 Matthieu Mandard (Fra)                            19
7 Sean Eadie (Aus)                                  17
8 Jens Fiedler (Ger)                                10 

Espoirs

Sprint
 
1 Franck Durivaux (Fra)                             10 pts
2 Herve Gane (Fra)                                   8
3 Mickael Bourgain (Fra)                             7
4 Arnaud Duble (Fra)                                 6
5 Gregory Bauge (Fra)                                5
6 Sebastien Notin (Fra)                              4
7 Kevin Avarello (Fra)                               3
8 Francois Pervis (Fra)                              2
9 Mickael Murat (Fra)                                1
 
Flying Lap
 
1 Herve Gane (Fra)                              11.344
2 Arnaud Duble (Fra)                            11.399
3 Franck Durivaux (Fra)                         11.407
4 Francois Pervis (Fra)                         11.527
5 Mickael Bourgain (Fra)                        11.529
6 Kevin Avarello (Fra)                          11.600
7 Gregory Bauge (Fra)                           11.772
8 Mickael Murat (Fra)                           11.845
9 Sebastien Notin (Fra)                         11.860
 
Standings after stage 5
 
1 Mickael Bourgain (Fra)                            44
2 Arnaud Duble (Fra)                                37
3 Franck Durivaux (Fra)                             36
4 Herve Gane (Fra)                                  33
5 Francois Pervis (Fra)                             25
6 Sebastien Notin (Fra)                             18
7 Gregory Bauge (Fra)                               17
8 Kevin Avarello (Fra)                              10
 

Women

Points - 30 laps
 
1 Aude Pollet (Chambery)                            30 pts
2 Margaux Lejeune (Merignac)                        28
3 Stephanie Tete (Seyssinet)                        19
4 Sophie Nikitine (Seyssinet)                       17
 
1 lap behind
 
5 Marjorie Gontard (Fontaine)                        2
6 Jennifer Salgado (Charvieu)                        0
7 Laure Girard (Grenoble)                            0
8 Amandine Salgado (Charvieu)                        0
9 Aurelia Caillet (Grenoble)                         0
10 Florence Ravetto (Seyssinet)                      0
 
2 laps behind
 
11 Amandine Ravetto (Seyssinet)                      0
12 Stephanie Hermitte (Vitrolles)                    0
 
Scratch - 10 laps
 
1 Margaux Lejeune (Merignac)                        20 pts
2 Aude Pollet (Chambery)                            18
3 Aurelia Caillet (Grenoble)                        16
4 Sophie Nikitine (Seyssinet)                       14
5 Stephanie Tete (Seyssinet)                        12
6 Amandine Salgado (Charvieu)                       10
7 Laure Girard (Grenoble)                            9
8 Marjorie Gontard (Fontaine)                        8
9 Florence Ravetto (Seyssinet)                       7
10 Jennifer Salgado (Charvieu)                       6
11 Amandine Ravetto (Seyssinet)                      5
12 Stephanie Hermitte (Vitrolles)                    4
 
Standings after stage 3
 
1 Aude Pollet (Chambery)                           118 pts
2 Margaux Lejeune (Merignac)                       108
3 Stephanie Tete (Seyssinet)                        82
4 Sophie Nikitine (Seyssinet)                       79
5 Aurelia Caillet (Grenoble)                        64
6 Marjorie Gontard (Fontaine)                       59
7 Amandine Salgado (Charvieu)                       58
8 Stephanie Hermitte (Vitrolles)                    56
9 Laure Girard (Grenoble)                           48
10 Jennifer Salgado (Charvieu)                      41
11 Florence Ravetto (Seyssinet)                     35
12 Amandine Ravetto (Seyssinet)                     22 

Juniors

Points Race - 60 laps
 
1 Mathieu Rey (Vienne)                              27 pts
2 Yannick Ferrier (Saint Etienne)                   16
3 Alexandre Mure (Crest)                            14
4 Aurelien Millat (Charvieu)                         9
5 Sebastien Cogne (Chambery)                         7
6 Benoit Laurencot (Besancon)                        7
7 Jean Christophe Jacquet  (Besancon)                4
8 Fabien Baudry (Hyeres)                             1
9 Nicolas Bonnefoi (Seyssinet)                       1
 
1 lap behind
 
10 Romain Dompnier (La Motte)                        0
 
2 laps behind
 
11 Brice Terrase (Seyssinet)                         0
12 Nicolas Gaffoglio (Aix En Pr)                     0
13 Alexandre Murciano (Dijon)                        0
 
Scratch - 10 laps
 
1 Mathieu Rey (Vienne)                              20 pts
2 Benoit Laurencot (Besancon)                       18
3 Yannick Ferrier (Saint Etienne)                   16
4 Aurelien Millat (Charvieu)                        14
5 Jean Christophe Jacquet  (Besancon)               12
6 Nicolas Gaffoglio (Aix En Pr)                     10
7 Sebastien Cogne (Chambery)                         9
8 Romain Dompnier (La Motte)                         8
9 Alexandre Murciano (Dijon)                         7
10 Nicolas Bonnefoi (Seyssinet)                      6
11 Fabien Baudry (Hyeres)                            5
12 Alexandre Mure (Crest)                            4
 
Standings after stage 3
 
1 Yannick Ferrier (Saint Etienne)                   96 pts
2 Mathieu Rey (Vienne)                              95
3 Benoit Laurencot (Besancon)                       95
4 Sebastien Cogne (Chambery)                        79
5 Nicolas Gaffoglio (Aix En Pr)                     57
6 Aurelien Millat (Charvieu)                        55
7 Romain Dompnier (La Motte)                        52
8 Alexandre Mure (Crest)                            52
9 Nicolas Bonnefoi (Seyssinet)                      43
10 Jean Christophe Jacquet  (Besancon)              39
11 Fabien Baudry (Hyeres)                           33
12 Jean Baptiste Varnier (Bar Le Duc)               30
13 Alexandre Murciano (Dijon)                       25
14 Brice Terrase (Seyssinet)                        24
15 Maxime Boheme (Port Sur)                         23