Six Days of Ghent

Six Days of Ghent
Race details
Date November
Region Ghent, Belgium
Local name(s) Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (Dutch)
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition 1922 (1922)
Editions 71 (as of 2011)
First winner
Most recent

The Six Days of Ghent (Dutch: Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium.

It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's Citadelpark.

The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred by the death of one of the riders. During the fifth day's racing, Isaac Gálvez of Spain rode into the barrier edging the outside of the track and died on his way to hospital.

The race director at Ghent is the former six-day rider and holder of the world record for number of six-day victories, Patrick Sercu.

The 2009 event took place from 24 November to 29 November. A Danish team formed by Alex Rasmussen and his companion Michael Mørkøv won with a 3-point difference. The previous year's winner, Iljo Keisse, ended second.

The 2010 event was held from 23 November to 28 November.

List of winning teams of the Six Days of Ghent

1922 Marcel Buysse Oscar Egg
1923 Lucien Buysse Victor Standaert
1924 Alois Persijn Jules Verschelden
1925 César Debaets Jules Van Hevel
1926 César Debaets Emile Thollembeek
1927 Maurice Dewolf Hilaire Hellebaut
1936 Camile De Kuysscher Albert Billiet
1937 Frans Slaats Kees Pellenaars
1947 Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Boeyen
1948 Achiel Bruneel Camile De Kuysscher
1949 Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Boeyen
1950 Gerrit Schulte Gerard Peters
1951 René Adriaensens Albert Bruylandt
1952 Walter Bücher Armin Von Büren
1953 Achiel Bruneel Arsène Rijckaert
1954 Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers
1955 (Feb) Lucien Gillen Fernando Terruzi
1955 (Nov) Rik Van Steenbergen Emiel Severeyns
1956 Reginald Arnold Fernando Terruzi
1957 Rik Van Steenbergen Fred De Bruyne
1958 Reginand Arnold Rik Van Looy
1959 Rik Van Steenbergen Fred De Bruyne
1960 Rik Van Looy Peter Post
1961 Rik Van Looy Peter Post
1965 Patrick Sercu Eddy Merckx
1966 Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger
1967 Patrick Sercu Eddy Merckx
1968 Peter Post Leo Duyndam
1969 Rudi Altig Sigi Renz
1970 Patrick Sercu Jean-Pierre Monseré
1971 Patrick Sercu Roger De Vlaeminck
1972 Patrick Sercu Julien Stevens
1973 Patrick Sercu Graeme Gilmore
1974 Graeme Gilmore Julien Stevens
1975 Patrick Sercu Eddy Merckx
1976 Danny Clark Donald Allan
1977 Patrick Sercu Eddy Merckx
1978 Patrick Sercu Gerrie Knetemann
1979 Danny Clark Donald Allan
1980 Patrick Sercu Albert Fritz
1981 Patrick Sercu Gert Frank
1982 Danny Clark Donald Allan
1983 René Pijnen Etienne De Wilde
1984 Gert Frank Hans Henrik Ørsted
1985 Stan Tourné Etienne De Wilde
1986 Danny Clark Tony Doyle
1987 Danny Clark Etienne De Wilde
1988 Urs Freuler Roman Hermann
1989 Etienne De Wilde Stan Tourné
1990 Danny Clark Roland Günther
1991 Etienne De Wilde Tony Doyle
1992 Etienne De Wilde Jens Veggerby
1993 Bruno Risi Kurt Betschart
1994 Danny Clark Etienne De Wilde
1995 Etienne De Wilde Andreas Kappes
1996 Bruno Risi Kurt Betschart
1997 Etienne De Wilde Matthew Gilmore
1998 Silvio Martinello Marco Villa
1999 Jimmi Madsen Scott McGrory
2000
 
Matthew Gilmore
(Matthew Gilmore became Belgian in 1998)
Silvio Martinello
 
2001 Matthew Gilmore Scott McGrory
2002 Bruno Risi Kurt Betschart
2003 Matthew Gilmore Bradley Wiggins
2004 Robert Slippens Danny Stam
2005 Matthew Gilmore Iljo Keisse
2006
 
No winners Note: Robert Bartko and Iljo Keisse were leading when Isaac Gálvez crashed and died during the fifth day. Due to his death, the race was cancelled and no winners declared.[1]
2007 Iljo Keisse Robert Bartko [2]
2008 Iljo Keisse Robert Bartko [3]
2009 Alex Rasmussen Michael Mørkøv [4]
2010 Iljo Keisse Peter Schep
2011 Robert Bartko Kenny De Ketele

References

  1. ^ "Keisse and Bartko claim Rotterdam six day". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-01-10. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jan07/jan10news. Retrieved 2007-02-28. "for the man who had been deprived of glory after the horrific death of Galvez in Gent" 
  2. ^ "'Home team' Keisse and Bartko take Madison and race overall in dramatic finish". Cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track.php?id=track/2007/nov07/gent07/gent076. Retrieved 2007-11-26. 
  3. ^ "Keisse-Bartko opnieuw de besten" (in Dutch). www.sport.be. http://www.sport.be/z6sdaagse/2008/nl/nieuws/. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 
  4. ^ "Rasmussen-Morkov eindwinnaars in Gent" (in Dutch). www.sport.be. http://www.sport.be/z6sdaagse/2009/nl/nieuws/. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 

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