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Six Days of Ghent
Cycling race
Summary
Cycling race
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Six Days of Ghent |
| image | Six_Days_of_Ghent_logo.png |
| date | November |
| region | Ghent, Belgium |
| localnames | Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent |
| discipline | Track |
| type | Six-day racing |
| first | |
| number | 83 (as of 2024) |
| firstwinner | |
| mostrecent | |
| website | https://lottozesdaagse.be/nl/ |
The Six Days of Ghent () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium.
It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's Citadelpark.
The 66th running of this event from 21 to 26 November 2006 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 event includes the Memorial Patrick Sercu madison, named after the former race director at Ghent and holder of the world record for number of six-day victories, Patrick Sercu, who died in 2019.
The 69th running took place from 24 to 29 November 2009. 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 70th running was held from 23 to 28 November 2010.
The track used for the event, the Kuipke, is measured at 166.66 m, with steep side banks surrounding the track.
List of winning teams
| Year | Winners | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | BEL Marcel Buysse | ||
| CHE Oscar Egg | BEL Lucien Buysse | ||
| BEL Henri Van Lerberghe | BEL Henri Wynsdau | ||
| BEL Théodore Wynsdau | |||
| 1923 | BEL Lucien Buysse | ||
| BEL Victor Standaert | BEL Henri Frederickx | ||
| BEL John Van Ruysseveldt | FRA André Narcy | ||
| FRA Camille Narcy | |||
| 1924 | BEL Aloïs Persijn | ||
| BEL Jules Verschelden | BEL Lucien Buysse | ||
| BEL Jules Van Hevel | BEL Kamiel De Clercq | ||
| BEL Julien Delbecque | |||
| 1925 | BEL César Debaets | ||
| BEL Jules Van Hevel | BEL Aloïs Persijn | ||
| BEL Jules Verschelden | BEL Lucien Buysse | ||
| BEL Emile Thollembeek | |||
| 1926 | BEL César Debaets | ||
| BEL Emile Thollembeek | BEL Victor Standaert | ||
| BEL René Vermandel | BEL Louis Maes | ||
| BEL Isidoor Méchant | |||
| 1927 | BEL Maurice Dewolf | ||
| BEL Hilaire Hellebaut | BEL Oscar Daemers | ||
| BEL Albert Maes | BEL Raphaël Fonteyne | ||
| BEL Karel Clapdorp | |||
| No race | |||
| 1936 | BEL Albert Billiet | ||
| BEL Camile Dekuysscher | NLD Kees Pellenaars | ||
| NLD Frans Slaats | GER Gustav Kilian | ||
| GER Heinz Vöpel | |||
| No race | |||
| 1938 | NLD Kees Pellenaars | ||
| NLD Frans Slaats | BEL Albert Billiet | ||
| BEL Albert Buysse | NLD Frans van den Broek | ||
| NLD Louis van Schijndel | |||
| No race due to World War II | |||
| 1947 | NLD Gerrit Boeijen | ||
| NLD Gerrit Schulte | BEL Robert Naeye | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | BEL Camile Dekuysscher | ||
| BEL Albert Sercu | |||
| 1948 | BEL Achiel Bruneel | ||
| BEL Camile Dekuysscher | BEL René Adriaenssens | ||
| BEL Albert Bruylandt | BEL Albert Sercu | ||
| BEL Fernand Spelte | |||
| 1949 | NLD Gerrit Boeijen | ||
| NLD Gerrit Schulte | BEL Marcel Kint | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| AUS Alfred Strom | |||
| 1950 | NLD Gerrit Peters | ||
| NLD Gerrit Schulte | BEL Robert Naeye | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | BEL Achiel Bruneel | ||
| BEL Albert Bruylandt | |||
| 1951 | BEL René Adriaenssens | ||
| BEL Albert Bruylandt | BEL Achiel Bruneel | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| AUS Alfred Strom | |||
| 1952 | CHE Walter Bucher | ||
| CHE Armin Von Bueren | BEL Gérard Buyl | ||
| BEL Valère Ollivier | BEL Arthur Mommerency | ||
| BEL Henri Tytgat | |||
| 1953 | BEL Achiel Bruneel | ||
| BEL Arsène Rijckaert | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| AUS Alfred Strom | NLD Gerrit Peters | ||
| NLD Gerrit Schulte | |||
| 1954 | BEL Stan Ockers | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | BEL Lucien Acou | ||
| BEL Achiel Bruneel | LUX Lucien Gillen | ||
| ITA Ferdinando Terruzzi | |||
| 1955 (1) | LUX Lucien Gillen | ||
| ITA Ferdinando Terruzzi | FRA Dominique Forlini | ||
| FRA Georges Senfftleben | BEL Stan Ockers | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | |||
| 1955 (2) | BEL Emile Severeyns | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | BEL Stan Ockers | ||
| ITA Ferdinando Terruzzi | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| BEL Fred De Bruyne | |||
| 1956 | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| ITA Ferdinando Terruzzi | BEL Emile Severeyns | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | CHE Walter Bucher | ||
| CHE Jean Roth | |||
| 1957 | BEL Fred De Bruyne | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| ITA Ferdinando Terruzzi | NLD Gerrit Schulte | ||
| BEL Willy Vannitsen | |||
| 1958 | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| BEL Rik Van Looy | BEL Emile Severeyns | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | NLD Gerrit Schulte | ||
| ITA Ferdinando Terruzzi | |||
| 1959 | BEL Fred De Bruyne | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | FRA André Darrigade | ||
| NLD Gerrit Schulte | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| BEL Michel Van Aerde | |||
| 1960 | NLD Peter Post | ||
| BEL Rik Van Looy | BEL Emile Severeyns | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | AUS Reginald Arnold | ||
| BEL José Denoyette | |||
| 1961 | NLD Peter Post | ||
| BEL Rik Van Looy | BEL Emile Severeyns | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | FRG Klaus Bugdahl | ||
| BEL Arthur De Cabooter | |||
| No editions due to the destruction of the Sportpaleis Gent by a fire and the construction of 't Kuipke | |||
| 1965 | BEL Eddy Merckx | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | NLD Peter Post | ||
| GBR Tom Simpson | BEL Emile Severeyns | ||
| BEL Rik Van Steenbergen | |||
| 1966 | CHE Fritz Pfenninger | ||
| NLD Peter Post | FRG Klaus Bugdahl | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | FRG Rudi Altig | ||
| FRG Sigi Renz | |||
| 1967 | BEL Eddy Merckx | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | DNK Freddy Eugen | ||
| DNK Palle Lykke Jensen | CHE Fritz Pfenninger | ||
| NLD Peter Post | |||
| 1968 | NLD Leo Duyndam | ||
| NLD Peter Post | BEL Patrick Sercu | ||
| BEL Rik Van Looy | CHE Fritz Pfenninger | ||
| CHE Louis Pfenninger | |||
| 1969 | FRG Rudi Altig | ||
| FRG Sigi Renz | BEL Patrick Sercu | ||
| FRA Alain Van Lancker | NLD Peter Post | ||
| BEL Norbert Seeuws | |||
| 1970 | BEL Jean-Pierre Monseré | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | BEL Roger De Vlaeminck | ||
| NLD Peter Post | AUS Graeme Gilmore | ||
| BEL Julien Stevens | |||
| 1971 | BEL Roger De Vlaeminck | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | BEL Ferdinand Bracke | ||
| NLD Peter Post | BEL Julien Stevens | ||
| BEL Théo Verschueren | |||
| 1972 | BEL Patrick Sercu | ||
| BEL Julien Stevens | BEL Norbert Seeuws | ||
| FRA Alain Van Lancker | AUS Graeme Gilmore | ||
| BEL Walter Godefroot | |||
| 1973 | AUS Graeme Gilmore | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | NLD Leo Duyndam | ||
| NLD René Pijnen | NLD Cees Stam | ||
| BEL Théo Verschueren | |||
| 1974 | AUS Graeme Gilmore | ||
| BEL Julien Stevens | FRG Sigi Renz | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | NLD René Pijnen | ||
| NLD Roy Schuiten | |||
| 1975 | BEL Eddy Merckx | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | AUS Graeme Gilmore | ||
| BEL Julien Stevens | FRG Klaus Bugdahl | ||
| FRA Alain Van Lancker | |||
| 1976 | AUS Donald Allan | ||
| AUS Danny Clark | BEL Patrick Sercu | ||
| BEL Ferdi Van Den Haute | AUS Graeme Gilmore | ||
| BEL Julien Stevens | |||
| 1977 | BEL Eddy Merckx | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| BEL Freddy Maertens | FRG Albert Fritz | ||
| FRG Wilfried Peffgen | |||
| 1978 | NLD Gerrie Knetemann | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| BEL Ferdi Van Den Haute | LIE Roman Hermann | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | |||
| 1979 | AUS Donald Allan | ||
| AUS Danny Clark | BEL Patrick Sercu | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | NLD René Pijnen | ||
| BEL Michel Vaarten | |||
| 1980 | FRG Albert Fritz | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | AUS Donald Allan | ||
| AUS Danny Clark | BEL Willy Debosscher | ||
| NLD René Pijnen | |||
| 1981 | DNK Gert Frank | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| BEL Etienne De Wilde | BEL Willy Debosscher | ||
| NLD René Pijnen | |||
| 1982 | AUS Donald Allan | ||
| AUS Danny Clark | CHE Robert Dill-Bundi | ||
| CHE Urs Freuler | BEL Roger De Vlaeminck | ||
| BEL Patrick Sercu | |||
| 1983 | BEL Etienne De Wilde | ||
| NLD René Pijnen | FRG Albert Fritz | ||
| FRG Dietrich Thurau | BEL Romain Costermans | ||
| BEL Michel Vaarten | |||
| 1984 | DNK Gert Frank | ||
| DNK Hans-Henrik Ørsted | BEL Etienne De Wilde | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| GBR Anthony Doyle | |||
| 1985 | BEL Etienne De Wilde | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | GBR Anthony Doyle | ||
| BEL Michel Vaarten | BEL Rudy Dhaenens | ||
| LIE Roman Hermann | |||
| 1986 | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| GBR Anthony Doyle | BEL Etienne De Wilde | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | DNK Gert Frank | ||
| BEL Michel Vaarten | |||
| 1987 | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| BEL Etienne De Wilde | LIE Roman Hermann | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | ITA Pierangelo Bincoletto | ||
| DNK Hans-Henrik Ørsted | |||
| 1988 | CHE Urs Freuler | ||
| LIE Roman Hermann | BEL Etienne De Wilde | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| GBR Anthony Doyle | |||
| 1989 | BEL Etienne De Wilde | ||
| BEL Stan Tourné | AUS Danny Clark | ||
| URS Konstantin Khrabtsov | CHE Urs Freuler | ||
| CHE Hans-Rüdi Märki | |||
| 1990 | Danny Clark | ||
| Roland Günther | Marat Ganeev | ||
| Konstantin Khrabtsov | Urs Freuler | ||
| Hansruedi Märki | |||
| 1991 | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Tony Doyle | Urs Freuler | ||
| Peter Pieters | Roland Günther | ||
| Rik Van Slycke | |||
| 1992 | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Jens Veggerby | Urs Freuler | ||
| Peter Pieters | Bruno Risi | ||
| Rik Van Slycke | |||
| 1993 | Kurt Betschart | ||
| Bruno Risi | Urs Freuler | ||
| Werner Stutz | Johan Bruyneel | ||
| Etienne De Wilde | |||
| 1994 | Danny Clark | ||
| Etienne De Wilde | Urs Freuler | ||
| Carsten Wolf | Jimmi Madsen | ||
| Peter Van Petegem | |||
| 1995 | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Andreas Kappes | Jimmi Madsen | ||
| Jens Veggerby | Silvio Martinello | ||
| Marco Villa | |||
| 1996 | Kurt Betschart | ||
| Bruno Risi | Adriano Baffi | ||
| Etienne De Wilde | Andreas Kappes | ||
| Carsten Wolf | |||
| 1997 | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Matthew Gilmore | Jimmi Madsen | ||
| Jens Veggerby | Silvio Martinello | ||
| Marco Villa | |||
| 1998 | Silvio Martinello | ||
| Marco Villa | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Andreas Kappes | Tayeb Braikia | ||
| Jimmi Madsen | |||
| 1999 | Jimmi Madsen | ||
| Scott McGrory | Adriano Baffi | ||
| Silvio Martinello | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Matthew Gilmore | |||
| 2000 | Matthew Gilmore | ||
| Silvio Martinello | Brett Aitken | ||
| Scott McGrory | Adriano Baffi | ||
| Frank Corvers | |||
| 2001 | Matthew Gilmore | ||
| Scott McGrory | Kurt Betschart | ||
| Bruno Risi | Etienne De Wilde | ||
| Andreas Kappes | |||
| 2002 | Kurt Betschart | ||
| Bruno Risi | Matthew Gilmore | ||
| Bradley Wiggins | Jimmi Madsen | ||
| Marty Nothstein | |||
| 2003 | Matthew Gilmore | ||
| Bradley Wiggins | Robert Slippens | ||
| Danny Stam | Kurt Betschart | ||
| Bruno Risi | |||
| 2004 | Robert Slippens | ||
| Danny Stam | Andreas Beikirch | ||
| Iljo Keisse | Gerd Dörich | ||
| Andreas Kappes | |||
| 2005 | Matthew Gilmore | ||
| Iljo Keisse | Robert Slippens | ||
| Danny Stam | Andreas Beikirch | ||
| Kurt Betschart | |||
| 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 abandoned and no winners declared.* | |||
| 2007 | Robert Bartko | ||
| Iljo Keisse | Franco Marvulli | ||
| Bruno Risi | Robert Slippens | ||
| Danny Stam | |||
| 2008 | Robert Bartko | ||
| Iljo Keisse | Leif Lampater | ||
| Erik Zabel | Andreas Beikirch | ||
| Kenny De Ketele | |||
| 2009 | Michael Mørkøv | ||
| Alex Rasmussen | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Roger Kluge | Franco Marvulli | ||
| Bruno Risi | |||
| 2010 | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Peter Schep | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Leif Lampater | Michael Mørkøv | ||
| Alex Rasmussen | |||
| 2011 | Robert Bartko | ||
| Kenny De Ketele | Peter Schep | ||
| Wim Stroetinga | Marc Hester | ||
| Morgan Kneisky | |||
| 2012 | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Glenn O'Shea | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Gijs Van Hoecke | Robert Bartko | ||
| Silvan Dillier | |||
| 2013 | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Leif Lampater | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Wim Stroetinga | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Gijs Van Hoecke | |||
| 2014 | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Kenny De Ketele | Mark Cavendish | ||
| Iljo Keisse | Silvan Dillier | ||
| Leif Lampater | |||
| 2015 | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Michael Mørkøv | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Gijs Van Hoecke | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Otto Vergaerde | |||
| 2016 | Mark Cavendish | ||
| Bradley Wiggins | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Moreno De Pauw | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Elia Viviani | |||
| 2017 | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Moreno De Pauw | Morgan Kneisky | ||
| Benjamin Thomas | Yoeri Havik | ||
| Wim Stroetinga | |||
| 2018 | Iljo Keisse | ||
| Elia Viviani | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Robbe Ghys | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Tosh Van der Sande | |||
| 2019 | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Robbe Ghys | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Tosh Van der Sande | Roger Kluge | ||
| Theo Reinhardt | |||
| 2020 | No race due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium | ||
| 2021 | Kenny De Ketele | ||
| Robbe Ghys | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Roger Kluge | Lasse Norman Hansen | ||
| Michael Mørkøv | |||
| 2022 | Lindsay De Vylder | ||
| Robbe Ghys | Yoeri Havik | ||
| Fabio Van Den Bossche | Jasper De Buyst | ||
| Iljo Keisse | |||
| 2023 | Lindsay De Vylder | ||
| Robbe Ghys | Yoeri Havik | ||
| Jan-Willem van Schip | Fabio Van Den Bossche | ||
| Jules Hesters | |||
| 2024 | Benjamin Thomas | ||
| Fabio Van Den Bossche | Lindsay De Vylder | ||
| Robbe Ghys | Aaron Gate | ||
| Jules Hesters |
References
References
- (2007-01-10). "Keisse and Bartko claim Rotterdam six day". Cyclingnews.com.
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