Zurich 6D
After a successful revival of the 6-Days in Zurich last year, the
Hallenstadion is ready for another edition, starting jus after Christmas
Thursday 27th of December and ending Tuesday 1st of
January. Risi – Marvulli won the first race in the new era and they will also be
the favourites for victory this year, but they will have to fight Keisse –
Bartko and Stam – Slippens and the Dutchmen will be eager for a
victory. Outsiders? Beikirch – Müller, Aeschbach – Villa, Lampater – Grasmann
and why not the Danes Rasmussen – Mørkøv
Teams for Zurich
Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI)
Rafal Ratajczyk (POL) – Alexandr Pliuschin (MOL)
Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller (GER)
Danny Stam – Robert Slippens (NED)
Bruno Menzi (SUI) – Stefan Löffler (GER)
Iljo Keisse (BEL) – Robert Bartko (GER)
Tobias Baumgartner – Benjamin Baumgartner (SUI)
René Schibli – Maxime Bally (SUI)
Martin Elmiger (SUI) – Robert Bengsch (GER)
Alex Rasmussen – Michael Mørkøv (DEN)
Christian Grasmann – Leif Lampater (GER)
Gregory Rast (SUI) – Gerd Dörich (GER)
Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) – Marco Villa (ITA)
Miguel Alzamora – Toni Tauler (ESP)
Source: www.uiv.dk
Day Six: Drama in Zurich
The
final night of the Zurich
6D was full of drama as Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli fought back in
spectacular style to take the victory in front of their home crowd.
When
the final 60 Km race started the Swiss team was still one lap behind not only
Keisse/Bartko but also the composite team of Danny Stam and Michael Mørkøv.
Throughout
the race it looked more and more impossible that they would draw level as every
attack from Risi – Marvulli was immediately counter-attacked by the two other
teams, riding a splendid "tandem".
If
Stam – Mørkøv had been content with second place, it might have been impossible
for Risi – Marvulli to change things, but in the end the ambitious Dutchman and
his even more ambitious young partner from Denmark wanted to try for more, and
the fight between them and Keisse – Bartko presented the platform for Risi –
Marvulli.
With
just 17 laps (3.4 Km) Marvulli attack with all the power he had left in his
body and with the superior support of his partner Bruno Risi they managed to
close the gap and win the lap, which brought them level with the two other
teams – and made them winners on points of 51st 6-Days of Zurich.
Final
Result of 6-Days in Zurich
1 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI), 470 p., 2 Iljo Keisse (BEL)
– Robert Bartko (GER), 431, 3 Danny Stam – Michael Mørkøv (DEN), 330 p., at
4 laps: 4 Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) – Marco Villa (ITA), 331 p., at
5 laps: 5 Leif Lampater – Christian Grasmann (GER), 186 p., at 8
laps: 6 Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller (GER), 158 p., at 11
laps: 7 Rafal Ratajczyk – Alexandr Pliuschin (MOL), 159 p., at 18
laps: 8 René Schibli – Maxime Bally (SUI), 198 p., at 26 laps:
9 Bruno Menzi (SUI) – Stefan Löffler (GER), 145 p., at 27 laps: 10
Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 128 p., at 29 laps: 11
Martin Elmiger (SUI) – Robert Bengsch (GER), 138 p., at 33 laps: 12
Miguel Alzamora – Toni Tauler (ESP), 76 p., at 39 laps: 13
Gregory Rast (SUI) – Gerd Dörich (GER), 76 p.
Abandoned: Alex Rasmussen and Robert Slippens.
Day Five: Keisse/Bartko Back on Top
Silvester
Evening in the Zurich 6D saw Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko regain the lead,
with World Madison Champions Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli dropping back to
one lap behing with Stam and Mørkøv (after the composite team won the final race
of the evening).
Heading
into the final night of racing, technically anything can happen, but we shall
probably see the dominate team Keisse/Bartko take a well deserved victory.
Overall
in Zurich after 5th day
1 Iljo Keisse (BEL) – Robert Bartko (GER), 351 p., at 1 lap: 2 Bruno
Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI), 386 p., 3 Danny Stam – Michael Mørkøv
(DEN), 247 p., at 4 laps: 4 Leif Lampater – Christian Grasmann (GER),
176 p., at 5 laps: 5 Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) – Marco Villa (ITA), 255
p., at 7 laps: 6 Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller (GER), 140 p., at
10 laps: 7 Rafal Ratajczyk – Alexandr Pliuschin (MOL), 145 p., at 16
laps: 8 René Schibli – Maxime Bally (SUI), 180 p., at 23 laps: 9
Bruno Menzi (SUI) – Stefan Löffler (GER), 125 p., at 24 laps: 10 Beni Baumgartner
– Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 119 p., at 25 laps: 11 Martin Elmiger (SUI)
– Robert Bengsch (GER), 100 p., at 29 laps: 12 Miguel Alzamora – Toni
Tauler (ESP), 59 p., at 35 laps: 13 Gregory Rast (SUI) – Gerd Dörich
(GER), 69 p.
Abandoned: Alex Rasmussen and Robert Slippens.
Day Four: Risi/Marvulli Fight Back
Bruno Risi and
Franco Marvulli have managed to get on level terms with leaders Iljo Keisse and
Robert Bartko in the overall classification.
The Swiss team
is now lead on points, but with Keisse and Bartko only 16pts from a bonus lap
they could easily regain the lead tomorrow.
The new team
Stam and Mørkøv preserved their third place overall with their two closest
rivals Aeschbach/Villa and Lampater/Grasmann one lap behind them.
To night the
great "Silvester Evening" in Zurich.
The race will be stopped around mid-night but after a Happy New Year-break the
riders must go back on their bikes for a 100 laps Madison.
Overall
in Zurich after 4th day
1 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI), 324 p., 2 Iljo Keisse (BEL) – Robert
Bartko (GER), 284 p., at 2 laps: 3 Danny Stam – Michael Mørkøv (DEN),
187 p., at 3 laps: 4 Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) – Marco Villa (ITA), 220
p., 5 Leif Lampater – Christian Grasmann (GER), 151 p., at 5 laps: 6
Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller (GER), 113 p., at 7 laps: 7 Rafal
Ratajczyk – Alexandr Pliuschin (MOL), 124 p., at 15 laps: 8 René Schibli
– Maxime Bally (SUI), 136 p., at 21 laps: 9 Bruno Menzi (SUI) – Stefan
Löffler (GER), 95 p., at 22 laps: 10 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias
Baumgartner (SUI), 74 p., at 24 laps: 11 Martin Elmiger (SUI) – Robert
Bengsch (GER), 93 p., at 25 laps: 12 Miguel Alzamora – Toni Tauler
(ESP), 42 p., at 32 laps: 13 Gregory Rast (SUI) – Gerd Dörich (GER), 47
p.
Abandoned: Alex Rasmussen and Robert Slippens. New team: Danny
Stam (NED) – Michael Mørkøv (DEN).
Day Three: Keisse/Bartko Still Lead
The
3rd evening of the Zurich 6-Days started with the withdrawal of Danish
rider Alex Rasmussen had and Dutch star Robert Slippens, Rasmussen has been
suffering with illness all week, whereas Slippens had severe saddle sore.
Consequently
their respective team-mates, Michael Mørkøv and Danny Stam joined forces to
make a very effective team on the third night of competition.
The
first of the evening’s two events (30 Km) were not dominated by the top-teams with
Alexander Aeschbach enjoying a moment of victory in front of this home-crowd by
winning the event ahead of Grasmann – Lampater and the still very courageous
Ratajczyk – Pliuschkin.
The
second event (50 Km) was again a bitter fight between the two top-teams, Keisse/Bartko
who had preserved their one lap lead, and they dominated Risi/Marvulli, putting
them under heavy pressure during the last 50 laps.
However
towards the end of the race an attempt to increase their lead went wrong as the
World Madison Champions counter-attacked to win the event, but Keisse/Bartko
did enough to maintain their one lap advantage.
Overall
in Zurich after 3rd day
1 Iljo Keisse (BEL) – Robert Bartko (GER), 227 p., at 1 lap:
2 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI), 260 p., at 2 laps: 3 Danny Stam –
Michael Mørkøv (DEN), 135 p., 4 Leif Lampater – Christian Grasmann (GER), 111
p., at 4 laps: 5 Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) – Marco Villa (ITA), 156 p., at
6 laps: 6 Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller (GER), 76 p., at 7 laps:
7 Rafal Ratajczyk – Alexandr Pliuschin (MOL), 90 p., at 12 laps: 8 René
Schibli – Maxime Bally (SUI), 108 p., at 17 laps: 9 Bruno Menzi (SUI) –
Stefan Löffler (GER), 63 p., 10 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 41
p., at 20 laps: 11 Miguel Alzamora – Toni Tauler (ESP), 29 p., at 22
laps: 12 Martin Elmiger (SUI) – Robert Bengsch (GER), 39 p., at 26 laps:
13 Gregory Rast (SUI) – Gerd Dörich (GER), 27 p.
Abandoned: Alex Rasmussen and Robert Slippens. New team: Danny
Stam (NED) – Michael Mørkøv (DEN).
Day Two: Risi/Marvulli fight Back
At
the end of the second day of the Zurich Six Day only three teams are still in
the chase for overall victory. Risi/Marvulli, Keisse/Bartko and Stam/Slippens
are proving to be far stronger than their rivals, but that doesn’t mean that we
didn’t see other good performances in Zurich
yesterday.
Aeschbach/Villa,
Lampater/Grasmann and Beikirch/Müller are the best of the next, perhaps not so
surprisingly, but we note with respect a 7th place overall for the
Polish-Moldavian team Ratajczyk/Pliuschin and courageous efforts also from young
Swiss riders as Schibli/Bally and Baumgartner brothers.
The
first race on Friday evening (30 Km) was won by Stam and Slippens ahead of Risi
– Marvulli and Keisse – Bartko, those three teams again ending one lap or more
ahead of the rest.
The
second event (50 Km) turned out to be a hard one, and for a long time Risi/Marvulli
were one lap behind after Keisse/Bartko and Stam/Slippens angered the home
crowd by combining their efforts to put the favourites in difficulty.
However,
Risi and Marvulli and the World Champions for a reason and to the delight of
the crowd, fighting back to win the race.
Overall
in Zurich after 2nd day
1 Iljo Keisse (BEL) – Robert Bartko (GER), 154 p., at 1 lap:
2 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI), 170 p., 3 Danny Stam – Robert Slippens
(NED), 128 p., at 3 laps: 4 Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) –
Marco Villa (ITA), 116 p., 5 Leif Lampater – Christian Grasmann (GER), 74 p., at
4 laps: 6 Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller (GER), 54 p., at
6 laps: 7 Rafal Ratajczyk – Alexandr Pliuschin (MOL), 59 p., at 8
laps: 8 René Schibli – Maxime Bally (SUI), 61 p., at 11 laps:
9 Bruno Menzi (SUI) – Stefan Löffler (GER), 46 p., 10 Beni Baumgartner – Tobias
Baumgartner (SUI), 29 p., at 13 laps: 11 Miguel Alzamora –
Toni Tauler (ESP), 14 p., at 16 laps: 12 Martin Elmiger (SUI) –
Robert Bengsch (GER), 23 p., at 18 laps: 13 Gregory Rast (SUI) –
Gerd Dörich (GER), 11 p.
Neutralised: Alex Rasmussen – Michael Mørkøv (DEN).
Day One: Keisse/Bartko take the Lead
Tonight
saw the 6-Days of Zurich
start in the old Hallen-Stadion. It was the 51st in Zurich but only the second in the new era,
starting last year thanks mainly to former Swiss World Champions Max Hürzeler
and Urs Freuler.
Leading
after the first evening is the Belgium-German combination of Iljo Keisse and
Robert Bartko, already winners in Amsterdam and Ghent this winter and
seen as the great rivals of Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli.
Keisse
– Bartko leads with one lap to six teams with Risi – Marvulli in 2nd
place with the greatest amount of points.
Overall
in Zurich after 1st day
1 Iljo Keisse (BEL) – Robert Bartko (GER), 75 p., at 1 lap:
2 Bruno Risi – Franco Marvulli (SUI), 79 p., 3 Danny Stam – Robert Slippens
(NED), 62 p., 4 Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) – Marco Villa (ITA), 58 p., 5 Leif
Lampater – Christain Grasmann (GER), 38 p., 6 Andreas Beikirch – Andreas Müller
(GER), 32 p., at 2 laps: 7 Rafal Ratajczyk – Alexandr Pliuschin (POL),
24 p., at 3 laps: 8 René Schibli – Maxime Bally (SUI), 34 p., at 5
laps: 9 Bruno Menzi (SUI) – Stefan Löffler (GER), 19 p., 10 Beni
Baumgartner – Tobias Baumgartner (SUI), 13 p., 11 Miguel Alzamora – Toni Tauler
(ESP), 2 p., at 7 laps: 12 Gregory Rast (SUI) – Gerd Dörich (GER), 0 p.,
at 8 laps: 13 Martin Elmiger (SUI) – Robert Bengsch (GER), 6 p., at 9
laps: 14 Alex Rasmussen – Michael Mørkøv (DEN), 20 p.
The Danish rider Alex Rasmussen was neutralised due to illness from the
first 10 Minutes of the race and to the end of the evening.
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