Six Day Racing
Six-day racing is a track cycling specialism, which - as the name suggests - involves racing over six days.
The first six-day events were held in United Kingdom in 1878 and involved individual riders racing 24-hours a day for six days, and were marathon tests of endurance. However, the format was changed to allow teams (usually of two riders each) to compete, one rider racing while the other rested.
The 24-hours a day regime has also been relaxed, so that most six-day races involve six nights of racing, typically from 6pm to 2am, on indoor tracks.
The overall winner is the team which completes the most laps.
In the event of teams completing the same number of laps,
the winner would be the one who won most points in points races,
time trials, motor-paced races and other competitions.
2007/08 Six Day Calendar
October 22-27, 2007 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 25-30, 2007 - Grenoble, France
November 1-6, 2007 - Dortmund, Germany
November 8-13, 2007 - Munich, Germany
November 20-25, 2007 - Gent, Belgium
December 11-16, 2007 - Noorden, Netherlands
December 16, 2007 - Ballerup 6D Ouverture, Denmark
December 17-22, 2007 - Maastricht, Netherlands - CANCELLED
December 26, 2007 - Grosser Weihnachtspreis, Germany
December 27-Jan 1, 2008 - Zürich, Switzerland
January 3-8, 2008 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
January 10-15, 2008 - Bremen, Germany
January 17-22, 2008 - Stuttgart, Germany
January 24-29, 2008 - Berlin, Germany
January 31-February 5, 2008 - Copenhagen, Denmark
February 7-12, 2008 - Hasselt, Belgium
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January 10-15 - Bremen 6D:
The forty-fourth Bremen Six Days ended tonight at the Stadthalle with victory for
Robert Bartko and Iljo Keisse by just two points on Erik Zabel and Leif Lampater.
The final stages of the evening were very exciting
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January 3-8 - Rotterdam 6D:
One of the many
myth’s of the world of 6-day racing has been, that a team, established during
the race for various reasons, cannot/may not win a 6-days
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December 27-Jan 1, 2008 - Zurich 6D:
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
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December 26 - Grosser Weihnachtspreis:
Once again one of the world’s most traditional track-events has taken place:
"Grosser Weihnachtspreis" in Dortmund Westfalenhalle 2nd Christmas
Day, and again a strong group of Europe’s best track-riders participated
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December 16 - Ballerup 6D Ouverture:
The new Danish team Alex Rasmussen - Michael Mørkøv won the "6-Days
Ouverture" in Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen Sunday. The format of the race
was a three hours madison "6-Days style" with chases, sprints, eliminations and
dernyraces like a 6-Days night
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December 11-16 - Noorden 6D:
World Madison Champions and Six Day Legends Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli have claimed overall
victory at the Zesdaagse Noorden in the Netherlands after totally dominating the event
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November 20-25 - Ghent 6D:
On the final night of the Ghent Six Day British team Adam Blythe and Peter Kennaugh held onto their lead in the UIV Talents Cup to
win by 30 points from Subrt/Mixa, with the Belgians team of Tuytens/Van
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November 8-11 - Milan 4D:
Double World Road Race Champion Paolo Bettini and his partner Marco Villa (Expo 2015) have stole the show at the
Bike4Show (EICMA Show) in Milan taking the victory on the final night of competition from early leaders Angelo Ciccone and Fabio Masotti (Emo)
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November 8-13 - Munich 6D:
Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli have followed up their victory in the Dortmund 6D by claiming overall victory
in the Löwenbräu Sech Tage Rennen Munich
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November 1-6 - Dortmund 6D:
In a dramatic turn around World Madison Champions moved to within one point of Zabel and Lampater on day five,
before taking overall victory on night six by a single point, final standings showing Risi/Marvulli on 312pts, Zabel/Lampater on 311pts and third
placed Bartko/Beikirch on 300pts more........
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October 25-30 - Grenoble 6D:
The six days of Grenoble were held at Grenoble Velodrome in France from the 25th to the 30th of October 2007.
The Danish team of Michael Morkov and Alex Rasmussen claimed the victory with 357 points and a lap in front of
second placed team Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) and Belgium's Dimitri Defauw
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October 22-27 - Amsterdam 6D:
The six days of Amsterdam were held at Amsterdam Velodrome in the Netherlands from the 22nd to the 27th of October 2007
Belgium's Iljo Keisse and his German team-mate Robert Bartko claimed overall victory with 352 points enough to
just beat second placed team Robert Slippens and Danny Stam both from the Netherlands, who scored 348 points.
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