Rasmussen/Morkov make a charge on Bartko/Kluge
Danes up into second
On the third day of the 99th version of the six-day race in Berlin, Team Saxo Bank's Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen convincingly demonstrated that they are back in peak shape and ready to go for the overall victory:
"Tonight, we were both feeling strong and we managed to retrieve some of the points that we lost yesterday. After a rather difficult Friday, everything went smooth tonight. We were constantly in control of the situation which resulted in our first victory in tonight's big hunt.
"We took the win in front of Bartko-Kluge. It all seems to become a showdown between us and them. However, the Dutch couple [Schep/Stam] is always dangerous. They are always in the fight for victory even though they do not make any big gestures along the way, " said Mørkøv, who is recovering from a crash earlier this year in Rotterdam.
"I am now riding without any pain in the knee which is taped up before each race. It is liberating to be able to ride without pain killers because I now know that the knee will not be further burdened. We have great confidence after Saturday's hunt and we definitely feel ready for next week's six-day race on home ground in Ballerup, Copenhagen. We have nothing to lose here in Berlin and we are going for the win in this 99th edition of the race, " he concluded.
The conditions seem promising prior to next week's six-day race in Copenhagen where the Danish audience undoubtedly is looking forward to watching their favorites at their very best.
1 | Axel Rasmussen / Michael Mörköv (Den) Techem | 10 | pts |
2 | Robert Bartko / Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Brandenburg - Axel Lange | 8 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Andreas Beikirch / Kenny de Ketele (Ger/Bel) Wolfram | 5 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
3 | Robert Bengsch / Marcel Kalz (Ger) KED Bianci Team Berlin - LCW | 5 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tino Thömel / Marc Hester (Ger/Den) Dürkop | 5 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alois Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze) Gesundheitszentrum Prenzl.Berg | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Irschenberg – Schultheiss | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
7 | Alexander Aeschbach / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Demag Cranes | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
7 | Andreas Müller / Erik Mohs (Aut/Ger) 105’5 Spreeradio | 3 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
1 | Andreas Müller / Erik Mohs (Aut/Ger) 105’5 Spreeradio | 8 | pts |
2 | Alexander Aeschbach / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Demag Cranes | 5 | (-1 lap) |
3 | Robert Bartko / Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Brandenburg - Axel Lange | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned) KIA Motors | 3 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Irschenberg – Schultheiss | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Axel Rasmussen / Michael Mörköv (Den) Techem | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Andreas Beikirch / Kenny de Ketele (Ger/Bel) Wolfram | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
7 | Marcel Barth / Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Gera – Oßwald | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
7 | Robert Bengsch / Marcel Kalz (Ger) KED Bianci Team Berlin - LCW | Row 8 - Cell 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
7 | Christian Bach / Henning Bommel (Ger) Bloch Catering | Row 9 - Cell 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
7 | Alexej Shmidt / Sergej Kolesnikow (Rus) Burlington | Row 10 - Cell 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Daniel Musiol / Karl-Christian König (Ger) POT Marketing | Row 11 - Cell 2 | (-2 laps) |
12 | Milan Kadlec / Tristan Marguet (Cze/Swi) Holiday Inn | Row 12 - Cell 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
12 | Tino Thömel / Marc Hester (Ger/Den) Dürkop | Row 13 - Cell 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
12 | Thomas Juhas / Theo Reinhardt (Ger) BDR – Baseline | Row 14 - Cell 2 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
12 | Bastian Faltin / Jan-Moritz Müller (Ger) BDR – Zeilinga | Row 15 - Cell 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
12 | Alois Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze) Gesundheitszentrum Prenzl.Berg | Row 16 - Cell 2 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
1 | Alexander Aeschbach / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Demag Cranes | 20 | pts |
2 | Axel Rasmussen / Michael Mörköv (Den) Techem | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Irschenberg – Schultheiss | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Robert Bartko / Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Brandenburg - Axel Lange | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Alois Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze) Gesundheitszentrum Prenzl.Berg | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Alexej Shmidt / Sergej Kolesnikow (Rus) Burlington | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned) KIA Motors | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Milan Kadlec / Tristan Marguet (Cze/Swi) Holiday Inn | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Christian Bach / Henning Bommel (Ger) Bloch Catering | Row 8 - Cell 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Daniel Musiol / Karl-Christian König (Ger) POT Marketing | Row 9 - Cell 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
1 | Robert Bengsch / Marcel Kalz (Ger) KED Bianci Team Berlin - LCW | 10 | pts |
2 | Axel Rasmussen / Michael Mörköv (Den) Techem | 8 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned) KIA Motors | 6 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Andreas Beikirch / Kenny de Ketele (Ger/Bel) Wolfram | 4 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Robert Bartko / Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Brandenburg - Axel Lange | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Irschenberg – Schultheiss | Row 5 - Cell 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Axel Rasmussen / Michael Mörköv (Den) Techem | 12 | pts |
2 | Robert Bartko / Roger Kluge (Ger) LKT Brandenburg - Axel Lange | 11 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned) KIA Motors | 5 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger) Team Irschenberg – Schultheiss | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Alexander Aeschbach / Franco Marvulli (Swi) Demag Cranes | 2 | (-1 lap) |
6 | Andreas Beikirch / Kenny de Ketele (Ger/Bel) Wolfram | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Andreas Müller / Erik Mohs (Aut/Ger) 105’5 Spreeradio | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
7 | Robert Bengsch / Marcel Kalz (Ger) KED Bianci Team Berlin - LCW | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Tino Thömel / Marc Hester (Ger/Den) Dürkop | 1 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Christian Bach / Henning Bommel (Ger) Bloch Catering | Row 9 - Cell 2 | (-2 laps) |
10 | Alois Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze) Gesundheitszentrum Prenzl.Berg | Row 10 - Cell 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
10 | Alexej Shmidt / Sergej Kolesnikow (Rus) Burlington | Row 11 - Cell 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Milan Kadlec / Tristan Marguet (Cze/Swi) Holiday Inn | Row 12 - Cell 2 | (-3 laps) |
14 | Marcel Barth / Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Gera – Oßwald | Row 13 - Cell 2 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
14 | Daniel Musiol / Karl-Christian König (Ger) POT Marketing | Row 14 - Cell 2 | (-4 laps) |
14 | Thomas Juhas / Theo Reinhardt (Ger) BDR – Baseline | Row 15 - Cell 2 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
14 | Bastian Faltin / Jan-Moritz Müller (Ger) BDR – Zeilinga | Row 16 - Cell 2 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
1 | Tino Thömel / Marc Hester (Ger/Den) Dürkop |
2 | Christian Bach / Henning Bommel (Ger) Bloch Catering |
3 | Alois Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze) Gesundheitszentrum Prenzl.Berg |
4 | Alexej Shmidt / Sergej Kolesnikow (Rus) Burlington |
5 | Bastian Faltin / Jan-Moritz Müller (Ger) BDR – Zeilinga |
6 | Daniel Musiol / Karl-Christian König (Ger) POT Marketing |
1 | Robert Bartko / Roger Kluge (LKT Brandenburg - Axel Lange) | 162 | pts |
2 | Axel Rasmussen / Michael Mörköv (Dänemark - Techem) | 141 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alexander Aeschbach / Franco Marvulli (Schweiz -Demag Cranes) | 113 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Niederlande –KIA Motors) | 91 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Team Irschenberg – Schultheiss) | 92 | (-1 lap) |
6 | Robert Bengsch / Marcel Kalz (KED Bianci Team Berlin -LCW) | 82 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Andreas Müller / Erik Mohs (Österreich/Leipzig – 105’5 Spreeradio) | 57 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Andreas Beikirch / Kenny de Ketele (Titz/Belgien – Wolfram) | 49 | (-3 laps) |
9 | Marcel Barth / Sebastian Siedler (Gera – Oßwald) | 18 | (-7) |
10 | Christian Bach/Henning Bommel (Erfurt/Cottbus – Bloch Catering) | 18 | (-8) |
11 | Alexej Shmidt / Sergej Kolesnikow (Russland – Burlington) | 25 | (-9) |
12 | Tino Thömel / Marc Hester (Berlin/Dänemark – Dürkop) | 36 | (-10) |
13 | Alois Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Tschechien – Gesundheitszentrum Prenzl.Berg) | 34 | (-12) |
14 | Milan Kadlec / Tristan Marguet (Tschechien/Schweiz – Holiday Inn) | 6 | (-14) |
15 | Bastian Faltin / Jan-Moritz Müller (BDR – Zeilinga) | 12 | (-15) |
16 | Thomas Juhas / Theo Reinhardt (BDR – Baseline) | 3 | (-16) |
17 | Daniel Musiol / Karl-Christian König (Cottbus/Berlin – POT Marketing) | 6 | (-17) |
1 | Maximilain Levy |
2 | Sebastian Döhrer |
3 | Stefan Nimke |
4 | Rene Enders |
5 | Denis Spicka |
6 | Clemens Selzer |
1 | Sebastian Döhrer | 6 | pts |
2 | Maximilian Levy | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Stefan Nimke | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Rene Enders | 3 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Denis Spicka | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Clemens Selzer | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Rene Enders | 6 | pts |
2 | Maximilian Levy | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Denis Spicka | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Stefan Nimke | 3 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Sebastian Döhrer | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Clemens Selzer | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Maximilian Levy | 44 | pts |
2 | Sebastian Döhrer | 40 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Rene Enders | 34 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Stefan Nimke | 33 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Denis Spicka | 21 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Clemens Selzer | 17 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Timo Scholz | 1 |
2 | Peter Jörg | 2 |
3 | Jan-Eric Schwarzer | 3 |
4 | Mario Vonhof | 4 |
5 | Giuseppe Atzeni | 5 |
6 | Marcel Möbus | 6 |
7 | Florian Fernow | 7 |
8 | Philipp Klein | 8 |
1 | Timo Scholz | 6 | pts |
2 | Peter Jörg | 9 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Mario Vonhof | 12 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Giuseppe Atzeni | 13 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jan-Eric Schwarzer | 13 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Marcel Möbus | 15 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Florian Fernow | 16 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Philipp Klein | 24 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
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