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Night 5 - January 17, 2000

What a resurrection! Scott McGrory and Jimmi Madsen are now in second spot, on the same lap as leaders Martinello and Kappes. Australian McGrory had a fall early in the race, was neutralized for a while but came back on the bike. The Australian-Danish duo are too far back on points though, but there is a winning chance if they gain a lap on the leaders. But look out also for Baffi and Villa who soon will get a bonus lap when passing 400 points.

Poor Kurt Betschart, the other injury stricken rider, had to abandon the race and will be gone for the rest of the season. A hard blow for a cyclist that has six day racing as his major occupation, and source of income for that matter. Partner Bruno Risi is still in the race as a "reserve".

A sixth place is normally nothing to brag about, but for Spanish World Champions this race means that they are at last doing a decent race this season after a disappointing opening. Like the day before (Monday) when they won one of the chases, with McGrory and Madsen winning the other.

Results:

Standings after night 5:

1 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Andreas Kappes (Ger)   421 pts
2 Jimmi Madsen (Den)/Scott McGrory (Aus)         360

1 lap behind:
3 Adriano Baffi/Marco Villa (Ita)                393
4 Etienne de Wilde (Bel)/Stefan Steinweg (Ger)   246

3 laps behind:
5 Matthew Gilmore (Bel)/Olaf Pollack (Ger)       232
6 Juan Llaneras/Isaac Galvez (Spa)               193

10 laps behind:
7 Gerd Dörich/Mario Vonhof (Ger)                 157

11 laps behind:
8 Erik Weisspfennig/Andreas Beikirch (Ger)       194
9 Frank Corvers/Lorenzo Lapage (Bel)             120

15 laps behind:
10 Jens Lehmann/Lars Teutenberg (Ger)            132

19 laps behind:
11 Thorsten Rund/Guido Fulst (Ger)               102

Results courtesy of the Union Internationale des Velodromes