43rd Six Days of Bremen - 6D

Germany, January 11-January 16, 2007

2006 results Schedule Preview Start List Past winners

Schedule

Day 1 - January 11:
Day 2 - January 12:
Day 3 - January 13:
Day 4 - January 14:
Day 5 - January 15:
Day 6 - January 16:

Preview

With the six day calendar expanding this year, the death of Isaac Galvez and injuries to Matthew Gilmore, Robert Slippens, Lars Teutenberg and others, the cast of riders was hard to fill for the 43rd Bremen six day. The pairs get shuffled as former T-mobile teammates Erik Zabel and Olaf Pollack take to the boards along with some of the regulars in the 6-tage scene. One pair that came together due to an injured partner has found great success - Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko, the winners of the Rotterdam six day.

The two-time Olympic and three-time world champion Bartko found a quick and powerful partner in the young Belgian, but the pair may have a difficult time repeating their performance of just days ago against those with fresher legs. Erik Zabel, who has sat out the last three sixes due to obligations with his Milram team, will once again join up with Bruno Risi. The pair have won in both Dortmund and Munich already this year, and will be the favorites for the win. For the rest of the riders, they will only have to hope that the one day of recovery since Rotterdam will be sufficient for a very demanding Bremen program.

Start list

1 Erik Zabel / Bruno Risi (Ger/Swi)                  
2 Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)              
3 Guido Fulst / Leif Lampater (Ger)                  
4 Danny Stam / Franco Marvulli (Ned/Swi)             
5 Marc Hester / Alexander Aeschbach (Den/Swi)        
6 Andreas Beikirch / Andreas Müller (Ger)            
7 Andreas Kappes / Eric Mohs (Ger)                   
8 Christian Grasmann / Christian Lademann (Ger)      
9 Michael Arends / Gerd Dörich (Ger)                 
10 Robert Bengsch / Christian Bach (Ger)             
11 Marco Villa / Olaf Pollack (Ita/Ger)              
12 Stefan Löffler / Matthé Pronk (Ger/Ned)  

UIV Talents Cup (U25)

1 Robert Kriegs / Karl-Christian König (Ger)        
2 Julian Tucholl / Tino Thömel (Ger)                
3 Marek Mixa / Pavel Subrt (Cze)                    
4 Dave Mertens / Matthias Vanderhauwaert (Bel)      
5 Norman Dimde / Jan Moritz Müller (Ger)            
6 Gerd Steijn / Harm Steijn (Ned)                   
7 Fabian Schaar / Stephen Lägeler (Ger)             
8 Maxim Bally / René Schibli (Swi)                  
9 Ralf Matzka / Bastian Faltin (Ger)                
10 Daniel Kreutzfeld / Faerk Christensen (Den)      
11 Peter Kennaugh / Adam Blythe (GBr)               
12 Maurice Calles / Felix Schönecker (Ger)

Past winners

2006 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned)
2005 Andreas Beikirch/Robert Bartko (Ger)   
2004 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
2003 Robert Slippens/Danny Stam (Ned) 
2002 Bruno Risi (Swi)/Kurt Betschart (Swi) 
2001 Scott McGrory (Aus)/Matthew Gilmore (Bel) 
2000 Silvio Martinello (Ita)/Andreas Kappes (Ger)
1999 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
1998 Jens Veggerby/Jimmi Madsen (Den)
1997 Andreas Kappes/Carsten Wolf (Ned)
1996 Marco Villa/Silvio Martinello (Ita)
1995 Bruno Risi/Kurt Betschart (Swi)
1994 Andy Kappes/Danny Clark (Ned/Aus)
1993 Urs Freuler/Peter Pieters (Swi/Ned)
1992 Andy Kappes/Etienne de Wilde (Ger/Bel)
1991 Andy Kappes/Etienne de Wilde (Ger/Bel)
1990 Danny Clark/Roland Günther (Aus/Ger)
1989 Andy Kappes/R. Hermann (Ger/Lei)
1988 Danny Clark/Tony Doyle (Aus/GBr)
1987 Dietrich Thurau/Danny Clark (Ger/Aus)
1986 Dietrich Thurau/Josef Kristen (Ger)
1985 Garry Wiggins/Tony Doyle (Aus/GBr)
1984 Albert Fritz/Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
1983 Gregor Braun/Rene Pijnen (Ger/Ned)
1982 Albert Fritz/Rene Pijnen (Ger/Ned)
1981 Gregor Braun/Rene Pijnen (Ger/Ned)
1980 Albert Fritz/Patrick Sercu (Ger/Bel)
1979 Danny Clark/Rene Pijnen (Aus/Ned)
1978 Albert Fritz/Wilfried Peffgen (Ger)
1977 Albert Fritz/Wilfried Peffgen (Ger)
1976 Günter Haritz/Rene Pijnen (Ger/Ned)
1975 Patrick Sercu/Rene Pijnen (Bel/Ned)
1974 Leo Duyndam/Rene Pijnen (Ned)
1973 Dieter Kemper/Graeme Gilmore (Ger/Aus)
1972 Wolfgang Schulze/Sigi Renz (Ger)
1971 Rudi Altig/Albert Fritz (Ger)
1970 Peter Post/Patrick Sercu (Ned/Bel)
1969 Peter Post/Patrick Sercu (Ned/Bel)
1968 Rudi Altig/Sigi Renz (Ger)
1967 Peter Post/Fritz Pfenninger (Ned/Swi)
1966 Rudi Altig/Dieter Kemper (Ger)
1965 Rik van Steenbergen/Palle Lykke (Bel/Den)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com