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68th Zesdaagse Vlaanderen - 6D1
Gent, Belgium, November 18-23, 2008
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Day 3 - November 20:
Keisse/Bartko dominate college night
By Bjorn Haake in Gent
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Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko continue to lead the Gent Six Days, with a one lap advantage over three teams after as many days. Erik Zabel and Leif Lampater continue to hold second with 172 points, while Kenny De Ketele and Andreas Beikirch sit firmly in third place with 156 points to fourth placed Bruno Risi and Alexander Aeschbach's 118 points. The night concluded with a pair of Keirin races that hadn't featured on the race program during the first two evenings.
Belgian pair Stijn Steels and Tosh van der Sande increased their lead over the United States of America duo of Austin Carroll and East Guy in the UIV Talents Cup, the Under 23 version of the Gent Six Day. The Belgians are one lap ahead over the Americans, with Gert Jan Van Immerseel and Maarten Vlasselaer in third.
Steels said after the race that he thought they could hang on until Sunday. "It looks like the Americans weren't too good today and I think it will stay that way," he said.
United States of America coach Clay Worthington didn't quite see it the same way. "They just didn't have it tonight," he said. "You have those days once in a while and tonight was one of them."
But Worthington agreed that it has been a long trip for the Americans, who are racing in their fourth UIV Cup race for the month, and the schedule has left its marks. The pair is going back to the United States after the Belgian experience.
De Ketele and Beikirch start on top
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The third night started out with the points race, where De Ketele and Beikirch cleaned up. The duo finished second twice before overcoming Leon Van Bon and Pim Ligthart for a win. Despite violent efforts, no team was able to gain a lap during the race. Their win got De Ketele and Beikirch over the magic 100-point marker as well as the overall lead, thanks to receiving the bonus lap.
The team elimination came once again down to a battle of the Titans. Keisse/Bartko, Zabel/Lampater and De Ketele/Beikirch were the three teams left. Zabel and Lampater had driven a lot of the final laps from the front, but when Beikirch attacked Zabel was gapped and with a quarter lap to go he realised it was over and swung high.
The sprint between Beikirch and Keisse was a tactical affair, with lots of fakes to start the sprint. The two battled handle bar to handle bar until the line, with Keisse edging out his compatriot. Beikirch hit his handle bar in frustration, as he had come so close.
There was no surprise in the lap record. Once again, it was Keisse, perfectly launched by Bartko, who took the win. His 8.83 was a mere 14 hundredths of a second faster than Tim Mertens/Andreas Müller.
Risi/Aeschbach and Danny Stam/Peter Schep were the first to lap the field. Then Keisse/Bartko, Italians Angelo Ciccone/Fabio Masotti and De Ketele/Beikirch took off, putting Zabel/Lampater on the defensive. Luke Roberts/Marc Hester and Van Bon/Ligthart were the next to lap the field. When almost every team had caught up again Risi/Aeschbach hammered away. This set of the next round of attacks, with three quarters of the teams having caught up by the midway mark. The only ones left behind were the Danes Jens-Erik Madsen/Casper Jørgensen, Dimitri De Fauw/Steven De Neef and Nicky Cocquyt/Ingmar De Poortere.
Risi/Aeschbach continued their assault and gained another lap. That set off a royale chase by Zabel/Lampater and Keisse/Bartko. De Ketele/Beikirch joined in and the four strong teams were ahead of everyone else.
At a time when a couple of other teams caught up, it was Risi/Aeschbach and Keisse/Bartko who again took off, with Roberts/Hester in tow. That put Zabel/Lampater on the defensive again, but the Germans reacted swiftly. When the others had reached the tail end of the bunch, Zabel/Lampater were already half a lap up, with Stam/Schep helping in the effort.
After 33 minutes completed, it was Risi/Aeschbach and Keisse/Bartko again escaping from the front, just as the others had caught on. The noise level immediately went up again.
Risi/Aeschbach and Keisse/Bartko were one lap ahead, with the 40 minutes completed. Ten more laps remained before the winner was declared. Keisse made a strong attack with two laps to go and only Risi and Lampater could follow. Keisse got out of the saddle, but Risi came around in the final metres, while Lampater finished in third.
Fresh legs after the break
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The first Derny race looked like Van Bon had it sealed when they headed to the final straight, but Mertens came around in the final stretch.
In the subsequent elimination race Bartko and Lampater said good-bye early. But De Ketele was still in the mix. When it was down to him, De Fauw and Hester, De Ketele took off early trying to surprise the others. But they clawed their way back, pushing De Ketele out of the competition and into third place. The sprint between Hester and De Fauw was a photo finish, with De Fauw taking the win.
The second Derny race was once again won by super-dernyman Joop Zijlaard, with Zabel on his wheel. Keisse had to settle for second this time.
The 500-metre time trial was most notable for the tactics employed by Stam/Schep. Teams have three laps to bring themselves up to speed before the flying start of the three-lap venture around the track. Because the launch man is on the front already for the speed-up laps, teams launch their final sprinter after one lap. Fresh legs will tackle the final two laps.
Stam and Schep did it differently, doing the hand-sling after one and a half lap. That left the duo with a 30.51 and easily in last place. The best time had been set by Roberts and Hester with a 28.47, but once again time trial specialists Keisse/Bartko came through, cheered on by frenetic student crowd. The Belgian-German combination clocked in at 27.87. That gave them a jump over the 200-point hurdle and another bonus lap.
Madison shakes overall
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Van Bon/Ligthart were the first to lap the field, once again followed by Risi/Aeschbach. When Keisse/Bartko took off, Zabel/Lampater knew exactly what they had to do - stay on the fast-spinning wheels. Eventually everybody except Ciccone/Masotti and Depoortere/Cocquyt had caught up on laps.
It was Zabel/Lampater who took off and lapped the field next time around. They desperately needed it, already being two laps down in the overall. But 15 minutes into the race Keisse/Bartko struck back, voiding the effort by Zabel/Lampater.
A dangerous move formed with 15 minutes remaining when Zabel/Lampater and Stam/Schep went off the front and lapped the field. Keisse/Bartko tried several efforts to make up the loss, but Zabel/Lampater were attentive. In fact with five minutes to go Zabel/Lampater tried another attack, but that was also countered.
With literally only one minute remaining Keisse got out of the saddle, storming past a surprised Lampater. The latter was looking for help and actually received it, leaving the Keisse/Bartko move stranded. Roberts had also lapped the field, giving three teams a 166 metre advantage.
Lampater took out the sprint ahead of Stam/Schep and De Ketele/Beikirch. The latter were a lap down so finished in fourth, one place behind Roberts/Hester.
The super sprint was won by Van Bon/Ligthart, while Mertens/Müller took the scratch race win. Risi won the third Derny race and Cocquyt took the elimination race, giving a couple of students a special treat. They had two signs, so could hold up the one that said "Cocquyt is god" (the other one was "Danke Erik").
The final Derny went to De Fauw, leaving the track for a event that hadn't featured in the first couple of nights the Keirin. Van Bon took the first heat, while Cocquyt went early and held on to win the second race.
Steels and Van der Sande increase lead in the UIV Cup
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The Belgian pair of Stijn Steels and Tosh van der Sande increased their lead over the US duo of Austin Carroll and East Guy in the UIV Talents Cup, the U23 version of the Gent Six Day. The Belgians are one lap ahead over the Americans, with Van Immerseel and Vlasselaer in third.
Steels said after the race that he thought they could hang on until Sunday. "It looks like the Americans weren't too good today and I think it will stay that way."
US coach Clay Worthington didn't quite see it the same way. "They just didn't have it tonight. You have those days once in a while and tonight was one of them." But Worthington agreed that it has been a long trip for the Americans, who are racing in their fourth UIV cup in a month, and the schedule has left its marks. The pair is going back to the United States after the Belgian experience.
Gent students hot on college night
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Both Steels and Van der Sande go to Gent university and had plenty of support from fellow students on college night. The UIV Cup kicked off with a one-lap time trial. Yesterday's winning duo Dostal/Bares set the first benchmark, with a 9.52. The German team of Schweizer/Riedle bested them by seven hundredths of second. The Belgian pair of Sprengers/Verhamme immediately set a new best time, with a 9.38.
Only two teams were left – the leading two. East and Carroll, clad in green today, were first to go, but couldn't quite get into a good rhythm. They scored a 9.61. Under the roar of the spectators Steels/Van der Sande scored a new best time, with a 9.23.
In the night's Madison, the pair of Corthesy/Keslin took off and ten laps before the first sprint the had lapped the field. But as soon as they reached the tail end they lost it again, and wound up fighting a quarter to a half lap behind for quite some time. Just before the first sprint, the favourites were all lurking at the front, with Fenn/Rowe taking the honours. Steels/Van der Sande finished in second, while Carroll/East had their handover just before the line, but they couldn't get past the others.
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After struggling for some 30 laps, Corthésy/Kaeslin were finally back in the mix. Everything was back together, but with the second sprint approaching, drama took over. First, one rider from the Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman duo crashed. Then the van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer team attacked, taking Dostal/Bares and Steels/Van der Sande with them. Carroll/East had a slight gap and crossed the sprint line in fourth, receiving one point.
The third sprint went to Steels/Van der Sande again and they kept going, quickly gaining ground. After ten laps they had gained about half a lap, chased by the bunch. Carroll/East took the front and furiously tried to get back, but the Belgians inched closer and closer to the bunch. After 17 laps they had caught up.
With ten to go the leading duo attacked again, but this time the Americans were right on their wheel. This set up a bunch sprint, in which neither of the favourites figured. The Belgians now lead by 19 points and one lap, putting the USA pair on the defensive when the racing resumes on Friday.
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- Austin Carroll and Guy East got the green jersey for points leaders since the actual leaders wear the yellow of the overall race leader.
- The British duo Fenn and Rowe in the Madison.
- Tosh Van der Sande gets thrown in by Stijn Steels
- Stijn Steels goes on the attack in the Madison.
- Guy East pushing hard on night three.
- Austin Carroll patrols the front of the race after the Belgian duo lapped the field.
- Austin Carroll and Guy East were on the defensive on night three.
- Tosh Van der Sand used his world champion's power to help his team lap the field.
- Stijn Steels suffered his way to lapping the field in the Madison.
- Stijn Steels enjoys his time on the podium with six day great Patrick Sercu.
- Tosh Van der Sand and Stijn Steels padded their overall lead on night three.
- Stijn Steels, nephew of sprinter Tom Steels is happy with his win on the third night in Gent.
- Austin Carroll (USA) will head back home after the race in Gent.
- Austin Carroll enjoys his time on the podium
- Guy East at the podium ceremony
- The Six-Day food i snot necessarily approved by Paul Bocuse, but it keeps the racers going.
- Joop Zijlaard gets ready for another Derny round.
- Michael Vaarten smiles confidently before the Derny race.
- Bruno Risi talks with former Six-Day specialist Etienne De Wilde (r).
- Kenny de Ketele had a good night three.
- Andreas Beikirch (r) launched partner De Ketele.
- Erik Zabel gives a hand-sling to Leif Lamparter.
- Dimitri de Fauw and Luke Roberts pedal along.
- Erik Zabel takes a break.
- Bruno Risi gets a massage in-between races.
- The derny races are spectacular to watch.
- Leif Lamparter hands the duty off to Erik Zabel.
- Bruno Risi has won a countless number of Six-Day races.
- Beikirch is launched by his partner De Ketele (r).
- Risi pushes off partner Alexander Aeschbach.
- De Fauw (l) is launched by partner Steven de Neef.
- Marc Hester in the foreground sends Roberts off on a wild lap.
- Zabel is fully focused on the task.
- De Fauw sends De Neef on a few laps of anaerobic workout.
- De Ketele does the same to Beikirch.
- Beikirch is chased hard by one of the Italians.
- The Danish duo demonstrates the handover technique in perfection.
- The changing from Hester to Roberts while Keisse sits right behind them.
- Jørgensen and Madsen on their attempt to gain a lap.
- Local hero Keisse (r) pushes on Bartko
- Robert Bartko in action as he gives it his all.
- Bartko is a real track specialist and has two Sydney Olympic gold medals to prove it.
- The Danes in full swing
- Dutchman Peter Schep powers through the Gent course.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- Stijn Steels celebrated with fellow students after he and Tosh
- College night means big crowds van de Sande won the third night's racing and increased their overall lead.
- The bikes await their riders who get a quick massage in one of the short breaks.
- The bike of Robert Bartko with the Sydney Olympics memory engraved. He won two gold medals in 2000.
- The derny racers wait for their glory.
- Leon van Bon gets a quick massage during a break.
- Can't have a bike race in Belgium without beer....
- ... and food - sausages and broodjes rock.
- Of course the fans can also choose to buy tons of bicycle memorabilia.
Results
Points race 1 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 11 pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 9 4 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 5 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 7 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 4 7 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 4 8 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 3 9 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 3 10 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 3 11 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 2 12 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 2 Team elimination 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 20 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 12 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 4 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 8 5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 6 6 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 4 7 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 8 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 9 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 11 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 12 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso Flying lap 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.09 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 0.00 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 0.00 5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 7 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 8 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 0.01 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 10 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 11 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 12 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 0.01 Madison 1 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 20 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 One lap down 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 pts 4 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 6 6 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 4 Two laps down 7 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 8 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 9 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 10 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Eight laps down 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Derny race 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 5 pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 4 3 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 3 4 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 2 5 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 1 6 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Team elimination 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 10 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 6 3 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 5 4 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 4 5 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 3 6 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 2 7 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 11 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 12 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer Derny 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 5 pts 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 4 3 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 3 4 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 2 5 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 1 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 500 metre sprint 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 0.01 3 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 0.01 4 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 0.01 5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 0.01 6 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 8 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 0.02 9 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 0.02 10 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 11 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 0.02 12 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 0.03 Madison 2 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 20 pts 2 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 12 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 10 One lap down 4 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 8 pts 5 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 6 6 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 4 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK Two laps down 9 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 10 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer Three laps down 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas Five laps down 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Sprint 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 20 pts 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 12 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 10 4 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 8 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 6 6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 4 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 8 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 9 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 10 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 11 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne Scratch race 1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 10 pts 2 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 6 3 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 5 4 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 4 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 3 6 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 2 7 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 8 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 10 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 11 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen Derny 1 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 5 pts 2 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 4 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 4 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 2 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 1 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep Team elimination 1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 pts 2 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 6 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 5 4 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 4 5 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 6 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 2 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 8 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 9 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 10 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 11 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 12 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank Derny 1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 5 pts 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 4 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 3 4 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 2 5 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 1 6 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS Keirin 1 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 pts 2 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 6 3 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 5 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 4 5 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 6 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 2 Keirin 2 1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 pts 2 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 6 3 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 5 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 4 5 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 3 6 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 2
UIV Talents Cup
Flying lap 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 0.09.23 2 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 0.09.38 3 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 0.09.45 4 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 0.09.52 5 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 0.09.61 6 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 7 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 0.09.73 8 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 9 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 0.09.76 10 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 0.09.98 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 0.10.05 Madison 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 11 pts 2 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 3 One lap behind 3 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 6 pts 4 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 6 Two laps behind 5 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 10 pts 6 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 5 7 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 2 8 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 1 9 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 10 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) Three laps behind 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) Standings after three nights 1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 215 pts One lap down 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 172 pts 3 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 156 4 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 118 Three laps down 5 Danny Stam (Ned) / Peter Schep (Ned) VDK Spaarbank 91 pts Four laps down 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) / Marc Hester (Den) Callant - Groep 112 pts Five laps down 7 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 136 pts Seven laps down 8 Casper Jörgensen (Den) / Jens-Erik Madsen (Den) Jartazi 135 pts 11 laps down 9 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 129 pts 13 laps down 10 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 96 pts 11 Angelo Ciccone (Ita) / Fabio Masotti (Ita) Geka Kaas 65 31 laps down 12 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 75 pts UIV Standings 1 Stijn Steels / Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) 60 pts One lap behind 2 Guy East / Austin Carroll (USA) 41 pts 3 Gert Jan van Immerseel / Maarten Vlasselaer (Bel) 16 Four laps behind 4 Jan Dostal / Jiri Bares (Cze) 32 pts 5 Thomas Sprengers / Simon Verhamme (Bel) 19 6 Andrew Fenn / Luke Rowe (GBr) 15 7 Michael Schweizer / Michael Riedle (Ger) 12 Five laps behind 8 Christian Kos / Jesper Asselman (Ned) 8 pts Six laps behind 9 Jackie Simes / Peter Williams (USA/GBr) 1 Seven laps behind 10 Damien Corthesey / Pierre Kaeslin (Swi) 1 13 laps behind 11 Randy Costermans / Gerrit Broeders (Bel) 5 pts
