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6-Daagse van Rotterdam, Rotterdam - 6D2

Netherlands, January 2-7, 2009

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Day 6 - January 7:

Photography

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• Amy Pieters leads the elimination.
• Shelley Olds looks to have the elimination in hand out of turn four.
• Michael Vingerling and Nick Stöpler battle for the top spot of the podium in the last race of the UIV Talent Cup.
• Mark Christian and Andrew Fenn dug deep to defend their lead all week.
• Raymond Kreder and Michel Kreder.
• Marianne Vos leads the final four in the elimination.
• Yondi Schmidt in the team sprint.
• Theo Bos in the team sprint.
• The bike of Juan Llaneras , 4-time World points race champ, 3-time world madison champ, 2008 Olympic points race gold medalist...and winner of the Rotterdam 6.
• Chris Hoy
• Andrea Wolfer gets thrown in.
• The British duo of Alex Greenfield and Katie Colclough.
• Kristen Wild throws Vera Koedooder to another victory in the madison.
• The 17-year-old Dutch duo of Lotte van Hoek and Amy Pieters give a glimpse into the future of Dutch track racing, taking fourth overall for the week.
• American Shelley Olds throws in Sisy van Alebeek.
• Yondi Schmidt at full speed in his 200m TT.
• A packed house on day six in Rotterdam.

Results

1 Peter Schep (Ned) / Juan Llaneras (Spa)                284 pts
2 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Danny Stam (Ned)                    274

One lap behind
3 Leif Lampater (Ger) / Franco Marvulli (Swi)            341
4 Andreas Beikirch / Robert Bartko (Ger)                 256

Three laps behind
5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Kenny De Ketele (Bel)             230

Five laps behind
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) / Wim Stroetinga (Ned)              209

Ten laps behind
7 Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned)                         142

Eleven laps behind
8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)     157

Sixteen laps behind
9 Andreas Müller (Ger) / Aart Vierhouten (Ned)            46

Twenty laps behind
10 Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) / Marc Hester (Den)           114

Twenty-two laps behind
11 Pim Ligthart / Jeff Vermeulen (Ned)                    92

Twenty-five laps behind
12 Bas Gilling (Ned) / Dmitri De Fauw (Bel)               73

Twenty-eight laps behind
13 Thomas Dekker / Jens Mouris (Ned)                      83