Keisse and Stam rally to win Rotterdam
By Cycling News published
Final Madison elevates Keisse/Stam over Risi/Marvulli
Belgium's Illjo Keisse and Dutchman Danny Stam won the Rotterdam Six Day, besting the Swiss pair of Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli by 11 points in a dramatic evening of racing.
Keisse and Stam entered the final night with a tenuous two-point lead over Risi/Marvulli, and the Swiss duo quickly moved into the lead after winning the opening points race. The Swiss remained in the lead through the team elimination but lost the lead to Keisse/Stam by four points after the points race.
Keisse/Stam added one point to their lead after the derny event, but relinquished the lead yet again to Risi/Marvulli after the Swiss duo won the team trial. Entering the evening's finale, the Madison, Keisse/Stam trailed the Swiss by seven points, but the Belgian/Dutch duo dominated the event beating Risi/Marvulli by 18 points to take an 11-point win overall.
"Winning this race wasn't easy," said Keisse. "The competition was fierce, there were no less than six teams remaining in the last night for final victory. The contest became even more complicated on Friday evening when Danny and I fell. As a result we had to fight race after race, staying intensely focused.
"However, this made our victory even sweeter. I'm happy and proud that I've also won the first race of the season for team Quick Step. I hope this is a good omen for important victories to come for the entire team in 2010.
"Now I'm looking forward to the Six Days of Bremen where I'll be riding paired with Robert Bartko. We already won this race together in 2008. A repeat would be wonderful," said Keisse.
1 | Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) | 10 | pts |
2 | Danny Stam / Iljo Keisse (Ned/Bel) | 6 | |
3 | Sebastian Donadio / Marc Hester (Arg/Den) | 5 | |
4 | Michael Mørkøv / Alex Rasmussen (Den) | 4 | |
5 | Michael Vingerling / Nick Stöpler (Ned) | 3 | |
6 | Leif Lampater / Léon van Bon (Ger/Ned) | 2 | |
7 | Kenny De Ketele / Pim Ligthart (Bel/Ned) | ||
8 | Peter Schep / Theo Bos (Ned) | ||
9 | Arno van der Zwet / Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) | ||
10 | Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned) | ||
11 | Raymond Kreder / Michel Kreder | ||
12 | Kenny van Hummel / Andreas Beikirch (Ned/Ger) | ||
13 | Jens Mouris / Bobbie Traksel (Ned) | ||
14 | Roy Pieters / Ismaël Kip (Ned) |
1 | Michael Mørkøv / Alex Rasmussen (Den) | 20 | pts |
2 | Kenny De Ketele / Pim Ligthart (Bel/Ned) | 12 | |
3 | Roy Pieters / Ismaël Kip (Ned) | 10 | |
4 | Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned) | 8 | |
5 | Raymond Kreder / Michel Kreder | 6 | |
6 | Kenny van Hummel / Andreas Beikirch (Ned/Ger) | 4 | |
7 | Leif Lampater / Léon van Bon (Ger/Ned) | ||
8 | Peter Schep / Theo Bos (Ned) | ||
9 | Danny Stam / Iljo Keisse (Ned/Bel) | ||
10 | Arno van der Zwet / Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) | ||
11 | Jens Mouris / Bobbie Traksel (Ned) | ||
12 | Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) | ||
13 | Michael Vingerling / Nick Stöpler (Ned) | ||
14 | Sebastian Donadio / Marc Hester (Arg/Den) |
1 | Sebastian Donadio / Marc Hester (Arg/Den) | 10 | pts |
2 | Danny Stam / Iljo Keisse (Ned/Bel) | 6 | |
3 | Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned) | 5 | |
4 | Roy Pieters / Ismaël Kip (Ned) | 4 | |
5 | Peter Schep / Theo Bos (Ned) | 3 | |
6 | Michael Mørkøv / Alex Rasmussen (Den) | 2 | |
7 | Arno van der Zwet / Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) | ||
8 | Jens Mouris / Bobbie Traksel (Ned) | ||
9 | Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) | ||
10 | Raymond Kreder / Michel Kreder | ||
11 | Leif Lampater / Léon van Bon (Ger/Ned) | ||
12 | Kenny van Hummel / Andreas Beikirch (Ned/Ger) | ||
13 | Michael Vingerling / Nick Stöpler (Ned) | ||
14 | Kenny De Ketele / Pim Ligthart (Bel/Ned) |
1 | De Ketele K-Vaarten | 5 | pts |
2 | Pronk M-Zijlaard J | 4 | |
3 | Keisse I-Huybrechts | 3 | |
4 | Risi B-Zijlaard R | 2 | |
5 | Traksel B-Bakker | 1 | |
6 | Bon v L-Stam C | ||
7 | Rasmussen A-Schoefs |
1 | Peter Schep / Theo Bos (Ned) | 0:00:21.383 |
2 | Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) | 0:00:21.969 |
3 | Michael Mørkøv / Alex Rasmussen (Den) | 0:00:22.023 |
4 | Sebastian Donadio / Marc Hester (Arg/Den) | 0:00:22.383 |
5 | Leif Lampater / Léon van Bon (Ger/Ned) | 0:00:22.477 |
6 | Michael Vingerling / Nick Stöpler (Ned) | 0:00:22.500 |
7 | Kenny De Ketele / Pim Ligthart (Bel/Ned) | 0:00:22.773 |
8 | Danny Stam / Iljo Keisse (Ned/Bel) | 0:00:22.867 |
9 | Roy Pieters / Ismaël Kip (Ned) | 0:00:22.875 |
10 | Arno van der Zwet / Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) | 0:00:22.906 |
11 | Kenny van Hummel / Andreas Beikirch (Ned/Ger) | 0:00:22.969 |
12 | Raymond Kreder / Michel Kreder | 0:00:23.039 |
13 | Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned) | 0:00:23.230 |
14 | Jens Mouris / Bobbie Traksel (Ned) | 0:00:23.508 |
1 | Danny Stam / Iljo Keisse (Ned/Bel) | 42 | pts |
2 | Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) | 24 | |
3 | Michael Mørkøv / Alex Rasmussen (Den) | 24 | |
4 | Leif Lampater / Léon van Bon (Ger/Ned) | 12 | |
5 | Kenny De Ketele / Pim Ligthart (Bel/Ned) | 4 | |
6 | Peter Schep / Theo Bos (Ned) | 4 | |
7 | Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned) | -2laps | |
8 | Roy Pieters / Ismaël Kip (Ned) | -4laps | |
9 | Sebastian Donadio / Marc Hester (Arg/Den) | ||
10 | Arno van der Zwet / Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) | ||
11 | Jens Mouris / Bobbie Traksel (Ned) | ||
12 | Michael Vingerling / Nick Stöpler (Ned) | -5laps | |
13 | Kenny van Hummel / Andreas Beikirch (Ned/Ger) | ||
14 | Raymond Kreder / Michel Kreder | -6laps |
1 | Danny Stam / Iljo Keisse (Ned/Bel) | 295 | pts |
2 | Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi) | 284 | |
3 | Michael Mørkøv / Alex Rasmussen (Den) | 267 | -1lap |
4 | Leif Lampater / Léon van Bon (Ger/Ned) | 251 | |
5 | Peter Schep / Theo Bos (Ned) | 226 | |
6 | Kenny De Ketele / Pim Ligthart (Bel/Ned) | 175 | -2laps |
7 | Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk (Ned) | 103 | -9laps |
8 | Kenny van Hummel / Andreas Beikirch (Ned/Ger) | 80 | -14laps |
9 | Sebastian Donadio / Marc Hester (Arg/Den) | 141 | -18laps |
10 | Arno van der Zwet / Geert-Jan Jonkman (Ned) | 74 | -19laps |
11 | Roy Pieters / Ismaël Kip (Ned) | 49 | -21laps |
12 | Jens Mouris / Bobbie Traksel (Ned) | 37 | |
13 | Michael Vingerling / Nick Stöpler (Ned) | 61 | -24laps |
14 | Raymond Kreder / Michel Kreder | 59 | -31laps |
1 | Dominik Stucki / Mickaël Jeanin | 26 | pts |
2 | Barry Markus / Jesper Mørkøv | 18 | |
3 | Mike Terpstra / Bouke Kuiper | 14 | |
4 | Bastian Faltin / Tino Thömel | 12 | |
5 | Kabie Lenzi / Michele Scartezini | 12 | |
6 | Bram Imming / Willy Heeneman | 8 | |
7 | Gert-Jan van Immerzeel / Glenn Foubert | 8 | |
8 | Didier Caspers / Bart Harmsen | ||
9 | Jan Dostal / Ondrej Veijdosky | 10 | -3laps |
10 | Timothy Kennaugh / Christopher Whorrall | 2 | |
11 | Dennis Kreder / Wesley Kreder |
1 | Bram Imming / Willy Heeneman | 16 | pts |
2 | Barry Markus / Jesper Mørkøv | 61 | -1lap |
3 | Bastian Faltin / Tino Thömel | 46 | |
4 | Dominik Stucki / Mickaël Jeanin | 44 | |
5 | Mike Terpstra / Bouke Kuiper | 27 | |
6 | Gert-Jan van Immerzeel / Glenn Foubert | 23 | |
7 | Kabie Lenzi / Michele Scartezini | 12 | |
8 | Didier Caspers / Bart Harmsen | 7 | |
9 | Jan Dostal / Ondrej Veijdosky | 43 | -4laps |
10 | Dennis Kreder / Wesley Kreder | 26 | -5laps |
11 | Timothy Kennaugh / Christopher Whorrall | 3 | -6laps |
1 | Vera Koedooder / Kirsten Wild (Ned) | 10 | pts |
2 | Kelly Druyts / Jolien D'Hoore (Ned) | 6 | |
3 | Alex Greenfield / Ruby Miller (GBr) | 5 | |
4 | Katie Colclough / Lucy Martin (GBr) | 4 | |
5 | Amy Pieters / Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) | 3 | |
6 | Eva Heijmans / Colleen Gulick (Ned) | 2 | |
7 | Marlijn Binnendijk / Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) | ||
8 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan / Kacey Manderfield (USA) | ||
9 | Samantha van Steenis / Pelin Cizgin (Ned) | ||
10 | Joan Boskamp / Nina Kessler (Ned) | ||
11 | Elsie van Hage / Kim van Dijk (Ned) |
1 | Vera Koedooder / Kirsten Wild (Ned) | 10 | pts |
2 | Amy Pieters / Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) | 6 | |
3 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan / Kacey Manderfield (USA) | 5 | |
4 | Kelly Druyts / Jolien D'Hoore (Ned) | 4 | |
5 | Elsie van Hage / Kim van Dijk (Ned) | 3 | |
6 | Alex Greenfield / Ruby Miller (GBr) | 2 | |
7 | Eva Heijmans / Colleen Gulick (Ned) | ||
8 | Katie Colclough / Lucy Martin (GBr) | ||
9 | Marlijn Binnendijk / Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) | ||
10 | Joan Boskamp / Nina Kessler (Ned) | ||
11 | Samantha van Steenis / Pelin Cizgin (Ned) |
1 | Kelly Druyts / Jolien D'Hoore (Ned) | 26 | pts |
2 | Amy Pieters / Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) | 16 | |
3 | Vera Koedooder / Kirsten Wild (Ned) | 14 | |
4 | Katie Colclough / Lucy Martin (GBr) | 10 | |
5 | Alex Greenfield / Ruby Miller (GBr) | ||
6 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan / Kacey Manderfield (USA) | ||
7 | Elsie van Hage / Kim van Dijk (Ned) | -2laps | |
8 | Samantha van Steenis / Pelin Cizgin (Ned) | ||
9 | Joan Boskamp / Nina Kessler (Ned) | ||
10 | Marlijn Binnendijk / Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) | ||
11 | Eva Heijmans / Colleen Gulick (Ned) | -5laps |
1 | Vera Koedooder / Kirsten Wild (Ned) | 200 | pts |
2 | Kelly Druyts / Jolien D'Hoore (Ned) | 136 | |
3 | Amy Pieters / Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) | 129 | |
4 | Katie Colclough / Lucy Martin (GBr) | 67 | |
5 | Alex Greenfield / Ruby Miller (GBr) | 67 | |
6 | Theresa Cliff-Ryan / Kacey Manderfield (USA) | 69 | -1lap |
7 | Samantha van Steenis / Pelin Cizgin (Ned) | 16 | -6laps |
8 | Joan Boskamp / Nina Kessler (Ned) | 6 | -7laps |
9 | Elsie van Hage / Kim van Dijk (Ned) | 28 | -8laps |
10 | Marlijn Binnendijk / Liesbeth Bakker (Ned) | 8 | -10laps |
11 | Eva Heijmans / Colleen Gulick (Ned) | 2 | -21laps |
1 | Grégory Baugé (Fra) | 1 |
2 | Tim Veldt (Ned) | 2 |
3 | Kasper Jessen (Den) | 3 |
4 | Roy van den Berg (Ned) | 4 |
5 | Yorick Bos (Ned) | 5 |
6 | Dean Tracy (USA) | 6 |
7 | Teun Mulder (Ned) | 7 |
1 | Bauge - Mulder | 0:00:21.484 |
2 | Bauge - Berg vd | 0:00:21.677 |
3 | Veldt - Mulder | 0:00:21.805 |
4 | Bauge - Bos | 0:00:21.856 |
5 | Veldt - Berg vd | 0:00:21.875 |
6 | Mulder - Jessen | 0:00:21.901 |
7 | Bauge - Jessen | 0:00:22.023 |
8 | Mulder - Berg vd | |
9 | Mulder - Bos | 0:00:22.094 |
10 | Mulder - Tracey | 0:00:22.214 |
11 | Berg vd -Jessen | 0:00:22.229 |
12 | Veldt - Haak | 0:00:22.284 |
13 | Veldt - Jessen | 0:00:22.383 |
14 | Bos - Tracey | 0:00:22.453 |
15 | Berg vd - Haak | 0:00:22.531 |
16 | Bos - Haak | 0:00:22.602 |
17 | Veldt - Bos | 0:00:22.615 |
18 | Bauge - Tracey | 0:00:22.625 |
19 | Bos - Jessen | 0:00:22.742 |
20 | Tracey - Veldt | 0:00:22.756 |
21 | Tracey - Berg vd | 0:00:22.773 |
1 | Grégory Baugé (Fra) | 0:00:10.375 |
2 | Teun Mulder (Ned) | 0:00:10.668 |
3 | Roy van den Berg (Ned) | 0:00:10.891 |
4 | Tim Veldt (Ned) | 0:00:10.922 |
5 | Kasper Jessen (Den) | 0:00:11.023 |
6 | Yorick Bos (Ned) | 0:00:11.039 |
7 | Dean Tracy (USA) | 0:00:11.234 |
1 | Grégory Baugé (Fra) | 1 |
2 | Teun Mulder (Ned) | 2 |
3 | Roy van den Berg (Ned) | 3 |
4 | Tim Veldt (Ned) | 4 |
5 | Kasper Jessen (Den) | 5 |
6 | Yorick Bos (Ned) | 6 |
7 | Dean Tracy (USA) | 7 |
1 | Teun Mulder (Ned) | 38 | pts |
2 | Grégory Baugé (Fra) | 44 | |
3 | Tim Veldt (Ned) | 55 | |
4 | Roy van den Berg (Ned) | 72 | |
5 | Kasper Jessen (Den) | 96 | |
6 | Yorick Bos (Ned) | 100 | |
7 | Dean Tracy (USA) | 120 |

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