Lampater and De Ketele claim opening night honours
Experienced German duo Bartko and Hondo sit in second
The Belgian-German pair of Kenny De Ketele and Leif Lampater are the first leaders of the Gent Six Day after winning the first Madison and taking a lap on all but one of their rivals. The pair were consistent performers throughout the evening's events, with De Ketele also winning his derny heat and the derny final, and finished with 65 points.
"I could not wish for more than to be in the lead after the first day," De Ketele told Sporza.
The German duo of Robert Bartko and Danilo Hondo were the only other team to finish on the lead lap and they trail De Ketele and Lampater by 15 points in second place.
Local hero Iljo Keisse started the Six Day with a cold and struggled in the opening sprints competition. But he and Dutch partner Peter Schep bounced back to finish second in the one-lap time trial followed later by a win for Keisse in the elimination. The pair scored the most points for the evening, 68, and hold third overall, the best of eight teams currently one lap off the pace.
"That's not too bad," Keisse told Sporza. "I had some difficult moments, but racing is always difficult. I hope to recover well and get better."
Defending champions Alex Rasmussen and Michael Morkov finished in fourth after the first night of racing, one lap down with 58 points. The Danish pair won the opening sprints event and nearly swept the timed competitions, with a win in the 166m flying lap followed later by a close second place finish to Switzerland's Franco Marvulli and Alexander Aeschbach in the 500m time trial. They lost a lap in the first Madison, but are still very much in contention to repeat their victory in the Gent Six Day.
Full Results
1 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 10 | pts |
2 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 8 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | 7 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 5 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 5 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | 4 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 4 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 1 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
1 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 20 | pts |
2 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | Row 8 - Cell 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | Row 9 - Cell 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | Row 10 - Cell 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | Row 11 - Cell 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | Row 12 - Cell 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
1 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 0:00:08.83 |
2 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 0:00:08.85 |
3 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 0:00:08.88 |
4 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 0:00:08.89 |
5 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | 0:00:08.98 |
6 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 0:00:09.03 |
7 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 0:00:09.06 |
8 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | 0:00:09.13 |
9 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | 0:00:09.14 |
10 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 0:00:09.20 |
11 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 0:00:09.21 |
12 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | 0:00:09.31 |
13 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 0:00:09.41 |
1 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 20 | pts |
2 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 10 | -1lap |
4 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | Row 8 - Cell 2 | -2laps |
10 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | Row 9 - Cell 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | Row 10 - Cell 2 | -3laps |
12 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | Row 11 - Cell 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | Row 12 - Cell 2 | -5laps |
1 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Mercator Verzekeringen | 5 | pts |
2 | Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | Row 5 - Cell 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 10 | pts |
2 | Franco Marvulli (Swi) VDK | 6 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 5 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Marc Hester (Den) AVS | 4 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 3 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Robert Bartko (Ger) Lotto | 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Luke Roberts (Aus) ADMB | Row 8 - Cell 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Danny Stam (Ned) AA Drink | Row 9 - Cell 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Euro Tyre | Row 10 - Cell 2 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Caruur | Row 11 - Cell 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | Row 12 - Cell 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
1 | Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 5 | pts |
2 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Marc Hester (Den) AVS | Row 5 - Cell 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 0:00:28.36 |
2 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 0:00:28.44 |
3 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 0:00:28.55 |
4 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 0:00:28.81 |
5 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 0:00:28.89 |
6 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 0:00:28.90 |
7 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 0:00:28.97 |
8 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | 0:00:29.04 |
9 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 0:00:29.21 |
10 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | 0:00:29.24 |
11 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | 0:00:29.50 |
12 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | 0:00:30.05 |
13 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 0:00:30.10 |
1 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Mercator Verzekeringen | 5 | pts |
2 | Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | Row 5 - Cell 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
1 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 17 | pts |
2 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | 8 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 8 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 3 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | 1 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 1 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | Row 12 - Cell 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
1 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 20 | pts |
2 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 10 | -1lap |
4 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 4 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | Row 8 - Cell 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | Row 9 - Cell 2 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | Row 10 - Cell 2 | -2laps |
12 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | Row 11 - Cell 2 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | Row 12 - Cell 2 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
1 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mercator Verzekeringen | 65 | pts |
2 | Robert Bartko / Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lotto | 50 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Peter Schep (Ned) John Saey - Mega Deschacht | 68 | -1lap |
4 | Alex Rasmussen / Michael Morkov (Den) Callant Verzekeringen - Santens | 58 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Franco Marvulli / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) VDK | 52 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Tim Mertens (Bel) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Topsport Vlaanderen | 47 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Danny Stam / Leon Van Bon (Ned) AA Drink | 41 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Jens Mouris / Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Caruur | 27 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Luke Roberts (Aus) / Morgan Kneisky (Fra) ADMB | 20 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den) AVS | 19 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Sebastian Donadio (Arg) / Jeff Vermeulen (Bel) Geka Kaas - Oudendijk | 15 | -4laps |
12 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) / Andreas Müller (Ger) Euro Tyre | 6 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Steven De Neef / Steve Schets (Bel) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen | 9 | -6laps |
1 | Jonathan Mould / Simon Yates (GBr) | 20 | pts |
2 | Alex Carver / Jackson Law (Aus) | 15 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Claudio Imhof / Silvan Dillier (Swi) | 11 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jochen de Weer / Brian Ligneel (Bel) | 3 | -1lap |
5 | Giovanni de Merlier / Lennert Buysse (Bel) | 3 | -2laps |
6 | Sebastian Lander / Christian Kreutzfeldt (Den) | 3 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Giovanni Longo / Bonifazio Nicolo (Ita) | Row 6 - Cell 2 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Didier Caspers / Bart Harmsen (Ned) | Row 7 - Cell 2 | -3laps |
9 | Daniel McLay / Owain Doull (GBr) | Row 8 - Cell 2 | -4laps |
10 | Justin Williams / Jesse Marans (USA) | Row 9 - Cell 2 | -10laps |
11 | Francesco van Coppernolle (Bel) / Christopher Magic (NZl) | Row 10 - Cell 2 | -11laps |
12 | Jauffrey Betouigt-Suire / Florian Legrandois (Fra) | Row 11 - Cell 2 | -15laps |
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