November 23/10 14:10 pm - Gent 6 Day UPDATED

Posted by Editoress on 11/23/10
 

We arrived in Gent earlier today and after an afternoon of stolling around town and sampling the local fare and Belgian beer, we are now at the velodrome for the first day of the 2010 6 Day.

Riders in attendance are: Alex Rasmussen, Iljo Keisse, Danny Stam, Robert Bartko, Kenny De Ketelle, Tim Mertens, Tosh Van Der Sande, Luke Roberts, Franco Marvulli, Steven Deneef, Sebastian Donadio, Jen Mouris, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Morkov, Peter Schep, Leon Van Bon, Danilo Hondo, Lief Lampater, Pim Ligthhart, Andreas Muller, Morgan Kneisky, Alexander Aeschbach, Steve Schets, Jeff Vermueulen, Wim Strotigna and Marc Hester.

The first event of the evening (a warm up for the main events Sprints, Madison, Points and Derny races) was the U23 Memorial Fore Madison, 120 laps (40 km) with 12 teams participating.

Results, 120 laps (40 km)

1 Mould/Yates (GBr) 20 pts
2 Carver/Law (Aus) 15 pts
3 Imhof/Dillier (Sui)  11 pts
4 Deweer/Ligneel (Bel) 3 pts (-1lap)
5 De Merlier/Buysse (Bel) 3 pts (-2laps)

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The infield

Yates and Mould hand off

Britian beats Australia

Klassementssprinten (Team Sprint/Madisson)
1 Rasmussen/Morkov, 10 pts
2 Mouris/Strotigna, 8
3 Madsen/Hester, 7
4 De Ketell/Lampater, 7
5 Stam/Van Bon, 6
6 Mertens/Ligthart, 5
7 Bartko/Honda, 5
8 Van Der Sande/Muller, 4
9 Roberts/Kneisky, 4
10 Keisse/Schep, 4
11 Donadio/Vermueulen, 2
12 Daneef/Schets, 2
13 Marvulli/Aeschbachm 2

Ploegafvalling (Miss and out)
1 Stam/Van Bon, 20 pts
2 Rasmussen/Morkov, 10
3 De Ketell/Lampater, 10
4 Keisse/Schep, 8
5 Bartko/Honda, 6
6 Mertens/Ligthart, 4
7 Mouris/Strotigna
8 Marvulli/Aeschbach
9 Donadio/Vermueulen
10 Daneef/Schets
11 Van Der Sande/Muller
12 Roberts/Kneisky
13 Madsen/Hester

3 Barrnronde 166m (2 man sprint)
1 Rasmussen/Morkov, 0:08.83
2 Keisse/Schep, 0:08.85
3 Marvulli/Aeschbach, 0:08.88
4 Mertens/Ligthart, 0:08.89
5 Daneef/Schets, 0:08.98
6 De Ketell/Lampater, 0:09.03
7 Mouris/Strotigna, 0:09.06
8 Madsen/Hester, 0:09.13
9 Van Der Sande/Muller, 0:09.14
10 Donadio/Vermueulen, 0:09.20
11 Stam/Van Bon, 0:09.21
12 Roberts/Kneisky, 0:09.31
13 Bartko/Honda, 0:09.41