Six Days of Ghent

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The Six Days of Ghent (Dutch: Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium.

It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's Citadelpark.

The 2006 event from 21 to 26 November was marred by the death of one of the riders. During the fifth day's racing, Isaac Gálvez of Spain rode into the barrier edging the outside of the track and died on his way to hospital.

The race director at Ghent is the former six-day rider and world record holder, Patrick Sercu.

The 2007 event took place from 20 to 25 November.

[edit] List of winning teams of the Six Days of Ghent

1922 Flag of Belgium Marcel Buysse Flag of Switzerland Oscar Egg
1923 Flag of Belgium Lucien Buysse Flag of Belgium Victor Standaert
1924 Flag of Belgium Alois Persijn Flag of Belgium Jules Verschelden
1925 Flag of Belgium César Debaets Flag of Belgium Jules Van Hevel
1926 Flag of Belgium César Debaets Flag of Belgium Emile Thollembeek
1927 Flag of Belgium Maurice Dewolf Flag of Belgium Hilaire Hellebaut
1936 Flag of Belgium Camile De Kuysscher Flag of Belgium Albert Billiet
1937 Flag of the Netherlands Frans Slaats Flag of the Netherlands Kees Pellenaars
1947 Flag of the Netherlands Gerrit Schulte Flag of the Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
1948 Flag of Belgium Achiel Bruneel Flag of Belgium Camile De Kuysscher
1949 Flag of the Netherlands Gerrit Schulte Flag of the Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
1950 Flag of the Netherlands Gerrit Schulte Flag of the Netherlands Gerard Peters
1951 Flag of Belgium René Adriaensens Flag of Belgium Albert Bruylandt
1952 Flag of Switzerland Walter Bücher Flag of Switzerland Armin Von Büren
1953 Flag of Belgium Achiel Bruneel Flag of Belgium Arsène Rijckaert
1954 Flag of Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen Flag of Belgium Stan Ockers
1955 (Feb) Flag of Luxembourg Lucien Gillen Flag of Italy Fernando Terruzi
1955 (Nov) Flag of Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen Flag of Belgium Emiel Severeyns
1956 Flag of Australia Reginald Arnold Flag of Italy Fernando Terruzi
1957 Flag of Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen Flag of Belgium Fred De Bruyne
1958 Flag of Australia Reginand Arnold Flag of Belgium Rik Van Looy
1959 Flag of Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen Flag of Belgium Fred De Bruyne
1960 Flag of Belgium Rik Van Looy Flag of the Netherlands Peter Post
1961 Flag of Belgium Rik Van Looy Flag of the Netherlands Peter Post
1965 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium Eddy Merckx
1966 Flag of the Netherlands Peter Post Flag of Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1967 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium Eddy Merckx
1968 Flag of the Netherlands Peter Post Flag of the Netherlands Leo Duyndam
1969 Flag of Germany Rudi Altig Flag of Germany Sigi Renz
1970 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium Jean-Pierre Monseré
1971 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu} Flag of Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
1972 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium Julien Stevens
1973 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Australia Graeme Gilmore
1974 Flag of AustraliaGraeme Gilmore Flag of Belgium Julien Stevens
1975 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium Eddy Merckx
1976 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of Australia Donald Allan
1977 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Belgium Eddy Merckx
1978 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of the Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1979 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of Australia Donald Allan
1980 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Germany Albert Fritz
1981 Flag of Belgium Patrick Sercu Flag of Denmark Gert Frank
1982 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of Australia Donald Allan
1983 Flag of the Netherlands René Pijnen Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde
1984 Flag of DenmarkGert Frank Flag of Denmark Hans Henrik Ørsted
1985 Flag of Belgium Stan Tourné Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde
1986 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of the United Kingdom Tony Doyle
1987 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde
1988 Flag of Switzerland Urs Freuler Flag of Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
1989 Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde Flag of Belgium Stan Tourné
1990 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of Germany Roland Günther
1991 Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde Flag of the United Kingdom Tony Doyle
1992 Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde Flag of Denmark Jens Veggerby
1993 Flag of Switzerland Bruno Risi Flag of Switzerland Kurt Betschart
1994 Flag of Australia Danny Clark Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde
1995 Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde Flag of Germany Andreas Kappes
1996 Flag of Switzerland Bruno Risi Flag of Switzerland Kurt Betschart
1997 Flag of Belgium Etienne De Wilde Flag of Australia Matthew Gilmore
1998 Flag of Italy Silvio Martinello Flag of Italy Marco Villa
1999 Flag of Denmark Jimmi Madsen Flag of Australia Scott McGrory
2000
 		 Flag of Belgium Matthew Gilmore
(Matthew Gilmore became Belgian in 1998)		 Flag of Italy Silvio Martinello
 
2001 Flag of Belgium Matthew Gilmore Flag of Australia Scott McGrory
2002 Flag of Switzerland Bruno Risi Flag of Switzerland Kurt Betschart
2003 Flag of Belgium Matthew Gilmore Flag of the United Kingdom Bradley Wiggins
2004 Flag of the Netherlands Robert Slippens Flag of the Netherlands Danny Stam
2005 Flag of Belgium Matthew Gilmore Flag of Belgium Iljo Keisse
2006
 		 No winners Note: Robert Bartko and Iljo Keisse were leading when Isaac Gálvez crashed and died during the fifth day. Due to his death, the race was cancelled and no winners declared.[1]
2007 Flag of Belgium Iljo Keisse Flag of Germany Robert Bartko [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Keisse and Bartko claim Rotterdam six day", Cyclingnews.com, 2007-01-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-28. "for the man who had been deprived of glory after the horrific death of Galvez in Gent" 
  2. ^ "'Home team' Keisse and Bartko take Madison and race overall in dramatic finish", Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-26. 

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