Six Days of Groningen explained

Six Days of Groningen
Region:Groningen, Netherlands
Localnames:Groninger zesdaagse
Discipline:Track
Type:Six-day racing
Number:4
Final:1979
Firstwinner:
Mostwins:
(2 wins)
Mostrecent:

The Six Days of Groningen was a short-lived six-day track cycling race held annually in Groningen, Netherlands.[1]

It was contested in the Martinihal Groningen from 1970 to 1972. After 2 successful editions, the public interest for the 1972 Six Days became so poor that the financial balance was negative.

In 1979, the race was organized again as part of an event Topsport' 79 (which also included basketball and athletics), but once more the public interest was minimal. It turned out to be the final edition.[2]

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
1970 Jan Janssen
Peter Post
Klaus Bugdahl
Dieter Kemper
Graeme Gilmore
Sigi Renz
1971 Klaus Bugdahl
Dieter Kemper
Fritz Pfenninger
Peter Post
Leo Duyndam
René Pijnen
1972 Klaus Bugdahl
Dieter Kemper
Graeme Gilmore
Theo Verschueren
René Pijnen
Norbert Seeuws
1973-1978No editions
1979 Wilfried Peffgen
René Pijnen
Albert Fritz
Patrick Sercu
Roman Hermann
Horst Schütz

References

  1. Web site: 2022 . Six-days Groningen . FirstCycling.com . en.
  2. Web site: 6 jours de Groningue / Groningen (Pays-Bas) . 31 December 2021 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.