Six Days of Ghent explained

Six Days of Ghent
Date:November
Region:Ghent, Belgium
Localnames:Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent
Discipline:Track
Type:Six-day racing
Number:82 (as of 2023)

The Six Days of Ghent (Dutch; Flemish: 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 66th running of this event from 21 to 26 November 2006 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 event includes the Memorial Patrick Sercu madison, named after the former race director at Ghent and holder of the world record for number of six-day victories, Patrick Sercu, who died in 2019.

The 69th running took place from 24 to 29 November 2009. A Danish team formed by Alex Rasmussen and his companion Michael Mørkøv won with a 3-point difference. The previous year's winner, Iljo Keisse, ended second.

The 70th running was held from 23 to 28 November 2010.

The track used for the event, the Kuipke, is measured at 166.66 m, with steep side banks surrounding the track.

List of winning teams

YearWinnersSecondThird
1922 Marcel Buysse
Oscar Egg
Lucien Buysse
Henri Van Lerberghe
Henri Wynsdau
Théodore Wynsdau
1923 Lucien Buysse
Victor Standaert
Henri Frederickx
John Van Ruysseveldt
André Narcy
Camille Narcy
1924 Aloïs Persijn
Jules Verschelden
Lucien Buysse
Jules Van Hevel
Kamiel De Clercq
Julien Delbecque
1925 César Debaets
Jules Van Hevel
Aloïs Persijn
Jules Verschelden
Lucien Buysse
Emile Thollembeek
1926 César Debaets
Emile Thollembeek
Victor Standaert
René Vermandel
Louis Maes
Isidoor Méchant
1927 Maurice Dewolf
Hilaire Hellebaut
Oscar Daemers
Albert Maes
Raphaël Fonteyne
Karel Clapdorp
No race
1936 Albert Billiet
Camile Dekuysscher
Kees Pellenaars
Frans Slaats
Gustav Kilian
Heinz Vöpel
No race
1938 Kees Pellenaars
Frans Slaats
Albert Billiet
Albert Buysse
Frans van den Broek
Louis van Schijndel
No race due to World War II
1947 Gerrit Boeijen
Gerrit Schulte
Robert Naeye
Rik Van Steenbergen
Camile Dekuysscher
Albert Sercu
1948 Achiel Bruneel
Camile Dekuysscher
René Adriaenssens
Albert Bruylandt
Albert Sercu
Fernand Spelte
1949 Gerrit Boeijen
Gerrit Schulte
Marcel Kint
Rik Van Steenbergen
Reginald Arnold
Alfred Strom
1950 Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
Robert Naeye
Rik Van Steenbergen
Achiel Bruneel
Albert Bruylandt
1951 René Adriaenssens
Albert Bruylandt
Achiel Bruneel
Rik Van Steenbergen
Reginald Arnold
Alfred Strom
1952 Walter Bucher
Armin Von Bueren
Gérard Buyl
Valère Ollivier
Arthur Mommerency
Henri Tytgat
1953 Achiel Bruneel
Arsène Rijckaert
Reginald Arnold
Alfred Strom
Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
1954 Stan Ockers
Rik Van Steenbergen
Lucien Acou
Achiel Bruneel
Lucien Gillen
Ferdinando Terruzzi
1955 (1) Lucien Gillen
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Dominique Forlini
Georges Senfftleben
Stan Ockers
Rik Van Steenbergen
1955 (2) Emile Severeyns
Rik Van Steenbergen
Stan Ockers
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Reginald Arnold
Fred De Bruyne
1956 Reginald Arnold
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Emile Severeyns
Rik Van Steenbergen
Walter Bucher
Jean Roth
1957 Fred De Bruyne
Rik Van Steenbergen
Reginald Arnold
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Gerrit Schulte
Willy Vannitsen
1958 Reginald Arnold
Rik Van Looy
Emile Severeyns
Rik Van Steenbergen
Gerrit Schulte
Ferdinando Terruzzi
1959 Fred De Bruyne
Rik Van Steenbergen
André Darrigade
Gerrit Schulte
Reginald Arnold
Michel Van Aerde
1960 Peter Post
Rik Van Looy
Emile Severeyns
Rik Van Steenbergen
Reginald Arnold
José Denoyette
1961 Peter Post
Rik Van Looy
Emile Severeyns
Rik Van Steenbergen
Klaus Bugdahl
Arthur De Cabooter
No editions due to the destruction of the Sportpaleis Gent by a fire and the construction of 't Kuipke
1965 Eddy Merckx
Patrick Sercu
Peter Post
Tom Simpson
Emile Severeyns
Rik Van Steenbergen
1966 Fritz Pfenninger
Peter Post
Klaus Bugdahl
Patrick Sercu
Rudi Altig
Sigi Renz
1967 Eddy Merckx
Patrick Sercu
Freddy Eugen
Palle Lykke Jensen
Fritz Pfenninger
Peter Post
1968 Leo Duyndam
Peter Post
Patrick Sercu
Rik Van Looy
Fritz Pfenninger
Louis Pfenninger
1969 Rudi Altig
Sigi Renz
Patrick Sercu
Alain Van Lancker
Peter Post
Norbert Seeuws
1970 Jean-Pierre Monseré
Patrick Sercu
Roger De Vlaeminck
Peter Post
Graeme Gilmore
Julien Stevens
1971 Roger De Vlaeminck
Patrick Sercu
Ferdinand Bracke
Peter Post
Julien Stevens
Théo Verschueren
1972 Patrick Sercu
Julien Stevens
Norbert Seeuws
Alain Van Lancker
Graeme Gilmore
Walter Godefroot
1973 Graeme Gilmore
Patrick Sercu
Leo Duyndam
René Pijnen
Cees Stam
Théo Verschueren
1974 Graeme Gilmore
Julien Stevens
Sigi Renz
Patrick Sercu
René Pijnen
Roy Schuiten
1975 Eddy Merckx
Patrick Sercu
Graeme Gilmore
Julien Stevens
Klaus Bugdahl
Alain Van Lancker
1976 Donald Allan
Danny Clark
Patrick Sercu
Ferdi Van Den Haute
Graeme Gilmore
Julien Stevens
1977 Eddy Merckx
Patrick Sercu
Danny Clark
Freddy Maertens
Albert Fritz
Wilfried Peffgen
1978 Gerrie Knetemann
Patrick Sercu
Danny Clark
Ferdi Van Den Haute
Roman Hermann
Stan Tourné
1979 Donald Allan
Danny Clark
Patrick Sercu
Stan Tourné
René Pijnen
Michel Vaarten
1980 Albert Fritz
Patrick Sercu
Donald Allan
Danny Clark
Willy Debosscher
René Pijnen
1981 Gert Frank
Patrick Sercu
Danny Clark
Etienne De Wilde
Willy Debosscher
René Pijnen
1982 Donald Allan
Danny Clark
Robert Dill-Bundi
Urs Freuler
Roger De Vlaeminck
Patrick Sercu
1983 Etienne De Wilde
René Pijnen
Albert Fritz
Dietrich Thurau
Romain Costermans
Michel Vaarten
1984 Gert Frank
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Etienne De Wilde
Stan Tourné
Danny Clark
Anthony Doyle
1985 Etienne De Wilde
Stan Tourné
Anthony Doyle
Michel Vaarten
Rudy Dhaenens
Roman Hermann
1986 Danny Clark
Anthony Doyle
Etienne De Wilde
Stan Tourné
Gert Frank
Michel Vaarten
1987 Danny Clark
Etienne De Wilde
Roman Hermann
Stan Tourné
Pierangelo Bincoletto
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
1988 Urs Freuler
Roman Hermann
Etienne De Wilde
Stan Tourné
Danny Clark
Anthony Doyle
1989 Etienne De Wilde
Stan Tourné
Danny Clark
Konstantin Khrabtsov
Urs Freuler
Hans-Rüdi Märki
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2006No 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 abandoned and no winners declared.
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2020No race due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
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See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Keisse and Bartko claim Rotterdam six day . 2007-02-28 . 2007-01-10 . Cyclingnews.com . for the man who had been deprived of glory after the horrific death of Galvez in Gent.