Six days Dortmund
The Dortmund six-day race was a traditional cycling event in Dortmund .
The race took place regularly from 1926 to 2008 in Dortmund's Westfalenhalle . Between 1935 and 1951 there was no six-day race in Dortmund. The Westfalenhalle served as a prisoner of war camp during the war and was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1944. After the reconstruction in 1952, the tradition of the Sixdays was continued and the races were resumed.
In Dortmund, a 200 meter long wooden oval was used. The track had a curve superelevation of 45 ° and a width of 6 meters. It was approved for all competitions including races behind heavy pacemaker motorcycles ( standing races ).
As with almost all other six-day races, there was also a pairing at the Dortmund six-day race that was announced to the audience in advance as "the local heroes". This team traditionally rode in black jerseys and the number nine. For example, they had this role
- in the 60s and 70s Dieter Kemper (with Graeme Gilmore and Klaus Bugdahl, among others )
- since the 90s: Rolf Aldag (with, among others, Silvio Martinello and Danny Clark ) and Erik Zabel (with, among others, Bruno Risi and Leif Lampater ), who drove as the standard pair in Dortmund for many years.
The record winner at the Dortmund Sixdays is the Belgian Patrick Sercu with eight wins, his partners were: Gregor Braun , Dietrich Thurau , Freddy Maertens , René Pijnen , Eddy Merckx , Peter Post , Rudi Altig , Alain Van Lancker .
The event was regularly attended by around 80,000 spectators. In addition to sport, an extensive show and entertainment program was offered in Westfalenhalle 2 during the six-day race.
Most recently, the event was organized by "Olympia Consulting GmbH" with Sven Claußmeyer, who had succeeded his father Ernie Claußmeyer , world champion in team pursuit from 1970, as the organizer.
After the withdrawal of the main sponsor, the Rewe Group , the six-day race was canceled in 2009 due to a funding gap of 300,000 euros. Since then, the six-day race, as well as the Great Christmas Prize of the Stayer , which was also organized by the Claussmeyer family, has not taken place. In the summer of 2011, the cycling track in the Westfalenhalle was demolished.
Winner since 1926
| year | winner |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Erik Zabel (De) - Leif Lampater (De) |
| 2007 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Franco Marvulli (Ch) |
| 2006 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Erik Zabel (De) |
| 2005 | Rolf Aldag (De) - Erik Zabel (De) |
| 2004 | Rolf Aldag (De) - Scott McGrory (Aus) |
| 2003 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Kurt Betschart (Ch) |
| 2002 | Andreas Beikirch (De) - Andreas Kappes (De) |
| 2001 | Rolf Aldag (De) - Erik Zabel (De) |
| 2000 | Rolf Aldag (De) - Erik Zabel (De) |
| 1999 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Kurt Betschart (De) |
| 1998 | Silvio Martinello (Ita) - Rolf Aldag (De) |
| 1997 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Kurt Betschart (Ch) |
| 1996 | Rolf Aldag (De) - Erik Zabel (De) |
| 1995 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Rolf Aldag (De) |
| 1994 | Adriano Baffi (Ita) - Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) |
| 1993 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Kurt Betschart (Ch) |
| 1992 | Bruno Risi (Ch) - Kurt Betschart (Ch) |
| 1991 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Rolf Aldag (De) |
| 1990 | Urs Freuler (Ch) - Olaf Ludwig (De) |
| 1989 | Andreas Kappes (De) - Etienne De Wilde (Bel) |
| 1988 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Anthony Doyle (Gbr) |
| 1987 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Roman Hermann (De) |
| 1986 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Anthony Doyle (Gbr) |
| 1985 | Roman Hermann (De) - Josef Kristen (De) |
| 1984 | Francesco Moser (Ita) - René Pijnen (Ned) |
| 1983 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Anthony Doyle (Gbr) |
| 1982 | Danny Clark (Aus) - Henry Rinklin (De) |
| 1981 | Gert Frank (Den) - Hans-Henrik Oersted (Den) |
| 1980 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) - Gregor Braun (De) |
| 1979 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) - Dietrich Thurau (De) |
| 1978 | Francesco Moser (Ita) - René Pijnen (Ned) |
| 1977 | Dietrich Thurau (De) - Jürgen Tschan (De) |
| 1976 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) - Freddy Maertens (Bel) |
| 1975 | Dieter Kemper (De) - Graeme Gilmore (Aus) |
| 1974 | René Pijnen (Ned) - Patrick Sercu (Bel) |
| 1973 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) - Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
| 1972 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) - Alain Van Lancker (Bel) |
| 1971 | Dieter Kemper (De) - Klaus Bugdahl (De) |
| 1970 | Albert Fritz (De) - Rudi Altig (De) |
| 1969 | Peter Post (Ned) - Patrick Sercu (Bel) |
| 1968 | Patrick Sercu (Bel) - Rudi Altig (De) |
| 1967 | Dieter Kemper (De) - Horst Oldenburg (De) |
| 1966 | Sigi Renz (De) - Rudi Altig (De) |
| 1965 | Peter Post (Ned) - Fritz Pfenninger (Ch) |
| 1964 | Rudi Altig (De) - Fritz Pfenninger (Ch) |
| 1963 | Klaus Bugdahl (De) - Sigi Renz (De) |
| 1962 | Peter Post (Ned) - Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
| 1961 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) - Emile Severeyns (Bel) |
| 1960 | Klaus Bugdahl (De) - Hennes Junkermann (De) |
| 1959 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) - Klaus Bugdahl (De) |
| 1958 | Kay Werner Nielsen (Den) - Palle Lykke (Den) |
| 1957 | Ferdinando Terruzzi (Ita) - Reginald Arnold (Aus) |
| 1956 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) - Emile Severeyns (Bel) |
| 1955 | Hugo Koblet (Ch) - Armin von Büren (Ch) |
| 1954 | Lucien Acou (Bel) - Achiel Bruneel (Bel) |
| 1953 | Lucien Gillen (Lux) - Ferdinando Terruzzi (Ita) |
| 1952-2 | Hugo Koblet (Ch) - Armin von Büren (Ch) |
| 1952-1 | Émile Carrara (Fra) - Guy Lapébie (Fra) |
| 1934 | Marcel Guimbretiere (Fra) - Paul Broccardo (Fra) |
| 1933 | Paul Buschenhagen (De) - Adolf Schön (De) |
| 1932 | Jan Pijnenburg (Ned) - Piet van Kempen (Ned) |
| 1931 | Jan Pijnenburg (Ned) - Adolf Schön (De) |
| 1930 | Viktor Rausch (De) - Gottfried Hürtgen (De) |
| 1929 | Karl Göbel (De) - Alfredo Dinale (Ita) |
| 1928 | Piet van Kempen (Ned) - Maurice Dewolf (Bel) |
| 1927 | Willy Lorenz (De) - Alessandro Tonani (Ita) |
| 1926 | Fritz Knappe (De) - Willy Rieger (De) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruhr-Nachrichten: Dortmund loses 6-day race and Christmas price
- ↑ The end of the cycling track on derwesten.de