Six days in Rotterdam
The six-day race in Rotterdam ( Zesdaagse van Rotterdam ) was first held in November 1936. It has taken place 36 times since then (as of 2018). The record winner is the Dutchman René Pijnen with ten wins, followed by the Australian Danny Clark with seven wins.
After four six-day races had taken place in Amsterdam since 1932, the local organizers P. Dupont and F. Grolms decided to organize such a race in Rotterdam as well. To this end, the 166-meter Amsterdam cycle track was expanded and the one in Nenijtohal was built, a remnant of the Nederlandsche Nijverheids Tentoonstelling in 1928. The starting shot was given by the three-time Olympic swimming champion in swimming, Rie Mastenbroek . The race was a success, so that just a few months later, in February 1937, a second edition was dared, which, however, turned into a financial debacle, so that, also in view of the worsening political and economic situation, further ones were foregone.
It was not until 31 years later, in 1968, that the Rotterdam six-day race was revived. It initially took place in the Energiehal , a side hall of the old Ahoy , on a mobile 156-meter track that was rented from England , from 1971 in the newly built Ahoy hall . The six-day races at Wembley were held there on this track . The first winners were Peter Post and Patrick Sercu . After 1988 the event was paused again, and 16 years later, in 2005, the race was held again. Until 2015 Sercu was the sporting director of the race, then Michael Zijlaard , who is assisted by the former driver Peter Schep , took over. The race takes place in the Ahoy event hall.
Winners list
literature
- Peter Ouwerkerk: Op de Rotterdamse latten. Van Zesdaagsche dead Six . de Buitenspelers, Rotterdam 2006, ISBN 90-71359-01-8 .
Web links
- State lottery Zesdaagse van Rotterdam. In: zesdaagserotterdam.nl. Retrieved January 11, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ouwerkerk, Op de Rotterdamse latten , pp. 20f.
- ↑ Ouwerkerk, Op de Rotterdamse latten , p. 235.
- ^ Peter Schep aan de slag bij Zesdaagse Rotterdam. (No longer available online.) In: zesdaagserotterdam.nl. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016 ; accessed on January 11, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.