Six days in Rotterdam

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Today's venue for the six-day race: The Ahoy in Rotterdam.
The drivers Roy Schuiten (left) and Gerben Karstens at the 1978 event

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

The Spaniards Sebastián Mora (r.) And Albert Torres (here at the 2015 European Rail Championships) won the event in 2016.
year output
team
2020 38 NetherlandsNetherlands Yoeri Havik NetherlandsNetherlands Wim Stroetinga
2019 37 FranceFrance Thomas Boudat NetherlandsNetherlands Niki Terpstra
2018 36 BelgiumBelgium Kenny De Ketele BelgiumBelgium Moreno De Pauw
2017 35 GermanyGermany Christian Grasmann GermanyGermany Roger Kluge
2016 34 SpainSpain Sebastián Mora SpainSpain Albert Torres
2015 33 BelgiumBelgium Iljo Keisse NetherlandsNetherlands Niki Terpstra
2014 32 BelgiumBelgium Iljo Keisse NetherlandsNetherlands Niki Terpstra
2013 31 BelgiumBelgium Iljo Keisse NetherlandsNetherlands Niki Terpstra
2012 30th NetherlandsNetherlands Peter Schep NetherlandsNetherlands Wim Stroetinga
2011 29 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Stam NetherlandsNetherlands Léon van Bon
2010 28 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Stam BelgiumBelgium Iljo Keisse
2009 27 NetherlandsNetherlands Peter Schep SpainSpain Joan Llaneras
2008 26th NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Stam GermanyGermany Leif Lampater
2007 25th GermanyGermany Robert Bartko BelgiumBelgium Iljo Keisse
2006 24 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Stam NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Slippens
2005 23 NetherlandsNetherlands Danny Stam NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Slippens
1988 22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Doyle AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1987 21st ItalyItaly Pierangelo Bincoletto AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1986 20th ItalyItaly Francesco Moser AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1985 19th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1984 18th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen SwitzerlandSwitzerland Urs Freuler
1983 17th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen BelgiumBelgium Patrick Sercu
1982 16 NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen BelgiumBelgium Patrick Sercu
1981 15th AustraliaAustralia Donald Allan AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1980 14th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Raas
1979 13 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Albert Fritz BelgiumBelgium Patrick Sercu
1978 12 NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1977 11 NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen AustraliaAustralia Danny Clark
1976 10 BelgiumBelgium Eddy Merckx BelgiumBelgium Patrick Sercu
1975 9 NetherlandsNetherlands Karstens tanning NetherlandsNetherlands Leo Duyndam
1974 8th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen NetherlandsNetherlands Leo Duyndam
1973 7th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen NetherlandsNetherlands Leo Duyndam
1972 6th NetherlandsNetherlands René Pijnen NetherlandsNetherlands Leo Duyndam
1971 5 NetherlandsNetherlands Peter Post BelgiumBelgium Patrick Sercu
1969 4th NetherlandsNetherlands Peter Post BelgiumBelgium Romain De Loof
1968 3 NetherlandsNetherlands Peter Post BelgiumBelgium Patrick Sercu
1937 2 BelgiumBelgium Albert Buysse BelgiumBelgium Albert Billiet
1936 1 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Pijnenburg NetherlandsNetherlands Cor Wals

literature

  • Peter Ouwerkerk: Op de Rotterdamse latten. Van Zesdaagsche dead Six . de Buitenspelers, Rotterdam 2006, ISBN 90-71359-01-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Ouwerkerk, Op de Rotterdamse latten , pp. 20f.
  2. Ouwerkerk, Op de Rotterdamse latten , p. 235.
  3. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zesdaagserotterdam.nl