Final overall victory, in Grenoble's "Palais des Sports", for Italian veterans Adriano Baffi (40-year-old !) and Marco Villa (33), who edged out Swiss contenders, and last year's winners, Alexander Aeschbach and Franco Marvulli by 21 points (328 to 307). Local riders Jean Michel Tessier and Robert Sassone took third place, finishing one lap behind the winners. Fourth place overall for South Africans Hunter and van Zyl, just ahead of World Champions Franck Perque and Jérôme Neuville, while Australian Luke Roberts and Belgian mate Steven De Neef eventually ranked seventh, 14 laps down to Baffi and Villa.

Much better news for Oz coming from two other competitions: Aussies Sean Eadie and Jobie Dajka took the Scratch and Keirin contests respectively. The recently crowned World sprint Champion from NSW edged out France's Florian Rousseau (runner-up in Scratch and Golden Sprint this time, runner-up in the same competitions last year ... is he the transalpine response to Davide Rebellin ?) by a 7-point margin (48-41).

Adelaide cycling sensation Dajka (also World Keirin Champion in Denmark two months ago, where he even was runner-up to Eadie in the Sprint competition), twelve years younger than Sean Eadie, won a close battle against another french, Arnaud Tournant, that repeated last year's second place in this event.

The local stars were a bit disappointing: they lost the above mentioned contests, and never were actual threats to the Villa and Baffi duo in the main race. The only satisfaction for french fans came from Tournant's comfortable victory in the "Golden Sprint": just like in the past edition, he beat fellow countryman Rousseau. Gané's third place completed an all-French podium, with Eadie taking fourth ahead of Britain's Craig MacLean.

Six Days of Grenoble - Final Overall Standings:

1. Marco Villa – Adriano Baffi (ITA) - 328 points

2. Alexander Aeschbach – Franco Marvulli (SWI) - 307 points

at 1 lap:

3. Jean Michel Tessier – Robert Sassone (FRA) - 243 points

at 3 laps:

4. Jean Pierre van Zyl – Robert Hunter (RSA) - 378 points

5. Franck Perque – Jérôme Neuville (FRA) - 272 points

at 10 laps:

6. Josef Zabka – Martin Liska (SVK) - 201 points

at 14 laps:

7. Luke Roberts (AUS) – Steven de Neef (BEL) - 166 points

at 23 laps:

8. Morten Christiansen – Jimmy Hansen (DEN) - 122 points

at 27 laps:

9. Wouter van Mechelen – Lorenzo Lapage (BEL) - 91 points

at 33 laps:

10. Laurent d’Olivier – Said Haddou (FRA) - 51 points

at 34 laps:

11. David Hubschwerlin – Nicolas Reynaud (FRA) - 59 points

12. Fabien Merciris – Damien Pommereau (FRA) - 55 points

Sprinters / Scratch Master Buckler - Final Overall Standings:

1. Sean Eadie (AUS) - 48 points

2. Florian Rousseau (FRA) - 41 points

3. Arnaud Tournant (FRA) - 38 points

4. Laurent Gané (FRA) - 35 points

5. Jobie Dajka (AUS) - 24 points

6. Craig Mac Lean (GBR) - 19 points

7. Matthieu Mandard (FRA) - 17 points 15 points

8. Jens Fiedler (GER) - 11 points

1. Jobie Dajka (AUS) - 15 points

2. Arnaud Tournant (FRA) - 18 points

3. Laurent Gané (FRA) - 22 points

4. Florian Rousseau (FRA) - 22 points

5. Jens Fiedler (GER) - 28 points

6. Craig Mac Lean (GBR) - 34 points

7. Sean Eadie (AUS) - 36 points

8. Matthieu Mandard (FRA) - 41 points

Golden Sprint 500 Metres - Final Overall Standings:

1. Arnaud Tournant (FRA) - 40 points

2. Florian Rousseau (FRA) - 32 points

3. Laurent Gané (FRA) - 31 points

4. Sean Eadie (AUS) - 27 points

5. Craig Mac Lean (GBR) - 24 points

6. Matthieu Mandard (FRA) - 21 points

7. Jobie Dajka (AUS) - 21 points

8. Jens Fiedler (GER) - 18 points

1. Alexander Aeschbach - Franco Marvulli (SWI)- 397 points
2. Robert Sassone - Jerome Neuville (Fra) - 366 points
3. Giovanni Lombardi (ITA) - J.-M. Teissier (FRA) - 337 points

2000: Juan Llaneras - Isaac Gálvez (SPA)

1999: Adriano Baffi - Andrea Collinelli (ITA)

1998: Adriano Baffi - Andrea Collinelli (ITA)

1997: Tayeb Braikia - Jacob Piil (DEN)

1996: Adriano Baffi - Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)

1995: Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (ITA)

1994: Jean-Claude Colotti (FRA) - Dean Woods (AUS)

1993: Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA) - Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle (FRA)

1992: Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA) - Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle (FRA)

1991: Jean-Claude Colotti - Phillippe Tarantini (FRA)

1990: Laurent Biondi - Laurent Fignon (FRA)

1989: Danny Clark - Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle

1988: Roman Hermann - Charly Mottet

1987: Charly Mottet - Bernard Vallet

1986: Tony Doyle - Francesco Moser

1984: Gerd Frank - Bernard Vallet

1983: Daniel Gisiger - Patrick Clerc

1982: Gerd Frank - Bernard Vallet

1981: Patrick Sercu - Urs Freuler

1980: Danny Clark - Bernard Thevenet

1979: Francesco Moser - Rene Pijnen

1978: Patrick Sercu - Dietrich Thurau

1977: Francesco Moser - Rene Pijnen

1976: Bernard Thevenet - Guenther Haritz

1975: Patrick Sercu - Eddy Merckx

1974: Jack Mourioux - Alain van Lancker

1973: Patrick Sercu - Eddy Merckx

1972: Cyrille Guimard - Alain van Lancker

1971: I Peter Post - Alain van Lancker

1971: II Jack Mourioux - Alain van Lancker