With only two nights to go, the final win looks like being a matter of those three pairs, as the fourth-placed team, made up of local riders Nicolas Nagle are Benoît Genauzeau, is trailing three laps behind, and even their score is relatively low.

Cédric Agez and Frédéric Fayard, winners of Monday's first chase, put more and more points in store, but as they are four laps down to Nagle and Genauzeau, their chances to finish in the fourth spot overall are close to zero.

Not good news for english-speaking contenders, as Australia's Steven Sitspartric (and partner Nicolas Marlier) are in eleventh place, with just 4 points scored. Nevertheless they are in a better position than Kiwis Adam Curry and (last-placed) Ryan Hoogenberg, still waiting to get their first points.

As for the "Mini Six Days" classification, Tuanua Zahn and Rémy Poellabauer are still leading, after taking two laps (one of which on Monday) on all their main challengers, starting from runner-ups (both in the Night and Overall Standings) Xavier Latoupie and Cyril Guillemard. The "multi-gender" team featuring Wilfried Loquiet and french girl Cindy Baroni is fifth, while New Zealand's Wiliams and teammate are sitting in seventh place.

2. TESSIER Jean-Michel (N.CAL) - BAFFI Adriano (ITA) - 145 points

3. PERQUE Franck - NEUVILLE Jérôme (FRA) - 133 points

at 3 laps

4. NAGLE Nicolas (N.CAL) - GENAUZEAU Benoît (FRA) - 54 points

at 6 laps

5. FONDERE Thierry (N.CAL) - MERCIRIS Fabien (FRA) - 13 points

at 7 laps

6. HONORE Yohan (N.CAL) - FUKUSHIMA Shinichi (JAP) - 37 points

7. BOUSQUET Jerry - GOYETCHE Jean-Charles (N.CAL) - 26 points

at 8 laps

8. AGEZ Cédric - FAYARD Frédéric (N.CAL) - 90 points

9. BOUFENECHE Alan (N.CAL) - CHARLOT Damien (FRA) - 4 points

10. LANGE Karsten (GER) - GARBELLI Devid (ITA) - 3 points

at 11 laps

11. MARLIER Nicolas (N.CAL) - SITSPARTRIC Steven (AUS) - 4 points

... 3 more teams follow

1. ZAHN Tuanua - POELLABAUER Remy - 97 points

at 2 laps

2. LATOUPIE Xavier - GUILLEMARD Cyril - 56 points

3. MAITERE Kévin - TEJADA François - 44 points

4. REB Sébastien - REB Guillaume - 25 points

5 LOQUET Wilfried - BARONI Cindy - 23 points

6. LAMOTHE Julien - GUEPY Garry - 5 points

at 6 laps

7. ROYER Jean-Noël (N.CAL) - WILLIAMS Liz (NZl) - 3 points

8. HERNU Gabriel (N.CAL) - MONCASSIN Cathy (FRA) - 0 points