The ultimate night of the 39th "Bremer Sechstagerennen", featured by an attendance of 10,200, had an extremely surprising final. Thanks to a great performance in the last chsae, overall winners of the competition were Holland's Robert Slippens and Danny Stam, a duo not part of the "exclusive" bunch of favourites at the start of the race.
But the flying Dutchmen were stronger than any speculations from cycling pundits, and finished the race with a score of 422, 14 points clear of crowd favourites Andreas Kappes and Andreas Beikirch, thus giving their country the first win in Bremen's Stadthalle since 1993 but, more important, getting their own first victory in such kind of events. Kudos to 27-year-old Slippens and 30-year-old Stam.
As for Scott MCGrory and Matthew Gilmore, the Aussie-Belgian duo managed to climb the podium, but in third place only.
American Marty Nothstein and Austrian team-mate Franz Stocher pulled out of competition in the final night. As for last year's winners, Bruno Risi and Kurt Betschart finished in fifth place, behind Italian veterans Silvio Martinello (taking part in the "Bremen Six" for the last time) and Marco Villa.
Six Days of Bremen - Final Standings
1. Robert Slippens - Danny Stam (HOL) - 422 points
2. Andreas Kappes - Andreas Beikirch (GER) - 408 points
at 1 lap
3. Scott McGrory (AUS) - Matthew Gilmore (BEL) - 406 points
4. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (ITA) - 272 points
at 3 laps
5. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (SWI) - 237 points
at 5 laps
6. Erik Weißpfennig - Stefan Steinweg (GER) - 256 points
at 10 laps
7. Jimmi Madsen - Michael Sandstödt (DEN) - 154 points
at 11 laps
8. Adriano Baffi (ITA) - Jean-Pierre Zyl (RSA) - 220 points
at 13 laps
9. Lars Teutenberg - Frank Kowatschitsch (GER) - 199 points
at 15 laps
10. Guido Fulst - Andreas Müller (GER) - 105 points
at 19 laps
11. Gerd Dörich - Jens Lehmann (GER) - 138 points
Six Days of Bremen - Full Palmares
* 1965: Rik van Steenbergen - Palle Lykke (Belgium - Denmark)
* 1966: Rudi Altig - Dieter Kemper (Germany)
* 1967: Peter Post - Fritz Pfenninger (Holland -Switzerland)
* 1968: Rudi Altig - Sigi Renz (Germany)
* 1969: Peter Post - Patrick Sercu (Holland - Belgium)
* 1970: Peter Post - Patrick Sercu (Holland - Belgium)
* 1971: Rudi Altig - Albert Fritz (Germany)
* 1972: Wolfgang Schulze - Sigi Renz (Germany)
* 1973: Dieter Kemper - Graeme Gilmore (Germany - Australia)
* 1974: Leo Duyndam - Rene Pijnen (Holland)
* 1975: Patrick Sercu - Rene Pijnen (Belgium - Holland)
* 1976: Günter Haritz - Rene Pijnen (Germany - Holland)
* 1977: Albert Fritz - Wilfried Peffgen (Germany)
* 1978: Albert Fritz - Wilfried Peffgen (Germany)
* 1979: Danny Clark - Rene Pijnen (Australia - Holland)
* 1980: Albert Fritz - Patrick Sercu (Germany - Belgium)
* 1981: Gregor Braun - Rene Pijnen (Germany - Holland)
* 1982: Albert Fritz - Rene Pijnen (Germany)
* 1983: Gregor Braun - Rene Pijnen (Germany)
* 1984: Albert Fritz - Dietrich Thurau (Germany)
* 1985: Garry Wiggins - Tony Doyle (Australia - UK)
* 1986: Didi Thurau - Josef Kristen (Germany)
* 1987: Didi Thurau - Danny Clark (Germany - Australia)
* 1988: Danny Clark - Tony Doyle (Australia - UK)
* 1989: Andreas Kappes - R. Hermann (Germany - Liechtenstein)
* 1990: Danny Clark - Roland Günther (Australia - Germany)
* 1991: Andreas Kappes - Etienne de Wilde (Germany - Belgium)
* 1992: Andreas Kappes - Etienne de Wilde (Germany - Belgium)
* 1993: Urs Freuler - Peter Pieters (Switzerland - Holland)
* 1994: Andreas Kappes - Danny Clark (Germany - Australia)
* 1995: Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Switzerland)
* 1996: Marco Villa - Silvio Martinello (Italy)
* 1997: Andreas Kappes - Carsten Wolf (Germany)
* 1998: Jens Veggerby - Jimmi Madsen (Denmark)
* 1999: Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Switzerland)
* 2000: Andreas Kappes - Silvio Martinello (Germany - Italy)
* 2001: Scott McGrory - Matthew Gilmore (Australia - Belgium)
* 2002: Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (Switzerland)
* 2003: Robert Slippens - Danny Stam (Holland)
After the end of Bremen's race, the track cycling circus moves southward, to the city of Stuggart, where the local 6-days is scheduled to kick off on Friday, January the 17th. The "Daily Peloton" will be covering and delivering all news and results of the event.
---- Track Cycling on the "Daily Peloton" - Links ----
SIX DAYS OF BREMEN (Germany - Jan. 09-14, 2003):
* Race Preview
* Night 1 - Results & GC
* Night 2 - Results & GC
* Night 3 - Results & GC
* Night 4 - Results & GC
* Night 5 - Results & GC
66th GROSSER WEIHNACHTSPREIS (Germany - Dec. 26, 2002):
* Race Results & Report
SIX DAYS OF NOUMEA (New Caledonia - Nov. 29 - Dec. 04, 2002):
* Race Preview & Day 1 Results
* Night 2 Results
* Night 3 Results
* Night 4 Results
* Night 5 Results
* Night 6 Results & Final Overall Standings
SIX DAYS OF GENT (Belgium - Nov. 19-24, 2002):
* Race Preview
* Night 1 - Results & GC
* Night 2 - Results & GC
* Night 3 - Results & GC
* Night 4 - Results & GC
* Night 5 - Results & GC
* Night 6 Results & Final Overall Standings
OPEN DES NATIONS / KEIRIN OPEN (France - Nov. 15-17, 2002):
* Race Preview
* Night 1 - Results & GC
* Night 2 - Results & GC
* Night 3 - Final Results
SIX DAYS OF MUNICH (Germany - Nov. 07-12, 2002):
* Race Preview
* Night 1 - Results & GC
* Night 2 - Results & GC
* Night 3 - Results & GC
* Night 4 - Results & GC
* Night 5 - Results & GC
* Night 6 - Final Results
SIX DAYS OF DORTMUND (Germany - October 31 - Nov. 05, 2002):
* Night 1 - Results & GC
* Night 2 - Results & GC
* Night 3 - Results & GC
* Day 4 - Results & GC
* Night 5 - Results & GC
* Night 6 - Final Results
SIX DAYS OF GRENOBLE (France - October 31 - Nov. 05, 2002):
* Night 1 - Results & GC
* Night 2 - Results & GC
* Night 3 - Results & GC
* Day 4 - Results & GC
* Night 5 - Results & GC
* Night 6 - Final Results
SIX DAYS OF AMSTERDAM (Holland - Oct. 21-26, 2002):
* Six days history relived (Final Standings)
MEMORIAL NOEL FORE' (Belgium - Nov. 11, 2002):
* Elite Race - Full Results
Track Cycling - 2002/2003 Season Calendar (Updated) | 
