German riders Andreas Kappes and Andreas Beikirch are alone at the top of the ranking after Sunday afternoon's session, marked by a record attendance, as they managed to open a 3-point gap over their most dangerous challengers, Switzerland's Risi and Betschart.

Italian Veterans Silvio Martinello and Marco Villa moved up to third overall, while main favourites Scott McGrory and Matt Gilmore, even though they are top-scores with no less than 176 points, dropped to fourth place, and are trailing one lap behind the top pairs. Good news for Danny Stam and Robert Slippens, who gained two places and moved up to fifth, bad ones for former leaders Sandstod and Madsen, as well as crowd favourites Doerich and Lehmann, that lost some places during Sunday's session, although they don't give up and are still hoping for a good placing.

No changes for American Marty Nothstein and his Italian partner Adriano Baffi, sitting in tenth place since the opening night. Despite being on of the best pair around, Switzerland's Franco Marvulli and Alexander Aeschbach are at the bottom of the ranking, probably paying for the fact they haven't been racing a 6-day event since last November.

Six Days of Stuggart: Overall Standings after Night 3

1. Andreas Kappes - Andreas Beikirch (GER) - 173 Points

2. Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (SWI) - 168 Points

3. Silvio Martinello - Marco Villa (ITA) - 133 Points

at 1 lap

4. Scott McGrory (AUS) - Matthew Gilmore (BEL) - 176 Points

5. Danny Stam - Robert Slippens (HOL) - 129 Points

at 2 laps

6. Gerd Dörich - Jens Lehmann (GER) - 139 Points

7. Jimmy Madsen - Michael Sandstod (DEN) - 123 Points

at 3 laps

8. Stefan Steinweg - Erik Weisspfennig (GER) - 44 Points

at 6 laps

9. Lars Teutenberg + Frank Kowatschitsch (GER) - 46 Points

at 7 laps

10. Adriano Baffi (ITA) - Marthy Nothstein (USA) - 119 Points

at 10 laps

11. Christian Lademann – Christian Bach (GER) - 42 points

at 11 laps

12. Guido Fulst – Andreas Müller (GER) - 21 points

at 12 laps

13. Franco Marvulli – Alexander Aeschbach (SWI) - 140 points

at 15 laps

14. Franz Stocher – Roland Garber (AUT) - 20 points

at 17 laps

15. Martin Liska – Jozef Zabka (SVK) - 10 points

at 19 laps

16. Ronny Lauke – Jan Ott (GER) - 24 points

at 21 laps

17. Stefan Löffler – Daniel Palicki (GER) - 11 points

at 36 laps

18. Dirk Ronellenfitsch (GER) – Patrick Fäh (SWI) - 7 points