But you'd better not write off two or three more pairs, to start from Scott McGrory and Matt Gilmore. The Aussie-Belgian team gained one lap on all other main contenders and moved up to third, throwing local idols Kappes and Beikirch out of the podium places. But the Germans still are serious overall contenders, and so are Dutch specialists Slippens and Stam, winners of Saturday's 30-minute madison and just one point away from achieving the 100-points score needed to gain a bonus lap.

Chris Newton and Adriano Baffi doubled their score, but didn't manage to improve their overall position, as they are still sitting in place number eight, three laps down to the leaders. As for Marty Nothstein and Jean Pierre van Zyl, the South African-American team lost three laps and one place on Saturday, and dropped to 11th overall.

As for "minor" contests, Jens Fiedler is still leading the Sprinters race, ahead of two fellow Germans, with Britain's Craig McLean tied with Latvian Ainars Kiksis at the bottom of the table. No changes in the Stayer Championship, with Podlesch, Jörg and Klare in the same places as the night before.

92nd Six Days of Berlin - Overall Standings after Night 3

1. Bruno Risi – Kurt Betschart (SWI) - 161 points

2. Silvio Martinello – Marco Villa (ITA) - 145 points

3. Scott McGrory (AUS) – Matthew Gilmore (BEL) - 113 points

at 1 lap

4. Andreas Kappes – Andreas Beikrich (GER) - 140 points

at 2 laps

5. Robert Slippens – Danny Stam (HOL) - 99 points

at 3 laps

6. Franco Marvulli – Alexander Aeschbach (SWI) - 97 points

7. Guido Fulst – Andreas Müller (GER) - 95 points

8. Adriano Baffi (ITA) – Chris Newton (GBR) - 42 points

at 5 laps

9. Jimmi Madsen – Michael Sandstød (DEN) - 15 points

at 7 laps

10. Lars Teutenberg – Frank Kowatschitsch (GER) - 34 points

at 8 laps

11. Marty Nothstein (USA) – Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA) - 49 points

12. Jérôme Neuville – Franck Perque (FRA) - 39 points

13. Franz Stocher (AUT) – Jozef Zabka (SVK) - 29 points

14. Christian Bach – Erik Weispfennig (GER) - 26 points

at 9 laps

15. Jens Lehmann – Gerd Dörich (GER) - 47 points

16. Stefan Steinweg – Marc Altmann (GER) - 35 points

17. Lorenzo Lapage (BEL) – Ronny Lauke (GER) - 12 points

at 11 laps

18. Mario Vonhof (GER) – Jimmy Hansen (DEN) - 58 points

1. Jens Fiedler (GER) - 43 points

2. Sören Lausberg (GER) - 36 points

3. René Wolff (GER) - 31 points

4. Laurent Gané (FRA) - 26 points

5. Craig McLean (GBR) - 16 points

6. Ainars Kiksis (LAT) - 16 points

1. Carsten Podlesch (GER) - 5 points

2. Peter Jörg (SWI) - 6 points

3. Stefan Klare (GER) - 8 points

4. Lubomir Mazel (CZE) - 13 points

5. Francis de Jager (HOL) - 15 points

6. Jan Richter (GER) - 17 points

7. Marco Ulbricht (GER) - 20 points

8. Frank Schneider (GER) - 24 points

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