Six Days of Amsterdam

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Six Days of Amsterdam
6-Daagse Amsterdam-2012-logo.svg
Logo for the 2012 edition
Race details
DateOctober
Region Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Local name(s)Zesdaagse van Amsterdam (in Dutch)
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
Web site www.zesdaagseamsterdam.nl OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition1932 (1932)
Editions23 (as of 2016)
First winner
Most winsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny Stam  (NED)(4 wins)
Most recent

The Six Days of Amsterdam (Dutch : Zesdaagse van Amsterdam) is a six-day track cycling race held at the Amsterdam Velodrome in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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The recordholder for the Six Days of Amsterdam is the Dutch cyclist Danny Stam with four victories.

The most recent edition took place in 2016 and was won by Belgians Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw, their third Six Day victory as a duo.

History

The first edition was between 18 and 24 November 1932, in the old building of the Amsterdam RAI on the Ferdinand Bolstraat on a 166.6 metre track. This first edition was won by the Dutch couple Jan Pijnenburg and Piet van Kempen. The year afterwards the Dutch couple Jan Pijnenburg/Cor Wals beat the French couple Marcel Guimbretiere/Paul Broccado and the year later during the third edition it was the other way around and the French couple won. After Adolphe Charlier and Frans Slaats won the fourth edition in 1936 there were no more Six Days held in Amsterdam for thirty years. Due to the large unemployment and later also due to the Second World War, the National Cycling Union (NWU) prohibited to organise Six Day races. There were many proposals to organise a Six Day race after the Second World War but the fifth edition was years later in 1966, in the new RAI building located on the Europaplein. After four editions in this building there were again about thirty years without the event organised in Amsterdam. Since 2001 the race takes place in the new build Amsterdam Velodrome located in Sportpark Sloten, with a 200-metre track and a capacity for 2000 spectators. [1] World Champion Ellen van Dijk fired the starting shot for the 21st edition in October 2013. [2]

List of winning teams of the Six Days of Amsterdam

1969 report by Polygoon
YearTeam
2016Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kenny De Ketele  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Moreno De Pauw  (BEL)
2014Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Niki Terpstra  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Yoeri Havik  (NED)
2013Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kenny De Ketele  (BEL)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gijs Van Hoecke  (BEL)
2012Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Pim Ligthart  (NED)Flag of Denmark.svg  Michael Mørkøv  (DEN)
2011Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Iljo Keisse  (BEL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Niki Terpstra  (NED)
2010Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Bartko  (GER)Flag of Germany.svg  Roger Kluge  (GER)
2009Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Bartko  (GER)Flag of Germany.svg  Roger Kluge  (GER)
2008Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Robert Slippens  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny Stam  (NED)
2007Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Iljo Keisse  (BEL)Flag of Germany.svg  Robert Bartko  (GER)
2006Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Peter Schep  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny Stam  (NED)
2005Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Bruno Risi  (SUI)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Kurt Betschart  (SUI)
2004Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Robert Slippens  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny Stam  (NED)
2003Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Robert Slippens  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Danny Stam  (NED)
2002Flag of Italy.svg  Silvio Martinello  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Villa  (ITA)
2001Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Scott McGrory  (AUS)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Matthew Gilmore  (BEL)
1969Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Peter Post  (NED)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Romain Deloof  (BEL)
1968Flag of Germany.svg  Klaus Bugdahl  (GER)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Janssen  (NED)
1967Flag of Denmark.svg  Freddy Eugen  (DEN)Flag of Denmark.svg  Palle Lykke  (DEN)
1966Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Peter Post  (NED)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fritz Pfenninger  (SUI)
1936Flag of France.svg  Adolphe Charlier  (FRA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Frans Slaats  (NED)
1934Flag of France.svg  Marcel Guimbretiere  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Paul Broccado  (FRA)
1933Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Pijnenburg  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Cor Wals  (NED)
1932Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Pijnenburg  (NED)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Piet van Kempen  (NED)

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References

  1. History Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine , www.zesdaagseamsterdam.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2013 (in Dutch)
  2. "Van Dijk schiet zesdaagse op gang" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. Winners Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine , www.zesdaagseamsterdam.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2013 (in Dutch)