Six Days of Antwerp

Six Days of Antwerp

Poster to the 1972 edition
Race details
Region	Antwerp, Belgium
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1934 (1934)
Editions	52 (as of 1994)
Final edition	1994
First winner	Jan Pijnenburg  (NED)   Cor Wals  (NED)
Most wins	Peter Post  (NED) (11 wins)
Final winner	Etienne De Wilde  (BEL)   Jens Veggerby  (DEN)

The Six Days of Antwerp was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Antwerp, Belgium. ^[1]

The Six Days has seen 55 editions, was organized from 1934 with interruptions during World War II and the years 1984 to 1986 and last held in 1994.

The Six Days of Antwerp was held at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Merksem on a wooden indoor track, initially 132m long, after a reconstruction in 1968 it was given a length of 250m.

Record winner is Peter Post with 11 victories, five of them in consecutive years. ^[2]

Winners

Kees Pellenaars changes a wheel during the 1947 Six Days of Antwerp

Jan Derksen (center) with Rik Van Steenbergen (right) in the 1958 Six Days of Antwerp

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1934	Jan Pijnenburg Cor Wals	Albert Buysse Roger Deneef	Emil Richli Adolf Schön
1935	Learco Guerra Adolf Van Nevele	René Martin Dieudonné Smets	Frans Bonduel Constant Huys
1936	Kamiel Dekuysscher Roger Deneef	Adolphe Charlier Maurice Depauw	Georges Ronsse Adolf Schön
1937	Jan Pijnenburg Frans Slaats	Albert Billiet Albert Buysse	Maurice Depauw Georges Ronsse
1938	Albert Billiet Albert Buysse	Cees Pellenaars Frans Slaats	Jan Pijnenburg Cor Wals
1939	Albert Billiet Albert Buysse	Gerrit Boeyen Cor Wals	Karel Kaers Omer De Bruycker
1940	Gerrit Boeyen Gerrit Schulte	Achiel Bruneel Roger Deneef	Robert Naeye Adelin Van Simaeys
1941– 1946	No race
1947	Achiel Bruneel Omer De Bruycker	Gerrit Boeyen Gerrit Schulte	Guy Lapébie Arthur Sérès
1948	René Adriaenssens Albert Bruylandt	Maurice Depauw Edward Thyssen	Stan Ockers Rik Van Steenbergen
1949	Gerrit Boeyen Gerrit Schulte	Cees Pellenaars Gerrit Peters	Maurice Depauw jr. Robert Naeye
1950	Achiel Bruneel Rik Van Steenbergen	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte	Edward Thyssen Arie van Vliet
1951	Reginald Arnold Alfred Strom	René Adriaenssens Albert Bruylandt	Achiel Bruneel Josef De Beuckelaer
1952	Reginald Arnold Alfred Strom	Achiel Bruneel Rik Van Steenbergen	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte
1953	Achiel Bruneel Oskar Plattner	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte	Dominique Forlini Ferdinando Terruzzi
1954	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte	Oskar Plattner Armin Von Büren	Stan Ockers Rik Van Steenbergen
1955	Stan Ockers Rik Van Steenbergen	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte	Walter Bucher Jean Roth
1956	Reginald Arnold Stan Ockers Jean Roth	Arsène Rijckaert Emiel Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Jan Derksen Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte
1957	Reginald Arnold Willy Lauwers Ferdinando Terruzzi	Lucien Gillen Gerrit Schulte Armin Von Büren	Emiel Severeyns Willy Vannitsen Rik Van Steenbergen
1958	Reginald Arnold Emiel Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Klaus Bugdahl Jean Roth Gerrit Schulte	Jan Derksen Wout Wagtmans Wim van Est
1959 (I)	Klaus Bugdahl Gerrit Schulte Peter Post	Reginald Arnold Paul Depaepe Ferdinando Terruzzi	Emiel Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen Willy Lauwers
1959 (II)	Jo de Roo Jan Palmans	Maurice Joossen Jos Verachtert	August Peeters Leo Proost
1960	Jan Plantaz Peter Post Gerrit Schulte	Léo Proost Emiel Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Frans Aerenhouts Reginald Arnold Ferdinando Terruzzi
1961	Peter Post Willy Vannitsen Rik Van Looy	Gilbert Maes Emiel Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Palle Lykke Jensen Kay Werner Nielsen Léo Proost
1962	Oscar Plattner Peter Post Rik Van Looy	Palle Lykke Jensen Emiel Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Reginald Arnold Klaus Bugdahl Fritz Pfenninger
1963	Palle Lykke Jensen Léo Proost Rik Van Steenbergen	Reginald Arnold Peter Post Willy Vannitsen	Klaus Bugdahl Fritz Pfenninger Hugo Scrayen
1964	Noël Foré Fritz Pfenninger Peter Post	Palle Lykke Jensen Léo Proost Rik Van Steenbergen	Klaus Bugdahl Sigi Renz Hugo Scrayen
1965	Klaus Bugdahl Jan Janssen Peter Post	Freddy Eugen Palle Lykke Jensen Rik Van Steenbergen	Patrick Sercu Emiel Severeyns Théo Verschueren
1966	Jan Janssen Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger	Klaus Bugdahl Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Ron Baensch Léo Proost Joseph Verachtert
1967	Jan Janssen Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger	Klaus Bugdahl Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Léo Proost Emiel Severeyns Tom Simpson
1968	Sigi Renz Emiel Severeyns Théo Verschueren	Fritz Pfenninger Peter Post Rik Van Looy	Klaus Bugdahl Jan Janssen Patrick Sercu
1969	Peter Post Patrick Sercu Rik Van Looy	Léo Duyndam Fritz Pfenninger Léo Proost	Sigi Renz Emiel Severeyns Théo Verschueren
1970	Klaus Bugdahl René Pijnen Peter Post	Romain Deloof Patrick Sercu Alain Van Lancker	Sigi Renz Théo Verschueren Rik Van Looy
1971	Léo Duyndam René Pijnen Peter Post	Dieter Kemper Jean-Pierre Monséré Julien Stevens	Walter Godefroot Sigi Renz Théo Verschueren
1972	Léo Duyndam René Pijnen Théo Verschueren	Patrick Sercu Alain Van Lancker Rik Van Linden	Graeme Gilmore Wolfgang Schulze Julien Stevens
1973	Léo Duyndam Gérard Koel René Pijnen	Klaus Bugdahl Graeme Gilmore Cyrille Guimard	Walter Godefroot Norbert Seeuws Théo Verschueren
1974	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	René Pijnen Rik Van Linden	Léo Duyndam Gerben Karstens
1975	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Graeme Gilmore Julien Stevens	René Pijnen Alain Van Lancker
1976	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Dieter Kemper Freddy Maertens	Graeme Gilmore Rik Van Linden
1977	Freddy Maertens Patrick Sercu	Albert Fritz Marc Demeyer	René Pijnen Rik Van Linden
1978	Danny Clark Freddy Maertens	Donald Allan René Pijnen	Roman Hermann Marc Demeyer
1979	Albert Fritz René Pijnen Michel Vaarten	Patrick Sercu Roger De Vlaeminck Rik Van Linden	Ferdinand Bracke Wilfried Peffgen Stan Tourné
1980	Wilfried Peffgen René Pijnen Roger De Vlaeminck	Donald Allan Danny Clark Fons De Wolf	Roman Hermann Horst Schütz Gery Verlinden
1981	René Pijnen Fons De Wolf	Wilfried Peffgen Stan Tourné	Roman Hermann Michel Vaarten
1982	Patrick Sercu Roger De Vlaeminck	Gert Frank René Pijnen	Donald Allan Stan Tourné
1983	René Pijnen Stan Tourné	Patrick Sercu Etienne De Wilde	Roman Hermann Michel Vaarten
1984– 1986	No race
1987	Danny Clark Etienne De Wilde	Roman Hermann Stan Tourné	Anthony Doyle Eric Vanderaerden
1988	Stan Tourné Etienne De Wilde	Danny Clark Roger Ilegems	Adriano Baffi Anthony Doyle
1989	No race
1990	Eric Vanderaerden Etienne De Wilde	Pierangelo Bincoletto Guido Bontempi	Johan Bruyneel Danny Clark
1991	Rudy Dhaenens Etienne De Wilde	Stan Tourné Jens Veggerby	Johan Bruyneel Danny Clark
1992	Stan Tourné Jens Veggerby	Urs Freuler Peter Pieters	Adriano Baffi Pierangelo Bincoletto
1993	Konstantín Khrabtsov Etienne De Wilde	Urs Freuler Peter Pieters	Pierangelo Bincoletto Guido Bontempi
1994	Jens Veggerby Etienne De Wilde	Adriano Baffi Pierangelo Bincoletto	Kurt Betschart Bruno Risi

References

1. "6 jours du Antwerpen". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. "Antwerp Six Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.