Six Days of Ghent

Six Days of Ghent
	2023 Six Days of Ghent
Race details
Date	November
Region	Ghent, Belgium
Local name(s)	Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (in Dutch)
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
Web site	lottozesdaagse.be
History
First edition	1922
Editions	83 (as of 2024)
First winner	Marcel Buysse (BEL); Oscar Egg (SUI);
Most recent	Benjamin Thomas (FRA); Fabio Van den Bossche (BEL);

Last updated November 18, 2024

The Six Days of Ghent (Dutch : Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium.

List of winning teams

Year	Winners	Second	Third
1922	Marcel Buysse Oscar Egg	Lucien Buysse Henri Van Lerberghe	Henri Wynsdau Théodore Wynsdau
1923	Lucien Buysse Victor Standaert	Henri Frederickx John Van Ruysseveldt	André Narcy Camille Narcy
1924	Aloïs Persijn Jules Verschelden	Lucien Buysse Jules Van Hevel	Kamiel De Clercq Julien Delbecque
1925	César Debaets Jules Van Hevel	Aloïs Persijn Jules Verschelden	Lucien Buysse Emile Thollembeek
1926	César Debaets Emile Thollembeek	Victor Standaert René Vermandel	Louis Maes Isidoor Méchant
1927	Maurice Dewolf Hilaire Hellebaut	Oscar Daemers Albert Maes	Raphaël Fonteyne Karel Clapdorp
1928-1935	No race
1936	Albert Billiet Camile Dekuysscher	Kees Pellenaars Frans Slaats	Gustav Kilian Heinz Vöpel
1937	No race
1938	Kees Pellenaars Frans Slaats	Albert Billiet Albert Buysse	Frans van den Broek Louis van Schijndel
1939-1946	No race due to World War II
1947	Gerrit Boeijen Gerrit Schulte	Robert Naeye Rik Van Steenbergen	Camile Dekuysscher Albert Sercu
1948	Achiel Bruneel Camile Dekuysscher	René Adriaenssens Albert Bruylandt	Albert Sercu Fernand Spelte
1949	Gerrit Boeijen Gerrit Schulte	Marcel Kint Rik Van Steenbergen	Reginald Arnold Alfred Strom
1950	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte	Robert Naeye Rik Van Steenbergen	Achiel Bruneel Albert Bruylandt
1951	René Adriaenssens Albert Bruylandt	Achiel Bruneel Rik Van Steenbergen	Reginald Arnold Alfred Strom
1952	Walter Bucher Armin Von Bueren	Gérard Buyl Valère Ollivier	Arthur Mommerency Henri Tytgat
1953	Achiel Bruneel Arsène Rijckaert	Reginald Arnold Alfred Strom	Gerrit Peters Gerrit Schulte
1954	Stan Ockers Rik Van Steenbergen	Lucien Acou Achiel Bruneel	Lucien Gillen Ferdinando Terruzzi
1955 (1)	Lucien Gillen Ferdinando Terruzzi	Dominique Forlini Georges Senfftleben	Stan Ockers Rik Van Steenbergen
1955 (2)	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Stan Ockers Ferdinando Terruzzi	Reginald Arnold Fred De Bruyne
1956	Reginald Arnold Ferdinando Terruzzi	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Walter Bucher Jean Roth
1957	Fred De Bruyne Rik Van Steenbergen	Reginald Arnold Ferdinando Terruzzi	Gerrit Schulte Willy Vannitsen
1958	Reginald Arnold Rik Van Looy	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Gerrit Schulte Ferdinando Terruzzi
1959	Fred De Bruyne Rik Van Steenbergen	André Darrigade Gerrit Schulte	Reginald Arnold Michel Van Aerde
1960	Peter Post Rik Van Looy	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Reginald Arnold José Denoyette
1961	Peter Post Rik Van Looy	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Klaus Bugdahl Arthur De Cabooter
1962-1964	No editions due to the destruction of the Sportpaleis Gent by a fire and the construction of 't Kuipke
1965	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Peter Post Tom Simpson	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen
1966	Fritz Pfenninger Peter Post	Klaus Bugdahl Patrick Sercu	Rudi Altig Sigi Renz
1967	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Freddy Eugen Palle Lykke Jensen	Fritz Pfenninger Peter Post
1968	Leo Duyndam Peter Post	Patrick Sercu Rik Van Looy	Fritz Pfenninger Louis Pfenninger
1969	Rudi Altig Sigi Renz	Patrick Sercu Alain Van Lancker	Peter Post Norbert Seeuws
1970	Jean-Pierre Monseré Patrick Sercu	Roger De Vlaeminck Peter Post	Graeme Gilmore Julien Stevens
1971	Roger De Vlaeminck Patrick Sercu	Ferdinand Bracke Peter Post	Julien Stevens Théo Verschueren
1972	Patrick Sercu Julien Stevens	Norbert Seeuws Alain Van Lancker	Graeme Gilmore Walter Godefroot
1973	Graeme Gilmore Patrick Sercu	Leo Duyndam René Pijnen	Cees Stam Théo Verschueren
1974	Graeme Gilmore Julien Stevens	Sigi Renz Patrick Sercu	René Pijnen Roy Schuiten
1975	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Graeme Gilmore Julien Stevens	Klaus Bugdahl Alain Van Lancker
1976	Donald Allan Danny Clark	Patrick Sercu Ferdi Van Den Haute	Graeme Gilmore Julien Stevens
1977	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Danny Clark Freddy Maertens	Albert Fritz Wilfried Peffgen
1978	Gerrie Knetemann Patrick Sercu	Danny Clark Ferdi Van Den Haute	Roman Hermann Stan Tourné
1979	Donald Allan Danny Clark	Patrick Sercu Stan Tourné	René Pijnen Michel Vaarten
1980	Albert Fritz Patrick Sercu	Donald Allan Danny Clark	Willy Debosscher René Pijnen
1981	Gert Frank Patrick Sercu	Danny Clark Etienne De Wilde	Willy Debosscher René Pijnen
1982	Donald Allan Danny Clark	Robert Dill-Bundi Urs Freuler	Roger De Vlaeminck Patrick Sercu
1983	Etienne De Wilde René Pijnen	Albert Fritz Dietrich Thurau	Romain Costermans Michel Vaarten
1984	Gert Frank Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Etienne De Wilde Stan Tourné	Danny Clark Anthony Doyle
1985	Etienne De Wilde Stan Tourné	Anthony Doyle Michel Vaarten	Rudy Dhaenens Roman Hermann
1986	Danny Clark Anthony Doyle	Etienne De Wilde Stan Tourné	Gert Frank Michel Vaarten
1987	Danny Clark Etienne De Wilde	Roman Hermann Stan Tourné	Pierangelo Bincoletto Hans-Henrik Ørsted
1988	Urs Freuler Roman Hermann	Etienne De Wilde Stan Tourné	Danny Clark Anthony Doyle
1989	Etienne De Wilde Stan Tourné	Danny Clark Konstantin Khrabtsov	Urs Freuler Hans-Rüdi Märki
1990	Danny Clark (AUS) Roland Günther (FRG)	Marat Ganeev (URS) Konstantin Khrabtsov (URS)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Hansruedi Märki (SUI)
1991	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Tony Doyle (GBR)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Peter Pieters (NED)	Roland Günther (GER) Rik Van Slycke (BEL)
1992	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Jens Veggerby (DEN)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Peter Pieters (NED)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Rik Van Slycke (BEL)
1993	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Werner Stutz (SUI)	Johan Bruyneel (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
1994	Danny Clark (AUS) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Carsten Wolf (GER)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Peter Van Petegem (BEL)
1995	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Andreas Kappes (GER)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Jens Veggerby (DEN)	Silvio Martinello (ITA) Marco Villa (ITA)
1996	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Adriano Baffi (ITA) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Carsten Wolf (GER)
1997	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Matthew Gilmore (AUS)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Jens Veggerby (DEN)	Silvio Martinello (ITA) Marco Villa (ITA)
1998	Silvio Martinello (ITA) Marco Villa (ITA)	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Andreas Kappes (GER)	Tayeb Braikia (DEN) Jimmi Madsen (DEN)
1999	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Scott McGrory (AUS)	Adriano Baffi (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Matthew Gilmore (BEL)
2000	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Brett Aitken (AUS) Scott McGrory (AUS)	Adriano Baffi (ITA) Frank Corvers (BEL)
2001	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Scott McGrory (AUS)	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Andreas Kappes (GER)
2002	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Marty Nothstein (USA)
2003	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	Robert Slippens (NED) Danny Stam (NED)	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)
2004	Robert Slippens (NED) Danny Stam (NED)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Gerd Dörich (GER) Andreas Kappes (GER)
2005	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Robert Slippens (NED) Danny Stam (NED)	Andreas Beikirch (BEL) Kurt Betschart (SUI)
2006	No winners Note: Robert Bartko and Iljo Keisse were leading when Isaac Gálvez crashed and died during the fifth day. Due to his death, the race was abandoned and no winners declared.^[1]
2007	Robert Bartko (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Franco Marvulli (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Robert Slippens (NED) Danny Stam (NED)
2008	Robert Bartko (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Leif Lampater (GER) Erik Zabel (GER)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Kenny De Ketele (BEL)
2009	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Alex Rasmussen (DEN)	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Roger Kluge (GER)	Franco Marvulli (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)
2010	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Peter Schep (NED)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Leif Lampater (GER)	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Alex Rasmussen (DEN)
2011	Robert Bartko (GER) Kenny De Ketele (BEL)	Peter Schep (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Marc Hester (DEN) Morgan Kneisky (FRA)
2012	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Glenn O'Shea (AUS)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL)	Robert Bartko (GER) Silvan Dillier (SUI)
2013	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Leif Lampater (GER)	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL)
2014	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Kenny De Ketele (BEL)	Mark Cavendish (GBR) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Silvan Dillier (SUI) Leif Lampater (GER)
2015	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Michael Mørkøv (DEN)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL)	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Otto Vergaerde (BEL)
2016	Mark Cavendish (GBR) Bradley Wiggins (GBR)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Moreno De Pauw (BEL)	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Elia Viviani (ITA)
2017	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Moreno De Pauw (BEL)	Morgan Kneisky (FRA) Benjamin Thomas (FRA)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)
2018	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Elia Viviani (ITA)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Tosh Van der Sande (BEL)
2019	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Tosh Van der Sande (BEL)	Roger Kluge (GER) Theo Reinhardt (GER)
2020	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
2021	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Roger Kluge (GER)	Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) Michael Mørkøv (DEN)
2022	Lindsay De Vylder (BEL) Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Fabio Van Den Bossche (BEL)	Jasper De Buyst (BEL) Iljo Keisse (BEL)
2023	Lindsay De Vylder (BEL) Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Jan-Willem van Schip (NED)	Fabio Van Den Bossche (BEL) Jules Hesters (BEL)
2024	Benjamin Thomas (FRA) Fabio Van Den Bossche (BEL)	Lindsay De Vylder (BEL) Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Aaron Gate (NZL) Jules Hesters (BEL)

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References

↑ "Keisse and Bartko claim Rotterdam six day". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-02-28. for the man who had been deprived of glory after the horrific death of Galvez in Gent

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[1] "Keisse and Bartko claim Rotterdam six day". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-02-28. for the man who had been deprived of glory after the horrific death of Galvez in Gent

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