Six Days of Herning

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Six Days of Herning
Race details
DateDecember, 90s editions in October
Region Herning, Denmark
Local name(s)Seksdagesløbet i Herning (in Danish)
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition1974 (1974)
Editions14
Final edition1998
First winnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Leo Duyndam  (NED)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Ole Ritter  (DEN)
Most winsFlag of Denmark.svg  Gert Frank  (DEN) (5 wins)
Final winnerFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Kurt Betschart  (SUI)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Bruno Risi  (SUI)

The Six Days of Herning was a six-day track cycling race held annually in the Messecenter Herning, Denmark. [1]

Contents

The first Six Days of Herning, contested in 1974, were won by Léo Duyndam and Ole Ritter. Fourteen editions took place: 10 from 1974 to 1983 and 4 from 1995 to 1998. [2]

Gert Frank holds the record for victories there with 5 successes. After several podium finishes in the 70s and 80s, Australian Danny Clark still finished third in 1996 at the age of 45.

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
1974 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leo Duyndam
Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Ritter
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Bugdahl
Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Kemper
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ferdinand Bracke
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Julien Stevens
1975 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Leo Duyndam
Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Ritter
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Bugdahl
Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Schulze
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graeme Gilmore
Flag of Germany.svg Dieter Kemper
1976 Flag of Germany.svg Albert Fritz
Flag of Germany.svg Wilfried Peffgen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Ritter
1977 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Pijnen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Ritter
1978 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Pijnen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Fredborg
1979 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Pijnen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Germany.svg Wilfried Peffgen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Gunnar Svendsen
1980 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Germany.svg Horst Schütz
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Roman Hermann
1981 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Germany.svg Wilfried Peffgen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kim Gunnar Svendsen
1982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Donald Allan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Pijnen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans-Henrik Ørsted
1983 Flag of Denmark.svg Gert Frank
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Flag of Denmark.svg Jørgen Marcussen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Pijnen
Flag of Germany.svg Josef Kristen
Flag of Germany.svg Henry Rinklin
1984-1994No editions
1995 Flag of Denmark.svg Jimmi Madsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Veggerby
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Freuler
Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Riis
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kurt Betschart
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bruno Risi
1996 Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Martinello
Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Riis
Flag of Denmark.svg Jimmi Madsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Veggerby
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Clark
Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Sandstöd
1997 Flag of Denmark.svg Jimmi Madsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Veggerby
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kurt Betschart
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bruno Risi
Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Martinello
Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Riis
1998 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kurt Betschart
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Bruno Risi
Flag of Denmark.svg Jimmi Madsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Rolf Sørensen
Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Martinello
Flag of Denmark.svg Jesper Skibby

References

  1. "6 jours de Herning (Danemark)". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Herning 6-Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.