Physical problems cited as reason
34 Year old Michele Bartoli has announced his retirement, The Italian champion has not had a brilliant
2004 season and has only one year left on his contract with CSC. On top of this he has recurring
problems with back pain.
A prolific World Cup race winner counting Flanders '96, Liege-Bastogne-Liege '97 and '98, Zurich '98,
Amstel Gold Race '02 and Lombardy '02 and '03 aongst his palmares, he will be sadly missed.
Source : La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)
Ghent Six Day - First Night
Wed Nov 24 08:21:08 2004
64th Vlaanderen Results after Night One :
1 Marco Villa (ITA) - Franz Stocher (AUT) 30 Points
Down 1 lap:
2 Franco Marvulli (SUI) - Alexander Aeschbach (SUI) 73 Points
3 Matthew Gilmore (BEL) - Robert Bartko (GER) 72 Points
4 Robert Slippens (NED) - Danny Stam (NED) 58 Points
5 Iljo Keisse (BEL) - Andreas Beikirch (GER) 51 Points
6 Bruno Risi (SUI) - Kurt Betschart (SUI) 37 Points
Down 2 laps:
7 Gerd Dörich (GER) - Andreas Kappes (GER) 27 Points
8 Jimmi Madsen (DEN) - Robert Hayles (GBR) 16 Points
Down 3 laps:
9 Lars Teutenberg (GER) - Luke Roberts (AUS) 14 Points
Down 4 laps:
10 Matthé Pronk (BEL) - Wouter van Mechelen (BEL) 46 Points
11 Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA) - Steven De Neef (BEL) 28 Points
12 Martin Liska (SVK) - Jozef Zabka (SVK) 19 Points
Down 5 laps:
13 Russel Downing (GBR) - Dean Downing (GBR) 0 Points
Source : SixDay Staff
Men Only
Wed Nov 24 05:42:30 2004
Here's Richard Virenque Source : Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy : Cyclisme féminin (French)
Ladies Only
Wed Nov 24 05:29:09 2004
Here's where Germany's Hanka Kupfernagel calls Home Here's Hanka before the start of the 2004 Deutsche Meisterschaft CycloCross at Wadern :Source : Six Day staff
Happy Birthday - Men
Wed Nov 24 05:20:09 2004
Pietro Chesi (1902) - Died : Date Unknown 1st 1927 Milan-San Remo Classic Felix Cardenas (1972) Colombia 1st 2003 Mountains Jersey Vuelta a Espana 1st 2004 Mountains Jersey Vuelta a Espana Source : Six Day staff
Happy Birthday - Women
Wed Nov 24 05:03:56 2004
None today, Sorry But Guess who this Mystery Woman is who's badly in need of a coach to fix her time trial positioning - Email your Answer (Answer tomorrow)Source : Six Day staff
Today's Menu
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races : None
Single Day races : None
Six Day, Track :
64th Flanders Six Day at Ghent
WOMEN :
Stage Races : None
Single Day races : None
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