Road and Track Bicycle Racing News

Sunday, November 28, 2004

Ana Laura Ribas

Responding to reader e-mails about the woman with Damiano Cunego in the picture we recently showed 
and identified as "Laura" :





it is Ana Laura Ribas, a multitalented Brazilian lass 





and yes, she was at the football game today Damiano Cunego - Football commentator

Source : SixDay Staff       Top

Ghent Six Day - Final Night Six (Sunday)
Sun Nov 28 18:52:10 2004 -0500

Standings after Night Six
           1 Robert Slippens  - Danny Stam (NED),             396 Points 
Down  2 laps:
           2 Iljo Keisse (BEL) - Andreas Beikirch (GER),      335 Points 
Down  4 laps:
           3 Gerd Dörich - Andreas Kappes (GER),              240 Points 
           4 Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (SUI),               226 Points 
Down 10 laps:
           5 Marco Villa (ITA) - Franz Stocher (AUT),         143 Points 
Down 14 laps:
           6 Lars Teutenberg (GER) - Luke Roberts AUS),       241 Points 
Down 15 laps:
           7 Matthé Pronk - Wouter van Mechelen (BEL),        324 Points 
Down 30 laps: 
           8 Jimmi Madsen (DEN) - Robert Hayles (GBR),        109 Points 
Down 37 laps: 
           9 Martin Liska - Jozef Zabka (SVK),                110 Points 
Down 46 laps: 
          10 Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA) - Steven De Neef (BEL),216 Points 
Down 73 laps: 
          11 Russel Downing - Dean Downing (GBR),              30 Points 
Down 84 laps:
          12 Matthew Gilmore (BEL) - Robert Bartko (GER),     348 Points 
Scratched:
         DNF Franco Marvulli - Alexander Aeschbach (SUI)

Source : SixDay Staff       Top

NewsFlash: Ghent Six Day
Sun Nov 28 18:07:25 2004 -0500

Dutchmen victorious

Dutchmen Robert Slippens and Danny Stam were victorious in the 64th Vlaanderen Gent Six Day. 

They racked up 396 points to best the Belgian-German duo Iljo Keisse and Andreas Beikirch 
with Germans Doerich-Kappes rounding out the podium.

Source : SixDay Staff       Top

Phonak : Place your bets
Sun Nov 28 11:02:36 2004 -0500

In or Out of ProTour ? 





The UCI has promised a decision on the Pro Tour status of the doper-ridden Swiss Phonak squad on 
Tuesday, November 30.

What will it be?

Email your Prediction

Source : SixDay Staff       Top

Gerolsteiner signings
Sun Nov 28 09:09:15 2004 -0500

Five new riders for German Squad

New additions to Davide Rebellin's team roster are :  Germans Heinrich Haussler and Matthias Russ, 
American Levi Leipheimer and DaneLanders Frank Hoj and Andrea Moletta.

Source : La Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)       Top

Ghent Six Day - Night Five (Saturday)
Sun Nov 28 01:16:19 2004 -0500

Gilmore-Bartko now lead Slippens-Stam  by a small margin as the race goes into the Final Night with just 
the two Pairs on the Zero Lap.

But within 30 points of a bonus lap is the Keisse-Beikirch duo and some exciting racing can be expected 
Sunday Night as they pull out all the stops in their bid for victory.

Also one lap back are Risi-Betschart. But they lack the points to realistically expect a bonus lap and a 
win for them will have to be won the hard way - by stealing not one but two laps.

The ''Also Rans'' continue to lose laps at a prodigous rate whilst retaining their relative positions in 
the rankings.

In Roadmans language, the Downing brothers are now an unbelievable 10 kilometers down.

Standings after Night Five
           1 Matthew Gilmore (BEL) - Robert Bartko (GER),     317 Points 
           2 Robert Slippens  - Danny Stam (NED),             303 Points 
Down  1 lap:
           3 Iljo Keisse (BEL) - Andreas Beikirch (GER),      270 Points 
           4 Bruno Risi - Kurt Betschart (SUI),               214 Points 
Down  3 laps:
           5 Gerd Dörich - Andreas Kappes (GER),              188 Points 
Down  6 laps:
           6 Franco Marvulli - Alexander Aeschbach (SUI),     248 Points 
           7 Marco Villa (ITA) - Franz Stocher (AUT),         127 Points 
Down 12 laps: 
           8 Matthé Pronk - Wouter van Mechelen (BEL),        272 Points 
           9 Lars Teutenberg (GER) - Luke Roberts AUS),       198 Points 
Down 24 laps: 
          10 Jimmi Madsen (DEN) - Robert Hayles (GBR),         91 Points 
Down 29 laps: 
          11 Martin Liska - Jozef Zabka (SVK),                105 Points 
Down 38 laps: 
          12 Jean-Pierre van Zyl (RSA) - Steven De Neef (BEL),182 Points 
Down 60 laps: 
          13 Russel Downing - Dean Downing (GBR),              86 Points 

Source : SixDay Staff       Top

Happy Birthday - Men
Sun Nov 28 02:26:04 2004 -0500

Guy Lapebie (1916) France 
3rd 1948 Tour de France (1st Gino Bartali, Italy; 2nd Alberic Shotte, Belgium)

Emilio Rodriguez (1923) Spain
1st 1950 Tour of Spain (2nd Manuel Rodriguez; 3rd Jose Serra - both Spanish)
2nd 1948 Tour of Spain (1st Bernardo Ruiz, Spain)
Mountains Jersey 1946 Tour of Spain
Mountains Jersey 1947 Tour of Spain
Mountains Jersey 1950 Tour of Spain

Stephen Roche (1959) Ireland
1987 "Triple Crown" (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and World Championship)
Only Merckx has ever achieved this feat

Source : Six Day staff        Top

Men Only
Sun Nov 28 01:02:54 2004 -0500

Here's Heart Attack victim, Denis Zanette

Source : Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy : Cyclisme féminin (French)       Top

Ladies Only
Sun Nov 28 00:39:32 2004 -0500

Here's where Nederland's Loes Markerink hangs out


Here's Loes : 




Source : Six Day staff        Top

Happy Birthday - Women
Sun Nov 28 00:28:47 2004 2004 -0500

Sorry, none today

But Guess who this woman is - Email your Answer (Answer tomorrow)





Source : Six Day staff        Top

Today's Calendar
Sun Nov 28 00:11:48 2004 -0500

Sunday, November 28, 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

Source : UCI

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